God is a Great King!
A question arises from our previous posting, King Over All the Earth! If God’s going to be such a great King, why is the tolerance level for mistakes and sin pretty low during His 1,000 year reign on the earth?
The answer is in the question. The tolerance for evil will be low because God is such a great King. Malachi confirms this for us in chapter one, where God declares that He is a great King and He will make His name fearfully respected among the nations as well as among His people, the house of Jacob.
A Great King’s natives or citizens feel safe. There is safety in peace and there is peace in unity, and unity abounds in a zero tolerance policy for wickedness. This is why the children of Israel were commanded to remove whoever offends or transgresses God’s laws. The zero tolerance instructs others to govern themselves more closely.
From the book of Psalm and throughout the prophets, the message is one, and that is of a coming King to rule the earth with His imperial family. Jesus is GOD, and God is a Great King!
Selah
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I don’t see this 1000year reign of Christ you speak of, in the Bible, I think your making that up. What gives you the idea of a 1000 year reign on this literal Earth?
Hey Richard, that is a great question. In Revelation 20:1-4 we are given the the rule of Christ on the earth (David’s Throne) for a thousand years. Please review:
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
After the thousand years of Christ rule, Satan is released to go deceive the nations, that will be on the earth.
Does that make sense Richard?