Aliens and the Antichrist: Unveiling the End Times Deception (39 page)

that the LORD binds up the breach of his people, and heals the stroke of their wound.

Because of the intensity of the increased light, normal human vision will probably be altered as well, so people will be able to function in such a bright place, rather than groping around blindly. One might think so much light would simply be perceived as a blurry brightness, but this is far from true. The increased light will add more color and vividness to Earth. Consider the vivid colors in the movie
Finding Nemo;
the reason this movie is so colorful in some scenes is that over two hundred virtual lights were used in the lighting effects (this was described on the extra DVD that comes with the movie).
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As for the animals on Earth in those days, carnivores will no longer exist. For lions to eat straw, and other predators such as wolves to not attack sheep, they have to be dramatically altered (Isaiah 11:6-7, 65:25).

Moreover one of the biggest changes on Earth beginning with the millennial reign of Christ will be the fact that Earth will once again be a glorified realm, open to the heavens and freely accessible to and from other glorified realms.
Star Trek,
which I’ve alluded to so frequently, gives a faint glimmer of this reality. Glorified beings of all sizes, shapes, and degrees of power and authority will be traveling to and from Earth. Some angels will most likely even live on Earth in New Jerusalem when it comes, because they’re with the Lord in the third heaven right now, and many of them serve God directly at his throne (all visions of angels and beasts in Revelation chapters 4 through 22 were in the third heaven). Because these beings currently live in New Jerusalem, and this city will be transported to Earth, there’s no reason to believe that they will be evicted from their homes when this happens.

The first heaven in the atmosphere above Earth will be accessible to the glorified saints in the days of the millennial reign of Christ, and they will be going back and forth between that realm and Earth. They will also be visiting the highest heaven as well (glorified saints have their homes in the highest heaven—John 14:2; yet they will be ruling over Earth during the millennium, which will require frequent travel—Revelation 1:4-6, 5:10; then after the New Jerusalem is moved to Earth, they will live on Earth—Revelation 21:1-2:6).

John 14:2-31
(bold emphasis added)

In my Father’s house
are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

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The Father’s house is currently in the highest heaven, so the glorified saints will live in the highest heaven, but will be required to govern the Earth as kings and priests as described in the scriptures below.

Revelation
1:4–6* (bold emphasis added)

John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace,

from
him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and
hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father;
to Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

*
To be kings and priests, glorified saints will have to spend time in the Earth, even though their homes will be in the highest heaven during the millennial reign of Christ.

Revelation 5:10

And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

Revelation 21:2-3
*

And I John saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

*Once New Jerusalem is transplanted to the Earth at the conclusion of the millennial reign of Christ, the glorified saints won’t have to travel to Earth from the highest heaven anymore because Earth will be the new highest heaven, where God’s throne will be.

3. The First Assignment Given to the Saints

As crazy as it sounds, many people on Earth following the establishment of the new kingdom of Christ will not even realize that the Antichrist had come and gone, or that Jesus will be the new king of Earth. Multitudes of people in remote regions all over the world will probably know that something monumental has happened, because the wrath of God poured out on the world in the end times will probably touch everyone to some extent, but they won’t know it had anything to do with the Antichrist, or Jesus’s return to Earth.

The scriptures teach that many people will not see the glory of Christ or his person the day he comes to Earth (Isaiah 66:19).

Isaiah 66:19

And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and

Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

Every eye will see him only within the vicinity of Jerusalem, when Jesus returns at the second advent of Christ (Matthew 24:27-31; Revelation 1:7). After Christ begins his reign, missionaries and rulers from Jerusalem (the resurrected saints will take over the governments of the world) will go from Jerusalem to tell of Christ reigning in Zion. When the nations learn of this, they will say, “Let us go up to the mountain of the Lord.” (Isaiah 2:2-4; 52:7; Zechariah 8:23). That will be an incredible sight to see—countless numbers wandering across Earth, going to see the Lord in person. Imagine the excitement in these people.

4. Sin and Death Still Present During the Millennial Reign of Christ

During the millennial reign of Christ, sin and death will still exist on Earth. There will be two classes of people on Earth in those days—those glorified into an angelic nature, and those who will still be natural generations of humans, just as Adam and Eve were. The natural generations of humans will be those who did not take the mark of the beast, and were not killed by either the wrath of God or the Antichrist.

While the glorified saints will be immortal as angels, as discussed in an earlier chapter, the natural generations of humans will not be; they will only be pseudoimmortal as Adam and Eve were, depending on the tree of life for their continued existence. Scripture states that the days of man will be lengthened (Isaiah 65:20; Zechariah 8:4), and those who stay faithful to God won’t die, just as Adam and Eve would’ve never died had they never sinned. These natural generations of people will eventually be translated into angels if they remain faithful to God, but there will always be natural generations of people on Earth. Natural generations of people will reproduce forever, because each generation will go through a reproductive stage prior to being translated into angelic form.

