Page 87 - Eschatology - Masters revised

could count his sheep. Once inside the fold, the sheep had more room to move around. Petra is shaped
like a giant sheepfold, with its narrow passage opening up to a spacious circle surrounded by cliffs.

Israel receives her Messiah.

Israel shall receive Jesus Christ as their Messiah. "Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and
keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is
mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou
shalt speak unto the children of Israel" (Exodus 19:5-6). Ezekiel 43:7 says, "And he said unto me, Son of
man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of
the children of Israel forever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile ...".

Revelation 20:1-10 describe a day when Satan is bound for 1000 years, and Jesus will reign as King of
Kings and Lord of Lords in Jerusalem. Six times it states that the period of His reign will be 1000 years.

The book of Isaiah is rich with kingdom prophecies. One
of the best is found in Isaiah 11:6-9 it is revealed that "The
wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall
lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion
and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones
shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like
the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the
asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the
cockatrice' den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my
holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the
knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea."

People will live very long lives in Jesus’ kingdom. Isaiah
65:20-25 says “…as the days of a tree are the days of my
people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their
hands….”

There shall be no wars. Micah 4:3 says, "And he shall
judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into
plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither
shall they learn war anymore."

The nation of Israel will also be given far more land than they presently possess. A general description is
found Genesis. "In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I
given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates ..." (Genesis 15:18).
God confirmed this promise to Abraham's son, Isaac, in Genesis 26:3 and later to Isaac's son, Jacob, in
Genesis 35:12. A detailed description of how this land will be divided by the tribes of Israel is found in
Ezekiel chapter 48.

History is HIS story. It had a start. It has a focus. It has a conclusion. God will bring it to a conclusion as
King of Israel, their Messiah, and as Savior of all mankind. The exciting thing is that we are the

85