The Goshen Effect, Post-Millennial (Poem, Part 4)

See the series here

Earlier-noted Goshen effects are pre-Millennial Reign.

But are they the end of this awesome strategic tactic,

Heaven’s protection for folks in situations frantic,

Against harsh outcomes that would otherwise be quite drastic??

In human affairs, effective tactics are the ones …we retain! 

On this point, it appears Heaven is in agreement,

With what you and I would also decide:

Stick with tactics previously applied,

To protect folks who with Christ are allied.

So who are these folks in the post-Millennial Reign contingent? 

Post-Millennial Reign?? 

With this concept, some may have considerable consternation,

Believing, upon His return, Jesus will rule forever!

If you’re among those to whom this concept is not familiar,

Hang in there. Let’s become …eschatologically wiser. ;o)

Recall, millennium is a thousand years, by definition.

During the Millennial Reign, this is what I understand:

--Tribulation survivors won’t be saved with marks of the beast. ¹

--There will likely be no salvation till satan is released,

   Along with his demons, the post-millennial world to fleece.

--Folks who’re born in the millennium will thus have long lifespans.²

After the Millennial Reign, life as today will resume.

Evil will quickly regain its stronghold,

Folks believing lies by demons are told.

All things un-righteous will quickly unfold!

Yet in Israel, the growing numbers of saints …might mushroom!

Some folks then living in Jerusalem and Israel,

May be unshakingly convinced that Jesus is still God,

Though He is no longer ruling Earth with His iron rod. ³

But for all others, ‘Good riddance!’ may be what they applaud.

They may be eying the wealth in Israel, colossal!!! ⁴

To trap folks the world over in his deception net,

Two demons are promoted for this assignment,

With global powers of deceptive enticement,

To tempt the world to attack the saints’ encampment.

Thus, the stage is again set for the Goshen Effect! ⁵

By a rain of fire, the saints will be saved.

Folks in number like the sands of the sea,

Will be totally devoured, instantly,

Much quicker than Armageddon’s armies,

Will anything be left to put in graves?! ⁶

Then comes the end, featuring Jesus, The Lord’s 

Great White Throne judgment,

Vividly summarized in Revelation 20,

How The Lord ‘makes a difference’ in eternity,

Between folks who did and didn’t want His salvation, free.

To us who do, The Goshen Effect is His ...tactic dominant. ⁷

See Part 5

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¹ See: Revelation 14:9-12

² This will likely not apply to people who will survive the great tribulation. See: Salvation in the Millennium? (Series) and also Why The Millennial Reign Age? (Series)

³ If there will be no salvation during the Millennial Reign, this could logically be the reason why ‘satan must be released for a little while’ -- to deceive and tempt the vast global population of long-livers on the Earth, folks born during the thousand years, who will not have been exposed to the kingdom of satan. (Revelation 20:3) Once deceived and tempted after The Millennial Reign, some will likely embrace salvation (post-Millennial Reign age saints), but the vast majority won’t. Some Bible teachers believe the word, saints, in Revelation 20:9 refers to all first-resurrection saints, who then will be immortal, shining beings (like Jesus). But this belief totally ignores the reason satan must be released after the Millennial Reign. It also ignores the likely results of such temptation, i.e., some folks being saved, just as is happening in our pre-Millennial Reign days. Moreover, it would be INSANE for mortals to attack hordes of immortal beings who will have proven our awesome powers during the Millennial Reign! Thus, the only logical conclusion is that, after His reign, Jesus will have returned to Heaven along with the saints raised in the first, post-cross resurrection, plus those who were saved (most martyred) during the tribulation, and ergo the saints noted in Revelation 20:9 are those who will become such AFTER the Millennial Reign. In fact, except for the first and last three chapters, saints noted in The Book of Revelation are only those who will have been saved during the great tribulation, after the rapture of church age saints. Revelation 20:12 gives another KEY reason for this conclusion: If no one will be saved during satan’s post-Millennial Reign temptations, there would be no need for The Lord to consult His Book of (Eternal) Life during the Great White Throne Judgment. (Revelation 20:12. Think...

⁴ Isaiah 60 gives a summary of MASSIVE global wealth that will accumulate in Israel during Christ’s reign, from a fertile population of long-living folks seeking to curry favor with Jesus and His saints during a thousand years on a significantly refreshed (the third Eden-like) Earth.  See: Understanding Eden (Series) This wealth will become the bait that will trigger the massive attack on Israel, i.e., the War of Gog and Magog (Revelation 20:8), just as how considerably less massive wealth in Israel will have been bait to trigger the first War of Armageddon. (Ezekiel 38:10-13) See: Booty, Pre/Post Millennial Reign (Series) It is significant to note on a much smaller scale, the wealth in the first Jewish Temple was, in part, the bait that attracted the three Babylonian invasions, and was used (by King Hezekiah and others) to pay tribute to, and prevent invasion by neighboring nations. So wealth, especially in Jerusalem, has played its ‘baiting’ part in Israel’s history, and will continue to do so until the end.

⁵ It is significantly instructive to compare the roles of Gog and Magog in triggering the first Armageddon war at the end of the tribulation, with their roles in triggering the War of Gog and Magog, at the end of the Millennial Reign. Before the first War of Gog and Magog, Ezekiel 38:6 & 15 cite these demons as controlling/influencing events across the land in ‘the far north’ (presumably of Israel, i.e., currently The Russian Federation). After the Millennial Reign, Revelation 20:8 cites these same demons as having global influence, inferring a MAJOR PROMOTION!!! I intuit these fellas might be satan’s ‘go-to’ demons for his ‘heavy-lift’ assignments! And man-o-man, do they deliver!

⁶ It is instructive to compare the demise of folks in Revelation 20:9 with the demise of invading soldiers in the 1st (Ezekiel 38, 39 and Zechariah 14:12) and the 2nd Wars of Gog and Magog (Revelation 19). See: Revelation - Future Attacks in Israel and also Armageddon (Series).

⁷ Stay tuned for the grand finale of The Lord's Goshen Effects!