CHARACTERISTICS OF THE KINGDOM

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1 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE KINGDOM KINGDOM OF GOD & OF CHRIST HAS COME This is the time known as the THRONE OF DAVID and the THRONE OF HIS GLORY, when Christ is reigning as KING OF KINGS, and LORD OF LORDS for a thousand years from Jerusalem. The Lord's model prayer shows the cry of His heart for the Kingdom Age, the Thousand Year Reign. Here Christ prays, and instructs His disciples to pray, for the ultimate purpose of God for man. This prayer is the greatest example of praying in the true will of God, and is guaranteed an answer. But, as we know by experience, it will come in the appointed time. There is a time coming soon when it will certainly be done. "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven." Matthew 6:10, Luke 11:2 This prayer of Jesus will find complete fulfillment when He is reigning for the thousand years with a Rod of Iron. These are not just empty words giving a pattern to prayer, but is a true expectation to be completely fulfilled in its time. God's Will shall be accomplished to perfection, by righteous government and strict enforcement that brings swift justice based on truth, not on the skill of lawyers. ALL ENEMIES UNDER CHRIST'S FEET But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the first-fruits of those who have died. For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. But every one in his own order: Christ the first-fruits then, afterward they that are Christ's at His coming. Then the end will come, when He will deliver up the kingdom to God the Father, when He has put down all rule, all authority and power. For Christ must reign until God the Father has put all enemies under Christ's feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. For God has placed all things under Christ's feet. But when God says, "All things are put under Christ," it is evident that God, Who put ALL THINGS under Christ, is excepted. When all things are subdued under Christ, then the Son shall also subject Himself to God Who put all things under Him, SO GOD MAY BE ALL IN ALL. 1 Corinthians 15:20-28, Acts 2:34-35, Psalm 110:1, Mark 12:36, Matthew 22:43-44, Luke 20:42-43 Jesus is seated at the right hand of God Most High until the time comes for Him to return to the earth as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. When the purge is finished and Christ is established as King over all the earth, He will submit Himself under God, making God the head over all creation. God will be all in all. The kingdom is indeed the Kingdom of God. Christ is indeed the King over all the earth, but in subjection under God Almighty. ROD OF IRON RULE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS The term "Rod of Iron" indicates that absolute adherence to the moral law that was given to Israel at Mount Sinai is mandatory and strictly enforced. The law that was done away with on the cross is the law of Sacrifice for atonement, since Jesus was the final Sacrifice providing blood of Atonement for sin that God will accept for the for all the sins of the world to everyone who believes. Right and wrong behavior never changes, what was right behavior then will always be right behavior, and what was wrong then will always be wrong.

2 "As I live," says the Lord God, "Surely I will reign over you with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out." Ezekiel 20:33 God will regather Israel from all countries into the land of Israel, and will purge out all rebels, and all that transgress against Him; and in so doing, His people will come to know that He unquestionably is God most high. Those who survive the purge will possess the land and experience the perfect righteousness of the reign of Christ. "And you Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the princes of Judah. For out of you shall come A RULER THAT SHALL RULE MY PEOPLE ISRAEL." Matthew 2:6, Micah 5:2, Micah 7:14, Micah 5:3-5, Luke 1:31-33, Acts 3:22-23, Deuteronomy 18:15-19, GENTILES IN THE KINGDOM When Jesus heard the centurion, He marveled and said to those that followed, Truly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, no, not in Israel! And I say to you that many shall come from the east and the west and shall sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven. But the Children of the Kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Matthew 8:10-12, Luke 13:28-30 When Jesus spoke of the first that shall be last and the last that shall be first. He was speaking of Israel as being the FIRST. They failed to get into the Kingdom of God because of unfaithfulness and unbelief. Whereas, the LAST that shall be first will be those Gentiles who, by faith and obedience, will be allowed into the Kingdom by right of adoption through the blood of Jesus. NO MARRIAGE IN THE RESURRECTION Those who have died and were raised in their glorified bodies to reign in the Kingdom will not be married, those who are still mortal will be. That same day the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and asked Him saying, Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up children for his brother. Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died; and having no children, left his wife to his brother. Likewise the second also, and the third, even to the seventh; and last of all, the woman died also. Therefore, in the resurrection, of the seven whose wife will she be? For they all had her? Jesus answered and said to them, You are in error in not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven (that cannot die). Matthew 22:23-30 [see also Luke 20:27-36] GUIDANCE FOR THE PEOPLE DWELLING IN ZION AT JERUSALEM The Lord will wait, so He may be gracious to you, and He will be exalted, so He may have mercy on you. For the Lord is a God of Judgment. All those that wait for Him are blessed. For THE PEOPLE SHALL DWELL IN ZION AT JERUSALEM. You shall weep no more. He will be very gracious to

3 you, AT THE SOUND OF YOUR CRY; when He shall hear it, HE WILL ANSWER YOU. And though the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your teachers shall not be removed into a corner any more, but YOUR EYES SHALL SEE YOUR TEACHERS: When you turn to the right hand or when you turn to the left, YOUR EARS SHALL HEAR A WORD BEHIND YOU SAYING, "THIS IS THE WAY, WALK YE IN IT." Isaiah 30:18-21 BLESSINGS OF ABUNDANCE Then He shall give the rain for your seed, with which you shall sow the ground. THE BREAD FROM THE PRODUCE OF THE EARTH SHALL BE RICH AND PLENTIFUL. In that day your cattle will feed in large pastures; likewise the oxen and the young donkeys that work the ground shall eat clean feed that has been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. Isaiah 30:23-24, 34:1-17 REWARD OF GOD'S RIGHTEOUS SERVANT (THE MESSIAH) Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him. He has put Him to grief. When You shall make His soul an offering for sin, HE SHALL SEE HIS SEED, HE SHALL PROLONG HIS DAYS, AND THE PLEASURE OF THE LORD SHALL PROSPER IN HIS HAND. HE SHALL SEE THE RESULT OF THE TRAVAIL OF HIS SOUL, AND BE SATISFIED. By His knowledge, My righteous Servant shall justify many, for He shall bear their iniquities. THEREFORE, I WILL DIVIDE TO HIM A PORTION WITH THE GREAT AND HE SHALL DIVIDE THE SPOIL WITH THE STRONG, because He poured out His soul unto death, He was numbered with the transgressors, He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. Isaiah 53:1-12 ETERNAL RIGHTEOUS GOVERNMENT THEN THE KINGDOM, AND DOMINION, AND THE GREATNESS OF THE KINGDOMS UNDER THE WHOLE HEAVEN SHALL BE GIVEN TO THE PEOPLE, TO THE SAINTS OF THE MOST HIGH. HIS KINGDOM IS AN EVERLASTING KINGDOM, AND ALL DOMINIONS SHALL SERVE AND OBEY HIM. Daniel 7:27, Isaiah 9:2-7, 16:5, 51:4-8, 52:13-15, Jeremiah 23:5-6 RIGHTEOUS RULER He shall judge between many peoples and settle disputes for strong nations far away. They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not take up sword against nation, neither shall they train for war anymore. Micah 4:3, Isaiah 2:4-5, Isaiah 11:1-5 GOD IS EXALTED - ENEMIES DESTROYED - HIS REIGN ESTABLISHED But the Lord of Hosts shall be exalted in judgment (justice), and God Who is holy, shall be sanctified in His righteousness. Isaiah 5:16, 25:1-7, 30:18, 33:5-6,, Micah 5:5-15 THE LORD SHALL BE KING OVER ALL THE EARTH The Lord shall be king over all the earth. In that day there shall be one Lord, and His Name, One. Zechariah 14:9, 2:10-13, 1 Timothy 6:13-16, Micah 7:16-20, Daniel 7:13-14, Isaiah 1:26-27

4 UNIVERSAL PEACE (animals and man) Yahweh will demonstrate the truth of His Word that full obedience to His Laws will result in continual good health, long life and universal peace. Exodus 15:26, Deuteronomy 4:2, 40, 5:29-33, 30:16, Isaiah 48:18 Life expectancy for the people will be a thousand years and all (mankind and animals) will eat fruit and herbs of the field just as they did in the beginning before the flood of Noah's time. Genesis 1:29-30 The wolf shall dwell with the lamb. The leopard shall lie down with the young goat. The calf, the young lion, and the fatling shall lie down together; and a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall feed together, their young ones shall lie down together. The lion shall eat straw like the ox. A nursing