Let us just go back into the Old Testament and see what the prophets of old had to say in regards to the earth and these people, once this period of time starts. We will go to Ezekiel 34. Ezekiel was a prophet that saw this era of time, this great Millennium that is coming and the re-establishing of the house of Israel. In verses 20, 21, and 22, he is speaking of how He (God) will preserve and save that people of old. In the 23rd verse He says this, "And I will set up one shepherd over them, (Watch the language,) and He (that servant) shall feed them, even my servant David." We have to realize that the servant David spoken of here has to be pointing to Jesus who is the seed of David; because it was through David that God started this great Messianic kingdom and established that long line of royal lineage. God made a covenant with David that of his loins He would establish this covenant, and He would raise up one, one day, whose kingdom would be an everlasting kingdom. So here it is. "He shall feed them, and He shall be their shepherd. And I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David (which actually is Jesus) a prince among them; I the Lord have spoken it. (Now watch what God has promised toward the earth, the planet you and I live on.) And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: (Why? Because He is going to take away that enmity.) and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing." You have all heard that old song, "There Shall Be Showers of Blessings." Well that all stems from the prophecy of how God is going to relate His showers. There will be no more droughts then. Just watch what comes out of this. "And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase." American farmers have for the past fifty or sixty years been studying all kinds of agricultural means to increase the output, the acreage yield of corn and beans and such like, but in that day the Lord will regulate all of that. We realize of course, that a lot of what mankind has accomplished has been brought about by modern technology in the usage of fertilizers. The earth is existing under a curse that God put in it when Adam was cursed and moving out of paradise. That is when God said, Cursed is the ground for thy sake, thorns and thistles shall it yield forth unto you. However, in the Millennium, this curse is going to start being withdrawn. The earth is going to start doing something it has not done before; yielding its full potential in output. "And they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them." Let us now look at another prophecy, found in the little book of Amos. It goes right with it what we have just read. We have read about the animal kingdom and what is going to happen. Therefore, we know the animal kingdom will be at peace with man in this age of time. As we read these prophecies that deal with how God is going to take the curse off of the ground some might ask, For what reason? There is a reason, because as the earth is introduced into an era of time consisting of a thousand years, when men and women will bring forth offspring to repopulate the whole earth, God has purposed to restore the cursed land back to its original state. There will be no more need for the curse. Yes saints, there will be little babies born, and they will not die of all these menacing problems we face today. As I said earlier, longevity of life will be restored. I hope all these know- it-all preachers who have rebuked me for saying things the prophet (Bro. Branham) did not say, will get an opportunity to read this. Who cares if they get angry and try to climb a wall. God's prophets have already said it will be like this; so Bro. Branham did not have to say it. I am looking forward to being right there by the grace of God, and I will no doubt be carrying some of those little fellows around. I love to pay attention to little children. One thing is sure, you will not have any child abusers in the Millennium. Here in Amos 9:13, we find these words, "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt." What is that telling us? It is telling us something is going to happen that as the earth yields its abundance. The reapers are not even going to be able to get the fields cleared before here comes someone riding right behind them ready to plant a new crop. Is there going to be tractors, Bro. Jackson? Yes. There will be tractors there. Some reject the idea, but there will a lot of things we have not thought about being there. Two hundred years ago, no one even suspected there could be such roaring monsters in the fields like we have today. Two hundred years ago, all men had to work with were mules and oxen. That modern tractor did not come crawling out of a hole in the ground. It was invented and manufactured to be used like that. What am I saying? Simply this, whatever technology that is beneficial, good, and practical for earthly, mortal man to use in his earthly duties, when that Millennium age starts, he will continue right on with it. Why should he divert back to the ox? Why should he divert back to just riding the horse? I believe you understand what I am talking about. There will be no reason to do otherwise. I will tell you another thing for sure, There is not going to be any oil companies there, buying up all their inventions just so they can keep on selling their oil. Then, is when you will see things produced that will not pollute the environment. Whether it is steam engines, or whatever, it makes no difference. You will see things made and put in use that will be means of transportation as well as for tilling the fields. That is why the prophecy says, "The plowmen." What do you think that plowman is coming with? I do not see him coming down through the field with a team of oxen. It may be like that in New Guinea until that time, but not in America. I am of the opinion that by the time this Millennium is well into its allotted period, there will not be any outdated means of cultivation left anywhere on the entire globe. Whatever modern means of cultivation and agricultural output there is available, it will be expressed