While few books about the Millennium are currently available, Dr. Jeremiah's prophecy book is a practical guide that prepares us for the thousand-year reign of Christ. Unlike other books that focus on the timing of Jesus's return, this book is filled with information from the Bible about what we can expect in the Millennium. It explores the many important aspects of this prophetic event and how our understanding should shape how we live today, empowering us to live Kingdom-ready lives.
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Dr. Jeremiah, why did you decide to write The Coming Golden Age?
When I finished with The Great Disappearance, which is a book about the Rapture, I thought, Well, what’s next? The answer according to God’s prophetic calendar in the Bible is the Tribulation—but I’ve already written a book on that. So the next thing after that is the Millennium, and I dove into it.
It’s interesting that when we started doing the research, we couldn’t find many books on the subject of the Millennium. Those we did find mainly argued over whether Jesus comes back before the Millennium or after the Millennium.
Then I remembered a statement Dwight Pentecost made. He said there is more information in the Bible about the Millennium than there is about any other subject including salvation, heaven, and hell. And he’s right! The Bible is full of information on the Millennium, but the information is mostly spread throughout the Old Testament with a few references in the New Testament as well. So it’s been a real thrill to read and discuss and research this subject.
The subtitle of your book is 31 Ways to Be Kingdom Ready. What does it mean to be “kingdom ready”?
There are two aspects of God’s Kingdom. First, there’s the Kingdom that’s to come, the Millennium, which is referenced in Revelation 19–20 and many other passages. This is a future manifestation of God’s Kingdom. Second, there’s an element of God’s Kingdom that’s already here. In fact, that’s why many people say the Kingdom is “already but not yet.”
We already have God’s Kingdom because when Jesus Christ comes into your life, He becomes your Lord and Savior; He becomes the King of your life. If you’re a Christian, you’re already in the Kingdom. Colossians 1:13 says, “He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love.”
The Bible also says that one day Jesus Christ Himself, the King, is going to come back to this earth and set up His physical Kingdom and reign and rule on this earth for a thousand years. That’s the Millennium, which is the Kingdom to come.
In relation to God’s prophetic timeline, can you tell us where the Millennium falls?
Here’s how that works. We are living in the Church Age now. The next event on God’s prophetic timeline is the Rapture of the Church, when followers of Jesus will be physically removed from this world. They will be rescued from the next event, which is a period of seven years of tribulation here on earth.
The Tribulation will be divided into two halves of three-and-a-half years each. The second half will be especially terrible, which is why it’s called the Great Tribulation. At the end of that period, Jesus will come back, and He will win the victory against Satan’s forces at the Battle of Armageddon. When that happens, the Millennial Kingdom will be ushered in on this earth.
Explain to us what Jesus’ role will be during the Millennium.
The short answer is that He will be King! Jesus will come back one day as a fulfillment of prophecy, and He will sit on the throne of David. He will be the King of the earth. He will actually go to Jerusalem and be seated on the throne there, but He won’t just be King of Israel or King of Jerusalem. He’ll be King of the whole world. Everyone will report to Him in the Kingdom because He will be the absolute ruler.
Some people might confuse the Millennium with heaven. Explain the difference to us.
A lot of people confuse the two because many people use the millennial passages to describe what heaven is like, and the Millennium and heaven are very similar. The big differences are location and duration. The Millennial Kingdom will take place here on earth, and it will last for a thousand years.
After that thousand-year reign of Christ, there will be a final rebellion, and then will come what scholars call the “eternal state,” which is heaven. Heaven will be in a new place—what the Bible calls the new heaven and the new earth—and it will occur after the Millennium, not at the same time as the Millennium.
In The Coming Golden Age, you discuss Jesus reversing the curse and restoring God’s creation. Can you share more about what that entails?
Genesis 3 records the moment Adam and Eve sinned, which brought the curse to our world. What was the curse? The ground was cursed, and Adam and Eve were separated in their intimate fellowship with God. God had created everything to be good, but sin corrupted and twisted creation so that evil and pain and suffering entered our lives.
But in the Millennium, all the things that we lost in the curse are given back to us so that the world that God intended us to have at the beginning becomes ours at the end. All the things that went wrong in Eden will be made right in the Millennium.
What will people’s health and lifespan be like during the Millennium?
During the Millennium, the Bible says that God is going to heal every disease and everything that comes to us is going to be mitigated. People won’t have long sicknesses.
In fact, the Old Testament tells us that a person who walks around at the age of one hundred in the Millennium will be considered a child. Those who go into the Millennium are going to live for a thousand years; they aren’t going to die. Then, at the end of the thousand years, we’ll go into our eternal state with the Lord. So yes, we’re going to be old people in terms of years, but we won’t be old in terms of health and vitality.