baby shall play over the hole of the asp, and an infant shall put his hand on the den of the cockatrice (adder). They shall not hurt or destroy in all My Holy Mountain (Kingdom), for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord like the waters cover the sea. Isaiah 11:6-9 Be glad and rejoice forever in the things I am creating, for I will create Jerusalem to be a cause for rejoicing and her people shall be a joy. I will rejoice over Jerusalem, and delight in My people. The sound of weeping and crying shall not be heard in her any more. From that time and on, there shall not be in it an infant that lives only a few days, nor an old man who has not lived his full life. Whoever dies at a hundred years shall be considered to have died in his childhood. But the sinner who dies a hundred years old shall be considered accursed. They shall build houses and live in them. They shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit from them. They shall not build and have another occupy it, they shall not plant and have another to eat the fruit. My people shall live lives as long as that of a tree, and My elect shall enjoy the work of their hands for a long time. They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth children destined to trouble, because they are the children of those who are the blessed of the Lord, they and their descendants after them. It shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear. The wolf and the lamb shall feed together and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. Dust shall be the food of the serpent. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My Holy Mountain (kingdom), says the Lord. Isaiah 65:18-25 He shall judge between the nations and shall settle disputes for many peoples. They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not take up sword against nation, neither shall they train for war anymore. Isaiah 2:4 THE WHOLE WORLD WILL SPEAK ONE PURE LANGUAGE HIGHWAY OF HOLINESS For then I will return to the people a pure language, so that they all may call on the Name of the Lord and serve Him with one accord. Zephaniah 3:9, Isaiah 19:18 In that day Egypt shall be like women, it shall be afraid and fearful because of the shaking of the hand of the Lord of Hosts over it. The land of Judah shall be a terror to Egypt. Fear shall rise in the heart of everyone in Egypt that makes mention of Judah because of the counsel of the Lord of Hosts

5 that He has determined against Egypt. In that day FIVE CITIES IN THE LAND OF EGYPT SHALL SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF CANAAN and swear allegiance to the Lord of Hosts. One shall be called The City of Destruction. In that day there shall be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt. There shall also be a pillar to the Lord at the border of Egypt. It shall be for a sign and a witness to the Lord of Hosts in the land of Egypt. They shall cry to the Lord because of the oppressors, and He shall send them a savior, a Great One that shall deliver them, and the Lord shall be known to Egypt. In that day the Egyptians shall know the Lord and shall do sacrifice and offering to the Lord. Yes, they shall vow a vow to the Lord and perform it. The Lord shall smite Egypt, He shall smite and heal it. The Egyptians shall return to the Lord, and He shall respond to their entreaties and heal them. In that day there shall be a HIGHWAY FROM EGYPT TO ASSYRIA; and the Assyrians shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptians shall travel into Assyria. The Egyptians and the Assyrians together shall serve the Lord. In that day Israel, in the midst of the land, will be joined with Egypt and Assyria and will be a blessing whom the Lord of Hosts shall bless saying, Blessed be Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance. Isaiah 19:16-25, 35:8-10 EVERYONE WILL KNOW THE LORD But the Lord declared, This is the covenant that I shall make with the house of Israel, after those days I will put My law in their inmost being and write it in their hearts, I will be their God, and they shall be My people. No more shall every man teach his neighbor or his brother saying `Know the Lord,' because they shall all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity and I will remember their sin no more. Jeremiah 31:33-34, Isaiah 29:13-24, 1 Corinthians 13:8-12 FOR THE EARTH WILL BE FILLED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GLORY OF THE LORD, AS THE WATERS COVER THE SEA. Habakkuk 2:14 THE LAW WILL BE HELD IN HONOR It is the lord's pleasure for his righteousness' sake to magnify the law, and make it honorable. Isaiah 42:1-21, This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days says the Lord, I will put My laws into their hearts, and I will write them in their minds. Hebrews 10:16, Jeremiah 31:33, THE PEOPLE WILL DESPISE THEIR IDOLATRY, TURNING TO GOD

