153 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 3 - Part 1 - Book 13 - Bema Seat

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 1 * BOOK 13 BEMA SEAT: GREAT WHITE THRONE: NEW HEAVEN AND EARTH Let's recap our last lesson for a moment about who will go into the Kingdom. Second, there will be the survivors that believed the Gospel of the Kingdom as presented by the 144,000 that survive the Tribulation. This group will be Gentiles and will be the seed stock to repopulate all the nations, except the Nation of Israel. This Kingdom Age will last a thousand years and there will be only believers in this Kingdom. Regarding other aspects of the Kingdom, I've had many people ask me if they will see their dog or cat again in heaven (they want me to say yes)? I'm sure that among those animals, people will have pets. I like to show everything from Scripture. I take it literally. So looking at the animal part of the Kingdom again, let's go to verse 6: Isaiah 11:6 Just take it literally. The animal kingdom as we know it today would be in total opposition. That lion would eat that little calf in a second. I'm always trying to get people to read their Bibles carefully. Don't just read it to be reading it. Here we have wild animals all of a sudden cohabiting with domestic animals! A little child. Well, like the children today it came from parents, a father and a mother. Let's read on: Isaiah 11:7 Now let's compare Scripture with Scripture. Isaiah says the day is coming when these wild meat-eating animals are going to eat the same diet of grasses that cattle do today. In Genesis l:28-30 we read (here God is speaking to Adam): Genesis 1:28-30 "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.' Now verse 30: You won't see God give permission (I don't think even to the animal kingdom) to kill and eat meat for food until after the flood. Noah was then instructed that he could kill and eat the meat of these animals. But definitely before Adam sinned, none of the animals could eat meat, only green herbs. The whole animal kingdom, including the most ferocious, carnivorous meat-eating species are going to change their diets and live peaceably with animals they once would have eaten. Isaiah 11:8 Here we have had three children mentioned in just two verses. The inspired Word of God tells us that when this Kingdom is set up there will be human beings coming in at the front end of the Kingdom who are going to reproduce. Coming out of the Old Testament we came to the time of the Cross, and now we are in that undetermined period of time known as the Church Age. After Christ returns at the end of the Tribulation we come into this thousand years of what we call the Kingdom Age. It will be on earth in which these things will take place that we are reading about. All through this period of human history everything has been under the curse, and we have no question about wild animals and their behavior, and children should never play with them. Let's look at verse 9: Isaiah 11:9 "They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain (a mountain in Scripture, especially in the Old Testament, is a Kingdom. Always look at the text): for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea." Let's look at some more Old Testament references of the earthly Kingdom. Go to the Book of Amos Chapter 9 (in our next lesson I'm going to explain the opposition to this line of teaching about a literal earthly Kingdom that will come on the earth. We call this opposition Amillenium). Amos 9:11,12 Amos 9:13 "Behold, the days come (when this Kingdom is finally set up), saith (Who?) Amos 9:15 Go to the Book of Zechariah, Chapter 14 verse 8: Zechariah 14:8 "And it shall be in that day (when the Kingdom is in operation), that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem: half of them toward the former sea (the Mediterranean sea), and half of them toward the hinder sea (Dead Sea): in summer and in winter shall it be." Ezekiel sees this same river, beginning in verse 1: Ezekiel 47:1 Now verse 8: Ezekiel 47:8-10 "Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea (that is the Dead Sea): which (when these waters) being brought forth into the (Dead) sea, the waters shall be healed," When we were in Israel, we stopped at the oasis of Engedi at the Dead Sea and some of our group went swimming. Someday, this will again be fresh water. In Matthew Chapter 19, here again is the promise of this coming Kingdom when Peter says to the Lord: Matthew 19:27,28 #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible