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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 an 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 for ever, 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
generation that will be privileged to see the conclusion and fulfillment of end time prophecies. How
should this impact us?

Well, don’t get sidetracked. Seeking things is the biggest obstacle to our spiritual fervor. Scripture
makes it very clear: "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he
will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.” Matthew
6:24. The pursuit of obtaining nice homes and driving late-model cars, of wearing fine clothes, and of

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