N.T. AFFIRMS AND EXPANDS ON O.T. PROPHECIES OF JESUS MILLENNIAL KINGDOM

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The New Testament consistently affirms and expands the Old Testament prophecies concerning Israel’s restoration, the Messiah’s literal reign on earth, and the participation of the glorified saints in that reign. These passages illuminate the “mystery” Paul refers to — Israel’s temporary blindness followed by national salvation when Christ returns (Romans 11). If you have not already read my earlier post “O.T. Prophecies of Israel’s Messiah ruling the Nations” then I suggest you do as this is the sequel.

Let’s look carefully at the key sections.

1. Jesus’ Teachings

“You who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.” Matthew 19:28

➡️ Promise of Israel’s restoration and the Apostles’ role in governing it.

“You shall not see Me again till you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’” Matthew 23:37–39

➡️ Jesus declares Israel’s national repentance will accompany His return.

Matthew 24–25 (Olivet Discourse)

  • Jesus gives the disciples many of the end times signs that precede His second coming.
  • Describes the Tribulation and Great Tribulation that precedes the rapture of the Saints and the wrath of God poured out with the Trumpet and Bowl judgements and then His return in glory with the glorified Saints.
  • When He comes, He will separate the nations (25:31–34) and rule as King from His throne of glory.

“When the Son of Man comes in His glory… then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him.”Matthew 25:31-31

“The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever.” Luke 1:32–33 (Gabriel’s announcement to Mary)

➡️ Explicit connection to the Davidic Covenant and Israel’s national kingdom.

“Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled… then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.” Luke 21:24–28

➡️ Prophecy of Israel’s long dispersion and ultimate deliverance.

“I confer on you a kingdom, just as My Father conferred one on Me… you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”

“Jesus extends participation in His Kingdom rule to the faithful.”  Luke 22:29–30

“Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel? It is not for you to know the times… but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you.” Acts 1:6–8

➡️ Jesus does not correct their expectation of a restored kingdom to Israel — He only delays it until the Father’s appointed time.

2. The Apostolic Preaching (Acts)

“Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus Christ… whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets.” Acts 3:19–21

➡️ The “restoration of all things” = exactly the Old Testament vision of a renewed earth under Messiah’s rule.

James quotes Amos 9:11–12:

“After this I will return and will rebuild the tabernacle of David… so that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord.” Acts 15:14–18

➡️ God will restore Davidic rule through Jesus, bringing Gentiles to share in Israel’s blessings.

3. Paul’s Writings

Romans 11:11–29

  • Israel’s rejection is temporary.
  • Gentiles are grafted in during Israel’s blindness.
  • Israel will be saved when the Deliverer comes.

“And so, all Israel will be saved, as it is written: ‘The Deliverer will come out of Zion, and He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.‘” Romans 11:26

Romans 8:18–23

“The creation itself will be delivered from the bondage of corruption…” Romans 8:21

➡️ The entire creation awaits the revelation of the glorified saints — this corresponds to the renewed creation in the Millennium.

“Do you not know that the saints will judge the world?” 1 Corinthians 6:2

➡️ Believers’ participation in Christ’s government over the nations.

“If we endure, we shall also reign with Him.” 2 Timothy 2:12

➡️ Shared authority with Christ in His Millennial Kingdom.

4. The Book of Revelation (The fullest vision)

“You have redeemed us… and have made us kings and priests to our God; and we shall reign on the earth.” Revelation 5:9–10

➡️ Saints (Jew and Gentile) reigning on the earth with Christ.

“The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever.” Revelation 11:15

➡️ Transition from human rule to the Messiah’s Kingdom.

 “Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war… And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses… On his robe and on his thigh, he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.” Revelation 19:11–16

Christ returns to judge and wage war in righteousness, wearing many crowns.
➡️ His return inaugurates the Millennial Kingdom.

“They lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.” The Millennial reign of Christ with His glorified saints.” Revelation 20:1–6

Revelation 21–22

  • Transition from the Millennium into the eternal state — New Heaven and New Earth.
  • Yet, even here, Jerusalem remains central as the dwelling of God with His people.