throughout the entire earth. There is no doubt in my mind, that then is when you will see solar energy brought into use like you have never seen before. Why not? The sun can put off enough energy when it is stored properly to do everything that is needful to be done, and it will not pollute the air. Thanks be to God the Creator, everything will be exactly right in every way. Try to get the utility companies to start it now and see what kind of response you get. There is not enough money available to bring that about in this present society. They would loose their control over the population. Greedy man has literally exhausted the earth's resources for his own selfish reasons; but thank God, they will not have that kind of control in the Millennium. No wonder it says in the Psalms, When the wicked rule, the land mourns and groans. But when the righteous rule, the land rejoices. Well the righteous are going to rule. They are going to be people that will know how to use the earth's resources to glorify God. No more, will a few people possess the greater percentage of the world's wealth. (9:14) "And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God." We realize by reading this, that we have read about a kingdom yet to be upon earth; and we know it is called the Millennium age. The planet earth is going to go through that thousand years; and that thousand years of time is a period of time in which the Lord slowly but progressively removes from the surface of it, the traces of everything man has defiled it with. This thousand years is gradually going to bring about a complete restoration of the entire planet. That is primarily what it is all about. That is why it is called "The age of regeneration." He (God) is not only bringing into existence a new element of people who are mortal, but they that come forth to live in the eternal age will be those that have had as their objective, to please their Creator in all things. Just try to imagine if you can, a whole multitude of mortal people who have no desire to do anything other than what pleases their heavenly Father.

For six thousand years, man born in sin, ruled by his flesh and held prisoner under the condemnation of such a condition, has constantly defiled the earth, wasted its resources, and used everything extravagantly, doing nothing to glorify and please God. That is why I said earlier, These environmentalists are not doing anything to please God. They are just on a kick believing they need to be doing something. You do not hear them say a thing about what might please God; mostly because they care so little about trying to please Him, even many of those who profess to be Christians. I thought as I heard on the T.V. News that Colorado residents in a certain town were casting a vote about whether they would be allowed to wear furs, or sell furs in that town, You poor, miserable, misguided people. You better not want to live in the Millennium. Why is that, Bro. Jackson? Because when I read in Ezekiel, that in the Millennium, when Jesus is sitting in the temple on the throne of His glory, there is going to be animal sacrifice offered every day on that Millennium altar. They will be sacrificing every day for a thousand years. Oh Bro. Jackson, the Law is over, Grace is over. Why would they do that? Simply because God is not over, and that is what He wants. That is why He inspired His prophet to write those words. That is how people are though; narrow minded about everything pertaining to God's ultimate plan for mankind. I would be too if it were not for the grace of God that has opened my eyes. Apart from the grace God has bestowed upon me, I would be the most stupid creature you would find. Let me just illustrate my point. Do not forget, we have already said there would be children born in the Millennium, so they will not be left in ignorance concerning God's dealings with mortal mankind. Remember to, that it also says in Zechariah 14:16, "And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem (That of course pertains to the remnant that is judged and saved alive out of all those nations.) shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. (Notice how it even calls Egypt by name.) And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the Lord will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. (This is something God will require of everyone; and there will be no acceptable excuse. It is not like Gentile people deciding whether to go to church this Sunday, or go boating, like so many are guilty of doing today. They will do according to the requirement laid out by the Lord, or they will suffer immediate consequences.) This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles." If Egypt, or anyone else refuses to represent themselves according to this scripture, then there will be no rain for their crops. That is how we recognize that Jesus truly will rule with a rod of iron during that era of time. There will be no demonstrations by some who desire to rebel against established law. God hates that kind of thing. There will be no rebellion tolerated. He despises that. Saints, it is bad enough when people of the world rebel and demonstrate against things they disagree with, but when you see people who are supposed to be Christians out here demonstrating, that is even worse. Notice what Isaiah said about rebellion in chapter 15, verse 23, "For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry." We do not have to wonder how God feels about these sins. His word plainly tells us. Yes. Jesus is going to rule in righteousness and justice and with a rod of iron, so there will be no funny business going on. As for the little children born during that time, I want you to think about this: For a thousand years, little children will be born to grow up in an era when there will be no knowledge of sin and spiritual death. If there was never anything projected to them to make them aware of who this great King that they will come before is, nor why the animal sacrifice is offered upon the altar, it would seem very unfair to them. They would be worshiping in ignorance.

