Now let’s turn to Isaiah 66 and we will see where the mother of us all, Jerusalem above, as it were, is going to give birth through the power of the resurrection.  Isaiah 66, and it talks about it right here.  Let’s begin in verse 7.  “Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.”  Now that’s talking about Jesus Christ.  Now then it goes in and it talks about the resurrection of the dead to the first resurrection.  “Who hath heard such a thing?  who hath seen such things?  Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day?  or shall a nation be born at once?…”  The answer is: Yes.  “…For as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.”  That’s us.  “Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth?  saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb?  saith thy God.  Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that morn for her: that ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory” (Isa. 66:7-11).  Now this is talking about what God is going to give us when we are resurrected.

“For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.  As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.  And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward His servants, and His indignation toward His enemies.  For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with His chariots like a whirlwind, to render His anger with fury, and His rebuke with flames of fire [and the resurrection of the saints]” (vs. 12-15).  So there it is, a whole nation born at once. 

Now let’s come back here to Isaiah 52.  We’ll spend a little bit of time here in the book of Isaiah.  The book of Isaiah actually has more concerning the Kingdom of God than any other of the books in the Bible.  Isaiah 52:1, “Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion [Zion is the Church]; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.  Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion” (Isa. 52:1-2).

Let’s come down to verse 7.  Now this is also talking about those who preach the gospel today, because Paul quoted this in Romans 10.  But it’s also talking about those who are the resurrected saints to whom the Kingdom shall be given, because we will inherit it.  Now notice, “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!”  That’s what we’re going to do.  “Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing…”:  And of course we’re going to be the watchmen, aren’t we?  Yes.  All those who are the kings and priests, and teachers and rulers, they’re going to be the watchmen.  “…For they shall see eye to eye…”  We’re going to be in 100% agreement with God the Father and Jesus Christ.  No doubt about it.  “…When the LORD shall bring again Zion.  Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem…” And that’s why the Feast of Tabernacles is such a joyful time.  Because this gives us the vision and understanding in the hope that God has laid out before us.  “…For the LORD hath comforted His people, He hath redeemed Jerusalem” (vs. 7-9).  And boy, you talk about a comfort.  God is going to comfort all of those who are resurrected.  God is going to comfort all the physical children of Israel that are brought back out of tribulation, and they will need a lot of comforting, you can be sure of that.

Verse 10, “The LORD hath made bare His holy arm in the eyes of all the nations [we covered that on the first day]; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.”  Universal salvation for everyone.  It’s going to be a whole different way, a whole different perspective.  Now, because we have had to overcome self, and Satan, and the world to qualify to be in the first resurrection, God has given a greater blessing and a greater reward to those in the first resurrection.  That’s why we’re called the Church of the Firstborn.  And the firstborn receives the prime of the inheritance.  Now all those that come into the Kingdom of God during the millennium, they won’t receive the same thing.  We need to understand that.  We’re going to teach them.  We’re going to show them.        

Now let’s go to Isaiah 62:1.  “For Zion’s sake will I not hold My peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness [and that is all during the millennium], and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth [constantly showing the way].  And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name” (Isa. 62:1-2).  Now this ties in with Revelation 2 and 3, “…and I will give you a new name, which no one knows but he that receives it.” Revelation 3, “…I will give him the name of My Father, and the name of the holy city Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My Father, and I will give him My new name.”  There it is, which the mouth of the Lord shall name.

“Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.  Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken [because we will be resurrected]; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate…”  Now it blends into the physical type of the millennium here.  “…But thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married” (vs. 3-4).  Now what does it mean married?  That means that everyone is going to have a piece of land which is their own. 

Now let’s come down here to verse 10.  “Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.  Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, His reward is with Him, and His work before Him.”  Now see how all of these things apply to the Church.  A little later we’ll see how the different things apply to Israel, but this is talking about to the Church.  “And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken” (vs. 10-12).

Now let’s continue on and see what else is going to be for those who are going to be the kings and rulers.  And remember as we started out, and the Kingdom shall not be left to other people.  No it’s not.  It’s going to be for all of the saints in the first resurrection.  Now let’s come back to Isaiah 60:11.  “Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.” 