6 You shall defile your graven images covered with silver, and your molten images ornately plated with gold. You shall cast them away like a menstrual cloth. You shall say to them, get away. Isaiah 30:22, Isaiah 31:6-7 At that day a man shall look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel. And he shall not look to the altars, the works of his hands, neither shall he have respect toward that which his fingers have made, nor toward the groves, or the images. Isaiah 17:7-8 A PRIEST/KING Thus says the Lord of Hosts, Behold, the Man whose name is The Branch shall grow up out of His place and shall build the temple of the Lord. It is He that shall build the temple of the Lord, and He shall be clothed with glory and majesty. He shall sit upon His throne. HE SHALL BE A PRIEST ON HIS THRONE AND THE COUNSEL OF PEACE SHALL BE BETWEEN THEM BOTH (between the civil office of king and the spiritual office of priest). Zechariah 6:12-13 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be destroyed. He shall speak peace to the gentiles. His dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth. Zechariah 9:10 His name shall be called: WONDERFUL, COUNSELOR, THE MIGHTY GOD, THE EVERLASTING FATHER, THE PRINCE OF PEACE. Isaiah 9:6b ALL NATIONS WILL LOOK TO ZION FOR THE LAW AT THAT TIME THEY SHALL CALL JERUSALEM THE THRONE OF THE LORD; AND ALL NATIONS SHALL BE GATHERED TO IT, TO THE NAME OF THE LORD, TO JERUSALEM. They shall not walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart. Jeremiah 3:16-17, Hebrews 1:8-12, Daniel 2:44, Isaiah 51:5, Isaiah 60:3, Isaiah 11:10 The people shall flow to it from all the nations. MANY PEOPLE shall say `Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, and He will teach us His ways, and we will walk in His paths:' FOR THE LAW SHALL GO FORTH OUT OF ZION, AND THE WORD OF THE LORD FROM JERUSALEM. He shall judge between the nations and shall settle disputes for many peoples. They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not take up sword against nation, neither shall they train for war anymore. O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord. Isaiah 2:1-5, Micah 4:1-8 THE GLORY OF THE LORD SHALL BE REVEALED Then the moon shall be confounded and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign gloriously on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem and before His elders. Isaiah 24:23 The GLORY OF THE LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it. Isaiah 40:5, 52:10, Job 19:25-27 SORROW AND DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY

7 HE WILL SWALLOW UP DEATH IN VICTORY, and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces. He shall take away the rebuke of His people from all the earth. The Lord has spoken it. Isaiah 25:8 SEVEN WOMEN TO ONE MAN In that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, "We will eat our own food and wear our own apparel, only let us be called by your name, to take away our reproach." Isaiah 4:1 After the purge is over there will be only one man to seven women surviving to enter into the Thousand Year Reign of Christ as mortals. The unequal remnant is because the men had rebelled and were disobedient, while the women had accepted the Lord and responded in obedience. Thus, the men were purged away and the women were left without husbands. The reproach is that of being widows and childless with no hope of finding fulfillment, and the shame of realizing that the husband was found unworthy of the kingdom. Many in the churches are not serious about their relationship with God. They do not allow that relationship to influence their everyday activities, speech, work, recreation, priorities, nor their responsibility to their spouse and children. This is evident when we look at the rate of divorce and child abuse today experienced in the church as well as in secular society. God knows the truth, and He knows the very heart and mind of every person. Therefore, the purge will be accurate and sure. REWARD FOR THE BARREN AND AFFLICTED Sing O barren, you who have not born a child, break out in singing and rejoice aloud, you who have not been in labor of child birth. For the desolate and barren wife shall have more children than the fruitful wife, says the Lord. Enlarge the place of your tent, let them stretch out the curtains of your dwelling. Do not be miserly, lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes, for you shall break forth to the right and to the