I will illustrate to you, what this animal sacrifice in the Millennium represents. We know this, in the Law, when God gave it in that dispensation to the house of Israel, the animal sacrifice was a type of the great sacrifice of Jesus that was to come later for the sins of all mankind. In other words, the worshipers who come to that altar as they would confess their sins to the priests, and as that animal was slain and the priest performed his duties in the event, their sins were pushed ahead for another year. This obedience on the part of all parties did not atone for, nor remove their sins. It pushed them ahead for another year, typed the sacrifice that would one day pay the sin debt in full. Therefore, in Israel the individual really was in spiritual ignorance as to what it actually pointed to, but they did know that by honoring that law with a pure motive and acknowledging their need to be included in the benefits attributed to that sacrifice that was made, their sins were somehow placed upon that animal and it freed them from sure consequences. They understood that somehow their sins were represented in that animal's suffering and death; therefore, their accountability was pushed ahead another year in time. Just think about this now; and you will see why there will be an altar of animal sacrifice in the Millennium. If that is the way the believer, under the Law, was commanded by God, to push his guilt ahead, looking forward to the time when Jesus brought all of that to an end, do you not see how God would use the same setting to cause those Millennial subjects to look back to what happened at Calvary? Satan will not be on hand to tempt them, but those children born during that time will be born of parents that still have those fallen attributes in them. Anyhow, since Calvary, our sins have not been pushed ahead any longer. The blood of Jesus Christ paid our sin debt once and forever. That is why we read in Hebrews, for by one sacrifice has He perfected for ever them that are sanctified. It was through that precious blood of Jesus Christ His only begotten Son. The gospel we have does this for us when believed and accepted, but there will not be anyone preaching such a gospel in the Millennium; therefore, this observance will do for them what God requires be done; that they also may be partakers of this glorious benefit. I was not there to see Him crucified, but the gospel I heard has told me it was for me also. By faith I look back to that finished work at Calvary and reckon the benefits to myself according to the will of God. Though I did not see Him hanging there, yet by faith I see through spiritual vision a man hanging there in my place. How is that possible? God has ordained that we see such a picture through the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ. In the light of this fact, I will ask you, In the Millennium, what will those people see and hear that will cause them to understand who their great King is and what He has done for them? The fact that their progenitors were chosen out of the remnant of the nations to enter that era, and the fact that all the children born of these people are growing up in an interval of time when there will be no testing, no temptation, no evil, no criminals running up and down the road, makes it necessary that there be something to point them to the reality of God's provision. Everything on the surface will look peaceful; but if there is not something going on in the earth that points every one of them, sometime in their life, to what it means when they go to Jerusalem to worship the one who is King of all the earth and is Lord of all lords, they will be short of a necessary element in their complete makeup. They will see one portrayed in His majesty. They will see Him as a King, but they will also see an animal dying on an altar. What will that tell those Millennium subjects? Very simply this, That animal you see dying there is to make you remember this, The ONE you worship now, took your place and paid your sin debt. You are here in this kingdom because of what He did at Calvary on your behalf. Praise God! I just have to rejoice, thinking about that. Anyone that cannot see that, there is something wrong with them. That is absolutely why there is a Millennium altar. That is why all nations must present themselves there. As this glorious Millennium period moves on, just think of it, no disease, no heart trouble, no cancer, no drunks wallowing in the gutters of back alleys, and no more homosexuals screaming for equal rights. Think also of little children being born, and parents not having to worry about birth defects and deformed bodies. Every one will be born with a perfect physical body. This is why I say this, and say it for the sake of the message. Somewhere in the near future of this generation you and I are now living in, God soon has to bring the whole thing to a halt. This cursed evil disease called AIDS and the effects of this drug curse that has stained and marred the youth