The Glorious
Kingdom of Christ
Part Five
Continued From Part Four
                                                                                                  By Pastor F. M. Riley
                                                                                                  May 9, 2017
     "I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.  
     How great are His signs!  and how mighty are His wonders!  His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His dominion is from generation to generation," Daniel 4:2-3.  
Introduction
     The previous study in this series was brought to a close with the Lord cleansing the blood stream of mankind, both Jew and Gentile, so that all who dwell on the earth during the Kingdom of Christ will be totally righteous.  Thus the Lord's Kingdom will truly be a Kingdom of "righteousness and peace."  
     However, there will be numerous other problems that the Lord will need to deal with in order to restore a working civilization for mankind on the earth.  In this study we will examine  some of these problems and the Lord's solution to them.  My prayer is that this study will be enlightening and a blessing to every reader.  
The Destruction of the World [kosmos]
     At the end of the Tribulation period, the whole infrastructure  of the nations [kosmos] that exists on the face of the earth today, will have been completely destroyed.  There will not be a house, a building, or any kind of man-made structure left standing on the whole earth.  All will have been burned into ashes, or thrown down, and likely fires will still be burning or smoldering in various places all over the earth.  Those of mankind who have survived the Tribulation will have taken shelter in holes and caves and dens all over the earth, for only such places will have provided protection from the "fiery" judgments of the Tribulation period, Isaiah 2:17-21; Micah 7:17; Malachi 4:1.  
     There will not be left on the earth a single automobile that is not burned, wrecked, or otherwise ruined.  No airplanes will have survived. There will be no trains or subways, or even wagons left for transportation.   All of the world's fine paved highways will have been broken up by the massive earthquakes, and will be unusable.  The electrical grids of the nations will be gone, leaving mankind totally without any means of power, light, or communication.  No radio or TV stations, or even their towers, will have survived.  All of man's systems by which mankind functions today, will have been completely destroyed by the end of the Tribulation.   PERIOD!     
     It will then require seven years after the end of the Tribulation for all of the dead to be buried, and the earth to be cleansed of the debris, Ezekiel 39:9.  During those seven years, the Millennial Temple described in Ezekiel 40-48 will be under construction.  The Temple which King Solomon built, was a type  of the Millennial Temple, and it took Solomon seven years to construct that Temple, 1 Kings 6:37-38.  
     Then at the end of those seven years, the Lord Jesus will enter the Millennial Temple and begin His reign over Israel and over all of mankind upon the earth, Ezekiel 43:1-7.  Glory to God!
      After the Lord Jesus Christ begins His reign on the earth, He will begin resolving all the problems facing mankind, in order to establish His Kingdom of absolute "righteousness and peace."   
     What problems?  The problems I have just pointed out, and more.....
THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM
     In now over 6,000 years fallen mankind has built up an economic system based on the printing and exchange of money.  Paper money, silver and gold coins, bars of silver and gold, and even money made from copper and lesser quality metals.  In buying and selling anything, mankind today exchanges this money.  This appears to be the best system that fallen mankind has been able to come up with, yet it is full of flaws, is unjust and inequitable, is subject to counterfeiting, theft, cheating, and manipulating by unscrupulous people who are always lusting for more and more wealth.  There has to be a better economic  system for the glorious Kingdom of Christ than the system we use today, and there will be!  
The Laws of the Kingdom
       In what is commonly called "The Sermon on the Mount," the Lord Jesus Christ set forth "The Laws of His Kingdom," even though many of God's people have totally failed to recognize this truth.  
     These "Laws of the Kingdom" begin in Matthew 5, with the nine "Beatitudes," 5:3-11.  Then Christ Jesus expounded on how these Beatitudes were to be applied in the remainder of chapter 5 and chapters 6 and 7.  
     In 5:42, the Lord explicitly said, "Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee, turn not thou away."  Compare Luke's inspired account of this same Scripture in Luke 6:30-31.  Dear readers, in these inspired Scriptures is set forth the economic system that will be used in the Kingdom of Christ.  
     Another inspired Scripture which fits into this subject is the statement of the Apostle Paul in 2 Thessalonians 3:7-10.  The incentive for working during the coming Kingdom of Christ will be to produce food for one's family, and to have food to share with others.   
