Week Fifty Nine - November 2, 2013 Steve's Bible Study
The Second Coming (Part 3) -
The Millennial Kingdom
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[Isaiah 11:6-10; 65:20-26; Matthew 25:36-51; Revelation 19:11-20:15]

 
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The Second Coming - (Part 3) The Millennial Kingdom
thousand (chilioi) - literal "thousand"
--- (chilias) - "one-thousand"
--- (dischilioi) - literal "two-thousand"
thousand  (myrios/myrias) - "thousands, innumerable, ten-thousand"
  (dismyrias) - "double myriad, twenty-thousand"

Purpose of the Millennial Kingdome - to fulfill the OT prophecies promised to ISRAEL
1. Second coming of Messiah, sits on the "throne of David"
2. Bodily resurrection of OT saints (+ martyred Tribulation saints)
3. Peace/no war
4. Spiritual rebirth of Israel - accept Christ as Messiah
5. Animal sacrifices - "remembrance" of Christ's atonement
6. Rewards for the CHURCH ("talents") - "rule + reign with Christ" / "crowns"

Acts 1:11 (ESV)
11 ... and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”

Recommended Resource: The Second Coming: Signs of Christ's Return and the End of the Age / by John MacArthur