Title: Emmanuel and His Earthly Millennium Isaiah 9:6 (NASB) For a Child will be born to us, a Son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. Luke 1:30 (NASB), And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and you shall name Him Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David; 33 and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end.” Isaiah 9:7 (NASB) There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace On the throne of David and over his kingdom, To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness From then on and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of armies will accomplish this. The Premillennial View: After the church age, Christ returns as King to set up His earthly kingdom for 1000 years. The early church fathers held this view: Justin Martyr (114-165 A.D., “But I and others, who are right-minded Christians on all points, are assured that there will be a resurrection of the dead, and a thousand years in Jerusalem, which will then be built, adorned, and enlarged, [as] the prophets Ezekiel and Isaiah and others declare.” Emmanuel and His Earthly Millennium Christ will reign on David’s throne. (Isaiah 9:7) Christ will govern the whole world. (Is. 9:6) The nations will come and honor Christ. (Is. 11:10) The nations will learn from the Lord. (2:3) The nations will never again war. (2:4) Evil and demonic actors will be confined. (24:11) Paradise will be restored on earth. (11:6, 65) Believers will rule and reign with Christ in the millennium! Revelation 5:9-10 (NASB), “...You were slaughtered, and You purchased people for God with Your blood from every tribe, language, people, and nation. 10 You have made them into a kingdom and priests to our God, and they will reign upon the earth.” CONCLUSION: Norman Geisler,“The millennium is not the first chapter of heaven but the last chapter of earth – not the completed victory but the last chapter in the ultimate victory: ‘He must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.’” (1 Corinthians 15:25) Jim Hamilton in his book on Revelation, “If you are a believer in Jesus, the millennium is describing your future. Satan is gone from the scene. Christ is reigning on earth. You will be raised from the dead to sin no more. No satanic deception. No satanic temptation. In the presence of Christ you will do justice and serve as a priest to God. This is what you were made to do. You were created to enjoy God as King in God’s land in free obedience to God’s law. Uncontaminated. Undefiled. Unsullied. No devil prowling about like a roaring lion. Freedom. Joy. Righteousness… in the glad enjoyment of God’s presence… Can you believe God is going to let us in on this? O come, O come, Emmanuel!