Will We Ever Have World Peace?

Daniel R Tidmore

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Psalm 150 NKJV

1 Praise the Lord! Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in His mighty firmament! 2 Praise Him for His mighty acts; Praise Him according to His excellent greatness! 3 Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet; Praise Him with the lute and harp! 4 Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes! 5 Praise Him with loud cymbals; Praise Him with clashing cymbals! 6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!

Revelation 19:14–16 NKJV

14 And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. 15 Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS

Matthew 25:21 NKJV

21 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

Matthew

First, the rapture of the church has to take place.

Once the rapture occurs, the church will be out of the way and the Antichrist will come into power. With the Antichrist in power, the world will enter seven years of tribulation.

Revelation 19:

Second, the Antichrist will come into power. With the Antichrist in power, the world will enter seven years of tribulation.

We believe in the rapture of the church of Jesus Christ. Jesus promises that He will come again. When Jesus returns, it will begin a series of events that will revolutionize this world.

Third, the unholy trinity of the Tribulation will be: Satan, the Antichrist, and the False Prophet.

Fourth, the Jesus will return to this earth at His second coming. He will fight the Battle of the Armageddon.

Fifth, Jesus will thrown the Antichrist and the False Prophet into the Lake of Fire.

After the rapture, this world will enter into seven years of tribulation. During the tribulation, there is a man, anointed by Satan, who will sweep into power who will want to lead the world into one religion, and one system.

The antichrist will create a peace treaty with Israel, only to break it three and a half years later. At this time, persecution will increase against Israel, and the antichrist will try to turn his empire into worldwide domination.

It is important that we live with daily anticipation that Jesus is coming again and He is coming soon. This is the way the New Testament church lived. They believed that this could be the day that Jesus could return any moment.

This will last for another three and a half years, only to be stopped by the second coming of Christ.

At some point, this understanding lost its emphasis. Then when Constantine made Christianity its official religion for the Roman Empire, bishops and pastors started to adopt the mindset the Romans instead of the Kingdom of God.

Slowly they started to view their role as earthly leaders instead of spiritual leaders who prepare God’s people for His coming. Then focus turned from what Jesus would do when He came, to what they could do in their positions of power.

Through this there was less of an emphasis on Christ’s coming and more of an emphasis of how the church could get along with the world instead of the church changing the world.

But now, we live in a day that is closer to Christ’s coming than ever before. We will look at a number of scriptures to answer three questions about the Millennial Reign- [When], [Where], and [What].

Let’s begin

1. Where

The second coming will take place in two phases. The first phase will be the rapture/resurrection. George asked me once will everyone hear the trumpet, I read something in preparation for this message that I think answers the questions:

So the rapture will be private, just for God and His saints. People will notice our disappearance, but they will not understand why we all left at one time {so it is likely that they will not hear the trumpet either}.

At the rapture, Jesus comes for His people, at the second coming, or the revelation, Jesus comes with His people. Where will we come at His second coming?

We will come to the Mount of Olives. Remember, the angels told the disciples, He will come in like manner. He left from the Mount of Olives and He will return to the Mount of Olives.

When He does, the Mount of Olives will split in two where we will head in procession to war against the armies of the antichrist.

So where Jesus returns is important, it will be at the Mount of Olives, where we will then head to the Valley of Megido.

1. When will there be World Peace?

Revelation 20:1–3 NKJV

1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; 3 and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.

We looked at where we will return, but when. I cannot give the precise date, but I can provide a timeline based on God’s word.

begins with heaven’s perspective. All of heaven will begin to rejoice and sing Alleluia. Four times,

· alleluia, salvation and glory and honor belong to God

· alleluia, Her smoke arises forever and ever

· alleluia, will be what the 24 elders say as the fall down and worship

· Alleluia for the Lord God omnipotent reigns, will be the sound of all of heaven, including us!

Then we will have the marriage supper of the lamb, where we will have one final celebrate in heaven, where we will live for the LAST time before coming back to earth.

At this point, John saw the second coming. Jesus will ride a white horse, and who will ride with Him? We will. So we will land on the Mount of Olives and the whole time, the beast/antichrist, and the kings of the earth ill gather with their armies.

They will prepare to war against each other, but Jesus will come and out of His mouth will come a sharp sword, with which He will strike the nations. Jesus will win and take the beast/antichrist, the false prophet, and all those who took the mark of the beast, and cast them into the lake of fire.

Then what happens next?

Jesus will take Satan and lock him in the bottomless pit. How long will Satan be locked away? 1,000 years.

We do not know the precise date, but we know that it will happen, because God’s word promises it will happen.

We have briefly answered When will there be world peace, now let’s see…

2. Where Will There Be World Peace?

Revelation 20:4–6 NKJV

4 And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 5 But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.

After Satan is locked away for 1,000 years, then Jesus will usher in the Millennial Reign of Christ. This will be 1,000 years of peace and leadership from Jesus as our King on earth.

