From Now to Eternity 10

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Before the millennium can begin, the Lord will need to take care of some unfinished business. He will do this during the 75 days period between the second battle of Armageddon and the beginning of the millennium. How do we get 75 days?
*Great Tribulation is 1260 days (3 ½ years on Jewish calendar)

*Daniel 12:12 says 1335 days is when the millennium begins
*The difference is 75 days for the Lord to get things in order

The Lord has already:
1. Put enemy soldiers and kings in Place of Torment
2. Put the Antichrist and False Prophet in the Lake of Fire
3. Put Satan in the abyss or bottomless pit for 1000 years

Now the Lord will deal with Israel:
*He will send angles to gather the scattered Jews to their homeland (Matt. 24:31)
*The Jews will also be judged (Ez. 20:37-38) and those who still do not *believe in Jesus will not make it home. They will suffer in the wilderness.
*Israel will be restored as a nation of born again Jews (Rom. 11:26) and all the promised land will be theirs. (Is. 4:3)

Judgment of the Nations – judgment of the living Gentiles (Matt. 25:32)
The Lord will separate everyone into 2 categories:
1. Sheep nations (saved) – those who accepted the 144,000 brethren (Jewish preachers) during the Tribulation. (Matt. 25:40) These people will enter the millennium.
2. Goat nations (lost) – those who reject the 144,000 brethren. They will not enter the millennium and will go to the Place of Torment. (Matt. 25:45-46)

Plan of salvation during the Great Tribulation – the way to be saved is to minister to one of the 144,000 because when someone accepts them, they will be accepting Jesus.

Up to this point:
1. Jesus has defeated kings and armies of the world and placed their souls in Place of Torment.
2. Antichrist and False Prophet have been cast into Lake of Fire (first two inhabitants).
3. Satan is bound in bottomless pit for one thousand years. I believe this place is the center of the earth.
4. Israel has been judged and brought home to enter millennium in natural bodies.
5. Gentiles have been judged and are about to enter millennium in natural bodies.
6. New Testament saints are with Jesus ready to enter millennium in glorified bodies.