of the world, if God does not cut it short, there would hardly be anyone left of child bearing age fit to pass into that future era of time. I do not see these drug addicted, demon possessed creatures with their brains half destroyed and their only thoughts continually on something of self satisfaction, passing into that age to repopulate the earth. They have willingly sold themselves to the devil, to be warped and twisted like they are. God will just simply send them to the place prepared for them, when He chooses His Millennial subjects. Somewhere in the very near future, God will cut this thing short, so there will be some decent folks left alive for that future era. In fact, He will cut it a lot shorter than a lot of people are ready for Him to. As we through spiritual vision, see the Millennium, and righteousness, with no dope, no AIDS, no divorce among those people that are left in mortal flesh, and little children being born to the glory of God, we cannot help but give thanks to our heavenly Father for imparting that revelation to us.

Let us look in our Bible's, and read another prophecy of Isaiah concerning this future era of time we have been speaking of. Naturally we are hoping that the viewer of the video tape, or the reader of this message in the Contender, will find in the contents sufficient scriptural vindication for the comments we have made concerning this glorious age to come; but we are well aware of the fact that time and space will not allow us to use every scripture available on this subject, so we are just trusting the Spirit of God to make it plain to every interested soul. I am sure that there are other prophecies that would fit right in with the one's we are using if we just had the time and space; for they are scattered all through the Bible just like nuggets of gold in a gold mine. In Isaiah 65, we find the scriptures that the apostle Peter no doubt had in mind when he wrote chapter 3, of his 2nd Epistle, where he said these words, (2 Peter 3:9-14) "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. (Yes the invitation is to everyone; therefore, no one can blame God when they end up in hell.) But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. (God uses fire as a cleansing agent, not to completely destroy the present earth itself, but to destroy every offending thing therein.) Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? (It sounds very bad; but here is the believer's hope. It allows us to look beyond all of this.) Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. (That is what we have been talking about, that era of time when righteousness will abound. Hallelujah!) Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of Him in peace, without spot, and blameless." Here is what the apostle Peter was looking at when he wrote those words. Look at verse 17, of Isaiah, chapter 65. As he was spiritually anointed to pick up those great binoculars and look through time to a future span of time, he saw this Millennium age. As the Millennium age eventually culminates, another era begins; which is what we read of in Revelation, chapters 21 and 22, which deals with the great eternal age that will follow this thousand year reign of righteousness. That is the age which we can refer to as worlds without end. Cycle upon cycle, it will be an endless era of time. Therefore Isaiah says this, (We will just begin reading verse 17, and finish out the rest of that chapter.) "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; (This should answer a lot of questions people ask all of the time. Just pay attention to what this prophecy says. This is the word of God.) 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 labor in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them. (24) 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." As we have said before, The serpent is the only thing of all of God's creation that will never have the curse lifted off of him, and you can see it right there in that last verse, "And dust shall be the serpent's meat." The serpent family will still be crawling in the dust of the earth when everything else is restored to its original beginning. When God said, "For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth," that tells us that the Millennium age of a thousand years is that seventh day, which is God's Sabbath, a day of rest to the planet, wherein He will generate and activate a living realm of mankind on the planet, to live clean, and to repopulate the earth with humanity. Think of the animal kingdom also, how it will be in complete harmony with mankind. A lot of people will say, Bro. Jackson, If this earth is going to be lived on by mortal people, and they go for a thousand years and bear children, do you not think it will get over populated? Well there will not be as many graveyards added then as there are now; and a man, or a woman takes more space laying down than they do standing up. Will you agree with that? In my opinion, a lot of the graveyards we