Saints Ruling in the Millennium: What Will We Do?
I. THE SAINTS WILL RULE WITH JESUS FOR 1,000 YEARS ON THE EARTH
A. The Millennial Kingdom is the time when the saints will reign with Jesus on the earth for 1,000 years. He will establish
peace and righteousness as the Kingdom will be manifest worldwide affecting every sphere of life (political, social,
agricultural, economic, spiritual, educational, law enforcement, family, media, arts, technology, athletics, environment,
social institutions, etc.).
4 I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment (decision making) was committed to them. I saw the souls of those…
beheaded for their witness...they lived and reigned with Christ for 1,000 years. 6 They shall be priests…and shall reign
with Him 1,000 years. (Rev. 20:4, 6)
B. Understanding the Millennium gives us insight into what God is doing in the nations in the End-Times and what
He is preparing us for. Only then can we understand God’s End-Time drama.
C. Daniel saw the governmental thrones of the earth being given to the saints in the Millennium.
18 The saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever…
22 The Ancient of Days came…and the time came for the saints to possess the kingdom…27 The…greatness of the
kingdoms (national governments) under the whole heaven, shall be given to…the saints of the Most High.
(Dan. 7:18, 22, 27)
1. The saints will receive the Kingdom – the governmental authority
2. The saints will possess the Kingdom – the wealth and resources
D. Saints with resurrected bodies will be made kings and/or rulers over different spheres of life (Mt. 19:28; 20:21-23;
25:23; Lk. 19:17-19; 22:29-30; 1 Cor. 6:2-3; 2 Tim. 2:12; Rom 8:17).
10 Have made us kings and priests to our God; and we shall reign on the earth. (Rev. 5:10)
2 The saints will judge the world?...3 Do you not know we shall judge angels? (1 Cor. 6:2-3)
E. Only those who are counted worthy (considered faithful) will be made rulers in the age-to-come.
10 When He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints…11 Therefore we pray always for you that our God would
count you worthy of this calling… (2 Thes. 1:10-11)
26 He who overcomes…I will give power over nations, 27 he shall rule them… (Rev. 2:26-27)
23 You have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many… (Mt. 25:23)
17 Because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities. (Lk. 19:17)
F. The two functions most emphasized for the saints are priests and kings (Rev. 1:6; 5:10; 20:6).
10 Have made us kings and priests to our God…we shall reign on the earth. (Rev. 5:10)
G. As priests, resurrected saints will worship, intercede and communicate the knowledge of God to others
(non-resurrected people on the Millennial earth plus the saints in the New Jerusalem). The primary government of
the Millennial earth will come forth from continual intercession.
H. As kings, resurrected saints will evaluate the past, determine future action plans and appoint people who serve in the
infrastructure under their authority. This will include training and managing the people they appoint. Our personality will come
forth in the decisions we make.
2 Do you not know that the saints will judge the world?…the world will be judged by you…
3 Do you not know that we shall judge (evaluate) angels? (1 Cor. 6:2-3)
28 In the regeneration (Millennium), when the Son of Man sits on the Throne of His glory, you who have followed Me will
sit on 12 thrones, judging the 12 tribes of Israel. (Mt. 19:28)
29 I bestow upon you a kingdom…30 that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones judging
the twelve tribes of Israel. (Lk. 22:29-30)
II. JESUS WILL BE THE KING OVER ALL OTHER KINGS IN THE MILLENNIUM
16 He has...a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. (Rev. 19:16)
A. In the Millennium, all the kings of the earth will be saved, worship Jesus and base their national governments on
the Scripture (Ps. 72:11; 102:15; 138:4; 148:11; Isa. 62:2; Rev. 21:24).
11 Yes, all kings shall fall down before Him; all nations shall serve Him. (Ps. 72:11)
B. Jesus will rule a worldwide Kingdom in partnership with two types of kings: kings of the earth (non-resurrected bodies)
and resurrected kings (saints with resurrected bodies). Together they will establish a godly social order that will transform
every sphere of life in the Millennium.
5 Jesus Christ, the faithful witness…ruler over the kings of the earth (non-resurrected bodies). To Him who loved us…
6 and made us (resurrected saints) kings and priests to God. (Rev. 1:5-6)
C. Jesus reigns now at God’s right hand over the kings of the earth. Currently, His leadership over the kings of the
earth is restrained. However, in the Millennium it will be fully manifest.
III. THE RESURRECTED SAINTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE KINGS OF THE EARTH
A. Jesus will establish infrastructure in partnership with resurrected saints who will train and oversee those with
non-resurrected bodies who were the unsaved survivors of the Tribulation (the resisters). They will be saved and
populate the Millennial earth (Isa. 4:3; 10:20; 11:11; 49:6; 65:8; 66:19; Jer. 31:2; Ezek. 20:38-42; 36:36; Amos 9:9-10;
Joel 2:32; Zech. 12:14; 13:8; 14:16).
