The Millennium Timeline.
One thousand years. Three distinct stages. See how Revelation 20 connects the Second Coming, the judgment, and the restoration of the earth.
Don’t take my word for it. Open your Bible.
What happens at the beginning, during, and at the end of the thousand years? Follow the sequence and check every cited passage in your Bible.
Start reading ↘At the Beginning of the Millennium
The original Scripture-reference timeline
Major natural disasters, including earthquakes, giant hailstones, etc. (Rev. 16:18-21; Jer. 4:23-28, 25:33)
Jesus returns for His people and does not touch the earth (Matt. 24:30-31; 1 Thess. 4:16-18)
The Resurrection of the righteous, aka, the first resurrection (1 Thess. 4:16-18; Rev. 20:4-5)
God’s people given immortality and glorified bodies (1 Cor. 15:51-55; 1 John 3:2; Phil. 3:20-21)
The saved are caught up in the air where Jesus will be (1 Thess. 4:16-18)
The living wicked will be destroyed by the glory of Jesus and the breath of His mouth (Isaiah 11:4; 2 Thess. 2:8)
The wicked dead stay dead (Rev. 20:5)
Jesus takes His people home to Heaven (John 13:33-26; 14:1-3; Rev. 20:4-5; 1 Thess. 4:16-18; Rev. 22:14)
Satan is bound for the entire millennium (Rev. 20:1-7)
During the Millennium
The original Scripture-reference timeline
The earth is returned similar to and remains in the “without form and void” state prior to creation (Rev. 16:17-21; Jer. 4:23-28, 25:33)
Satan is stays on earth the whole time with no living humans to tempt and annoy (Rev. 20:1-7; Jer. 4:23-28, 25:33)
God’s people help Him with the judgment of the wicked (Rev. 20:4; 1 Cor. 6:2-3)
No living humans inhabit earth during the millennium (Jer. 4:25; Rev. 6:15-17; Isaiah 11:4)
The End of the Millennium
The original Scripture-reference timeline
Jesus and the saints return to earth (Zech. 14:5; Rev. 21:1-4)
Jesus touches His feet on Mt. Olivet, it splits and becomes a valley (Zech. 14:4, 10)
The New Jerusalem settles in that valley (Zech. 14:4, 10; Rev. 21:2)
Wicked dead are resurrected (John 5:28-29; Rev. 20:5)
Satan “loosed” from the “bottomless pit” and gathers the wicked to tempt them and attack the Holy City (Rev. 20:5, 7-9)
Their attack is halted, when the books of judgment for the wicked are opened, as is the Book of Life (Rev. 20:11-12)
The wicked realize the attack is hopeless and turn on satan and his demons to attack them (Ezekiel 28:6-19)
Fire falls from God out of heaven to form the lake of fire, which devours the wicked (Ps. 11:6; Rev. 14:11, 20:9-10; Nahum 1:9-10; Mal. 4:1-3; Isaiah 47:14; Jude 7; 2 Peter 2:6)
Some wicked suffer a short time, some long, with Satan suffering the longest (Rev. 20:10; Luke 12:47-49)
Earth is purified by the fire, and God recreates it to its original Edenic perfection (2 Pet. 3:12; Isaiah 66:21-24; Rev. 21:1-4)
No memory exists of the old sinful world, save the scars of Jesus (Zech. 13:6; Rev. 21:4-5)
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