No 12

(The Earth during the Millennium)

What will life on earth be like during the Millennium reign of Christ? This period begins after the Rapture of the Church, after the 70^th week of Daniel with all the tribulations described in Revelation 6 to 18 and after the Second Coming of Jesus Christ in Revelation 19:11-16. The Millennium period will resemble the pre-flood conditions in Genesis when people lived much longer that they do today “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.” (Isa 65:20).

This will be possible because during the tribulation period, the Lord will prepare the earth and the atmosphere by:

1) Giving power to the two witnesses in Revelation to stop rainfall thus permitting widespread evaporation: “These have power to shut heaven that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.” (Rev 11:6).

2) Allowing many earthquakes on earth to occur and the mountains and islands to be displaced therefore permitting much more water to cover the earth “And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places” (Rev 6:14).

3) Letting little or no wind during the tribulation period “And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.” (Rev 7:1)

In Isaiah 35:6b, the Bible says that “for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.” and in Isaiah 40:4 we read “Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:” The topography of the earth will be radically changed thus permitting a milder, even climate over all the earth.

At the present time because of the hydrological cycle, the earth’s atmosphere contains very little water vapour. Therefore, the harmful rays of the sun are not filtered as they were in the time of Noah who, by the way, lived for 950 years. This same canopy protection will exist during the Millennium period because of all the changes that God will have brought about and people will live much longer, just as in the pre-flood era. Oh yes, there will be no carnivorous animals also “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.” (Isaiah 65:25).

There are many wonderful things still to happen here on earth for those who: “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.” (Psalm 33:12)