The Millennium
1. What two different resurrections did Jesus mention?
"The resurrection of life; and…the resurrection of damnation" John 5:28, 29
2. The two resurrections are separated by how many years?
"A thousand years" Revelation 20:4-6
3. What two words describe those who have part in the first resurrection?
"Blessed and holy" Revelation 20:6
4. The rest of the dead are not raised until when?
"Until the thousand years were finished" Revelation 20:5
5. The resurrection of the righteous occurs at the time of what great event?
"The coming of the Lord" 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17
6. The resurrected and living righteous will then be caught up together to meet the Lord where?
"In the air" 1 Thessalonians 4:17
7. When Jesus comes, what will He do to the wicked?
"Consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming" 2 Thessalonians 2:8
8. How does Revelation describe what happens to those who are not saved when Jesus comes?
"Slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse" Revelation 19:21
"Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.... The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.... The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again" Isaiah 24:1, 3, 20
9. Jeremiah was shown the desolate condition of the earth after that time. How will it resemble the way it was before the creation of man?
"It was without form, and void" Jeremiah 4:23
10. Will anyone be left on the earth?
"I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled" Jeremiah 4:25
"And the slain of the Lord shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground" Jeremiah 25:33
11. What will happen to all our great cities?
"I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord. For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end" Jeremiah 4:26, 27
12. When the righteous arrive in heaven what responsibility will they be given?
"Judgment was given unto them" Revelation 20:4
"They shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years" Revelation 20:6
13. What will be involved in this work?
"The saints shall judge the world…we shall judge angels" 1 Corinthians 6:2, 3
14. How long will Satan be bound?
"A thousand years" Revelation 20:1, 2
15. He will be bound from doing what?
"That he should deceive the nations no more" Revelation 20:3
16. How will God bind him from doing that?
"I will consume man and beast; …I will cut off man from off the land" Zephaniah 1:2, 3
17. Where will Satan be during the thousand years?
"The bottomless pit" Revelation 20:3
The Greek word here is the same one used in the Greek version of Genesis 1:2 to describe the condition of the earth before God created life on the planet.
18. After the thousand years, what will come down from God out of heaven?
"The holy city, new Jerusalem" "descending out of heaven from God" Revelation 21:2, 10
19. What will Satan do to those who come up in the second resurrection?
"Deceive the nations…to gather them together to battle" Revelation 20:7, 8
20. For what purpose will the wicked be resurrected?
"They were judged every man" Revelation 20:13
21. What will every tongue finally confess?
"That Jesus Christ is Lord" Philippians 2:10, 11
22. But their confession is too late; for what then happens to them?
"Cast into the lake of fire" Revelation 20:15
"Fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them" Revelation 20:9
23. What does the Bible call this experience?
"The second death" Revelation 20:14
"The earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up" 2 Peter 3:10
24. To what may we then look forward?
"We, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness" 2 Peter 3:13
"For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind" Isaiah 65:17
25. Who will inherit the earth made new?
"The meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace" Psalm 37:11
26. When will they inherit it?
"When the wicked are cut off" Psalm 37:34
27. What will be no more?
"God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, either shall there be any more pain" Revelation 21:4, 5
28. What will the redeemed do in the new earth?
"Build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them" Isaiah 65:21, 22
29. How peaceful will the new world be?
"The wolf and the lamb shall feed together…. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain" Isaiah 65:25
"Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God" Revelation 21:3
"And they shall see his face" Revelation 22:4
30. Will sin be gone forever?
"Affliction shall not rise up the second time" Nahum 1:9