B. The resurrected saints and the leaders with non-resurrected bodies will need to learn continually. As wisdom
is gained and applied, many areas of life will progressively improve. Together they will establish training institutions
that all nations may systematically learn Jesus’ ways (political, economic, educational, agricultural, family, media, arts,
technology, etc.). Infrastructure for each area of life will increase in quality and size as the leaders grow in wisdom and
skill development.
3 Many people shall come and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the House of the God of Jacob;
He (Jesus) will teach us His ways, and we shall walk in His paths." Out of Zion shall go forth the law…the word of the
LORD from Jerusalem. (Isa. 2:3)
C. The healing of the nations (social improvements) will increase progressively. The kings of the earth will enter
the New Jerusalem to bring their glory and receive the leaves of the Tree of Life that are involved in the process of
healing the Millennial nations.
24 The kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it (New Jerusalem). 25 Its gates shall not be shut at all by day…
26 They shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it. 22:1 He showed me a pure river of Water of Life…
proceeding from the Throne…2 The Tree of Life…the leaves of the Tree were for the healing of the nations.
(Rev. 21:24-22:2)
D. The resurrected saints in partnership with the kings of the earth will work together to restore the cities of the
earth that are destroyed in the Tribulation.
36 Then the nations which are left all around you shall know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted
what was desolate. (Ezek. 36:36)
4 They shall rebuild the old ruins, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the ruined cities, the
desolations of many generations. (Isa. 61:4)
21 They shall build houses…they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. (Isa. 65:21)
E. The saints will oversee what is rebuilt by labor (Isa. 62:8-9; 65:21-23; Jer. 31:5; Ezek. 48:18-19).
F. The saints will oversee the work necessary to restore God’s order to the agriculture, atmosphere, and animal life
(Rev. 20:1-6; Isa. 2:1-4; 9:6-9; 11:1-16; 51:1-8; 60-62; 65:17-25; Ps. 2:6-12; 110:1-7; Deut. 8; 28; Mt. 5:5; 6:10; 17:11; 1
9:28; 28:19; Acts 1:6; 3:21).
G. The saints will oversee the work required to restore justice over every sphere of life (Isa. 9:7; 11:3-5; 10:22;
28:17; 32:16; 42:1-4). They will oversee the establishing of judges and governors (Jer. 30:21; Isa. 24:23, 32:1;
Ezek. 45:8-9; Mt. 19:28; Lk 19:12-28; 22:30). They will oversee the establishment of a world government under
Jesus (Zech. 14:9; Ezek. 37:13-28, Rev. 19:16).
1 A King (Jesus) will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice. (Isa. 32:1)
8 My princes (in the Millennium) shall no more oppress My people… (Ezek 45:8)
H. The resurrected saints with the kings of the earth will work together to re-establish businesses to generate
financial resources (Isa. 60:1-14). Israel will prosper financially in the Millennium (Isa. 4:1; 35:1-2; 30:23-25; 62:8-9;
60:1-14; 65:21-23).
I. The resurrected saints in partnership with the leaders of earth will bring the gospel to those needing salvation. The lost
will not be instantly and automatically converted at the moment of the Second Coming, neither will the children born in the
Millennium. It will take time and effort to convert individuals and then to disciple nations.
18 I will gather all nations…and they shall come and see My glory 19...Among them who escape I will send to the nations…
who have not heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles. 20 Then they
shall bring all your brethren for an offering to the LORD out of all nations…says the LORD. (Isa. 66:18-20)
J. In the Millennial Kingdom, sin will occur by those with non-resurrected bodies and thus sin will be punished. Sin
and even false prophets will continue in the Millennium. They will be punished (Ps. 2:9, 72:9-11; Isa. 11:4; 66:20, 24;
Zech. 13:2-4; 14:16-19).
3 It shall come to pass that if anyone still prophesies, then his father and mother… will say to him, 'You shall not live,
because you have spoken lies in the name of the LORD.' (Zech. 13:3)
K. Jesus and the saints will use a rod of severity against sin (Rev. 19:15; 12:5; Ps. 2:9; Isa. 11:4; 66:20, 24;
Jer. 30:21; Ezek 45:8-9; Zech. 14:16-19).
4 He shall judge between the nations, and rebuke many people... (Isa. 2:4)
26 He who overcomes...to him I will give power over the nations-- 27 'He shall rule them with a rod of iron; they shall be dashed
to pieces like the potter's vessels'… (Rev. 2:26-27)
4 He (Jesus) shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek…He shall strike the earth with the rod…and with
the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked. (Isa. 11:4)
L. The saints will function as the judges over the war tribunals that judge the kings of the earth who served the
Antichrist. The Nuremburg trials in 1945-46 give us insight into this. The saints will administrate punishments on the
survivors of the Antichrist’s system (1 Cor. 6:2-3).
