CHARACTERISTICS OF THE KINGDOM

² JESUS CHRIST, KING OVER ALL THE EARTH Zechariah 14:9, Revelation 12:5, Revelation 17:14, Revelation 19:11-16, 1 Corinthians 15:20-28, 1 Timothy 6:13-16, Daniel 7:13-14

² GOD'S KINGDOM HAS COME Matthew 6:10, Luke 11:2

² KINGDOM OF GOD & OF CHRIST Ephesians 5:5

This is the time known as the THRONE OF DAVID and the THRONE OF HIS GLORY, when Christ is reigning as KING OF KINGS, and LORD OF LORDS for a thousand years from Jerusalem.

The Lord's model prayer shows the cry of His heart for the Kingdom Age, the Thousand Rear Reign. Here Christ prays, and instructs His disciples to pray, for the ultimate purpose of God for man. This prayer is the greatest example of praying in the true will of God, and is guaranteed an answer. But, as we know by experience, it will come in the appointed time. There is a time coming soon when it will certainly be done.

² "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven." Matthew 6:10, Luke 11:2

This prayer of Jesus will find complete fulfillment when He is reigning for the thousand years with a Rod of Iron. These are not just empty words giving a pattern to prayer, but is a true expectation to be completely fulfilled in its time. God's Will shall be accomplished to perfection, by righteous government and strict enforcement that brings swift justice based on truth, not on the skill of lawyers.

² ALL ENEMIES UNDER CHRIST'S FEET
Matthew 22:43-44, Luke 20:42-43, Mark 12:36, 1 Corinthians 15:20-28, Acts 2:34-35, Psalm 110:1

Jesus is seated at the right hand of God Most High until the time comes for Him to return to the earth as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

When the purge is finished and Christ is established as King over all the earth, He will submit Himself under God, making God the head over all creation. God will be all in all. The kingdom is indeed the Kingdom of God. Christ is indeed the King over all the earth, but in subjection under God Almighty.

² ISRAEL UNDER ROD OF IRON RULE
Ezekiel 20:33, Matthew 2:6, Micah 5:2, Micah 7:14, Micah 5:3-5, Luke 1:31-33, Acts 3:22-23, Deuteronomy 18:15-19

God will regather Israel from all countries into the land of Israel, and will purge out all rebels, and all that transgress against Him; and in so doing, His people will come to know that He unquestionably is God most high.

Those who survive the purge will possess the land and experience the perfect righteousness of the reign of Christ.

² GENTILES IN THE KINGDOM Matthew 8:10-12, Luke 13:28-30

When Jesus spoke of the first that shall be last and the last that shall be first. He was speaking of Israel as being the FIRST. They failed to get into the Kingdom of God because of unfaithfulness and unbelief. Whereas, the LAST that shall be first will be those Gentiles who, by faith and obedience, will be allowed into the Kingdom by right of adoption through the blood of Jesus.

² NO MARRIAGE IN THE RESURRECTION Matthew 22:23-30, Luke 20:27-36

Those who have died and raised to reign in the Kingdom will not be married, those who are still mortal will be.

² GUIDANCE FOR THE PEOPLE DWELLING IN ZION AT JERUSALEM Isaiah 30:18-21

² THE PEOPLE WILL DESPISE THEIR IDOLATRY Isaiah 30:22, Isaiah 31:6-7

² BLESSINGS OF ABUNDANCE Isaiah 30:23-24

² REWARD OF GOD'S RIGHTEOUS SERVANT (THE CHRIST) Isaiah 53:1-12

² JERUSALEM THE THRONE OF THE LORD Jeremiah 3:16-17, Hebrews 1:8-12, Daniel 2:44

² ETERNAL RIGHTEOUS GOVERNMENT Daniel 7:27, Isaiah 9:2-7, Isaiah 16:5, Isaiah 51:4-8, Isaiah 52:13-15, Jeremiah 23:5-6

² RIGHTEOUS RULER Micah 4:3, Isaiah 2:4-5, Isaiah 11:1-5

² GOD IS EXALTED - HIS ENEMIES DESTROYED - HIS REIGN ESTABLISHED - Isaiah 5:16, Isaiah 25:1-7, Isaiah 30:18, Isaiah 33:5-6, Isaiah 42:1-21, Micah 5:5-15

² THE LORD SHALL BE KING OVER ALL THE EARTH Zechariah 14:9, 1 Timothy 6:13-16, Micah 7:16-20, Zechariah 2:10-13, Daniel 7:13-14, Isaiah 1:26-27

² UNIVERSAL PEACE (animals and man) Isaiah 2:4, Isaiah 11:6-9, Isaiah 65:18-25, Hosea 2:18.