left. Your offspring shall inherit the Gentile nations, and cause the desolate cities to be inhabited. Do not fear, for you shall not be ashamed, nor shall you be dismayed. You shall not be put to shame because you shall forget the shame of your youth, and you shall not remember the reproach of your widowhood any more. Your Maker is your Husband, the Lord of Hosts is His name. He shall be called YOUR REDEEMER, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, THE GOD OF THE WHOLE EARTH. For the Lord has called you back like a woman who was forsaken, grieved in the spirit, a wife of youth when you were cast off, says the Lord. I have forsaken you for a brief moment, but I will bring you back with great compassion and tender mercy. In a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you, says the Lord your Redeemer. THIS IS LIKE THE WATERS OF NOAH TO ME. In the same way as I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more cover the whole earth, so I have sworn that I will never again be angry with you nor rebuke you. For though the mountains shall depart, and the hills shall be removed, yet My loving kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall the covenant of My peace be removed, says the Lord who has mercy on you.

8 O you afflicted, storm tossed, uncomforted city; behold, I will lay your stones with fair colors and your foundations with sapphires. I will make your windows of agates, and your gates of carbuncles, and all your walls of precious stones. All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and their peace shall be great. You shall be established in righteousness. You shall be far from oppression, you shall not fear from terror for it shall not come near you. Behold, they shall surely gather together against you, but it will not be My doing. Whoever shall gather together against you shall fall for your sake. Behold, I have created the smith that blows on the coals of the fire and forges instruments for his work. I have also created the waster to destroy. However, no weapon that is formed against you shall succeed. You shall condemn every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment. THIS IS THE HERITAGE OF THE SERVANTS OF THE LORD, AND THEIR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS FROM ME, says the Lord. Isaiah 54:1-17 SECURITY FOR THE RIGHTEOUS You that are far off and you that are near, listen to what I have done and acknowledge My might. The sinners in Zion are afraid, fearfulness has come upon the hypocrites by surprise. Who is there among us who can dwell with the consuming fire? Who is there among us who can dwell with everlasting burnings? He that walks in righteousness and speaks uprightly, he that despises gain from fraud and oppression, he that refuses to take bribes, he who refuses to listen to bloodshed, he who refuses to look upon evil, he shall dwell on the heights, his place of defense shall be the mountain fortress of rocks, his food shall be supplied to him and his water shall not fail. YOUR EYES SHALL SEE THE KING IN HIS BEAUTY. They shall see a wide land that stretches very far. Your heart shall recall the former terror. Where is the scribe who kept the records? Where is the one who weighed the tribute? Where is the one who counted the towers? You shall never again see the fierce people, the people of a strange speech too deep to perceive, of a strange tongue that you can not understand. LOOK UPON ZION, the city of our solemn feasts. YOUR EYES SHALL SEE JERUSALEM, A QUIET PLACE TO LIVE. It will be a tent that shall not be taken down, not one of its stakes shall ever be removed, nor shall any of its cords ever be broken. There the Glorious Lord will be like a place of broad rivers and streams. No galley with oars, nor gallant ship shall pass by on them. For THE LORD IS OUR JUDGE, THE LORD IS OUR LAWGIVER, THE LORD IS OUR KING, HE WILL SAVE US. Your tackling are loose, they can not secure the mast nor spread the sail. Then shall the booty of much spoil be divided, even the lame shall carry off plunder. No one living there will say, I am sick. THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE SHALL BE FORGIVEN. Isaiah 33:13-24 POSITIONS IN THE KINGDOM THE TWELVE APOSTLES OF JESUS You are the ones that have stayed with me in my trials. And I appoint to you a kingdom, just as my Father appointed one to me, so that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Luke 22:28-30

