The Soon-Coming World Peace

by Bill Perkins - compass.org/the-soon-coming-world-peace/

The government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. Is. 9:6

With all the evil we see going on around us, it’s easy to forget how close we are to a TRUE world peace.

Of course, first there will be a false peace instituted right after the Rapture. Satan will try to usurp what Jesus has promised the world. But after the seven years of horror, true world peace will come.

That's only seven years after Believers are rescued from the coming wrath. What a contrast that’ll be to the current Satan-led world leaders we’re having to endure today!

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Is. 5:20

Following that seven-year mess, Jesus will return to be anointed by Jehovah God as King of the Earth—true peace at last!

And the LORD will be king over all the earth; in that day the LORD will be the only one, and His name the only one. Zech. 14:9

Can you even imagine Satan and his demons being banned from the earth for 1000 years while Jesus reigns as King?

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; and he threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; Rev. 20:1-3a

And can you imagine the entire earth knowing Jesus is the King? Imagine no more Satanists or even liberal evolutionists to deal with!

…the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD. Is. 11:9b

Imagine a righteous judge of everything who renders decisions so perfect there will be no threat of war!

And He will judge between the nations, and will render decisions for many peoples; And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, and never again will they learn war. Is. 2:4

It’s almost hard to fathom all governmental decisions being righteously made from the top down. That’s something to look forward to!!!

But with righteousness He will judge the poor, and decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth; Is. 11:4a

The last thing that happens in the Tribulation is God’s Seventh Bowl of Wrath. And it’s a doozy — the whole earth's topography will be changed!

If the seven Seal Judgments and the seven Trumpet Judgments weren’t bad enough, God winds up the mighty seven-year destruction with a worldwide earthquake so large ALL the mountains (except Mt. Moriah—Micah 4:1), will be shaken to the ground.

Timeline of Jesus’ 2nd Coming

At the end of the Tribulation Jesus will return in His much-anticipated “Second Coming.” It’s important to note that Jesus returns to earth WITH His Rapture-removed Saints to the same spot from which He departed 2000 years ago—the Mt. of Olives. This is in obvious contrast to coming FOR His Saints at the Rapture.

When His feet touch the top of the mountain, it sets off a phenomenal chain of events.

First the Mt. of Olives splits north and south, leaving a valley large enough to hold those who survive the Tribulation for Jesus to judge.

In that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley, so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south. Zech. 14:4

What follows almost defies explanation. The splitting of Mt. Moriah sets off a worldwide chain-reaction earthquake, and every mountain on the planet is thrown down. Good grief. Let that sink in.

It is God who removes the mountains, they know not how, when He overturns them in His anger; Who shakes the earth out of its place, and its pillars tremble; Job 9:5-6

The earthquake is so strong the cities of the world are wiped out and islands of the globe sink into the sea.

Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying, “It is done.” And there were flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder; and there was a great earthquake, such as there had not been since man came to be upon the earth, so great an earthquake was it, and so mighty. The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell…And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. Rev. 16:17,18,20

Tribulation heat is a big factor and with some 6 billion people who are alive today, only a few people survive to live into the Millennium. But to do so they have to first survive the unimaginable heat.

Therefore, a curse devours the earth, and those who live in it are held guilty. Therefore, the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left. Is. 24:6

The upside to someone getting saved and dying in the Tribulation is getting out of the most horrible heat (real climate change!).

They will hunger no longer, nor thirst anymore; nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any heat; Rev. 7:16

But God’s wrath will end with that seventh bowl judgment and a new day will dawn with the return of Jesus.

Since all the mountains will have been shaken down to the ground in the Tribulation, in the Millennium the earth will have weather that'll be more like what was on the earth before Noah’s flood. Jesus won’t have to deal with hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, flooding, or even lightning strikes.(1)

The earth will have complete world peace. Even the animals will live in peace and will quit killing each other—like the pre-sin days of Adam and Eve.

And the wolf will dwell with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little boy will lead them. Also the cow and the bear will graze, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. Is. 11:6-7

Jesus Will Re-institute the Sacrificial System On Mt Moriah

As odd as it seems, there will be sacrifices in the Millennium.

Even those I will bring to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar; For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples. Is. 56:7

These sacrifices are instituted so the world never forgets the One huge sacrifice that Jesus made for the world. See also Ezek. 43:13-27; 45:13-25.

It won’t be long before Jesus rescues His born-again Believers from the horror that’s coming. And we’ll return with Him at His Second Coming to reign with Him on the earth. It will be an earth totally transformed from what we have today. People will live in a safe world we can hardly imagine.

In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell in safety; Jer. 33:16

They will build houses and inhabit them; They will also plant vineyards and eat their fruit. They will not build and another inhabit, they will not plant and another eat; For as the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will wear out the work of their hands. They will not labor in vain, or bear children for calamity; For they are the offspring of those blessed by the LORD, and their descendants with them. Is. 65:21-23

They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them; They will also plant vineyards and drink their wine, and make gardens and eat their fruit.“I will also plant them on their land, and they will not again be rooted out from their land which I have given them,” says the LORD your God. Amos 9:14b-15

The Millennium is not only a time of restoration but is also the Kingdom that the Jews have been looking forward to for thousands of years. When Jesus rose from the dead, one of the first things they asked Him was:

Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel? Acts 1:6

He said, in essence, no, it's not for this generation to know the time. But today we live at the conclusion of the Church Age. And we’re to watch and comfort one another that even though we see the signs that God's wrath is getting close, our breathtaking and painless exit is getting closer.

The Millennium is different from today in many ways. For instance people in the Millennium will live hundreds of years. One person could live to see a complete city of descendants.

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. Is. 65:20

And for the ladies, snakes will no longer be poisonous or deadly.

The nursing child will play by the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den. Is. 11:8

People who live into the Millennium and those born in the Millennium are still sinners. But without Satan to lure them, it’s far easier to walk the talk.

Believers who were Raptured and those martyred Believers from the Tribulation will live and reign with Christ during the Millennium.

Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years. Rev. 20:6

Think about that. We will REIGN WITH CHRIST during the Millennium from His throne in Jerusalem. And there’s at least one party everyone will celebrate together each year:

Then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that went against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Booths. Zech. 14:16

That’s only a taste of what’s coming under Jesus’ soon-coming reign on earth. There is one thing for sure—no Believer will be disappointed.