Wed.’s Devo - The Last Thousand Years

Read: Zechariah 14:1-21; Revelation 20:1-15; Psalm 148:1-14; Proverbs 31:8-9 “The day of the Lord” refers to the end of the earth. Everyone will turn against Jerusalem and take the city. Half of Jerusalem will go into captivity and the other half left among the ruins of the city. God will fight the nations that came against Israel. Jesus will set his feet on the Mount of Olives and it will split making a valley for the people to use to flee. It will be a day where the light is not clear but it is still light in the evening. Living waters will flow from Jerusalem on both sides. The Lord will be king over all the earth. All the earth will be leveled except the city of Jerusalem would elevated above the other land. God will smite his enemies with a plague that will make their flesh, eyes and tongues rot. There will be great unrest among the people where they will rise up against one another. The wealth of the heathen will be gathered in Jerusalem. The plague will hit the horses and animals. God’s enemies will have to come up to Jerusalem to worship the Lord at the Feast of Tabernacles or they will not receive rain that year and they will receive a plague for their punishment. Jerusalem will be filled with righteous people who will honor the Lord in all that they do. In Revelation an angel came from heaven with the key to the bottomless pit and a heavy chain in his hand. He bound the serpent - Satan with the chains and threw him into the bottomless pit where he would stay for a thousand years. John saw thrones with people sitting on them who had been given authority to judge. The souls of those who had been martyrs for Christ came alive and reigned with Christ a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years had ended. At the end of the millennium, Satan will be released for a time to deceive nations. He will gather his nations to fight the last battle. Fire will come from heaven to attack the armies and consume them. Satan will then be thrown into the lake of fire to join the beast and the false prophet to be tormented forever. John saw God’s throne with all mankind standing ready to be judged. The books were opened as well as the Book of Life. Everyone was judged according to his deeds. Death and the grave were thrown into the lake of fire. Anyone whose name was not found in the Book of Life was thrown into the fire. Lord, thank you for your righteous judgement. May we faithfully endure until the end.