5. Key Thematic Summary

ThemeOld Testament BasisNew Testament Fulfillment
Israel’s scattering and regatheringDeut. 30:1–10; Ezek. 36–37Luke 21:24; Rom. 11:25–27
Messiah’s Davidic Kingdom2 Sam. 7; Isa. 9:6–7Luke 1:32–33; Acts 15:16
Reign over the nationsPs 2; Isaiah 2Rev. 11:15; Rev. 19–20
Saints reigning with MessiahDan. 7:18, 271 Cor. 6:2; 2 Tim. 2:12; Rev. 20:4
The Temple and worship restoredEzek. 40–48; Zech. 14Likely Millennial scenario before Rev. 21–22
Final eternal kingdomIsa. 65–66Rev. 21–22

6. The Unfolding Pattern

  1. Dispersion of Israel (fulfilled historically)
  2. Partial blindness and Gentile mission (Romans 11:25)
  3. The return of Jesus (Matthew 24; Acts 1:11; Revelation 19)
  4. Israel’s national repentance and restoration (Zechariah 12:10; Romans 11:26)
  5. The Millennial Reign of Christ and His saints (Revelation 20:4–6)
  6. The New Heaven and New Earth (Revelation 21–22)

UN DECLARES ISRAEL’S ESTABLISHMENT A CATASTROPHE

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Did you know the UN General Assembly voted to formally recognize “Nakba Day,” an annual memorial event characterizing the establishment of the State of Israel as a disaster? It was a major victory for pro-Palestinian activists.

The word “Nakba,” which means catastrophe in Arabic, has been used to describe the 1948 War of Independence that led to the creation of the Jewish State.

The UN resolution, which was sponsored by the Palestinian delegation to the UN, Egypt, Jordan, Senegal, Yemen and Tunisia, calls for the “commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, including by organizing a high-level event at the General Assembly Hall” on May 15th, 2023.

Both Egypt and Jordan have decades-old peace treaties with Israel, though tensions with Jordan have escalated in recent years.

It is telling that Israel’s so-called new “friends” in the Arab world, including the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan supported the anti-Israel resolution.

“Recently, the UN General Assembly passed a shameful resolution calling for an official event to commemorate the Palestinian ‘Nakba’ on the 75th Anniversary of the creation of the State of Israel,” wrote Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan. “By passing such an extreme and baseless resolution, the UN is only helping to perpetuate the conflict.”

“Try to imagine the international community commemorating your country’s Independence Day by calling it a disaster. What a disgrace,” Erdan added. “The Palestinians’ lies must no longer be accepted on the world stage, just as this body must stop allowing the Palestinians to continue pulling its strings. I urge you all to stop blindly supporting the Palestinians’ libels.”

90 countries voted in favor of the resolution, 30 voted against it, and 47 abstained. The majority of those countries that voted to formally recognize Nakba Day are Muslim Countries.

The following Scriptures tell us exactly what God is going to do to those nations in the not too distant future:

First God is going to judge all of those nations that want to destroy Israel. Jesus will destroy them at the battle of Armageddon.

“For behold, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. And I will enter into judgment with them there, on behalf of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the nations and have divided up my land.” Joel 3:1-3

Jesus will refine one third of national Israel during this time of judgment. They will come to know Jesus as Messiah, possibly some through the ministry of the two witnesses and some when they see Him returning to earth with the Saints, but either way they will help to populate the Millennial Kingdom.

“In the whole land, declares the Lord ‘two-thirds will be struck down and perish; yet one-third will be left in it. This third I will put into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are my people, and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’” Zechariah 13:8-9

Then Jesus will gather the Jews from all the lands where they have been scattered.

“Behold, I will take the people of Israel from the nations among which they have gone, and will gather them from all around, and bring them to their own land. And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. And one king shall be king over them all, and they shall be no longer two nations, and no longer divided into two kingdoms. They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions. But I will save them from all the backslidings in which they have sinned and will cleanse them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.” Ezekiel 37:21-23

All of the nations of the world will acknowledge Jesus as Lord of Lords and King of Kings.