     Compare Acts 2:44-47.  I am fully aware that many have connected this passage with wicked Communism, but what the Lord's church did here, had nothing to do with Communism. There was not the same motivation at all.   Also notice that there was not a word of rebuke on the part of the Apostles for the Lord's church having done this.  It is possible, that the church at that specific time, when the power and presence of the Holy Spirit had just been poured out, may have even thought that the Kingdom had arrived, 1:6.  
     Notice that the very next statement in Matthew 5:42-45 is an admonition of the Lord for His people to love their neighbors, their enemies, those that hate them, and to pray for those who despitifully use them.  
     During the Kingdom of Christ, the economy will be based on God's people living on the land and producing, rather than on manufacturing and buying and selling, the way we see it today.  And when anyone has a need, they will simply ask their neighbor, and their need will be met.  For "the love of God" will be the factor that motivates the economy during the glorious Millennial Kingdom of Christ.  Keep in mind that the "sin nature" will have been removed, and the lust of the flesh will no longer be a stumblingblock to the love of Christ in the hearts and minds of God's people.  Hallelujah!  Glory to God!  Praise the Lord!
     The fact that the economic system will not be based upon money like we use today, is made plain by Haggai 2:8, "The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, saith the Lord of hosts."  The context of this passage [2:6-9] is obviously speaking of the glorious Kingdom of Christ.  
COMMUNICATION
     Every serious student of God's Word knows that wicked old Nimrod [Genesis 10:8-10], after the flood, led the people to build the "the Tower of Babel," Genesis 11:1-9.  There, on that occasion, the Lord confused the tongues [languages] of the people, and the people scattered into various areas of the earth, then grouping together with those who spoke the same language.  From that day to this, language has been a barrier between the different peoples living on the earth.  Well, I have good news.....
     During the glorious Kingdom of Christ, this curse upon mankind will be removed, and all of the peoples on the earth will once again be able to freely communicate by speaking only one language.  Read it for yourself!
    "For then will I turn [restore] to the peoples a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve Him with one consent," Zephaniah 3:9.  Oh, glory to God!  Praise the Lord!
     I do not know what the language will be that will be restored to mankind, but I highly suspect it will be the Hebrew language.  My understanding is that the spoken Hebrew language is a smooth, free flowing, easily understood language, unlike the Gentile languages, which God's Word explicitly describes as "stammering," Isaiah 28:11; 33:19.  But I do know that all of the curses once placed upon fallen mankind will be removed, and all the peoples of the world will be able to communicate again in one language.  Glory to God!
ANIMALS & OTHER LIVING CREATURES
     Every serious student of the Bible also knows that after the flood the Lord God gave to animals, birds, and all other living creatures a "dread" and fear of mankind, and the living creatures received a "wild" nature.  But during the glorious Kingdom of Christ, this curse too, will be removed, and once more mankind and animals will have fellowship and perhaps even communication.
     "The wolf also shall dwell with the Lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
     And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
     And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
     They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea," Isaiah 11:6-9.  See also Isaiah 65:25.  
     It should be glaringly obvious that before Adam and Eve sinned, they were able to communicate with the serpent, Genesis 3:1-5.  Now I am well aware that wicked old Satan possessed the body of the serpent, and used the serpent to deceive Eve.  Nevertheless, it should be obvious that unless that serpent had some kind of "voice box" and a tongue that could form words which mankind could understand, there is no way that Satan could have used the serpent to speak to Eve. An understandable conversation between Eve and the serpent is plainly recorded in the Scriptures.  Then when the curses are removed during the Kingdom of Christ, will it be possible for men and other living creatures to communicate with one another again?  Think about  it!   
     Oh, one other thing.....  During the Kingdom of Christ, both men and animals will revert to eating the green herbs and the fruit of the trees, as they did before the flood, Genesis 1:29-30.  There will no longer be any living creatures devouring one another for food.  Glory to God!  Praise the Lord!  How great is our God!
A SOURCE OF POWER
     With the electrical grid system totally destroyed during the Tribulation period, surviving mankind is going to need a source of power for lighting, heating, and other applications.  So will mankind set in to immediately rebuild an electric grid similar to what we have today?  Absolutely not!  
     Folks, the world's electrical grid system even today is an absolute mess.  It all depends on millions of miles of wire strung all over the face of the earth to carry the electricity from wherever it is generated to the homes and businesses where it is used.  There is a better system!  
