‘The millennium is an impor- tant period of time for you to understand, ‘The word millennium means a period of 1,000 years. The return of our Lord and The Shepherd's Chapel P.O. Box 416, Gravette, AR 72736 501-787-6026 Dr. Arnold Murray, DRE Millennium Newsletter #205 - November 1995 resurrection. REVELATION 20:6 Blessed and holy is ho that hath part in the first resurrection Saviour Jesus Christ will begin the mil- lennium. Thete will be a great deal of teaching and a large number of souls saved during this period. In fact, many that consider themselves saved today will soon worship antichrist. They that have never been taught the teuth will have the opportunity to hear and understand. They will once again have the opportunity to- fallow Jesus Christ or Satan at the end of the millennium. On ihe first day of the milleonium we will all be changed to our spiritual bodies (I Cor. 15:52-53). Let's see what God's Word tells us about the millennium, REVELATION 20:1-2 And J saw an angel come down fiom heaven, having the key of tho Botlomless. pit and a great chain in hi hand. ® And he laid hold ‘on the Gragon, that eld serpant, which is the Covi and Salan, and bound him @ thousand years. L believe this angel will be Michael. Satan will be literally bound during the millennium. He will not be allowed to influence anyone, until the end of this period. TION. And cast him into the bottomless Pil. and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he. should decoive the nations no more, fi! the thou- sand years should be fulfiled: and after that he must be foosed a iittie season. ‘Why would Satan be loosed? Some will stand against antichrist at the end of this dispensation and be justified at that time. Many that believe the rapture theory will be deceived and worship antichrist. God is fair. Satan will be loosed a little season so those that have been fought the tush during the milleanium will have an opportunity to be justified. REVELATION 20:4 And | saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgement was given unto them: and (saw the souls of them that ware beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of Ged, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither ‘had received his mark upon their foreheads. or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ @ thou- ‘sand years. ‘The justified will not have received the mark in their mind or have done the work of antichrist with their ‘hands. REVELATION 20,5 Gut the rest of the dead lived not again uniil the thousand years were finished. This 1s tie first resurrection. ‘how that worship antichrist will be epritually dead throughout the millennium. They must be tested and fied at the end of this period, Those that are jus- 4 before the millennium begins take part in the first ‘on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Chriet, and shall reign with Him a thousand years The second death is the death of the soul as is written in verse fourteen of this same chapter. The second death will have no power over those that take part in the first resurrection because they have already been judged REVELATION 207-8 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, # And shal go out fo deceive the nations which are in ine four quaiters of the earth, Gog and Magog, {0 gather them father fo bate: the number of whom is as the sand the sea, God and Magog represent all nations that come against God. Yes, even at the end of the 1,000 years, Satan will still have great numbers that choose to follow him instead of Jesus, REVELATION 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints aboul, and the beloved ily: the fire came down from God ‘out of heaven, and devoured them. ‘The beloved city is Jerusalem, This is where the millennial temple will be built as is described in the Book of Ezekiel. The full Godhead will return to earth at the end of the millennium. REVELATION 20:10 And the devil that deceived them Was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for over and ever. Satan is promised in Ezekiel Chapter 28:18 that God will bring forth a fire from the midst of him that will devour him. Satan will be tured to ashes forever. REVELATION 20:11 And I saw a, graat we throne, and Fi ‘sai on it. from Whose face the earth and ihe Reaver fed away. and there was found ro place them: ‘There will be no place for those that oppose He that sits on the white throne, God, REVELATION 20:12:19, And | saw tne, coad, small and Great, stand before God: and the baoks were opened: ‘and another bock was qpened, which ig the book of Ife: ‘and the dead were judged out of those things which were writen in the Books, according to ther works, And the sea gave up the dead which were in if; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged evély man according to their works. The sea is the people (Rev. 17:15). Those that arespiritually dead must be judged and will have the ‘opportunity to be justified. They will be judged only by their actions during the millennium, not their faith. I 18 And death and hell were cast | Bio-ine taxe-at-die- nis isthe second death. = And | whosoever was not found wntten in the book of lite wes cast into the lake of fire, Praise God. Satan and those that