“Then the nations that are left all around you shall know that I am the Lord; I have rebuilt the ruined places and replanted that which was desolate. I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it.
“Thus, says the Lord God: This also I will let the house of Israel ask me to do for them: to increase their people like a flock. Like the flock for sacrifices, like the flock at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.” Ezekiel 36:36-38

Note what happens when nations do not go up to Jerusalem to worship Jesus as King, the Lord of hosts.

“Then everyone who survives of all the nations that have come against Jerusalem shall go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Booths. And if any of the families of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, there will be no rain on them. And if the family of Egypt does not go up and present themselves, then on them there shall be no rain; there shall be the plague with which the Lord afflicts the nations that do not go up to keep the Feast of Booths. This shall be the punishment to Egypt and the punishment to all the nations that do not go up to keep the Feast of Booths.! Zechariah 14:16-19

Please use this information to evangelise the lost. They need to know what will happen in the future. The proof the Bible is God’s Word is fulfilled prophecies. All of the prophecies of Jesus first coming were fulfilled and there are many more about His second coming like those above and these will be fulfilled.

JESUS WILL RULE THE NATIONS FROM ISRAEL

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“My holy name I will make known in the midst of My people Israel; and I will not let My holy name be profaned anymore. And the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One of Israel. Behold, it is coming and it shall be done,” declares the LORD God. “That is the day of which I have spoken” (Ezekiel 39:8).

When will God not allow His holy name to be profaned any more in Israel? Only after Jesus returns. When will God set His “glory among the nations”? When He establishes His kingdom (Millennial Kingdom) on this earth. When will the entire house of Israel come to know the Lord and experience a great outpouring of His Spirit? Only after the Second Coming of their Messiah.

What an amazing Scripture this is. God has unfinished business with Israel. The nation He established for His purposes. All the nations will know God is the Holy One of Israel. “Behold it is coming and it shall be done.”

“And I will set My glory among the nations; and all the nations will see My judgement which I have executed and My hand which I have laid on them. And the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God from that day onward” (Ezekiel 39:21).

It is amazing the detail God revealed to Ezekiel about what He will do with Israel in the last days.

“I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all. Ezekiel 37:21-22

“Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And the heathen shall know that I the Lord do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.” Ezekiel 37:26-28

Look at this scripture which says unbelievers will learn why God has dealt harshly with Israel

“And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.” Ezekiel 39:23

And finally God explains He will pour out His Spirit upon the House of Israel when He has gathered them out from their enemies lands then Israel and the nations will know God is the Lord God of Israel.

“When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations; Then shall they know that I am the Lord their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there. Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, says the Lord God.” Ezekiel 39:27-29

In this post we have looked at what God revealed to Ezekiel. He revealed just as much if not more to Isaiah. It just confirms what was said to Ezekiel and the other prophets. Next post we will look at what Moses revealed to the nation about its future even before they went into the promised land.

“Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.” Revelation 20:6

GOD’S COVENANT WITH HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE

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NEW JERUSALEM DESCENDING TO THE NEW EARTH

Much of the church appears to be asleep and biblically uninformed when it comes to Israel. The vast majority of Christians in America and around the world have no idea of the importance of their Jewish heritage and why Jews are the key in fulfilling God’s end time plans for the church and Israel.

“‘But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,’ says the Lord: ‘I will put My law within them and write it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people'” Jer. 31:33.

This was an eternal covenant He made with the Jewish people. “God is not a man that He should lie” (Num. 23:19), then why have so many in the church adopted the false teaching that they have replaced the Jews as the “chosen people” Deut. 7:6.

From Genesis to Revelation, the Lord mentions Israel far more than any other nation in His Word, yet somehow this has become a big “mystery ” to His church.

Imagine the impact, if the church truly grasped God’s heart for Israel, whom He calls “the apple of His eye”? We could see a revival like never before!  Talk about a true awakening!

Now more than ever, Israel needs more than just strong allies defending her, she need true friends, like the global church, who will unwavering, stand with her. It is of course great to see America renew its ties with Israel under Trump.

God promises are clear in Genesis 12:3 on standing with Israel. “I will bless them who bless you and curse him who curses you.”