     In fact, a better system was perfected by a Jewish man named Tesla, over a hundred years ago.  Tesla devised a method for drawing free electricity directly from the earth itself, and for sending electricity, cheaply and economicaly, right through the air, from a tower built for that purpose, to be received a few miles, or hundreds of miles away, by a similar tower.  Using his discoveries, there was no need to string up  millions of miles of wire all over the face of the earth to carry electric current.  Then why was it done?  It was done so that the greedy rich men running the world could charge the common people for the use of the power.  MONEY and greed was the motivating factor behind our modern electrical grid system; not the benefit and welfare of mankind.  Think about it!  
     There is no question in my mind, that our Lord will use a system better and superior to our present system to provide electricity to the whole earth, Tesla's system, or even something better.  There will not again be millions of miles of wire cluttering up the whole face of the earth.  Count on it!     
TRANSPORTATION
     Another problem facing mankind will be that of moving about on the earth.  No, mankind will not rebuild automotive plants to produce cars and trucks and other vehicles powered by the stinking, slimy, polluting fuel that is used today.    Since every automobile, plane, and train, and even the highways and roads, on the earth will have been destroyed in the Tribulation period, then how is mankind on the earth to get about?  Glory!  What an opportune question!  
     Since the 1800's, as mankind on the earth entered into the Industrial Age, men have pierced the surface of the earth, drilling for crude oil and natural gas.  It is a joy to inform our readers that they won't be doing that in the glorious Kingdom of Christ.  The crude oil and natural gas we presently extract from beneath the surface of the earth is stinking, filthy, dirty, hard to work with, and causes diseases and death if not properly handled, and pollutes the earth, the water, and the air we breathe.  Surely our beloved Savior and King has something better than this stinking crude oil and gas we use today,  to move His people about on the earth during His glorious kingdom.  Amen?  Double Amen!  Glory to God!
     Some of our readers may have already received the reports that, Japanese scientists, [I believe Japan is the correct nation] have now developed an anti-gravity machine, using the information discovered by Tesla over a hundred years ago.  Right now, according to the reports I have received, this first working model anti-gravity machine is quite small and still in the development stage.  But with the passing of time, as it is developed more and better, it could be used as a power source for large vehicles which could carry people or loads.  When fully developed it will require no fuel.  The very gravity of the earth will be it's power source.  Anti-gravity vehicles could be developed which will use anti-gravity to move up or down, to either side, forwards or backwards, and will float above the earth at whatever height the operator selects, requiring no roads or highways whatsoever.   
     Fantastic, some reader is thinking?  Utterly ridiculous!   Well don't go too far overboard thinking this old preacher has lost his mind, until some reader explains to me the power source for the space ships plainly described in the inspired Word in Ezekiel 1:15-21 and 10:1-22.   Do our readers really think that Almighty God had to drill for and refine oil and gas to power the space vehicles described in Ezekiel?  
     By the way, I have believed for many years that the oil and gas stored beneath the surface of the earth is to keep the fires of hell burning forever, and throughout human history it has been replenished from time to time. During the coming Tribulation period, it will be replenished again.    Hello!  
     Just think about stepping into an anti-gravity vehicle and traveling from anywhere on earth to Jerusalem to worship the King in absolute safety and comfort! Zechariah 14:16-21.  Spending hours and hours on an airplane will no longer be necessary.  Our Lord and God has the answer to all the problems of mankind, and will provide those answers for His redeemed people during His glorious Kingdom.  Praise the Lord!
THE CHANGE IN MANKIND
     The Lord Jesus Christ Himself is the Great Physician.  He knows how to heal mankind of all their diseases and sicknesses, and in His glorious Kingdom, He will!  
     His healing of all mankind will begin at the time of the resurrection and rapture of all New Covenant believers, at the end of this present Dispensation of Grace, and will extend right on to and into His glorious Kingdom on the earth.  Praise the Lord!
     The Resurrection and Rapture.....What did the Lord God promise those who believe on Him, in regards to their body?  You don't remember?  Let's refresh the memories of God's people.....
     Carefully study Job 33, noticing especially verses 14-29.  In these inspired Scriptures, Job was given the example of a man who becomes gravely ill, and is just about to die, 33:19-22.  But one of the Lord's people gives to that man the message of salvation, and the man believes it, 13:23-24.   The Lord then "is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom."  That ransom is, of course, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, Matthew 20:28; Mark 10:45; 1 Timothy 2:6.   But Job's account doesn't stop with the man's salvation.  No!  Job was inspired to continue to speak of the man's resurrection, "His flesh shall be fresher than a child's:  he shall return to the days of his youth:," 33:25.  Glory!  Glory to God!  Praise the Lord!    
