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    The Millennium: God's Original Design for the Earth

    November 1

    The Millennium: God's Original Design for the Earth

    The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea (Isa. 11:6-9)

    This passage is in reference to the future one thousand year reign of Christ in which He, along with His faithful saints, will come to physically reign on the earth during this period of time. The passage gives us a small description of how the animal kingdom will interact with humans and with each other during this period.

    This is the way that it was always meant to be. Animal violence was never the will of God for the earth. Animal violence and the carnivorous nature of animals is the result of sin entering into our world. Sin brought death and death began reigning upon the earth (Rom. 5:12). Some of the results of death is the sad fact that we have animal violence. Animals hurt and kill each other as well as humans.

    God says, "They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain." Here we see the difference between the results of holiness and sin. Sin is destructive. Adam originally enjoyed peace and tranquility with all of the animals (Gen. 2:19-20). God warned Adam that disobedience to His simple command would have disastrous results (Gen. 2:15-17). As long as Adam walked in holiness before God, there was peace, safety, and tranquility with both Adam and the animals.
    Sadly, Adam disobeyed God and one of the results of his sin was disharmony between man and beast (Gen. 3:14-15). However, Jesus reign will show us how different it is when holiness reigns rather than sin. In His holy mountain, nothing will hurt or destroy. This is the way that it was always meant to be. The reason that it is not is due to sin.

    When we look at the things in our world today that hurt and destroy, let us not blame it on God or claim that it is all under His control. The millennium is the period in which we will see the true control of God. It is in this time that we will experience pain free living on the earth, because God's mountain will become holy.

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    What you are describing is what happens after the Lord returns and continues for eternity, not just 1,000 years.

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    Quote Originally Posted by victoryword View Post
    The Millennium: God's Original Design for the Earth

    The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea (Isa. 11:6-9)

    This passage is in reference to the future one thousand year reign of Christ in which He, along with His faithful saints, will come to physically reign on the earth during this period of time. The passage gives us a small description of how the animal kingdom will interact with humans and with each other during this period...
    I love those verses and look forward to the millennium. :)


    Quote Originally Posted by Michelle View Post
    What you are describing is what happens after the Lord returns and continues for eternity, not just 1,000 years.
    No, people are still capable of dying during those 1000 years, death has not yet been eliminated:

    Isaiah 65: 20 "No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days,
    Or an old man who does not live out his days;
    For the youth will die at the age of one hundred
    And the one who does not reach the age of one hundred
    Will be thought accursed.

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    What part of Isaiah 65 says anything about the 'millenial reign'?

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