This period is mention 6 times in Rev. 20:1-7, and is generally called 'The Millennium" from the Latin words 'Mille' (1,000) and 'Annum' (Year).
1. The Form of government will be a 'theocracy.'
Thank you, Lord~
God will rule in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ.
"And the angel said unto Me, thou shalt bring forth a son and shalt call His name Jesus. He shall be great and shall called the Son of the Highest, and the Lord God shall give unto Him the Throne of His Father David; and He shall reign over the House of Jacob Forever, and of His Kingdom there shall be no end. Luke 1: 30-33
The seat of government will be at Jerusalem.
Jerusalem is to be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the 'times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.' Luke 21:24.
Then it will be rebuilt.
Ezekiel gives us a detailed description of the restored land and city in Ezek 48: 1-35.
The 'Royal Grant' of land that God gave to Abraham and his descendants extended from the 'River of Egypt' unto the 'Great River,' the River Euphrates. Gen. 15:18.
Ezekiel fixes the Northern boundary at Hamath, about 100 miles north of Damascus (Ezek. 48:1) and the Southern boundary at Kadesh, about 100 miles south of Jerusalem. Ezek. 48:28.
This 'roayl Grant' was not conditional and was never revoked.
It is 8 times as large as that formerly occupied by the Twelve Tribes.
This Royal Grant' is to be divided among the restored Twelve Tribes in parallel horizontal sections.
2. The Temple or Sanctuary will not be rebuilt in the New City, but in the midst or middle of the Holy Oblation. in Ezek 48:10,20,21.
This will locate it at or near Shiloh, where the Tabernacle rested after the Children of Israel conquered the Land, and where it remained until the Temple of Solomon was finished.
A 'highway' shall lead from the 'Sanctuary' to the New City. in Isa. 35:8.
It will be a magnificent boulevard, 12 miles ong, lined with beautiful shade trees.
Can you imagine?
In Zech 14:8, Zechariah tells us that in 'That Day' (MIll)--
'Living Waters shall go out from Jerusalem, half of them toward the Former Sea (Red Sea) and half of them toward the Hinder Sea (Mediterranean); in summer and in winter shall it be.
But those 'Living Waters' will not have their source in Jerusalem.
The life giving spring from which they flow will be located under the 'Sanctuary.'
Ezekiel tells us how he saw in vision the 'New Temple' and how the Lord took him to the easter door of the Santuary where he saw the waters come froth from under the Threshold of the door, and flow past the 'Altar of Burnt Offering' .
Jesus will preform the duties of High Priest.
3. Satan will be bound in Rev. 20:1-3
That man my be 'without excuse' God is going to subject him to a final test under the most favorable circumstances.
Man has declared his fall and continuance in sin to Satan.
'Take him (Satan) away,' he cries, 'paralyze his power; cripple his malignant activity; bind and imprison him and deliver us from his dominating influence, and then you will see that man is radically good and virtuous and is simply the victim of an unfavorable environment.
Man has never known and therefore cannot conceive what this would would be like free from Satanic influence.
In the Mill, Palestine will be restored to its former fertility. Joel 3:18
The harvests will be so great and abundant that the ploughman will overtake the reaper,and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed in Amos 9:13.
Changes in the animal kingdom where the wolf will dwell with the Lamb in Isa. 11:6-9.
4. Human life will be prolonged.
There shall be no more thence an infant of days...for the child shall die a hundred years old in Isa. 65:20
There will be Sevenfold increase of light in Isa. 30:26
The Lord shall be the everlasting light in Isa. 60:19-20
Israel's mission in the Mill is to be that of 'blessing' to the Gentile nations.
I will make thee the Head, and not the Tail. Deu 28:13.
As soon as Satan is loosed from his prison in the 'bottomless pit, he will find a vast multitude ready to believe his lie, and to serve and obey him.
He will gather them from the 'four quarters of the earth' to battle in Rev. 20:8-9
Fire from heaven devours the rebellious host and Satan is cast into the 'Lake of Fire' to be tormented day and night for the Ages of Ages.
Afterwards the Lord will purge the earth with fire in 2 Pet. 3:7
