Is, Was and Will Be – The Unknown Character of Christ and His Word

Will Christ Physically Rule This Earth?

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Hi N____,

Christ will return and will rule this physical earth. He is now a spirit, but as He demonstrated many times after His resurrection, he can and did appear as “flesh and bone.” That is a capability all who are raised from among the dead and given spiritual bodies have. They can all appear to be flesh and bone. For this reason the physical, carnal, millennial inhabitants of this earth will believe that they can overthrow their millennial rulers.

Rev 20:6  Blessed and holy [ is] he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Rev 20:7  And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
Rev 20:8  And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom [ is] as the sand of the sea.
Rev 20:9  And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

So Luk 17:20-21 is now and is within.

Luk 17:20  And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
Luk 17:21  Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you

But the fact that there are two resurrections, separated by a thousand year reign of God’s elect on this earth, means that at the end of the thousand years, Christ will destroy all flesh and will, through the lake of fire, bring all men to Himself. Look at the very next verse in Rev 20.

Rev 20:10  And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Rev 20:11  And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
Rev 20:12  And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [ the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Rev 20:13  And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
Rev 20:14  And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
Rev 20:15  And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

There it is – the lake of fire and the great white throne. This is the salvation of all men immediately following the destruction of all flesh. It is through the destruction of all flesh and the resurrection of all who have ever died that death is finally destroyed. Death would never be destroyed as long as babies continue to be born.
I hope this helps you to see that Christ really will come and rule this physical earth. He will be a spirit who can and will appear as “flesh and bone.”

1Co 15:50  Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
Luk 24:37  But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
Luk 24:38  And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
Luk 24:39  Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Luk 24:40  And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them [ his] hands and [ his] feet.
Luk 24:48  And ye are witnesses of these things.
Luk 24:49  And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
Luk 24:50  And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
Luk 24:51  And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.[ where flesh and blood cannot go]

Your brother in Christ,
Mike

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