Now, what are we going to inherit?  We’re going to inherit with Christ the Kingdom of God.  We are co-heirs with Christ.  What is it that we’re going to receive, because in the inheritance not only is it an inheritance of the Kingdom, it’s an inheritance of whatever position that God gives us.  And I’m sure that those responsibilities will grow as we go on through the millennium, and on into the whole plan of God for all the rest of eternity.  What did God give to the Levites?  God gave the tithe, didn’t He?  Now to whom do you suppose that the people during the millennium will tithe?  They will tithe to those who are the kings and priests.  And we will tithe a tithe of that to God, cause He’s the High Priest by the very same principle that we find in Numbers 18.

Now notice, not only that, “For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.”  Yeah, they’ll just utterly come to an end.  “The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine three, and the box together, to beautify the place of My sanctuary; and I will make the place of My feet glorious.  The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet…” Revelation 3:9, “I will make those of the synagogue of Satan to come before your feet and worship you.”  Now here’s the prophecy of it here.  “…And they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel” (Isa. 60:11-14).

Now let’s see some more.  There’s some tremendous things here.  Boy, I imagine that Isaiah was wondering about these things, and yet he died not even understanding them, though he wrote them down. 

Now let’s pick it up here next chapter, Isaiah 61:6.  “But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.  For your shame…”  There are going to be a lot of people who will suffer shame because of being Christian, won’t they?  There will be a lot of them who, as it was in time past, martyred, killed for believing in Christ.  Shameful thing in the world.  Notice, Christ was crucified, wasn’t He?  He was martyred, wasn’t He?  And what does it say?  It says He despised the shame.  Yes He did.  So it’s the same way with us.  “For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land…”, which we will have.  We will have land as well as the people.  “…They shall possess the double [and the firstborn receives the double]: everlasting joy shall be unto them.  For I the LORD love judgment, I hat robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth…” So we’re constantly going to be directed by Jesus Christ.  “…And I will make an everlasting covenant with them” (Isa. 60:6-8).  Now that’s an everlasting…when we enter into the Kingdom of God as spirit beings at the first resurrection we are going to enter into a new and everlasting covenant with God the Father and Jesus Christ.  Do you understand that?  God has great things in store for us.  Marvelous things in store for us.

“And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles…”  Now this is talking about those who are converted as a result of the work that we do.  “…And their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed” (vs. 9).  Now that can apply to us as we’re resurrected.  That can also apply to the work that we will be doing.

Verse 10, “I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God…”  Now this is our reaction to God.  “…For He hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, He hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.”  So God is going to give us a life and existence, position, authority, and all of these things to make sure that the Kingdom of God will be a success because He’s not going to leave it to other people.  It’s going to be in the hands of the saints.  Now think of that brethren.  That ought to make everything that we have been going through, all the ups, all the downs, all the difficulties, all of the problems, all of the nagging pains and things like that that come along.  You know, it’s like one man said, he doesn’t mind getting old but it’s the rusting out that bothers him.  And sometimes we go through a lot of things that way.  But never get discouraged in anything.  Never get discouraged in any trial that you have because this is what God is going to give you.  This is the promise that God is holding out in His word for you.

Verse 11, “For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.”  And we are the ones who will bring that forth to all the nations.  I mean this is something.  God’s way is something.

Now let’s go to Psalm 145.  Now we could go through the whole Psalm.  I don’t think we’ll have time to go through the whole Psalm, but what I want you do is to take the time and go through it.  We’ll go through as much as we can here, but notice this talks about our attitude that we’re going to have toward God the Father and Jesus Christ all during the millennium while we are the spirit beings serving and working with Christ. 

Verse 1, “I will extol Thee, my God, O king; and I will bless Thy name for ever and ever.”  So our relationship with God the Father and Jesus Christ will just really begin starting in a profound way at that time.  That’s why it’s important that we have a deep and abiding relationship with God now through the love of God, and the love Him with all our heart, and mind, and soul, and being so that these scriptures can be fulfilled in our life. 

Notice verse 2, “Every day will I bless Thee; and I will praise Thy name for ever and ever.  Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and His greatness is unsearchable” (vs. 2-3).  God is going to reveal things to show us His great power, His great love, His great skill.  And it’s going to be an ever-learning process through out all eternity.  Think of that. 

Verse 4, “One generation shall praise Thy works to another, and shall declare Thy mighty acts.”  All during the millennium we’re going to building up a history.  We’re going to be building up of the things that we have been doing.  “I will speak of the glorious honour of Thy majesty, and of Thy wondrous works.  And men shall speak of the might of Thy terrible acts: and I will declare Thy greatness. They shall abundantly utter the memory of Thy great goodness…”  Tell you what, isn’t it going to be something when the earth is filled with the knowledge of God as the seas cover the earth.  And this is all a part of how this is going to be given here.  “…And shall sing of Thy righteousness” (vs. 4-7).

And here’s what we’re going to see over and over, and over again during the millennium.  “The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.  The LORD is good to all: and His tender mercies are over all His works” (vs. 8-9).  And for a thousand years we’ll do that with all the people.  Then for the 100 years into the 100 year period.  And then when New Jerusalem comes down to the earth, through all eternity.  Brethren, I want you to really grasp this now. 

“All thy works shall praise Thee, O LORD; and Thy saints shall bless Thee.  They shall speak of the glory of Thy kingdom, and talk of Thy power; to make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of His kingdom.”  Everyone is going to know.  “Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Thy dominion endureth throughout all generations” (vs. 10-13).  So that really shows you how we’re going to be doing this in the millennium.  Quite a thing.  This is marvelous brethren, that we can even understand this.  And just remember as I started out, we are looking through a glass darkly.  And I’m sure that of the fullness of the understanding of these scriptures we still have a lot more to learn. 

Now let’s come back to Isaiah 51.  And this is also part of our encouragement, you see.  God wants us to be encouraged.  God wants us to have understanding.  He wants us to have the hope and the glory in Him now.  You see that way then we have the incentive.  We have the spiritual energy to go forward and do the things that God wants.  And this is how then we all come out of whatever Laodiceanism we have been in, to see how great God is.  To see how fantastic He is.  To see the marvelous plan.  And see that we have a part with working with all the men and women and children and for one generation after another generation all down through the millennium, and to see them born into the Kingdom of God. 

Now let’s pick it up here in Isaiah 51:1, “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.”  Remember we talked about the wells of salvation yesterday?  “Look unto Abraham your father [and we’re going to see Abraham], and unto Sarah [your mother] that bare you…” And this ties in with what we already talked about in Galatians 4, and Isaiah 66, and Isaiah 54.  “…For I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him” (Isa. 51:1-2).  And brethren, as we know through the covenant in Genesis 15, we are here because of the promises given to Abraham.  And that was given over 3500 years ago, so we are part of something that has a history that goes way back.  We are doing something of God’s plan that is so fantastic it is marvelous brethren.

Now verse 3, “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.”  So this is also talking about us.  Now only are we going to teach the people but can you imagine what it’s going to be like when we get together and have Sabbath services with Christ?  We won’t always have a Sabbath services with the people.  There will be times we’ll go to Jerusalem.  We’ll be able to be there with Christ.  And we’ll sit down and he’ll preach to us and He’ll teach us.  Imagine what a wonderful thing that will be?   And then we’ll go back to wherever God has placed us to do His work in the Kingdom of God, and then we’ll teach the people and tell the people.  It’s going to be a marvelous thing.  Can you imagine what it’s going to be like with all the saints gathered together there, just say for example, all the sons of God who come up on a particular Sabbath to Jerusalem, and there are songs and hymns that are sung.  Wow - that’s going to be something. 

Listen, verse 4, “Hearken unto Me, My people…” Now will you listen to God.  Will you listen to His voice?  Now notice, “…and give ear unto Me, O My nation [and we are that holy nation]: for a law shall proceed from Me, and I will make My judgment to rest for a light of the people.  My righteousness is near [no longer will it be afar off]; My salvation is gone forth [and it will go forth every day], and Mine arms shall judge the people; the Isles shall wait upon Me, and on Mine arm shall they trust.  Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment…”  And we know that when we come to the end of the 100-year period that the whole earth is going to be consumed in fire and there will be a new heaven and a new earth.  A spiritual heaven and a spiritual earth wherein righteousness dwells.  “…But My salvation shall be for ever, and My righteousness shall not be abolished” (vs. 4-6).  Everyone who believes that God did away with His laws, abolished them, just read this verse right here, “shall not be abolished.” 