     Now how many of our readers really believe God's Word as literal truth?  Folks, when the bodily  resurrection of all true New Covenant believers occurs [John 5:28-29], regardless of how old a believer was when they died, they will all "return to the days of their youth."  Look up this word, "youth," in your concordance or Hebrew Lexicon.  It literally means, "the strength, stamina, and vigor of youth; the prime of life."  This is what is awaiting every true believer at the resurrection.  And having returned to this bodily condition at the resurrection, growing old will cease forever.   
      Keep in mind that our precious Lord was crucified at the age of 33, in the very prime of His life.  Now what did John say in his epistle?  "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is," 1 John 3:2.  Don't fail to read also Philippians 3:20-21.  Every New Covenant believer resurrected is going to receive a new body, made like the glorious body of our Lord, and will return to the very strength and prime of life.  Oh, glory to God!  
     The pre-tribulation rapture will then remove all New Covenant believers out of this present evil world [Galatians 1:4], and we shall all be taken to our eternal  inheritance in Heaven above, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18.  
     Those of mankind left on the earth.....Following the resurrection and rapture of all New Covenant believers,  the terrible Tribulation period will come upon mankind left on the earth.  During the seven years of the Tribulation, many on the earth will turn to Christ for salvation.  While most of them will be martyred by the anti-christ and his followers, some will survive to repopulate the earth following the Tribulation period.  
     The "sin nature" presently possessed by all people living on the earth, will then be removed.  This will be due to surviving believers drinking the water from the river of life, and eating the fruit from the trees of life, Ezekiel 47. These trees and water will totally cleanse the human body of a "sin nature."  When the "sin nature" is removed mankind on the earth will no longer become sick, grow old, and die. Read Isaiah 33:24 and 65:22-23.  Rather, these believing survivors of the Tribulation will regain their strength and vigor, as when they were in the prime of life, and will live that way forever in their natural bodies, Joel 3:20-21.  
     That there will be nations and peoples living  on the earth in their natural bodies for ever, is beyond dispute if one truly believes God's Word.  Notice that even in the Eternal Age in Revelation 21:24, there are "nations" of people on the earth, walking "in the light" of New Jerusalem shining down upon them from the heavens above, as it orbits the earth.  Glory!  Glory to God!  Hallelujah!  Praise the Lord!  
Conclusion
     Dear readers, we who are true believers in Christ and His Word, right now, are on the threshold of entering into, and seeing and experiencing,  blessings of God unlike anything we have ever previously seen or even imagined.  "But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him," 1 Corinthians 2:9.     
     Folks, we are right now living in the "time frame"  of  our Lord's coming to rapture His New Covenant people to glory.  We are standing at that threshold right now.  Once the rapture occurs, then one prophetic event after another will occur quickly, taking God's redeemed children ever closer and closer to the glorious Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  
     We believers today should be on our knees and our faces, praying earnestly and daily for our Lord to come for us, and put an end to the wickedness of this present evil world.   And while we are waiting, we should be praying for, and sharing Christ, with all who will listen to, and believe, our message.  Time is so short!  If you have a loved one, a friend, or a neighbor, with whom you have not shared the gospel of Christ, do it today.  Tomorrow may be too late!  
     I am hoping and praying that I will meet every reader in glory.  Please don't disappoint me.  
     May our precious Lord and Savior add His blessings to this Bible Study is my prayer.  
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     Permission is granted to any true believer, or Bible believing Christian ministry to reproduce this study to share with others, or to quote from it in context as written.  
      Again, I thank our readers for their prayers, and for their gifts, for me and for this Bible study ministry.  Thank you so much!  And I again ask that you pray that our gracious Lord will restore my eyesight.  My sight is failing bad and fast.  I have no desire to stop studying God's wonderful Word, and writing out the great truth's I find in it.  Please make this a matter of earnest prayer.  Thank you!  
     Please address all comments, questions, and correspondence to: Pastor F. M. Riley, 14275 County Road 8120, Rolla, Missouri 65401.  If you choose to call on the phone, and can't seem to get through, please keep trying.  Sometimes my old phone rings, and sometimes it doesn't.  My phone number is still 573-201-0491.  
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