see out here now, might be turned upside down when He shakes this planet all to pieces. Furthermore, child bearing will be regulated by the Creator Himself and will not be as a result of human lust and sensual pleasure. However, the point is this, That Millennium age will be a time when God is redeeming the earth. He will be creating a new environment. He will be creating a kingdom wherein nothing but righteousness is known throughout the entire scope of the earth, just as we read from that prophecy. And the knowledge and the glory of the Lord shall cover the earth as waters cover the sea. That will be during the thousand years. What is He doing? He is slowly regenerating the planet. It is a new earth, in that all traces of the result of man's sin are removed. We can say this, The only thing that is in existence now that will not be removed from the earth is hell, which is in the heart of the earth. I hope you understand what I mean? It is hell, which is in the heart of the earth. God will still have need of that, for the great white throne judgment does not take place until after the Millennium. That is where the spirit of the wicked sinners go when they die. All the graves of the earth wherein there were righteous people, all the way from the garden of Eden to the coming of Jesus, will be empty when the Millennium age starts. All of those graves will have to give up the remains of the righteous ones they held. That is why I stopped reading in the middle of that fourth verse, of Revelation 20, when we were there. That is where John saw thrones and they that sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them, but we will pick it up when we bring that into another message of this series. We will deal with it as a message itself. Therefore the first resurrection, which is constituted when Jesus takes His throne, will take out of the ground to enter the Millennium also, all those other righteous saints that were not taken up in the rapture. That will take out of the ground all those martyred saints that will be slain in the great tribulation hour, and any other saint of any other era that will not be taken with the bride church. That is why it says, "Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years." That lets us know that the second resurrection, the resurrection of the wicked of all ages for judgment, hath no power, no life. That means then, that as the Millennium goes forth, the only traces of the past things of man, is the graves of the wicked, and hell, where his spirit is reserved until final judgment time. Yes. The thousand years will remove every trace of the existence of evil minded mankind and his sinful evil ways of living. Once again I will remind you by asking this question, What is all of this for? God, through the kingly reign of Jesus and His immortal saints, is redeeming the planet; getting it ready for eternity. He is not going to wait until eternity starts, then make a new earth. No. The Millennium is for that sole purpose of getting it cleaned up and ready for that eternal era of the Creator dwelling once again among His creation.. A lot of people say also, Bro. Jackson, the Bible says the devil is going to be loosed for a little season. What is he going to do? Is he going to be allowed to build more liquor stores, gambling houses and dens of prostitution? No. All he is going to be allowed to do is deceive a host of mortal humanity; and those who will listen to him and rebel against the reign of their immortal King, will be destroyed by God's intervention. That will be the devil's last shot at God's plan and purpose for His children. That is not building another liquor factory. That is not building another institution of sin or anything like that. It is just a matter of rebelling against their King. That is something Satan does inside the heart's of individual people. Then when those same people have yielded their spirit to Satan, and they mass themselves against Jerusalem and set about to take control and bring about a rebellion, divine intervention from heaven comes down and engulfs them. That lets me know, once the Millennium starts, there will never be another land based war fought. What you see then, when that mass is deceived, they will not be coming with manufactured weapons. How many understand what I am saying? They will not be coming with manufactured weapons because there will not be any weapons made in the Millennium to fight a war with. Think of it. Man will not know what a sword is for even if there was one he could see, because there has been no need for it during the entire thousand years. Remember what Isaiah wrote, (GOD SPEAKING) "For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind." During all of that time, none of the former things will be remembered, nor in any way come into the mind's of those who have been privileged to live in mortal flesh until that hour of time. This addresses the total picture, looking through the Millennium and projecting right on into the eternal age.

