FEAST OF TABERNACLES—Day 7, 2006

Fred Coulter – October 13, 2006

And greetings brethren! This is the seventh day of the seven-day Feast of Tabernacles; and the feast comes to an end very quickly doesn’t it? [chuckle] And it seems like every year… you know, the feast, when we start, we’re all enthused with it. And we go through the feast, and the halfway point, then we get down to the seventh day and then tomorrow is the Last Great Day.

So we’re very grateful for all of you who have been able to keep the Feast of Tabernacles with us, and we know that there is great meaning and all the holy days of God. Now let me to show you something that we’re working on right now and I want to show you the second book. Here is a preliminary copy of it—a draft copy of the book that were going to have, God’s Plan is Revealed in the Sabbath and the Holy Days. Now that might not be the final title, but it’s going to be the best, the transcripts of the best of all of the sermons that I have given through the years on it. And, of course, the Feast of Tabernacles pictures the great [_{[speaker’s emphasis]} harvest of God.

Now we don’t know how many billions of people will come into the kingdom of God and receive eternal life during the millennium. But it’s going to be God’s great harvest.

Now, let’s understand something that’s very important for us to realize, which is this: Only those in the first resurrection will be the children of God the Father, and Jesus Christ as our High Priest. Now, that relationship as the sons and daughters of God the Father and the church being married to Christ and all those who are in the first resurrection will always be in that family of God.

Now, all those who come into the kingdom of God through the millennium and to the Last Great Day will be of those nations that are saved as we will cover a little bit tomorrow (Revelation 21:24). And all of those in the first resurrection will live in New Jerusalem as we’ll see tomorrow. But what we need to understand is this: let’s come to Isaiah 9. Just need to clarify one thing concerning Jesus Christ and concerning the church, concerning what it says here about Him: and let’s read it here in verse nine, Isaiah :6, rather—Isaiah 9:6 (KJV): “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”

Now, the question becomes this: Why is Christ called “the everlasting Father?” A lot of people have asked that question. Well, the answer is, is really not very difficult to understand. We know there is God the Father and Christ revealed Him to the church. Revealed Him, as it were, to all of those that He is calling. And, the question is: How can Jesus become a Father when we, at this time, are dealing directly with God the Father as we are to pray, “Our Father who was in heaven.”

Well, the answer becomes clearer when we understand this: Jesus Christ and the bride are going to marry. And they’re going to bring forth children. And the children that they bring forth will be all those children entering in to the kingdom of God during the millennium—and the Last Great Day.

So the answer to that is that during the time that all the people during the millennium enter into the kingdom of God they will be the offspring of Jesus Christ and the church.

Now, we’ll see a prophecy of that back here in Revelation 22. Let’s go back and see it, and see where this gives us the answer when He becomes an everlasting Father. Because see he lives forever, He’s everlasting anyway, and so now He will become a Father, but an everlasting Father, and one who we now know as God the Father will be what we call in a family “our,” “their grandfather.” So this is going to be interesting isn’t it?

Now, let’s come back here to Revelation 22:17(FV): “And the Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come.’ And let the one who thirsts come; and let desires partake of water of life freely.” Now that’s the message that’s going to go out all during the millennium, all during the great white throne judgment as we will see tomorrow.

Now let’s come back here to Isaiah 9 and finish in verse seven, because this becomes very important thing for us to know, understand and realize. Verse seven: “And of the increase of His government,” [see, because the government of God rests upon his shoulder—no man. The Ministry of God is not the government of God. Because Christ is the Head of the church and we are always to point people to God the Father and Jesus Christ.] “Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, [go on into the vastness of the ages of eternity and the universe], “upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this” (KJV).

So this is going to be quite a time during the millennium.

Now, let’s just do a little review and understand about what’s going to happen that at the beginning of the millennium and we will carry it on down and connect it altogether toward the end of the millennium and then tie that and with the book of Revelation and see what will happen there.

Let’s come to Ezekiel 36, Ezekiel 36. The most important and fundamental thing to change is this: in order to have vast numbers come into the kingdom of God, as we have seen, Satan was removed at the beginning of the millennium. But there has to be a change of heart, and a change of mind, and a change of spirit, a change of attitude in everything that needs to be done. So let’s come over here in verse; let’s come over here in verse, ummm, Ezekiel 36 and we’ll pick it up here in verse 21: “But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went. Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name’s sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land” (Ezek. 36:21-24, KJV).