There are three terms we needs to memorize, {Postmillennialism}, {Amillennialism}, and {Premillennialism}. These are the three schools of thought concerning the Millennial Reign of Christ.

-Postmillennialism. This is the belief that the millennial reign is not a literal 1,000 years, rather it began symbolically when Jesus rose from the dead.

They believe it will end when Jesus returns, but that there will be no future kingdom. They have the view that eventually more and more people will get saved until the majority of the world has accepted Christ.

Then Jesus will return with a resurrection of the dead, to be followed by the end of the age.

Amillennialism – a means no, so people who believe in amillennialism believe that there is no millennial reign of Christ.

They spiritualize the book of the Revelation and preach that Jesus was bound on the cross and now we live in a spiritual millennial reign of Christ.

Premillennialism-this is what we believe. We believe that God will fulfill His promises for both the Church and Israel.

We believe that at the Millennial reign, Jesus will return, sit on the throne of David and establish a kingdom here on earth.

Premillennialism differs from Post and A millennialism in that we believe Jesus will physically return to this earth BEFORE the millennium.

Whereas Postmillennialism believes that we are in the millennial reign for it is spiritual in nature, and Jesus will return AFTER. Amillennialism believes that is NO millennium, and Jesus will return to judge the earth.

But if we are to take scripture literal and not figurative, we must believe that Jesus will return at His second coming, lock away the satan, and then rule and reign for 1,000 years.

3. What Will Happen when there is World Peace?

What will it be like on earth during the millennium?

1. There will be universal peace

Isaiah 2:2–4 NKJV

2 Now it shall come to pass in the latter days That the mountain of the Lord’s house Shall be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow to it. 3 Many people shall come and say, “Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, To the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. 4 He shall judge between the nations, And rebuke many people; They shall beat their swords into plowshares, And their spears into pruning hooks; Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, Neither shall they learn war anymore.

Isaiah 2:2-

2. Jesus will reestablish David’s throne

, “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; A King shall reign and [a]prosper, And execute [b]judgment and righteousness in the [c]earth. 6 In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel will dwell safely; Now this is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

Jeremiah 23:4–5 NKJV

4 I will set up shepherds over them who will feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, nor shall they be lacking,” says the Lord. 5 “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; A King shall reign and prosper, And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.

3. There will be joy

Isaiah 51:11 NKJV

11 So the ransomed of the Lord shall return, And come to Zion with singing, With everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness; Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

, Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

4. The earth will be blessed

Isaiah 65:17–19 NKJV

17 “For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former shall not be remembered or come to mind. 18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; For behold, I create Jerusalem as a rejoicing, And her people a joy. 19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem, And joy in My people; The voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her, Nor the voice of crying.

4. The earth will be blessed: ;

Isaiah 65:17–19 NKJV

Isaiah 65:21–22 NKJV

Isaiah 65:21–25 NKJV

21 They shall build houses and inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 22 They shall not build and another inhabit; They shall not plant and another eat; For as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people, And My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. 23 They shall not labor in vain, Nor bring forth children for trouble; For they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord, And their offspring with them. 24 “It shall come to pass That before they call, I will answer; And while they are still speaking, I will hear. 25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, The lion shall eat straw like the ox, And dust shall be the serpent’s food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,” Says the Lord.

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This is what it will be like during the millennial reign. Jesus will sit on the throne of David.

Isaiah

This is what it will be like during the millennial reign. Jesus will sit on the throne of David, David will be a key leader, we will still have laws, God will still judge, we will live in a kingdom that will be reminiscent of the Garden of Eden, and we will rule and reign with Christ.

We will still have laws, God will still judge, we will live in a kingdom that will be reminiscent of the Garden of Eden, and we will rule and reign with Christ.

It will last for 1,000 . If Jesus came tonight, in seven years we would be in the millennial reign of Christ!

Close:

· (Where will Jesus return?) The Mount of Olives, and we will be with Him.

· (When will Jesus return?) After the rapture and tribulation.

· (What will it be like when Jesus returns?) It will be a time of perfect peace where Jesus will rule and reign for 1,000 years!

But until then, we are a part of a spiritual kingdom, preparing us for His coming! Let’s thank and praise Him for He is coming soon, our Lord really is coming back to earth again!

Jesus wants us to be ready as He prepared His followers before us. Tonight we will receive communion, knowing that when we do we proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes. But let’s look at the last time Jesus had communion with His followers.

Matthew 26:26–29 NKJV

26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.” 27 Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. 28 For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. 29 But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father’s kingdom.”

Until Jesus comes we remember His sacrifice, which is our victory.

When did He say that they would eat and drink together again? When they drink from the new vinyards and eat from the new grounds in His Father’s kingdom.

When we will be in the Father’s kingdom? During the Millennial Reign of Christ. So when we receive communion this evening, let’s think, one day we will eat and drink with the Lord during a 1,000 years of peace!