Messianic Prophecies 26 worksheet
The Glorious Millennial Kingdom

Old Testament prophesies

Context
Daniel 7:15–28 offers a detailed interpretation of Daniel’s dream and visions (Daniel 7:1–14). The interpretation deals mainly with the fourth beast with teeth of iron and claws of bronze. It ends with the prediction that God will judge this fourth beast and give an everlasting kingdom to the Messiah. The New Testament reveals that this Promised One is Jesus Christ (Acts 13:23).

Daniel 7:18 says But the holy people of the Most High will receive the kingdom and will possess it forever—yes, for ever and ever.

Q1 Isaiah 11:6-8 describes the peace that will reign in the Kingdom. Which violent animals will live together peacefully in the millennial kingdom?


Joel 3:16–21 says 16The Lord will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem; the earth and the heavens will tremble. But the Lord will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel. Blessings for God’s People 17“Then you will know that I, the Lord your God, dwell in Zion, my holy hill. Jerusalem will be holy; never again will foreigners invade her. 18“In that day the mountains will drip new wine, and the hills will flow with milk; all the ravines of Judah will run with water. A fountain will flow out of the Lord’s house and will water the valley of acacias. 19But Egypt will be desolate, Edom a desert waste, because of violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood. 20Judah will be inhabited forever and Jerusalem through all generations. 21Shall I leave their innocent blood unavenged? No, I will not.”

Q2 The Lord will reign from Zion/Jerusalem and the world (earth and heavens) will tremble. Invisions from neighboring countries, that we see plenty these days, will be over. This passage highlights that the Lord will be a refuge for his people of Israel. There will be prosperity and peace. Write why you think that this prophecy speaks of the reinstallment of the garden of Eden during the millennial kingdom.

Context
Obadiah (848-840 BC) was written concerning the Edomites living in the nation of Edom. These people were descendants of Jacob’s brother Esau and had been in conflict with Israel for centuries. The Lord sent this letter through Obadiah to warn Edom that their prideful sin would soon lead to their destruction. The Edomites lived in what is now known as Petra, a city in a high, rocky mountain range. Though they thought their cities were impenetrable, the Lord accurately predicted they would soon be destroyed.
The third section (Obadiah 1:17–21) shifts to God’s future restoration of Israel. Though the kingdom was divided at the time of Obadiah’s writing, in the future Israel would again retain its rightful land inheritance as promised by the Lord. Mount Zion would be holy (Obadiah 1:17), while the “house of Esau” (the Edomites) would have no survivors (Obadiah 1:18). Though some of those from Jerusalem were exiles, The Jews would one day possess the cities of the Negeb as well as other lands. God was not done with His people Israel, offering future hope to His people as well as predictions of judgment for His enemies.

Obadiah 1:21 says Deliverers will go up on Mount Zion to govern the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will be the Lord’s.

Q3 Enemies of Israel will be defeated. Especially the mountains of Esau. Imagine, that this was prophecied 2800 years ago. Do you believe that God will fulfill this prophecy at the second advent of Jesus?


Context
Micah (742-687 BC) gives us a glimpse of God’s hatred of sin and, at the same time, his love for the sinner. This book also gives us some of the clearest predictions of the coming Messiah. Micah will challenge you to live a life honoring to God and join the faithful remnant of his people who live according to his will (Andy Woods).

Micah 4:2 says Many nations will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.” The law will go out from Zion, the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.


New Testament fulfillment, yet future

Read this summary first. And read your today’s newspaper and watch your new channels to see the end-times unfolding before our very eyes day-by-day, leading to the Antichrist to be on the scene, rather sooner than later.

Context
Revelation 20 comes between the account of our Lord’s decisive victory at Armageddon at the end of the tribulation (Revelation 19:11-21) and the descent of the New Heaven and the new earth (Revelation 21:1-8 followed by the New Jerusalem from heaven to earth (Revelation 21:9-27). It focuses on Jesus’ reign on the earth for 1000 years followed by the great white throne judgment when unbelievers from all periods of history are judged and sentenced to eternal suffering in the lake of fire (BibleRef).

In the following Bible passage we read “This is the first resurrection”. In order to understand it please read this article.

Revelation 20:1-6 says 1And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain. 2He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. 3He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time. 4I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection. 6Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.

Q4 This passage from Revelation is loaded with visions in several perspectives and time frames. Discuss this prophetic passage with your Bible teacher, and make notes in the blue box below.