Then here’s the major thing that has to happen to all people. Not only does it happened Israel, but it will also happened all people of the world. He says, “Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you [and] a new heart” (vs. 25-26).

So everything is going to be changed back to what it was when Adam and Eve were originally created. And that’s as Peter called the “restitution of all things.”

“…also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you” [showing conversion]: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh” (vs. 25-26).

So that, that’s restoring human nature to what it was before Adam and Eve had sinned. And so this is going to be a, a completely different setting. Satan will be removed, they’ll have a change of heart and mind, there will be conversion and there will be great and tremendous numbers of people entering into the kingdom of God at that time.

Now, verse 27: “And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.” Now, that has to do with salvation. Then it says, “you will dwell in your land” (v 28) and so forth.

Now, let’s come here to Micah the fourth chapter, and let’s see what it tells us here, how it’s going to be all during the millennium. Now, let’s make one correction on that: not Micah, but Zephaniah three, Zephaniah 3:14. And this tells us what’s going to be all during the millennium. It is going to be such a wonderful and fantastic and great time, the best that it’s ever been in all the history of the world and all the history of mankind. Because God is going to accomplish His work. And it’s going to be a whole change, as we have seen, in human nature, in the way that the earth responds, because you see, sin causes upheavals in the earth so all that is going to be removed.

Now, Zephaniah 3:14: “Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: [so] thou shalt not see evil any more.” No more evil,  not going to see it, isn’t going to be there. “In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love…” (Zep. 3:14-17, KJV).

So, the whole millennial rest is going to be, what you would say, a love feast in bringing many people to God. “He will joy over you with singing.” So just think of about how great and how marvelous the world is going to be because of that.

Now, let’s come back here to Ezekiel 34 (KJV), and let’s see what else God is going to do. This is going to be something how He will, how He will do it, and He’s going to feed His people. And we’ll see how God is going to do it. Let’s pick up here in verse 13: “And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be…”

Now, we’re the ones who are going to feed them. Christ is going to be the overall Shepherd. We will work under Christ. We will help shepherd all the people of God in all the nations of the world. “…there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD” (vs. 14-15)

Now, let’s come over here to verse 23, verse 23: And I will set up one shepherd over them, he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them…” So, directly under Jesus Christ is David as king over Israel. And then under him, will be the 12 apostles, as Jesus said, sitting on thrones to judge the twelve tribes of Israel. “I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it. And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing. And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them” [shall no more be a prey] (Ezek. 34:23-27, KJV).

Now, let’s come down here to, to verse 31: “And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.” Now, verse 30 says, “Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD.”

So that’s going to be not only for them, but also for all nations.

Now, let’s see what else is going to be happening during the millennium. Let’s come here to Isaiah 51. Let’s see how it, it talks about it. As a matter of fact, I remember one year I did a whole Feast of Tabernacles the kingdom of God in the book of Isaiah. Because it’s filled with more than any other book in the whole Old Testament about the coming kingdom of God. So let’s pick up just little bit of it here in verse one of Isaiah 51. And this tells us how salvation is going to be. How it’s going to be accomplished. The things that we need to do and so forth.

Let’s pick up here in verse one: “Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him” (Isa. 51:1-2, KJV).

So, we’re all going to be the seed of Abraham aren’t we? “For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody” (v 3).

Quite a tremendous and wonderful thing, brethren. NO more crime! We’re going to look at that here in just a little bit. You can take everything that you watch on the nightly news and all the sins and wretchedness that is in the world, and wipe it away! It will be gone!

Verse four now, Isaiah 51: “Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, [and that will come out from Zion as we have seen] and I will make my judgment to rest…” [again] rest! _{[speaker’s emphasis]} We have rest from sin. We have rest from, from all the problems and difficulties. We have showers of blessings coming down on the people. Just think what the whole world is going to be like where it is all in tune with God, all the people, all the animals, all the environment. It’s going to be a marvelous and tremendous thing that’s going to be.

So he says here in verse five: “My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, [that is, into all _{[speaker’s emphasis]} the world] and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.” And so, it’s going to be continuous forever.

Now, let’s come here to Isaiah, not Isaiah, but Psalm—that ends in ‘sa’, too.  Psalm 147. And when you, when we, really understand it and, and go through the Bible and look for all the things concerning the kingdom of God and the millennium and then that, of course, that goes down on into the spiritual kingdom of God forever and ever. But we see something very important. The whole Bible is full of it. Literally full of it! Now, isn’t it interesting, that since the Psalms and, and Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel and the minor prophets, they all have about the kingdom of God. Yes! Isn’t it interesting that most of the Protestants and even the Catholics—especially the Catholics say, “we don’t need the Old Testament.”