In spite of all that the world in general may say and do against Jerusalem, God will still make that little place the center of world attraction. Notice as we read these verses again. (Isa.65:18-19) "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." The inhabitants of Jerusalem have certainly had their share of weeping and anguish of soul, but their day to shine is just ahead. Once the Millennium starts, she will never be persecuted nor hated again. It will be the place of the Creator's joy, according to the picture the Bible presents. (20) "There shall be no more thence (meaning from then onward) an infant of days, nor an old man that hath (past tense) not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; (The word hath, which is past tense, is not referring back into our era. It is just across the threshold into the eternal age, looking that way, yet knowing what era of time that realm of mankind has just passed through. From then on there will be no more thence an infant of days. In other words, In eternity there will be no more babies born. How many understand? In the eternal age, there will be no more children born. That is all back here in the Millennium. That is why there will be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days. That makes you look back to the Millennium. When it says, "For the child shall die an hundred years old," that is looking back to the Millennium, after time has passed over the threshold into eternity.) but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed." When we see an old man die now, we certainly do not say, A little boy died yesterday. When you hear of an old man a hundred years old dying, you say, boy he lived to a ripe old age. Did he not? Just think though, in the Millennium, how we will relate to that. If there is longevity of life restored, then we can see if for some reason there is within that person a mortal trait of disobedience, then it means God will have allowed him to live a hundred years to have ample opportunity to change his mind to learn how to be submissive. But if for some reason the inherited trait of stubbornness is still there, it is not because Satan has cultivated it during the millennium. It is just because he is born with that kind of disposition. Therefore, in the Millennium when longevity of life is in effect to die at a hundred years of age, he would still be looked upon as a child. It is not in eternity that he will be accursed. It is in the Millennium that these things have to take place. That is why the Millennium is definitely God's era of time for restoring the planet earth, dressing it up, removing all traces of past eras of sinful man, and what he has done to defile it. As the earth is projected out into that age, then we know this, between the interval of the closing of the Millennium, and the eternal age, is where the loosing of Satan takes place; and the great white throne judgment follows that. The great white throne judgment will accomplish this for the planet, the sea will give up the dead that are in it. Death and hell will give up the dead that are held there; and all of them will be judged and relegated to their final disposition. What has that accomplished? That has taken out of hell every spirit of wicked mankind. Then there is no more need for hell. There will be nothing left in it. It really means this, There will be no more traces of the wicked left anywhere upon the face of the earth. That is total redemption. That finishes removing the effects of sin and death of all other eras of time. Death and hell will be cast into the lake of fire for total destruction. Are you getting the picture? There will be no more death, no more hell, no more grave yards with tomb stones sticking up everywhere. Have you ever stopped to think how much space is taken up with memorials to the dead of times past? All of that will be done away with forever. What a beautiful place this earth will be! God can then look upon His planet that He created somewhere in the eons past and see it again as it was meant to be, without sin and rebellion. He will have a planet populated with people that has been redeemed from their fallen state through His precious Son's own blood. Therefore, He has redeemed His earth; and as Paul said in 1st Cor. 15:24-28, "Then cometh the end, when He (Jesus) shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when He (Jesus) shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. (That will be at the end of the Millennium, going into the eternal age, or into time without end.) For He must reign, till He hath put all enemies under His feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. (Death will still be in the picture to some degree until the last judgment.) For He hath put all things under His feet. But when He saith, all things are put under Him, it is manifest (known by all) that He (the Father and Creator) is excepted, which did put all things under Him." Every thing except the Father Himself has been subject to Jesus for the past almost two thousand years; and will be for the next thousand years. Then this next verse is fulfilled. (Verse 28) "And when all things shall be subdued unto Him, (Jesus) then shall the Son also Himself be subject unto Him that put all things under Him, that God may be all in all." Now (going into the eternal age) is when Jesus the Son, who hath been invested with all power and authority in heaven and earth as it says in Matthew 28:18, for redemption purposes, shall yield up and give back all that authority to the Father, that the Father may be all in all. He will then be looked upon as our elder Brother (according to the apostle Paul's revelation). He will be King no longer. His ministry as PROPHET, PRIEST, AND KING will no longer be needed.

