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12-26-2021 Weekly Message

Meditation of the Week: Psalm 91:1-16

Text: Isaiah 65:1-25

Word Title: Blessings of the Millennium Kingdom to the remnant from the Great Tribulation

       Isaiah 65 is related to the things during the great tribulation in the book of Revelation. The first 39 chapters are related to the 39 books of the Old Testament, and the rest of chapters 40 to 66 are related to the New Testament. However, there are things in the Bible that seem to be out of order of time to the mind of man, but none of the words of the Bible written by the  Holy Ghost which is eternal are without any  error.

     In verse one, the prophet Isaiah says that when Jesus, the Messiah of all the earth, appears in the future, Gentiles who have not sought the Lord, the God of Israel, shall seek him. However, the people of Israel chosen by God  rebel against the Lord to the end  not to receive Jesus who is the good way even though God says, Behold me, behold me, before entering the great tribulation and dwelling in great suffering. He prophesied of the troubles that they shall enddure :

“A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;

4 Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.

6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,

7 Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.” (Isaiah 65: 3-7)

       They did not accept Jesus Christ, but they shall receive the Antichrist as their Messiah, and finally when the army of the Antichrist tries to kill them, they shall have no place to live, wandering from the mountains to the fields and even among the graves, living in the midst of offering the sacrifices that God detestable. These are the words to the Jews who do not repent to the end.

          Long ago, King Solomon prophesied against the Jews who would cry out in the Great Tribulation:

“Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your 27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction fear cometh;

 cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.  ” (Proverbs 1:24-32).

         Through the mouth of King Solomon, the Holy Ghost prophesied about the Jews and the gentiles for them to suffer greatly in the future in the great tribulation because they do not believe in the Lord Jesus Christ But he prophesied of the  Christians who hear the word of the Lord God and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ to be saved and become children of God not to  enter the Great Tribulation but shall ascend to heaven and live in peace:

“But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.” (Proverbs 1:33).

         The prophet Isaiah also foretold blessings for the servants of the Lord God:

” Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all.

9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.

10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me..” Isaiah 65:8-10)

          But of those who have forsaken the Lord, He said that during the Great Tribulation they will starve, be thirsty and be put to shame. He also said that they would weep in the sorrow of heart and weep in agony of spirit.

        Through the prophet Isaiah, the Holy Ghost also prophesied about the kingdom of Jesus Christ for the Jews and Gentiles who will repent and believe in Jesus during the great tribulation, who repent to believe in Jesus and keep  the commandments, and endured to the end (Rev 14:12). New heavens and new earth will appear after the final judgment after the end of the Millennium, but the Holy Ghost says of the new heavens and the new earth ahead speaking of the blessings of being in the kingdom of Christ:

” For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.

19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.

21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.

And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD..” (Isaiah 65:17-25)

      At this time, the word of God to the serpent in the Garden of Eden will be fulfilled:

“And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:” (Genesis 3:14).

         In this way, after six thousand years, the kingdom of heaven like the garden of Eden will come to the earth, but in the kingdom where Christ directly reigns, sin is unacceptable, so those who sin shall be judged with an iron rod, and they may die even at the age of 100 without fulfilling their life span:

“Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.… And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. ” (Psalm 2:9; Revelation 19:15)

        Prophets have testified of what will happen in the Kingdom of Christ, when the Lord Jesus Christ returns at the end of the Great Tribulation to judge and establish his kingdom. The prophet Zechariah testified of this:

“And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea(Dead Sea), and half of them toward the hinder sea(Mediterranean Sea): in summer and in winter shall it be.” (Zechariah 14:8).

        The prophet Ezekiel witnessed and testified of living water flowing into the former sea(Dead Sea)::

” Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.…. Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.

9 And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh..” (Ezekiel 47:1, 8,9)

         In the millennial kingdom of Christ, those  except for the bride of Christ who was raptured and come down with the Lord Jesus Christ still have to die. However, after the end of the Millennium Kingdom, after the final judgment, death will cease to exist.

          The apostle Paul testified of death:

“The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.” (1 Corinthians 15:26).

          The apostle John saw and testified of perishing death:

“And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.” (Revelation 20:14).

          When the apostle James wrote to the twelve tribes of Israel, he delivered a final warning message to the Jews and the gentiles even to the church of God:

 “  Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up..” (James 4:4-10) Amen! Hallelujah!