Is it any wonder they don’t believe in the return of Jesus Christ the way the Bible says. Is it any wonder that they don’t believe in the millennium the way that the Bible teaches it, as it’s revealed in the Word of God. Because they don’t even read _{[speaker’s emphasis]} these things, they don’t understand _{[speaker’s emphasis]} these things. You know, it’s just like it says there in Isaiah 29: The wise men hold the book. The wise men have the law and they’re told to read it. We don’t understand it. Well, if you reject it and get rid of it, how will you ever understand it, see? That’s what we’re dealing with, you see.

All right, Psalm 147. Let’s begin in verse one. Because this is a whole millennial setting. This is going to show us what it’s going to be like. Because it’s going to be the greatest most fantastic time for human beings as since the creation of the world. And then, as I’m speaking of that, you can add on the Last Great Day, which is going to be even more because that’s going to undo all _{[speaker’s emphasis]} the evils. So let’s think big, and let’s think on a global basis, and think worldwide and think of all the things are going to happen on the whole earth.

Pick up here in verse one: “Praise ye the LORD.” Now, there is going to be a lot of praise to God because Christ is going to be on the earth, the Saints, as spirit beings, will be on the earth with Him, and we’ll be praising God for all He does. “for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.” And here’s what He’s going to do; and at the first part of the millennium this will be our biggest job: “He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names” (Psa. 147:1-4, KJV).

Which then is what? That’s a prophecy of them coming not only just the stars in heaven but of them becoming spirit beings and entering into the kingdom of God to shine as the stars of heaven, you see. “Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite” (v 5).

So the whole millennium is going to be an absolutely marvelous and just almost unspeakable time. Yet, every human heart today, in spite of the law of sin and death and the evil that is in them, has that little part reserved in the back of their mind of their heart that—what do they want?—they want to perfection that we’re talking about in the millennium, don’t they? Yes! Because God put that there as it, what we might say, as a witness against their own sins. While they do the evil, down deep inside they want the good. Amazing isn’t it?

Verse six: “The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.” And if there are any wicked during the millennium they’re going to be dealt with. And we’ll see about how they’ll be dealt with here in just a little bit. “Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains” (vs 6-8)

And like we saw there in Amos the ninth chapter, that there is going to be such an abundance of food, such an abundance of things that even the plowers are going to tell the reaper, “Get out of my way, here I’m coming, I’m planting.”

So it’s going to be something. No starvation, no famine, no shortage of food. All good and wonderful blessed food of God. The land is blessed. The water is blessed. The people are blessed. The animals are blessed. The increases blessed. And it’s just going to be to the uttermost overflowing.

Let’s read on, verse nine: “He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy” (vs 9-11).

And that’s what it’s going to be for a thousand years! And look at the paltry plans of men, that they have tried to bring in the kingdom of God. Listen, as you know, only Jesus can bring in the kingdom of God. No man can do it. No organization of men can do it. No conglomeration of nations or leagues and alliances can make it happen. Because you see, they don’t have the power to get rid of Satan the devil. And before the millennium begins, as we have seen, Satan is removed.

Verse 12: “Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat (vs 12-14). And that is the finest of the finest of everything that you could possibly want.

Now, just this summer, I had the opportunity… now out here in California we get quite a few organic foods; and I had opportunity to buy some of the best strawberries that I ever tasted in my life. And, of course, out here in California we grow lot of them. And these were organic and they prepare—this been organic for three years now—so they build up the soil with, with compost and everything like that. And I brought a box, a nice big box of organic strawberries, and they were so good! So absolutely just tasteful, wonderful, sweet! And I couldn’t help but thinking that’s exactly what God is talking about when He says that it will run down with rivers of joy and happiness and sweetness and good _{[speaker’s emphasis]}, see.

Now, let’s come to Micah the fourth chapter, and let’s see what it’s going to be like. And we want to think about this, and we want to understand God’s way and God’s truth and of what it’s going to be like during the millennium. Because you see, this helps us understand that we have the great goal of being part of it. We have the great goal of making this happen. We have the great goal of the undoing all the wrong and evil that you see in the world today. And that’s why it’s a fantastic thing that God has called us to be a part of it.