The only people who may die in the Millennium are those who choose to be rebellious and sinful. Some of them will die.
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Describe what worship will be like during the Coming Golden Age.
In the Millennium, there’s going to be undivided worship where everyone from every tribe and every kindred and every race and every color will join together in worshiping Jesus Christ, our King. There will be no division, and there will be no discussion about whether this or that is right or not.
We will be so focused on King Jesus that nothing else will matter, and this state of worship will be amazing and unending.
Many of us are animal lovers, so what will the animal kingdom be like during the Millennium?
The Bible says that in the Millennium the lion will lay down with the lamb and the leopard will be friends with the goat. There will not be any carnivorous fights because the animals will all be at peace. They will eat grass and the things that God provides for them through nature.
Once again, our world will be returned to God’s original plan for creation as seen in the Garden of Eden. There’s even a passage that says children will play by a cobra’s den with no fear! (See Isaiah 11:8.)
Dr. Jeremiah, talk with us about what we will do during the Millennium.
Well, this often surprises people when I say it, but we’re going to work and we’re going to serve. Just like Adam and Eve were created for a purpose in the Garden of Eden, we will dedicate ourselves to meaningful, productive work during the Millennium. We will use our gifts and talents in ways that glorify God and satisfy our hearts.
The Bible also teaches that your role of leadership and administration in the Millennium will be based to some degree on your faithfulness to God during this life. So don’t waste your life here and go to the Millennium and wonder why you’re sweeping streets in the back alley. So, I think we’re going to be surprised when we get there to find out who some of the people are that are making the decisions and running the show.
Will there be sin in the Millennium?
Yes and no. Those who have already died or been raptured prior to the Millennium will return to earth with Jesus in resurrected bodies. Meaning, they will have perfected, sinless bodies—the same type of body Jesus possessed when He rose from the grave. However, those who are saved during the Tribulation will enter the Millennium with regular physical bodies. They will have unperfected bodies and natures, which means they will still possess a sin nature. The big difference is that Satan will no longer be on the scene to tempt them toward sin.
In addition, the children born to those with physical bodies during the Millennium will once again inherit a sin nature, which means they will need to experience salvation. We learn from Revelation 20 that—once Satan is released after a thousand years—he will lead a final, sinful rebellion against God that will result in the fiery purification of our world and the creation of a new heaven and new earth.
Will there be salvation in the Millennium?
Yes! At the very beginning of the Millennium, every person living on earth will be saved. Only Christians will be given access to Christ’s Kingdom. However, after a period of time the people living within that Kingdom will begin to have children. There will be marriage and relationships during the Millennium, and those relationships will result in new generations—which of course was always part of God’s plan.
Importantly, those who are born during the Millennium will need to experience salvation. They will need to establish their own relationship with God. How will that happen? The same way it happens today: by accepting in faith the free gift of forgiveness offered by Jesus through His death and resurrection.
Where will the devil be during the thousand years?
The Bible says that Satan will be cast into the bottomless pit, into the abyss, and he will be chained there for a thousand years. So throughout the entire Millennium, there will be no presence of Satan. As you know, we’re told in the Bible that we have three enemies: the flesh, the devil, and the world. During the Millennium, one of those enemies is going to be taken away. The devil won’t be present.
How should we be living now in light of the Coming Golden Age?
I think what we should be doing right now is living for the Lord. We should study God’s Word and realize that God will one day restore our world to its original state. Then we should ask ourselves, How would I want to be if I were living in that world?
For myself, I want to have joy and happiness. I want to be a man of justice. I want to be holy. There’s a lot The Coming Golden Age about holiness and giving glory to God. It’s really just another way of examining the Christian life in its ultimate fulfillment, and it’s such a goal setter for me to look at that and realize God has a plan for this world that is beyond anything I can imagine. And as bad as things seem right now, God has something coming that’s so much better.
How does the promise of the Millennium give us hope?
God has a picture of the world as He meant it to be. This is the world God wanted us to have. But Adam and Eve sinned, and that world was ruined. We’ve lived all these centuries now in a world that is still beautiful, but it’s tarnished and broken—and it’s breaking more all the time. When you see that which is perfect and the joy that comes from it and the blessing that comes from it, what does that do? It makes you want to have it. It gives you hope that there’s something better.
So I would say this, don’t get overwhelmed with what’s going on in the world today. Saturate your mind and your thoughts and your hopes on what God has promised for your future.
In this definitive book, esteemed Bible teacher and pastor Dr. David Jeremiah unveils the Second Coming of Christ and His Millennium reign on earth with remarkable clarity. He also demonstrates how our understanding and response to these significant events can transform our lives today.