The Second Coming and the Millennial Reign
We teach that after God’s great wrath is poured out upon the earth, Christ will come to rule over the kingdom of God on earth (Daniel 7:27; Zechariah 14:9), establishing His Messianic kingdom for a thousand years (Revelation 10:1-7). During this time the resurrected saints will reign with Him over all the nations of the earth (Revelation 2:26; 3:21). His reign will be preceded by the overthrow of the Antichrist and the False Prophet, 45 days earlier (Daniel 12:11-12), and by the removal of Satan from the world (Daniel 7: 10-11; Revelation 19:19-20, 20:1-3).
We teach that the first day of the Millennium, Satan will first be bound for a thousand years (Revelation 20:2-3), followed by the Sheep and Goat judgment of the day-of-the-Lord survivors (Matthew 25:31-46; Revelation 20:4), the restoration of the heavens and earth (Acts 3:21) destroyed during the day of the Lord (2 Peter 3:10-13) in proportion of the millennial rule of Christ (Isaiah 65:17-20, 66:22-24), and finally, the descent of the New Jerusalem from heaven to earth, containing the bride of Christ (Revelation 21:2) who will then be forever united with her husband, the Lord Jesus Christ, who is to rule over earth forever and ever (Revelation 21:3-5 with Daniel 2:44; 7:27 and Zechariah 14:9).
We teach that the Millennial Kingdom will be the fulfillment of God’s promise to Israel (Isaiah 65:17-25; Ezekiel 37:21-28; Zechariah 3:1-17) to restore them to the land which they forfeited through their disobedience (Deuteronomy 28:15-68). The result of their disobedience was that Israel was temporarily set aside (Matthew 21:43; Romans 11:1-26) but will again be awakened through repentance to enter into the land of blessing (Jeremiah 31:31-34; Ezekiel 36:22-32; Romans 11:25-29) after the completion of the seventieth week of Daniel (Daniel 9:24, 12:11-12; Hosea 6:1-3; Romans 11:25-26).
We teach that this time of our Lord’s reign will be characterized by harmony, justice, peace, righteousness, and long life (Isaiah 11:1-9, 65:17-25; Revelation 21:9-22:5).