9-08-24 Setlist: Look At What The Lord Has Done Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) Holy Forever Come Jesus Come Sermon Notes: Key Passage: He seized the dragon—that old serpent, who is the devil, Satan—and bound him in chains for a thousand years. The angel threw him into the bottomless pit, which he then shut and locked so Satan could not deceive the nations anymore until the thousand years were finished. Revelation 20:2-3 Key Verse: They all came to life again, and they reigned with Christ for a thousand years. Revelation 20:4 Key Verse: (The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years had ended.) Revelation 20:5 Key Passage: ...but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him a thousand years. When the thousand years come to an end, Satan will be let out of his prison. Revelation 20:6-7 4 Purposes of the Millennium 1. Reward the people of God Key Verse: Yes, the Sovereign Lord is coming in power. He will rule with a powerful arm. See, he brings his reward with him as he comes. Isaiah 40:10 Key Verse: For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father and will judge all people according to their deeds. Matthew 16:27 Key Verse: “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world. Matthew 25:34 Key Verse: Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are serving is Christ. Colossians 3:24 Key Verse: May he, as a result, make your hearts strong, blameless, and holy as you stand before God our Father when our Lord Jesus comes again with all his holy people. Amen. 1 Thessalonians 3:13 Key Verse: Then I saw thrones, and the people sitting on them had been given the authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony about Jesus and for proclaiming the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his statue, nor accepted his mark on their foreheads or their hands. They all came to life again, and they reigned with Christ for a thousand years. Revelation 20:4 Key Verse: “The master said, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities. Let’s celebrate together!’ Matthew 25:23 4 Purposes of the Millennium 2. Respond to prophets' predictions Key Verse: All kings will bow before him, and all nations will serve him. Psalms 72:11 Key Verse: His government and its peace will never end. He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David for all eternity. The passionate commitment of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will make this happen! Isaiah 9:7 Key Verse: All your people will be righteous. They will possess their land forever, for I will plant them there with my own hands in order to bring myself glory. Isaiah 60:21 Key Verse: I will remove the battle chariots from Israel and the warhorses from Jerusalem. I will destroy all the weapons used in battle, and your king will bring peace to the nations. His realm will stretch from sea to sea and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth. Zechariah 9:10 Key Passage: He will be very great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David. 33 And he will reign over Israel forever; his Kingdom will never end!” Luke 1:32-33 4 Purposes of the Millennium 3. To receive the answer to the disciples' prayer Key Verse: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:9-10 4 Purposes of the Millennium 4. To re-emphasize man’s depravity and the necessity of Christ’s death 4 Profiles of the Millennium 1. A time of great peace Key Verse: May all the godly flourish during his reign. May there be abundant prosperity until the moon is no more. Psalms 72:7 Key Passage: People from many nations will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of Jacob’s God. There he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” For the Lord’s teaching will go out from Zion; his word will go out from Jerusalem. The Lord will mediate between peoples and will settle disputes between strong nations far away. They will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer fight against nation, nor train for war anymore. Micah 4:2-3 Key Passage: In that day the wolf and the lamb will live together; the leopard will lie down with the baby goat. The calf and the yearling will be safe with the lion, and a little child will lead them all. The cow will graze near the bear. The cub and the calf will lie down together. The lion will eat hay like a cow. The baby will play safely near the hole of a cobra. Yes, a little child will put its hand in a nest of deadly snakes without harm. Nothing will hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain, for as the waters fill the sea, so the earth will be filled with people who know the Lord. Isaiah 11:6-9 4 Profiles of the Millennium 2. A time for prosperity Key Passage: I will bless my people and their homes around my holy hill. And in the proper season I will send the showers they need. There will be showers of blessing. The orchards and fields of my people will yield bumper crops, and everyone will live in safety. When I have broken their chains of slavery and rescued them from those who enslaved them, then they will know that I am the Lord. Ezekiel 34:26-27 Key Passage: I will cleanse you of your filthy behavior. I will give you good crops of grain, and I will send no more famines on the land. I will give you great harvests from your fruit trees and fields, and never again will the surrounding nations be able to scoff at your land for its famines. Ezekiel 36:29-30 Key Verse: “The time will come,” says the Lord, “when the grain and grapes will grow faster than they can be harvested. Then the terraced vineyards on the hills of Israel will drip with sweet wine! Amos 9:13 Key Verse: For I am planting seeds of peace and prosperity among you. The grapevines will be heavy with fruit. The earth will produce its crops, and the heavens will release the dew. Once more I will cause the remnant in Judah and Israel to inherit these blessings. Zechariah 8:12 Key Verse: Even the wilderness and desert will be glad in those days. The wasteland will rejoice and blossom with spring crocuses. Isaiah 35:1 4 Profiles of the Millennium 3. It will be a time of purity Key Verse: Nothing will hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain, for as the waters fill the sea, so the earth will be filled with people who know the Lord. Isaiah 11:9 Key Verse: “All humanity will come to worship me from week to week and from month to month. Isaiah 66:23 Key Verse: “And on that day,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “I will erase idol worship throughout the land, so that even the names of the idols will be forgotten. I will remove from the land both the false prophets and the spirit of impurity that came with them. Zechariah 13:2 4 Profiles of the Millennium 4. It will be a time of personal joy Key Verse: You will enlarge the nation of Israel, and its people will rejoice. They will rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest and like warriors dividing the plunder. Isaiah 9:3 Key Verse: With joy you will drink deeply from the fountain of salvation! Isaiah 12:3 Key Verse: But finally the earth is at rest and quiet. Now it can sing again! Isaiah 14:7 Key Verse: He will swallow up death forever! The Sovereign Lord will wipe away all tears. He will remove forever all insults and mockery against his land and people. The Lord has spoken! Isaiah 25:8 Key Verse: But the people of God will sing a song of joy, like the songs at the holy festivals. You will be filled with joy, as when a flutist leads a group of pilgrims to Jerusalem, the mountain of the Lord—to the Rock of Israel. Isaiah 30:29 Key Passage: Sing a new song to the Lord! Sing his praises from the ends of the earth! Sing, all you who sail the seas, all you who live in distant coastlands. Join in the chorus, you desert towns; let the villages of Kedar rejoice! Let the people of Sela sing for joy; shout praises from the mountaintops! Let the whole world glorify the Lord; let it sing his praise. Isaiah 42:10-12 Key Passage: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:10-11 Discussion Questions 1. What do you feel like God is saying to you through this message? 2. What spoke to you during this message? Why? How can you apply it to your life?