Salvation in the Millennium? (Part 3)

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In Part 2, I posited, ‘If the Bible’s clear definition of ‘salvation and spiritual rebirth in Christ’ remains unchanged as we know it today, then people born during the Millennial Reign can only be saved once they have been directly exposed to satanic ownership, deceptions and temptations, and have rejected it all in response to God’s offer of saving Grace in Christ.’ I stand by this intuition. 

 

There may well be a scenario in which salvation as we currently understand and experience it might plausibly be modified during The Millennial Reign age. It is based on the amazing Grace of Jesus, The Lord God, and what might be signified in Revelation 14:9-11. Let’s unpack this possibility.

 

Administrations of Salvation

 

The current, ‘church age’ administration of salvation generally follows this sequence:

 

•  Pre-salvation, sinners cave in to satanic oppression!

•  Post-salvation, saints learn to resist/overcome satanic oppression,    aided by The Holy Spirit, and maturing, Word-based faith! 

 

The administration of salvation to people who became saints during the first 2 ages of our history, was obviously quite different because (a) Jesus had not yet sacrificed Himself, (b) The Holy Spirit and The Word of God were not broadly available to people, but were only sporadically available through prophets and various covenants with Jacob’s descendants.

 

How might the administration of salvation

once again change,

during the Millennial Reign age??

 

In Part 2, I posit that most (not all) of the apocalypse survivors will likely have willingly received the mark of the beast during the tribulation age. Revelation 14:9-11 and Zechariah 13:8-9 may provide a rationale for my 'most' qualification. The 4th age--the tribulation age, will begin after the 3rd age saints will have been resurrected/raptured into Heaven. ¹ The Bible predicts saints in that age will experience extreme persecution, many to the point of being beheaded. The Lord will spiritually anoint 144,000 Jewish witnesses, and dispatch an angel to strengthen the saints, and warn sinners. ² We cannot imagine how the angel will essentially be ‘preaching the ‘Gravity of The Gospel’ to people across the world before they make their decision about receiving or rejecting the mark of the beast—the body-branding mark of the anti-Christ’s financial system.

 

People who will have rejected that brand mark, but who will not have become 4th age Christians, and who will survive the apocalypse to enter into the Millennial Reign (MR) age, MIGHT embrace Christ as Savior, then later die during that age! If so, that signals a possible modification in the administration of salvation discussed above:

 

The names of tribulation age sinners may well be written in The Lord’s Book of Life IF they:

 

  (a) will have resisted/overcome satanic oppression to receive the   mark of the beast,

  (b) will survive the apocalypse, 

  (c)  then embrace salvation early in the Millennial Reign age, and

  (d) later die before satan’s kingdom is released back onto Earth at   the start of the post-MR age.

 

This unique scenario could possibly ‘flip the script’ of what salvation might mean, and how it might be administered during The Millennial Reign age, from resisting satanic oppression AFTER salvation (as we must do during this 3rd age), to resisting it BEFORE salvation! In a rather strange way, Zechariah 13:8-9 and Zephaniah 3:11-12 may actually hint proof of this plausible option. Here’s how:

...The Lord promises to reveal Himself as The Messiah, to all Jewish survivors of the apocalypse. This act will be the FULL FRUIT of the 'pre-echo seed’ of this promise, sown in the early 2nd age, when Joseph (Jacob’s favorite son, whose brothers had jealously sold him into slavery, but who was later promoted to the 2nd highest authority in ancient Egypt) shockingly revealed himself to his brothers. (Genesis 45)

...Zephaniah predicts, after The Lord reveals Himself as The Messiah, He will remove a significant proportion of the Jewish apocalypse survivors, possibly preventing them from entering into and enjoying the benefits of The Millennial Reign age.

 

...Zechariah sharpens this point by predicting, after The Lord reveals Himself, two thirds of Jewish apocalypse survivors will be slain, and only a third will be accepted to enter into the glorious blessings of The Millennial Reign age, with Jesus as their Messiah and Global King! The remaining two-thirds will be slain. (How’s that for progressive revelation, per Isaiah 28:10 &13?)