“Hearken unto Me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is My law…” And brethren, that’s what we need in our hearts.  We need the laws of God, the commandments of God, the word of God.  We need the Spirit of God.  We need the love of God.  We need the hope of God.  All of those things, to sustain us spiritually, to lift us up so we can come out of the morass of this world, so we can really be enthused with what God is doing and look forward to the Kingdom of God as never before.  Because I’ll tell you one thing for sure.  It’s a whole lot closer than when you first believed, as Paul said in Romans 13.  So we need to lift up our head.  We need to wake up from the dead.  And we need to look to Christ.  “…Fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.”  Well we won’t have to worry about what men do to us today.  “For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but My righteousness shall be for ever, and My salvation from generation to generation” (vs. 7-8).  All down through the millennium.

Now let’s look and see how some of these things apply to the nation of Israel.  And not only Israel but all the Gentiles at that time.  Now let’s again, since we’re in Isaiah, let’s come to Isaiah 61:4-5.  Let’s see what we’ll be directing the people to do.  “And they shall build the old wastes…” Now isn’t it interesting that when Christ was on the earth, what was He?  He was a carpenter.  He was a builder.  Ok, we’ll follow in His steps.  “…They shall raise up the former desolations…” In other words, all the people in the world are going to have to undo all the desolation that’s caused by their sins.  “…And they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.”  Yes, they’re going to clean up the whole world, too.  “And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.”

Here, turn back here to Isaiah 58, and let’s read verse 12.  Here’s a repeat of that.  “And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations…” Because there will be many generations down during the millennium.  “…And your shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.”  And that’s what we’ll be doing. 

Now let’s leave Isaiah for just a minute and let’s go to Ezekiel 36.  Ezekiel has a little bit concerning the millennium in it, and I might mention here concerning Ezekiel that the temple that is in Ezekiel 40 to the end starts with the second temple that was build during the days of Ezra and Nehemiah, then goes on out into universal salvation at the end.  That is not a description of the temple that will be on the earth during the millennium.  That is the second temple.  Now someone’s going to say, “Uh-oh.  Never heard that before.”  All right we’ll get to that on another day. 

Let’s come here, Ezekiel 36:8.  This is going to happen to all the people.  “But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to My people of Israel…” And it’s going to be something.  We saw yesterday that there’s going to be land reform.  Everyone’s going to sit under his own fig tree and his own vine.  Now also Amos 9:14 shows that the plowman’s going to be telling the reaper, “Get out of the way, here I come.  I’m plowing.”  Because they will have so much food and be so productive.  Here’s another description of it.  “…For they are at hand to come.  For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown: and I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded” (Ez. 36:8-10).

“And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates…” So wherever Israel went according to the prophecies that we find and the fulfillment of it in the end day today, that’s where they will be.  “…And will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD” (vs. 11).  And of course that’s the whole theme concerning the whole millennium.  That all people will know God.  They will know that God is God.  No doubt He’ll present.  You want to know where God is?  He’s in Jerusalem.  Aha.  You want to know where the rest of the family of God is?  Part of us are right here.  We’ll be able to say, as Christ did to the man who said, “Well, where is He Lord?”  And He says, “He that is speaking to you, I am He.”  So we’ll be able to say, “Yes, we’re the sons of God.  You’re looking at them, right here.”  And then whatever else we may have to do to prove that we are, you know [chuckle].  Who knows what that may be.  We may have to turn up the rheostat on the glory a little bit to get their attention, but we can do that.

Now let’s come back here to Isaiah 54, and let’s pick it up in verse 11.  Here’s what God is going to do.  Notice how great this is going to be.  Notice the wealth that they are going to have.  Let’s understand that.  “O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.”  He’s going reestablish them in a tremendous way.  “And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.  And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children” (Isa. 54:11-13).  Imagine that.  A thousand years of peace.  Now we’ll talk about what happens at the end of the millennium on day seven, which will be the day picturing the end of the millennium.

