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Due to the length of this article it was necessary to divide this study into two parts. This is part 2. If you haven’t read part 1 yet please read part 1 first. Verse 20 is saying a person who dies at the age of one hundred will still be considered a “child” so it appears that human beings will live throughout the millennium. “But the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.” This verse is telling us two things. The first thing that catches my eye is sinners will still be living during the millennium and the second is that death will still be present during the millennium. Let’s take what we have just learn and add to our list of heavenly attributes. • Jesus will rule from Jerusalem • Jerusalem and all cities will be at peace • No more weeping or crying • Sinners will still be living in the millennium • The death penalty will be present for humans who commit crimes • The life expectancy for people will greatly increase The next verses we are going to be looking at are found in Isaiah 65:21-23. They shall build houses and inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. They shall not build and another inhabit; They shall not plant and another eat; For as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people, And My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labor in vain, Nor bring forth children for trouble; For they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the LORD, And their offspring with them. “They shall build houses and inhabit them.” Finally everyone on planet earth will have a house to live in. No more homeless people, no more bank mortgages, no more bad upside down loans that are sold to foreign countries. Everybody will have a piece of property of their own and they will have a thousand years to make it nice. I could never understand the reasoning behind the people who scrape their way to the top and amass a huge fortune and then die in eighty or so years just to leave their fortunes to a bunch of ungrateful children. When I was growing up I was told that “you can’t take it with you when you go” so I said, If I can’t take it with me when I go then I don’t want it! That’s like playing Monopoly knowing that it is all fake money and when the game is finished you’ll have to give it all back. Why do people cheat and kill to get their way only to give it all back in the end. God isn't concerned with who won the game as much as He is concerned with how the game was played. When these wealthy people die and stand before God, God will say to them “I blessed you with enormous wealth to help mankind, what did you do with all the wealth that I entrusted to you?” and they will reply “I own one of the biggest companies in the world, I bought three houses, I have two Rolls Royce’s, a Lear jet, I traveled the world extensively and I still died with 30 billion leftover. Do you think God will be impressed? What a waste! All the education they had and all the planning for their future. How shortsighted! Now they have no future! It obviously wasn't a very good plan was it? “They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.” This verse indicates that all the people will be prosperous. This world’s current system will be a thing of the past. No longer will the people have to fight over the crumbs that are left over. Finally there will be enough of everything for everyone on the planet. No longer will there be “the wealthy few” all men will have plenty. “For as the days of a tree are the days of my people,” I know redwood trees live for thousands of years and I believe the people living in the millennium will live throughout the whole 1000 years unless they commit a crime worthy of the death penalty. Jesus will rule the nations with a rod of iron which implies that judgment will be swift. When a person commits a crime deserving of the death penalty he won’t have to wait ten years for the trial to start costing the tax payers millions of dollars. Criminals trying to lie won’t work get away with it because we as kings and priests will already know the whole truth. Lawyers will be a thing of the past. Justice and sentencing will be instantaneous. We read this in Psalm 2:9, “You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel. And in Revelation 19:15 we read, “Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.” “And my elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labor in vain.” No longer will man struggle to make ends meet. He will prosper by the work of his hands. Today most of us work to make other people wealthy in the millennium we will work to our own good. “Nor bring forth children for trouble: For they shall be descendants of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.” This verse shows us that children will be born throughout the millennium. Let’s go back and see what attributes we can now add to our list. • Everybody will own their own house and property • All people will be prosperous and considered wealthy • There will be a new world system • Justice will be swift • Children will be born during the millennium • People will work to their own good • People will enjoy the fruit of their labor In Isaiah 65:24 we read “It shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.” This verse shows us that prayer is still going to be the preferred mode of communication in the millennium. However it appears the service will greatly improve. Instead of waiting for an answer we will have the answer before we pray and while we are still in prayer. How’s that for service! As it happens now when we pray the prayers with the answer of “yes” we find out most of the time immediately, however when we have a request with a response of “no” we will end up waiting for months and sometimes years before we get smart enough to figure out that the answer was no. The next verse we will be looking at is found in Isaiah 65:25.“The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, The lion shall eat straw like the ox, And dust shall be the serpent’s food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain," Says the LORD. “The wolf and the lamb shall feed together; the lion shall eat straw like the ox.” I think most people have heard this verse. It does paint a beautiful picture of heaven. I believe heaven will be inhabited by all vegetarians from the animals to the human beings. That would be the only way that every person and every animal could peacefully co-exist. This verse shows us that no longer will animals hunt other animals for food. “And dust shall be the serpent’s food.” What can I say; it looks like the serpent drew the short straw again. The curse of the serpent is alive and well in the kingdom of heaven. One thing I did observed is the serpent’s food is now dust instead of rodents. It appears that the snake is also going meatless, not by choice but because his fangs no longer exist. “They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,” Says the LORD. To get a better idea of what Isaiah the prophet is saying we need to look at the verses in Isaiah 11:6-9, “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall graze; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. The nursing child shall play by the cobra’s hole, and the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper’s 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.” Currently there is segregation in the animal kingdom. All animals prefer to stay with their own kind. You don’t see lions living with zebras or elephants living with hippos. In heaven that will all change. You will see mixtures and assortments of all different types of animals mixing together, feeding together, migrating together and sleeping together. In Isaiah 11:6 we read, “and a little child shall lead them”. If you are like me you have probably heard this verse misquoted quite a few times. We can now see that this verse is referring to a child leading various types of animals all living in peace. Let’s now take what we have learned from the preceding verses and add them to our list of “heavenly attributes” • Heaven will be on earth • We will rule and reign with Christ as kings and priests for 1000 years • There will still be weather in heaven • No more war • No more military • Farms and farmers will play an important role in heaven • Jesus will rule and reign from Jerusalem • Jerusalem and all cities will be at peace • No more weeping or crying • Sinners will still be living in the millennium • The death penalty will exist for people who commit crimes • People will live much longer in the millennium • Everybody will own their own house and property • All people will be prosperous and wealthy • Justice will be swift • Children will be born during the millennium • People will work to their own good • People will enjoy the fruit of their labor • We will still pray in heaven • Prayers will be answered before we pray or during our prayers • Animals will be vegetarians • Animals will mix together with different types of animals • Animals will no longer be afraid of people • Animals and people will co-exist together This concludes our study of the kingdom of heaven. I hope by me listing everything in one place like this that it will help you to have a more complete understanding of what heaven will be like.For more articles please go to; please God help me
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