The Resurrection of those who Reject God Summary: When the millennium ends, those who rebelled against God will be resurrected, and the final battle takes place between Satan and God. This article is part of a series. We recommend that you first read: What is the Judgement?, Satan Bound. Share with others: Satan Freed at the Resurrection of the Rejecters of God Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea. They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them (Revelation 20:7-9 NKJV). Chains of circumstances will bind Satan when the rejecters of God are slain. For a thousand years, Satan and his evil angels will be trapped on the empty earth, with nothing to do but to contemplate the results of their chosen path. The rebellious people will come back to life when the thousand years was over (Revelation 20:5). The resurrection of the rebellious of all ages will loose Satans chains of circumstances, and he will spurn on the resurrected millions to take the Holy City (the New Jerusalem), which will come down from heaven, in one final effort to retain power (See Zechariah 14:4-5, Revelation 21:2,10). God fights the Final Battle In Ezekiel 38:2 and 39:6, Gog the king of Magog is described as an enemy of Gods people. He is the leader of the host that would attack restored Israel (Ezekiel 38:2, 14-19), but he will meet his end “after many days” (Ezekiel 38:8). “And it will come to pass at the same time, when Gog comes against the land of Israel,” says the Lord GOD, “that My fury will show in My face. For in My jealousy and in the fire of My wrath I have spoken: ‘Surely in that day there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel” (Ezekiel 38:18-19 NKJV). God will destroy Gog. God shows in this prophecy that Israel does not battle at all. Gog stands as a symbol of the leader of rebellion—Satan himself. At the end of time, God will permit the final act of rebellion (the attack on the New Jerusalem) by Satan, his hosts, and the resurrected people who had turned away from God. He will do this to dispel any lingering doubt that the unrighteous—those in opposition to God and His people—are evil. Good and evil will stand opposite each other: Gods people within the city, Satans people without. Read the next article to learn about The Crowning of Christ.
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 04:50:51 +0000
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