{"id":8936,"date":"2024-12-29T14:26:33","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T18:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=8936"},"modified":"2024-12-29T14:31:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T18:31:25","slug":"a-thousand-years-of-wonder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=8936","title":{"rendered":"A THOUSAND YEARS OF WONDER"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><u>A THOUSAND YEARS OF WONDER<\/u><\/b><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Selected Scriptures<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>\u00a0by Rev. Richard Jones<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8936-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12-29-2024.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12-29-2024.mp3\">http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12-29-2024.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Satan is Removed from the Picture<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Revelation 20: 1-3<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. 2 And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, 3 and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Christ is King Over All the Earth<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Isaiah 9: 6-7<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Isaiah 11: 1-5<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>1 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. 2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. 3 And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear, 4 but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked. 5 Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Jerusalem Shall be the Capital of the World<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Micah 4: 1-2<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>1 It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and it shall be lifted up above the hills; and peoples shall flow to it, 2 and many nations shall come, and say: \u201cCome, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his way and that we may walk in his paths.\u201d For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Zechariah 8: 20-22<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>20 \u201cThus says the Lord of hosts: Peoples shall yet come, even the inhabitants of many cities. 21 The inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, \u2018Let us go at once to entreat the favor of the Lord and to seek the Lord of hosts; I myself am going.\u2019 22 Many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem and to entreat the favor of the Lord.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>All Believers\u00a0 Shall Assist in Governing<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>1 Corinthians 6: 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>2 Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases?<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Revelation 20: 4<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>4 Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also, I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Nature of All Animals and Creatures <\/strong><strong>Shall Be Changed<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Isaiah 11: 6-9<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>6 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them. 7 The cow and the bear shall graze; their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8 The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder&#8217;s den. 9 They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The World Will Know Nothing But Peace<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Micah 4: 3-4<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>3 He shall judge between many peoples, and shall decide disputes for strong nations far away; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore; 4 but they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree, and no one shall make them afraid, for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Isaiah 2: 2-4<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>2 It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it, 3 and many peoples shall come, and say: \u201cCome, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.\u201d For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. 4 He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Topography of the Middle East Will Be Altered<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Zechariah 14: 8-9<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>8 On that day living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea. It shall continue in summer as in winter. 9 And the Lord will be king over all the earth. On that day the Lord will be one and his name one.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ezekiel 47: 6-10<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>6 And he said to me, \u201cSon of man, have you seen this?\u201d Then he led me back to the bank of the river. 7 As I went back, I saw on the bank of the river very many trees on the one side and on the other. 8 And he said to me, \u201cThis water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, and enters the sea; when the water flows into the sea, the water will become fresh. 9 And wherever the river goes, every living creature that swarms will live, and there will be very many fish. For this water goes there, that the waters of the sea may become fresh; so everything will live where the river goes. 10 Fishermen will stand beside the sea. From Engedi to Eneglaim it will be a place for the spreading of nets. Its fish will be of very many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Disease Will Not Exist and Death Will Be Rare<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Isaiah 35: 5-6<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; 6 then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy. For waters break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Isaiah 65: 20-22<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>20 No more shall there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not fill out his days, for the young man shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed. 21 They shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 22 They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat; for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I<strong>srael Will Have What God Had Planned<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Genesis 15: 18<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, \u201cTo your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Amos 9: 13-15<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>13 \u201cBehold, the days are coming,\u201d declares the Lord, \u201cwhen the plowman shall overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed; the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and all the hills shall flow with it. 14 I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit. 15 I will plant them on their land, and they shall never again be uprooted out of the land that I have given them,\u201d says the Lord your God.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A THOUSAND YEARS OF WONDER Selected Scriptures \u00a0by Rev. 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