What Will the Millennial Kingdom Be Like? - Mike Riccardi

Main message: The sermon explains what the Bible teaches the millennial kingdom will be like — a literal thousand-year earthly reign of Christ that brings the partial restoration and blessing of creation, the binding of Satan, the national restoration of Israel, reign of the saints with Christ, and the ultimate presence of God among his people.

Key points:

• Jesus will physically reign from Jerusalem as the promised Davidic King, fulfilling Old and New Testament messianic promises.
• Satan will be bound for a thousand years, greatly curtailing deception and enabling gospel advance and societal righteousness.
• Israel will be nationally restored and spiritually renewed; the land and people will be re-gathered and blessed.
• The curse on creation will be mitigated (flourishing land, greatly extended lifespans) and peace will dominate, yet mortality will still remain for non-glorified people born during the millennium.
• The saints (including tribulation saints and believers) will reign with Christ, and temple worship with sacrifices appears to continue in the millennium.
• Rebellious nations will ultimately be defeated at the end of the thousand years, and God’s immediate presence with his people (“Yahweh is there”) is the consummating good.

Scriptures mentioned: 2 Peter 3, Revelation 20:1-6, Revelation 19, Psalm 103:19, Colossians 1:13, Ephesians 1:20-23, Revelation 3:21, Matthew 25:31, Isaiah 9:6-7, Isaiah 2, Isaiah 11, Isaiah 24:23, Jeremiah 23:5-6, Psalm 72:12, 1 Peter 5:8, 1 John 5:19, 2 Corinthians 4:4, Romans 11, Ezekiel 36-37, Amos 9:14-15, Jeremiah 32, Isaiah 35, Isaiah 65:20, Matthew 19:28, Acts 3:21, Daniel 7:27, 2 Timothy 2:12, 1 Corinthians 6:2, 1 Corinthians 15, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, Matthew 22:30, Zechariah 8:23, Zechariah 14, Revelation 21:3, Ezekiel 48:35, Isaiah 33, Isaiah 35:2, Revelation 20:7-10, Revelation 21:22.