Natural generations of people will be permitted to eat from the tree of life and receive healing by eating the leaves of the tree of life (Revelation 22:2). They won’t be immortal as angels are, however, until they are translated. If this was not the case, there would be no way to explain natural generations of people on Earth (Isaiah 2:1-2, 11:6-7, 65:25; Zechariah 14:16-21; Revelation 11:15, 20:1-10; Matthew 25:31-46), while at the same time, resurrected saints will be like the

angels which are in heaven, which do not marry, and therefore do not have children (Matthew 22:30; Mark 12:25; Luke 20:35; Revelation 21:16).

It will still be possible for sin to exist in the kingdom of Christ during the millennial reign because, when Satan is loosed after one thousand years (at the end of the millennial reign of Christ), he will manage to deceive many people into following him one last time. Since sin will be possible (on Earth, with the exception of New Jerusalem), if people sin on Earth in those days, God will most likely deal with them the same way he did in the past with Adam and Eve. Those who are stupid enough to sin and refuse to repent will not be allowed to eat from the trees of life anymore, just as Adam and Eve were kept from the tree of life in the Garden of Eden. This is why Isaiah 65:20 states that the aging process will be different for sinners during that time.

Isaiah 65:20

There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.

Unbelievably, there will still be people who will hunger for a sinful lifestyle, even after living in paradise for a thousand years. Near the end of the thousand- year reign of Christ, they will make a very foolish decision.

5. The Eternal Future of Life on Earth

At the conclusion of the thousand-year reign of Christ, God will allow Satan to be loosed one last time. The reasoning behind this has to do with purging the last remnant of sinners from Earth who managed to survive the days of the great tribulation. Many who will not take the mark of the beast will survive, but some among these survivors will not be devoted to God. They probably won’t even like living in his kingdom because their attraction to sin and darkness will make them discontent with even the most blissful of places.

Generation after generation of sinful people will accumulate on Earth, and by the time the millennial reign of Christ nears its end, Earth will be full of utterly selfish, immoral, uncaring, unloving, prideful, and arrogant people. This has to be the case, or Satan wouldn’t be able to deceive so many of them. Scripture states clearly that there will be an immense army raised up by Satan, when he is loosed for the last time. They will converge on New Jerusalem, thinking that they might actually accomplish something, and then suddenly an ocean of fire will be dumped on their heads, raining down from the sky (Revelation 20:9). In a sense, it will be anticlimactic. Boom! All dead, game over.

Revelation 20:9

And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

Shortly after this event, God will dust off his hands, then commence with the completion of a heavens-and-earth remodel job that’s been pending for a long time. The first heaven and the first Earth will pass away (Revelation 21:1—the wording in the Hebrew for the phrase “pass away” refers to a reordering, rearranging, or changing, rather than a destruction). I believe what this entails is the reintegration of the multidimensional structure of the universe, or multiverse, into its original unified structure. I derive this conclusion from the scriptural description of events, as well as scientific and logical reasons, which I will further divulge.

Concerning the scriptural description of events, the changes described in 2 Peter 3:10 indicate a fundamental altering of the atomic structure of matter itself, the magnitude of which could easily refer to a dimensional alteration. The terminology used specifically suggests a
melting
of the heavens and Earth, which fits with the idea of an integration of Earth into the first heaven. Adding to this is the clear statement made in Revelation 21:1: the
first heaven
and the
first Earth
will be passing away.

Revelation 21:1
(bold emphasis added)

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth:
for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away;
and there was no more sea.

2 Peter 3:10
(bold emphasis added)

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and
the elements shall melt with fervent heat,
the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

At the same time this melting occurs, scripture speaks of changes within Earth, on Earth, and in the sky, which is where the first heaven is located. All these changes occur simultaneously.

In the sky, New Jerusalem (the capital of the universe) will most likely be planted in the first heaven first because everything that comes to Earth from higher levels of glory (the highest heaven, namely) always passes through the first heaven first—just as the angels did in the book of Daniel (Daniel 8:15-27, 10:521). Then, after New Jerusalem is planted in the first heaven, the Earth below will be raised up and integrated into the first heaven. From the perspective of the inhabitants of Earth, it will look as though New Jerusalem is descending down onto Earth (Revelation 21:2-3), when in fact the opposite will be true: Earth will be ascending, both physically, and in glory.

After this ascension takes place, Earth will be considered the new third heaven because the capital of the universe will be relocated from the planet where it’s currently at to Earth.