Now, let’s pick it up here, Micah 4:1. Now, sometimes as we go through the different aspects of the kingdom of God we use the Scriptures once or twice so you know we need to really understand that a little repetition doesn’t hurt. You know, as it says, that the scribe brings something new and something old and adds it together and so forth, so that’s what we’re trying to do here.

Verse one: “But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, [that is over every government] and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow _{[speaker’s emphasis]} unto it (Micah 4:1, KJV).

They will have a heart and mind that they will want _{[speaker’s emphasis]} God’s way. The sinner, as we’re going see a little bit later, is one that that is really going to be an unusual character during the millennium. Not that which is normal. “And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, [and we’re going to be the ones who will be teaching] and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among many people…” (vs 2-3).

And, as we saw at the beginning of millennium, He’s going to have to rebuke some people at the beginning so they get the point_{[speaker’s emphasis]}. And I think many of those nations will be, as we covered earlier, of the North and of the East, going clear back over to the to the Far East and the Orient. Until, “they beat their swords into plowshares in their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more” (v 3).

And one of the reasons why there is war is: (1) because of Satan the devil, (2) because of the law of sin and death in intensity within human beings and because children are educated from the cradle—on how to fight and war and take and be carnal. That’ll all be changed—and we’ll change it.

And here’s what the economy is going to be: Best economy! We don’t even know what a good economy is. See, it starts with this: “they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it” (v 4).

So there’s going to be a right economy. There’s going to be plenty of food such an overwhelming amount of food that it’s going to just be almost incomprehensible! There are going to be happy, healthy people. No more sickness! No more disease! You won’t need health insurance! You will not need medications! You will not need any of those things. There will be no crime! There will be no murder! And if there happens to be murder or crime, as we’re going to see, it will be dealt with immediately—it’s not going to languish and wait.

And it’s not going to be a matter of, well, who did it? We will know instantly who did it. Oh, it’s going to be something! No more kidnapping; no more lying and cheating in business; no more in debt financing. Going to have the land Sabbath and the economy that God has and the Jubilee year. There’s going to be plenty and abundance of everything. But the most important thing is this: they are going to be taught the way of God, and we’re going to learn, teach them the way of God, so they can learn—and that’s why we need to learn now. We are qualifying for the employment in the kingdom of God to be teachers, to be priests, to help, to bring all these people these things. So it’s going to be something!

Now, let’s see what happens here. We also have read that they aren’t even going to hurt or destroy in all the holy mountain of God. No, it’s not going to be that way.

Now, let’s come back here to Isaiah 30. Let’s see how crime is going to be dealt with. Let’s see how God is going to handle it. And we are going to be the ones who are going to be the enforcers. But we will be good enforcers.

Let’s come here to Isaiah 30. Let’s see how it’s going to be. Isaiah 30: Now it says here, verse 18: “And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him” (Isa. 30:18, KJV).

Now that’s counting us today, but also all of them tomorrow. Now, he says, “For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more…” And neither will there be very much weeping during the millennium of all people. “He will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee” (v 19). And we will be the ones dispatched to answer those prayers.

Now then, he reflects back at the time of tribulation here, verse 20: “though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers.” And we’ll be right there!

And here’s what’s going to happen. If things start getting out of hand, it’s not going to get out off hand. “And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left” (v 21).

Now, think of that. Think of how the economy can be reduced in dollar amounts as we think of it today. Eliminate all the wasteful government. You eliminate all of the cheating that is in business. You eliminate all the expense for, for hospitals, for health-care, for medicine. You eliminate all the prisons, all the police stations. You eliminate all of the bureaucracy which takes care of the parolees. You, you eliminate all of the things that we have today in the way of government that is just wasteful. You eliminate all of the budget for defense and weapons and war. Now, you eliminate all that and you can take a small amount—a dollar amount—and you can have a greater economy.

And everyone’s going to be taught to love God, to love each other, to respect the neighbor, to respect the family, to respect everyone in love and kindness; and it is just going to be an overflowing overwhelming time that is just going to be magnificent and we are going to have such a wonderful and marvelous part of it.