 

...Revelation 14:9-11 answers the question that neither Zephaniah or Zechariah answer—WHY won’t two-thirds of Jewish apocalypse survivors be allowed to enter into the MR age?? ANYBODY (Jew or Gentile) who will have received the mark of the beast during the tribulation age, will forever be the property of the kingdom of satan, and therefore could never, after that decision, qualify for salvation by Grace! Those people will eventually join every other lost sinner in history, in the AWFUL scene described in Revelation 20:11-15! ³ 

 

While these passages tightly focus on Jewish apocalypse survivors, the same administration or refusal of Grace will also apply to all Gentile apocalypse survivors, but with a major flip! The above passages clearly indicate there will be no use in The Lord’s Millennial kingdom for any Jews who will have survived the apocalypse, and will have received the mark of the beast during the tribulation age!! Period!! It seems that, ‘out of the gate’, The Lord intends to begin His Millennial kingdom with a clean slate of Jews who will embrace Him as The Lord God, Messiah. Some of their OFFSPRING over the ensuing years might later reject Him, however. This exact scenario will parallel one that was pre-echoed sometime after the exodus, when EVERY Hebrew  in the camp was convinced to believe and obey The Lord~ Centuries later, that story seriously flipped!!!

 

Here's the major flip re. Gentiles: The Bible never says or hints that ALL Gentile apocalypse survivors who will have received the mark of the beast will be slain, and not allowed to enter into the Millennial Reign age! (Let me know if you can prove otherwise.) Rather, it seems all Gentile survivors of the apocalypse, those with and without the mark of the beast, may be useful to repopulate the Gentile world during the 5th and the short 6th ages of our history. 

Key relevant point: Gentiles who will have rejected the mark of the beast during the tribulation age, might be qualified for salvation by Grace...if-IF The Lord decides their successful resistance to satanic oppression to receive the mark of the beast, qualifies as a positive response to His Gospel, even though they did not embrace Him as Savior during the tribulation age. In His Grace, He may welcome them into His Millennial Kingdom as saints, and possibly into His eternal Kingdom on the new, eternal Earth, if they prove faithful until death. 

 

The Lord personally chose Jacob's descendants as the human lineage through which He would become a human to sacrifice Himself for all peoples who would embrace Him. Thus, as His human kinfolk, Jews have always been at the core of His plans for humanity. This includes a special role for those who will have embraced Him as The Lord God and Messiah over the ages of history. I intuit that special role might be for every Jewish saint  from across all the ages of history, to fulfill His prophecy in Exodus 19:6, in the MASSIVE New Jerusalem, the capital city of the MASSIVE new, eternal Earth Apostle John describes in Revelation 21 and 20. Recall, John saw nations of the righteous saints surrounding that capital city. I intuit this might signify Jewish saints might serve The Lord in the new Jerusalem, and Gentile saints might serve Him in all the surrounding nations, with complete freedom to enter into Jerusalem, per Revelation 22:14. If you might believe otherwise, pray tell, when and how was or will Exodus 19:6 be fulfilled? If you say, 'During the Millennial Reign age', then consider this. During the MR age:

• If, during the MR age, all Jews (mortals and immortals alike) might be assigned to various administrative roles across the greatly expanded Israel, ⁴ and 
• All Gentile immortal saints might be assigned to administer new Gentiles nations across the world, then
• The MR Kingdom might possibly serve as a prelude, a preview, a pre-echo of the distinct roles of immortal Jewish and Gentile saints during the 7th, eternal age.

From my study of Scripture, I conclude The Lord apparently REALLY loves strategic, repetitive patterns, and pre-echoes of unique, forthcoming events. Stay tuned for much more on the latter.

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¹ See: Bible Raptures - Types and Timings (Series), and also The 6th Seal, Civilization's Reset? (Series).
² See: Revelation 7:1-8 and Revelation 14:9-11. 

³ See: The Lake of Fire: A Preview (Series), and especially, Lake of Fire: Where? When? (Poem).

⁴ See: IsraRan (Series), which explores the predicted size of a GREATER Israel; and also The Millennial Reign (Series), my most extensive topical series project.