choose to follow him will be destroyed forever. There is a great deal sonceming the millennium written in the Book of Ezek jel. Let's turn there. i But the priests the Levites. the sons fadok, that kept the charge of My sancluary when the chilzren of israel went astray from Me, they shat! come near 10 Me to minister unto Me, and they, shat! stand before Me to offer unto Me the fat and the blood. saith the Lord GOD: “Zadok” in Hebrew means “the just". We are talking about those that are already justified, The Zadok keep ‘God's Word and do not go astray whoring after antichrist. EL 44-16-17 They shall ontor into My sanctuary, ‘and they shail come near to My table, to minister unto Me, and they shall keep My charge. ' And it shall come fo pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clithed with linen garments; and no woo!’ shall come upon them, whites they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within ‘Only the Zadok will be allowed to approach Jesus during the millennium. The linen garments worn by the Zadok must be earned in th sation. These gar- ments are made of the righteous acts of those that earned them (Rev, 19:8) EZEKIEL 44:18-19 They shall have linen bonnets upon ther heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gid themsalves with any thing that causeth sweat. * And when they go forth info the utter Gourt, even into the uter court to the People, they shall ut off their garmonts where they ministered, and lay thom in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments, and they shell not sanctiy the People wih their garments, ‘The priests will not wear their righteous acts in the cuter courts in the presence of others. EZEKIEL 44:20-21 Neither shall thoy shave thoir heads, or suffer their leeks to grow long: they shall only poll their heads. © Neither shall any priest crink wine, when they enter inte the inner cour. God's way is moderation, The Zadok will not shave heads or grow their hair long. They will not drink wine when in the presence of Christ. Neither shall they tako for thair wives Widow, nor her that Js put avey: but thoy shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had @ priest before. ‘Think spiritual, There will be another wedding, after Christ returns to His bride. The next few verses tell us Of the tremendous rewards for the Zadok. In my opinion, they are some of the most precious promises God makes. EZEKIEL 44:23 And they shall teach My People the | Elton ate Between the holy and profane, and cause \ thom to discern between tho unclean and the clean. ‘The Zadok will tench God's children the truth. God's children will all have eyes to see and cars to hear. This will be 2 wonderful time of teaching. EZEKIEL 44:24.25 And in controversy they shall stand In judgement and they shall judgo it according to M judgements: and they shall Keep My laws and My siet- Utes in ail Mine assembles; and they shell hallow My sabbaths. = And they shall come at no dead person fo defile themselves: Dut for father, of for mother, or for zon, of for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had ne hustand, they may deffe themselves. ‘These dead persons are the same as we discussed in Revelation. They. are spiritually dead. This scripture documents we will be able to recognize our loved ones in spiritual bodies. In fact, the Zadok may only go to cir immediate family members in an effort to straighten them out; however, there is a price: AZGKIEL 44.28 And ater ne is cieansod, they shall reckon Unto him seven days. ‘The Zadok will not be allowed to approach Christ again for seven days, even after having been cleansed Jesus Christ wants nothing to do with those that are deceived by antichrist. EZEKIEL 44:27 And in the day that he goeth into the sancluary, unio the inner court, to minister in the sanc- tuary, he shall offer his sin offering, sah the Lord GOD. “The priests that defile themselves for a family member will also have to pay a sin offering. I can't help believe their concern and compassion will still please Christ, The Zadok will be able to afford the sin offering. Listen to this. EL 44:28 And it shaif be unio them for an inheritance: | am their inheritance: and ye shal give them no possession in Ieraal: 1 am their possassion. Are you able to comprehend this? Almighty God ‘will be your inheritance, if you are among the Zadok. God owns everything and He is the possession of the elect. Thank Him often for these promises. What happens after the millennium? The eternity begins. That is a different subject for a different time; however, in closing, let's tum back to Revelation for a brief description, REVELATION. ats And 4 heard a geal wgice ou of saying, “Behold, the tabemacle of Gad is with imen, and Ho’ wil dwell with them, and. thoy. shall be His people, and God Himsel shell be with them, and be ther God. * And Ged shal wine away all tears from vir eyes, and there shall be no more death, nether sorow, nor crying, neither shail there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away." ‘Those that follow Satan will not burn in hell forever. ‘They will be blotted out, never to be thought of again What a wonderful time and place to live. Will you be there? I hope so. InHisService,