“In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.  Behold, they shall surely gathered together, but not by Me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.  Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth…”, and then it goes on.  Verse 17, “No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper [of course then there won’t be any weapons there]; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.  This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of Me, saith the LORD” (vs. 14-17).  So again we can apply that to physical Israel.  We can apply that to spiritual Israel. 

Now let’s come to Isaiah 59:20.  “And the redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.  As for Me, this is My covenant with them, saith the LORD…” So this is the covenant that God is going to establish with Israel and hence all people in the millennium.  “…My spirit that is upon thee, and My words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed [continuously going on], saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever” (Isa. 59:20-21).  And so what a magnificent thing that is going to be.  No rebellious children.  How about that.  No more spoiled little brats like we see today.  I see it all the time.  We go in the store and all the kids are there [whining sound], just spoiled to death because they have so much of everything and they’re greedy and want more.  No that won’t be then.  No sir. 

Now let’s continue on here.  Let’s come to Isaiah 65.  Now I want to bring up something here in principle.  Now I know that this applies to the 100-year period, I realize that.  But, so we’ll just have to ask the question…now don’t anyone take this as absolute dogma because it is a question, and we can ask the question.  Could it be that the length of time that the individual is going to live in the millennium will be 100 years?  So that there are constantly people being brought into the Kingdom of God at the end of their lives.

Now let’s pick it up here and let’s begin in verse 15.  “And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto My chosen [that is all the wicked ones who are destroyed when Christ returns]: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call His servants by another name: that he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth [going to happen all during the millennium]; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth [no more lies]; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes” (Isa. 65:15-16).  God is going to blot them totally out. 

Now then, “For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth…” Is the earth going to have to be recreated?  Yes. Going to have to be rebuilt?  Yes, during the millennium.  “…And the former shall not be remembered. Nor come in to mind.”  Now we can see there are many parallels that apply here to the millennium as well as the 100-year period.  “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.  And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in My people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.  There shall be no more thence an infant of days…” That is an infant who will not be dying.  Let’s put it this way.  All the infants born will live.  “…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” (vs. 17-20).  Now this presents just a little bit of problem.  It says it will die at 100 years old.  Well, what happens if you don’t have to die?  Let’s just put it this way.  Let’s go back and look what happens to those who are still alive when Christ returns.  Do they die, or are they changed?  Or is it that they instantly die - bang - like that and are changed immediately.  Because it does say as in Adam we all die.  So it would have to be that if we put all the scriptures together.  So when it comes time for them to come into the Kingdom of God there will be perhaps instant death and instant resurrection.  Now that’s the best I can figure out of this.  Perhaps maybe we’ll know more in the years to come.  But a sinner being 100 years old shall be accursed, because when there is a funeral and there is no change from flesh to spirit, that person is accursed. 

So what I get out of this here, is that when it comes time for a person to enter into the Kingdom of God that it will have to be something like that, that it will be just an instantaneous death and instantaneous resurrection, and there will be, as I mentioned yesterday, a going out party, and an entering in party.  Entering into the Kingdom of God, because it says that of the increase of His government there shall be no end.  So more and more will be brought into the Kingdom of God.  And then it progresses that way all down through the millennium.  Now with all of this we know that there are going to be some difficulties.  Now we’ll talk about the difficulties tomorrow. 

But let’s turn to Isaiah 66:22.  “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 it shall come to pass…” Now this is when there’s the restitution of all things.  Today the new moon is not a holy day.  The only holy day that’s a new moon is the Feast of Trumpets.  That’s why in Colossians 2 it says “new moon” in the Greek.  It doesn’t say “new moons” plural, it doesn’t say “a new moon”, it’s just “new moon” showing that that has to refer to calendar calculation.  But anyway, at that time since everything will be restored, “…from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before Me, saith the LORD” (Isa. 66:22-23). 

That’s going to be a tremendous thing.  And brethren, we will have a part in that.  Can you imagine what it’s going to be being kings and priests of God and teachers and ministers to help and serve the people who are then come on into the millennium and then enter into the Kingdom of God.  And we have been promised to have that part.  So keep that in mind brethren.  It’s a wonderful thing that God is holding out for us and you continue to have a great Feast.