² THE WHOLE WORLD WILL SPEAK ONE PURE LANGUAGE Zephaniah 3:9, Isaiah 19:16-25

² EVERYONE WILL KNOW THE LORD Habakkuk 2:14, Jeremiah 31:33-34, Isaiah 29:13-24

² I WILL PUT MY LAWS IN THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS Hebrews 10:16, Isaiah 42:21, Jeremiah 31:33, 1 Corinthians 13:8-12

² MEN WILL TURN TO GOD - NOT TO IDOLS Isaiah 17:7-8

² A PRIEST/KING Zechariah 6:12-13, Zechariah 9:10, Isaiah 9:6b

² ALL NATIONS WILL LOOK TO ZION FOR THE LAW Isaiah 2:1-5, Micah 4:1-8, Isaiah 60:3, Isaiah 11:10

² THE GLORY OF THE LORD SHALL BE REVEALED Isaiah 24:23, Isaiah 40:5, Isaiah 52:10, Job 19:25-27

² SORROW AND DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY Isaiah 25:8

² SEVEN WOMEN TO ONE MAN Isaiah 4:1

After the purge is over there will be only one man to seven women surviving to enter into the Thousand Year Reign of Christ as mortals.

The unequal remnant is because the men had rebelled and were disobedient, while the women had accepted the Lord and responded in obedience. Thus, the men were purged away and the women were left without husbands. The reproach is that of being widows and childless with no hope of finding fulfillment, and the shame of realizing that the husband was found unworthy of the kingdom.

Many in the churches are not serious about their relationship with God. They do not allow that relationship to influence their everyday activities, speech, work, recreation, priorities, nor their responsibility to their spouse and children. This is evident when we look at the rate of divorce and child abuse today experienced in the church as well as in secular society. God knows the truth, and He knows the very heart and mind of every person. Therefore, the purge will be accurate and sure.

² REWARD FOR THE BARREN AND AFFLICTED Isaiah 54:1-17

² SECURITY FOR THE RIGHTEOUS Isaiah 33:13-24

² PRAISES TO GOD Isaiah 12:1-6, Isaiah 25:1-3, Isaiah 26:1-21, Isaiah 61:10-11

² PASSOVER WILL BE OBSERVED Matthew 26:29, Mark 14:25, Luke 22:13-18

² HOLY SPIRIT POURED OUT ON ALL FLESH Isaiah 32:15-20, Joel 2:28-29

² IMMORTAL BODIES OF PREVIOUSLY RAPTURED SAINTS 1 Corinthians 15:12-58

² FOUR SPIRITS FROM HEAVEN GIVE REST TO THE NORTH COUNTRY Zechariah 6:1-8

The Spirits of God from Heaven continue to roam the earth. The colors of the horses is the same as the colors of the horses that introduced the Great Tribulation and stirred up the spirits of mankind to fulfill prophecies causing the North Country to attack Israel. In the Kingdom Age, the Spirits stir the spirits of mankind to fulfill the prophecies of this time of Peace, giving rest to the North Country.

This Peace will last until Satan is released at the end of the Kingdom Age to stir up the last rebellion.

POSITIONS IN THE KINGDOM

² THE TWELVE APOSTLES OF JESUS Luke 22:28-30

² THE SAINTS 1 Corinthians 6:1-3, Revelation 2:26-28

PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY

² EVERYONE WILL DIE FOR HIS OWN INIQUITY Jeremiah 31:29-30

² WHAT DOES THE LORD REQUIRE? Micah 6:6-8