Christ Shall Return in Glory Christ Shall Return in Glory
�乪hen the Son of Man (Jesus) comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right hand, �𦿞ome, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world�� Then He will also say to those on the left hand, �漗epart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels�� And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life�� (Matt 25: 31��34, 41, 46).
At that time, the Lord Jesus will establish His millennial kingdom on earth. It is a kingdom of righteousness and justice. The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord Jesus Christ, and He shall reign as King forever and ever.
The devil Satan will be bound for a thousand years and cast into the bottomless pit. It will be shut and sealed so that he should deceive the nations no more (see Rev 20:2��3). The world will then enjoy true peace. All creation will be liberated from its bondage of corruption. There will be no more fighting and killing because the deceiver (the devil) is gone. Saints who once endured afflictions with the Lord on earth will reign with Him in the peaceful millennial kingdom. What a glorious and blessed hope! At the thought of this, O Christians, we should no longer fight over tangible things or haggle with the worldly people over trivial matters!
�鑥ow when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea. They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them�� (Rev 20: 7��9).
�嚹he devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever�� (Rev 20:10). This is the ultimate end of the devil.
Knowing that his end is near, the all-evil devil is doing all he can to disrupt the good relationship between men and God. He uses the glamour of the world to lure Christians to sin and commit adultery with the world. (The church is the bride of Christ who must be completely consecrated from the world. She has to keep her chastity and await the Bridegroom to come and receive her). With ingenious means, the devil tries even harder to entice the church away from the faith (the pure gospel) to follow the devilish doctrines (heresies). Since we are aware of his tricks, let�䏭 not be deceived, but be on guard, and by the grace of God, resist him will all our might. �輶ut hold fast what you have till I come�� (Rev. 2:25).