It’s rulership comes down to the earth....it is a heavenly government with earthly subjects bringing sinful mankind, redeemed by Christ’s blood, back into reconciliation with their God.
It’s whole purpose is to restore what Adam lost for his children, removing suffering, pain and death from the human race. (Revelation 21:3-4)
When God’s Kingdom rules the earth, God’s will can then “be done, on earth as it is in heaven”....it’s what we have been praying for all along.
That’s absolutely incorrect! I researched the following scriptures to refute the amil claims that the millennial reign of Jesus on earth is not literal, but it fits perfectly here.
Christ’s future literal earthly and eternal kingdom was prophesied in both Old Testament and New Testament prophecies:
Luk 1:31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
Luk 1:32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest:
and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
Luk 1:33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
Isa 9:6 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.
Isa 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end,
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.
Jeremiah 23:5-6 “
Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, that I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; a King shall reign and prosper, and execute judgment and righteousness in the earth. In His days
Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely; now this is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS”
The New Testament and Old Testament
unequivocally teach an unending kingdom on the earth, with Jesus sitting and reigning on the throne of King David, in Jerusalem.
In Acts 1 Jesus literally ascends bodily and visibly from Mount Olive, and the angel said this same Jesus will return in like manner as you have seen Him leave - meaning His literal return, bodily and visibly, back to Mount Olive:
Act 1:9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
Act 1:10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
Act 1:11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?
this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
Act 1:12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem
from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.
Zechariah 14:5 is when Jesus fulfills the Acts 1 prophecy,
and returns to Mount Olive with all the saints with Him - where He then remains, and the nations such as Egypt come into the gates of Jerusalem to worship Jesus in
Zechariah14:16-19, who will be literally and bodily
sitting on the throne of David, forever, as prophesied by the old and New Testament:
Luk 1:32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
Luk 1:33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
Isa 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall beno end,
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.
1Ki 2:45 And king Solomon shall beblessed, and the THRONE of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.
Jeremiah 23:5-6 “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, that
I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; a King shall reign and prosper, and execute judgment and righteousness in the earth. In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely; now this is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS”
In Revelation 21, The New Jerusalem which is above,
descends to earth to old Jerusalem, and God and the lamb dwell in it with men forever, and Jesus says this about that city in Revelation 3:12:
Rev 3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God,
and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
It’s Literal fact in scripture that there will be a unending literal and physical reign of Christ on the earth, and not just for a thousand years.
Jesus is currently sitting in heaven at the father’s right hand UNTIL the time is right to return to earth:
Psa 110:1 A Psalm of David.The LORD says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand,
until I make your enemies your footstool.”
Psa 110:2 The LORD sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter. Rule IN THE MIDST of your enemies!
Note that Jesus will not rule His kingdom from heaven, but on the earth, in the midst of His enemies.
He will return and land on mount Olive with all His saints per Zechariah 14:5, given earlier, where
He will rule and reign from Jerusalem on the throne of David, which is established forever:
1Ki 2:45 And king Solomon shall beblessed,
and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.
And we shall reign and rule with Jesus in His kingdom,
on the earth:
Rev 5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests:
and we shall reign on the earth.
The millennium period isn’t a temporary reign of Jesus - it’s the period where Satan is bound for a thousand years, so all of creation, including the angels, gets to see the contrast between the world being ran evilly by Satan as it’s god and ruler for 4,000 years, compared with Jesus ruling the nations righteously with a rod of Iron for a thousand years - then Satan is loosed for short time, and thrown into the lake of fire.
Luk 1:32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
Luk 1:33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob
for ever; and of his kingdom
there shall be no end.
Zephaniah also describes Jesus ruling on the earth in Jerusalem:
Zep 3:14 Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion; shout,
O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of
Jerusalem!
Zep 3:15 The LORD has taken away the judgments against you; he has cleared away your enemies.
The King of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst; you shall never again fear evil.
Zep 3:16 On that day it shall be said
to Jerusalem: “Fear not, O Zion; let not your hands grow weak.
Zep 3:17 The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.
He’s not in heaven- He’s right there IN THEIR MIDST.
There is no biblical reason whatsoever to deny that the reign of Jesus on the earth in Revelation is literal - from the OT to the NT, it is a literal fact that He will return physically to earth and rule from the throne of David, forever.