Now, let’s come to Isaiah 66. Let’s see what’s going to be happening—and here’s the way that it’s going to be. You’re no longer going to have to get in a car and travel to Sabbath services. You’re, you’re not going to have to go very far at all to worship God. It will be right in your home town. And probably there will be churches—I don’t know how close—but they will be close enough for everyone to get there on the Sabbath. And the Sabbath, you see, then the Sabbath can be kept perfectly. Because the whole world and society will be all oriented in God’s way. And it’s going to be all in worshiping God, singing to God, bringing in, a, families. Children are going to be marvelous and wonderful, husbands and wives are going to be taught the way to teach children, to help them. And the school and the church will be right connected together—no more separation of church and state. It will be locked in like this, because you see, separation of church and state is another evil. Look at what it’s done to this country.

All right, Isaiah, Isaiah 66, and let’s pick it up here in, and a let’s pick it up here in verse 21, Isaiah 66:21: “And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD.” And that is to, to be the teachers. Because the priest of the Levites, the priest will be us. The Levites will probably be, be many of those who will who will be teachers under us. So, we’ll be teachers, will have teachers under us. But you see, during the millennium there aren’t going to be any offerings made. There will be no work for the priesthood of Aaron, nor the Levites, because that will be superseded by the priesthood of Jesus Christ, and our being priests and kings. So this could probably refer to that more than anything else in a prophetic way.

verse 22:  “For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.” And here’s what’s going to happen; here’s how the society is going to be regulated: “And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon [from month to month] to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD” (vs 22-23).

And of course, that’s going to be all the feasts of God. And of course, it’s going to be a great in a marvelous time more than we have ever suspected, more than we have known, see. So that’s going to happen, that’s going to be.

Now since we’re here in Isaiah 66, just turn back a page and let’s come to Isaiah 65. Now, here, Isaiah 65, and let’s pick it up in verse 16, verse 16. Now notice again how this is going to, to take place and let’s just as we’re thinking about this, as we’re the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles, let’s multiply this ten centuries over. And let’s just think about the magnitude of what it’s going to be like at the end. And how great this is going to be.

Now verse16: “That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth_{[speaker’s emphasis]}; [no more lies, Satan the devil is gone; no more deceptions] and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth [amazing, isn’t it]; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.” God is going to wipe away, as if it never existed.

Now, here’s what he is going to do on the earth, because remember the earth has to be virtually re-created again from all the destruction that takes place in the events leading up to the return of Christ and the establishment of the kingdom of God.

verse 17: “For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy” (vs. 17-18).

And here’s how it’s going to be. Just think of this: no more emotional problems, no more mental diseases, no more physical disease. All of those things that people are suffering with today will be gone—because only God can remove it, and only God can make it happen.

Now, verse 19: “And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: [Can you imagine that? From having God angry at the wicked every day. He’s going to joy in his people and joy in all the nations] and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.” This is going to really be a tremendous and wonderful thing that’s going to take place.

Now then, what he tells us here in the next few verses is this: how long will people live during the millennium? And we’ll see what happens with this and see how it’s done. Now let’s pick it up here in verse 20: “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…” That is, if it’s a sinner. And we’re going to see because they’ll be eating of the tree of life all during the millennium and we will administer that. And we’re going to see that there is a case in the New Testament at the return of Jesus Christ where there will be Saints who were righteous who will not die.

And now we will have generation after generation of new Saints come along who live to be a hundred years old. So we’ll talk about this in just little bit, but we’re beginning to get in that because this is important to realize, okay?

“…but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.” So there will be those who commit the unpardonable sin, and we’ll talk about that a little bit tomorrow and what that means and how that, how people can carry that out and what’s going to happen to them.

“And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands” (vs. 21-22). That is for a hundred years, there’s going to be tremendous things happening in taking place, brethren.

Now, I don’t think we’re going to see the kind of industrialization and great corporations that we see today. We will see greater things, greater workmanship, people working in smaller units to produce greater things in all of the, all of the, mass production that we have today.

Now, let’s finish this section here and we’ll go forward from there. “They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them. [Now, that’s quite something isn’t it?] And it shall come to pass, that before they call, [now, we read it back there in Isaiah 30, didn’t we?] when they call I will answer and while they are yet speaking I will hear” (v 23-24).

So this is going to be something. Not like it was with the tsunami and everything happen and everyone was wondering, where is God, “what happened to God?” No, not that.

Now notice the whole change in the environment: “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” (v 25).

Now, isn’t that going to be absolutely marvelous and fantastic and great, for us to understand how, how absolutely magnificent that the whole world will be in the kingdom of God as Christ rules and the Saints rule under Him.