This is where Revelation 21 and 22 comes into focus. Right there is where eternity begins. Now that God the great eternal Spirit takes His abode with, and in mankind, in the fullness of all that He is. God being the all in all, is what the whole picture portrays when it is complete. We cannot, with our natural mind, really picture what this earth it is going to be like once sin and death is out of the picture and mankind is restored back to the relationship Adam and Eve had with the Creator before they disobeyed Him. There will be no more huge bodies of water called oceans. That is why John wrote that there were, (or will be) no more seas, for the former things are passed away. The Millennium, which is just before us, will change all of that. There is no doubt in my mind that if all of this mass of water we have here on earth today, which covers two thirds of the earth's surface, fell in Noah's hour in forty days and nights, God can slowly return all of it to its original state during that thousand years of the Millennium. I am completely convinced that by the time we come to the close of the Millennium and eternity begins, this planet, the sun, and the other solar bodies will be right back on their proper axis, so that each year has a perfect 360 day cycle, like it was in the beginning. God will have reconciled everything back to its original relationship with Himself. It will be a wonderful thing to see all of God's created creatures at peace with each other. Let me just read that one verse again before we close the message. (Isaiah 65:25) "The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, (in the Millennium) and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: (Can you even imagine such a thing as that, when in this hour of time the lion must have meat to eat?) and dust shall be the serpent's meat. (When everything else is restored, that old serpent's family, because he yielded himself to the devil and caused God's creation to have to go through six thousand years of estrangement from Him, will still have to crawl around on their belly's, catching their food from the dust of the earth.) They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord." His holy mountain is His kingdom. Once He has His creation freed from the curse it has been under, nothing nor no one will ever be allowed to hurt or destroy anything anymore. Hallelujah! What a day that will be! When you think of how it will be in the age to come, you can really sing that old song, "What A Day That Will Be, When My Saviour I Shall See." I just want to say this, The time is at hand, that every true child of God get serious about living according to His word. Do not even allow yourself to think you can just coast along in life, flowing with the stream of natural minded humanity and be ready to meet Jesus in the rapture when He comes for His bride Church. If you allow yourself to live like that and fail to dress up in a proper wedding garment, you will face the great tribulation sure as the world stands. Living for God is not just something we do on Sunday and Thursday; or whatever other days or nights you may have meetings together. It is a seven day a week, twenty four a day continual walk in righteousness and peace. How can a person profess to be redeemed from sin, when that person lives just like everyone else? It takes the new birth experience to truly redeem one from a life of sin and degradation. Once you have that experience, you are a new creature. Old things pass away, and all things become new. You do not desire the same old things in life that you enjoyed as a lost sinner. The grace and mercy of God lifts us up above that level of life and puts within our heart a desire to please our Creator.

We have to go to Isaiah 14:12-17 to get our first glimpse of why mankind has been faced with sin and death. This scripture allows us to see how Lucifer first rebelled against God, and why he became the enemy of the Creator that created him. The angel Lucifer, which is now known as the Devil, was once a beautiful angel of God's angelic family, until his heart became lifted up with pride, and he began to think selfishly and exalt himself. God cast him down from his former estate, and he, like the old serpent he used in the garden of Eden to seduce Eve, will never be restored to his original estate. Here is what Isaiah wrote about him. (12) "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! (13) For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: (14) I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. (15) Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. (16) They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; (17) That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?" God allowed Isaiah to write that, so that those who desire to know something about the devil's origin, can get it from the scriptures. Ezekiel also wrote a few words about him, that helps put our revelation together. We can read that, in Ezekiel 28:12-19. Even though it mentions the king of Tyrus, if you will read it, you will recognize the fact that it is spoken to and about Lucifer, the same one Isaiah wrote about. We will close here and trust the Lord to reveal to every one whose desire is to follow God in truth, what this message is all about. God's true children are meant to know some things others professing to be Christian's will never know. Those who have no desire to know the truth will still be looking for a great revival after the little bride Church has already had hers and is ready for her flight to glory. May the Lord bless you. Amen.