9 THE SAINTS The saints shall judge the WORLD. We shall judge ANGELS. [1 Corinthians 6:1-3] I will give power over the NATIONS, to the overcomer; he shall rule them with a rod of iron. Revelation 2:26-28 EVERYONE WILL DIE FOR HIS OWN INIQUITY In those days they shall no longer say, The fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge. But every one shall die for his own iniquity. Every man that eats sour grapes will have his own teeth set on edge. Jeremiah 31:29-30 WHAT DOES THE LORD REQUIRE? What shall I bring with me when I come before the Lord and bow myself down before the High God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give my first born for my transgression, the fruit of my body, my child, for the sin of my soul? He has shown you, O man, what is good. Now what does the Lord require of you? To do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:6-8 PRAISES TO GOD In that day you shall say, O Lord, I will praise you. Though you were angry with me, your anger is now turned away and you comfort me. Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord Yahweh is my strength and my song. He also has become my salvation. Therefore, with joy you shall draw water out of the wells of salvation. And in that day you shall say, Praise the Lord. Call upon His name, declare His works among the nations. Proclaim that His Name is exalted. Sing unto the Lord, for He has done excellent things. Let this be known throughout all the earth. Shout for Joy all you inhabitants of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel is great and in your midst. Isaiah 12:1-6 O Lord, You are my God. I will exalt you, I will praise Your Name, for you have done wonderful things. Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. For You have made a city a heap of rubble, a fortified city a ruin, a stronghold of foreigners into rubble. It will never be rebuilt. Therefore, the strong people shall glorify You, the cities of the terrible nations shall fear You. Isaiah 25:1-3, Isaiah 61:10-11 PASSOVER WILL BE OBSERVED But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I will drink it new with you in My Father's Kingdom. Matthew 26:29, Mark 14:25, Luke 22:13-18 HOLY SPIRIT POURED OUT ON ALL FLESH Until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field becomes like a forest, then Justice shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness

10 shall reside in the fruitful field. The work of righteousness shall be peace, the effect of righteousness shall be quietness and security forever. And My people shall dwell in a peaceful homes, in secure dwellings, and quiet resting places. Though first the hail flattens the forest and the city is laid low, yet how blessed you will be who sow by all waters, who send out cattle and asses to pasture. Isaiah 32:15-20 It shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions; and also upon the servants and upon the handmaids, I will pour out My Spirit in those days. Joel 2:28-29 IMMORTAL BODIES OF PREVIOUSLY RAPTURED SAINTS We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality 1 Corinthians 15:12-58 Beloved, we are now the children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He shall appear, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. 1 John 3:2 FOUR SPIRITS FROM HEAVEN Then I turned and raised my eyes and looked, and I saw four chariots coming from between two mountains, the mountains were mountains of bronze. The horses of the first chariot were red, the horses of the second chariot were black, the horses of the third chariot were white, and the horses of the fourth chariot were dappled. All of the horses were strong steeds. Then I asked the angel that talked with me, "What are these, my lord?" The angel answered and said to me, These are four spirits of heaven, who go out from their station before the Lord of all the earth. The chariot with the black horses is going to the north country, the white are going after them, and the dappled are going toward the south country. The red went out. The strong steeds went out, eagerly seeking that they might walk to and fro throughout the earth. And He said, Go, walk to and fro throughout the earth. So they walked to and fro throughout the earth. And He called to me, and spoke to me saying, See, those who go toward the north country have given rest to My Spirit in the north country. Zechariah 6:1-8 The Spirits of God from Heaven continue to roam the earth. The colors of the horses is the same as the colors of the horses that introduced the Great Tribulation and stirred up the spirits of mankind to fulfill prophecies causing the North Country to attack Israel. In the Kingdom Age, the Spirits stir the spirits of mankind to fulfill the prophecies of this time of Peace, giving rest to the North Country. This Peace will last until Satan is released at the end of the Kingdom Age to stir up the last rebellion.