2 Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? The world will be judged by you…3 Do you not know that we
shall judge angels? (1 Cor. 6:2-3)
6 He shall judge the nations…and shall execute the heads of many countries. (Ps. 110:6)
21 In that day the LORD will punish…the kings of the earth. 22 They will be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered
in the pit, and will be shut up in prison… (Isa. 24:21-22)
M. It will take 1,000 years for righteousness to fully mature in every nation before the final testing.
7 Now when the 1,000 years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will go out to deceive the
nations which are in the four corners of the earth… (Rev. 20:7-8)
IV. THE PROGRESSIVE INCREASE OF JESUS’ GOVERNMENT
A. Jesus’ rule will progressively increase as all the institutions of the nations are increasingly discipled by His teachings
(Isa. 16:5; 60:3; Jer. 23:5; Ps. 89:4; 132:17-18).
7 Of the increase (expansion) of His (Jesus’) government and peace there will be no end, upon the Throne of David and
over His kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward, even forever. (Isa. 9:7)
B. Jesus will rule the earth with the natural human processes not suspended, yet significantly enhanced by the
supernatural dimension of the Spirit especially with Jesus and the saints having a resurrected body. We see aspects
of the natural and the supernatural dimensions operating together when Jesus appeared with His resurrected body
(Jn. 20-21; Acts 1).
C. The natural processes of life will continue in establishing the infrastructure for every sphere of life in every city
and village throughout the earth.
D. This infrastructure will include replacing the governmental leaders from the Antichrist’s worldwide government
with new people at every level of public life in every city. This infrastructure will include life support systems (food, water,
electricity), building projects (buildings, highways, bridges, etc.), economic systems (currencies, banking, investments,
etc.), spiritual life (worship centers, Bible schools, etc.), education (from elementary to university levels), law enforcement;
agriculture (equipment, distribution), media and arts, technology, environment, social institutions, etc.
E. It will take 1,000 years to spread, mature and test the righteousness in every area of every nation. Jesus’
government will progressively spread to all nations (Isa. 9:7).
V. TWO LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT: NATURAL AND SUPERNATURAL
A. The saints will occupy the highest position of government in the Spirit on the Millennial earth. This will be parallel to the
relationship of angels in the government of the nations in this age.
B. Currently, the nations of the earth are governed by people in the natural realm as they are greatly affected by both
angels and demons in the spirit realm. This is seen clearest in the Book of Daniel. Daniel referred to the "prince of Persia"
and the "prince of Greece" warring against Michael "the great prince" for Israel. The prince of Persia was the supernatural
demonic principality that influenced the natural king of Persia. Michael the archangel warred against these demon
principalities in Daniel’s day, in a way that influenced political leaders in that day.
Now I (warring angel) must return to fight with the (demonic) prince of Persia; and when I have gone forth, indeed the
(demonic) prince of Greece will come. 21…No one upholds me against these, except Michael your prince (archangel
assigned to Israel). (Dan. 10:20-21)
C. Today, through prayer and the proclamation of justice we war against demonic principalities.
12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the
darkness of this age…in the heavenly places. (Eph. 6:12)
D. This world is in subjection to angels because angels greatly influence the nations. Deut. 32:8 (Septuagint) says,
"When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance…He set the bounds of the peoples according to the number
of the angels of God" (instead of the MT: sons of Israel).
5 For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels. (Heb. 2:5)
E. Governmental authority in the spirit is now carried out by angels who have charge over cities.
1 Then He called out…., "Let those (angels) who have charge over the city draw near, each with a deadly weapon in his
hand." 2 Suddenly six men (angels) came from the direction...which faces north, each with his battle-ax in his hand.
(Ezek. 9:1-2)
F. Saints in the Millennial Kingdom will rule over angels who now support and serve the saints.
14 Are they not ministering spirits…to minister for those who inherit salvation? (Heb. 1:14)
3 Do you not know that we shall judge angels? (1 Cor. 6:3)
VI. LIVING IN THE NEW JERUSALEM WHILE REIGNING ON EARTH
A. Where will the saints live? The saint’s residence will be in the New Jerusalem and not in a “glorified mansion”
on the Millennial earth.
20 For our citizenship is in heaven (New Jerusalem)... (Phil 3:20)
B. The saints will rule with governmental responsibilities on earth as a senator (who lived in their home state) ruled from a
government office in Washington DC.
C. Resurrected saints will relate to but not fully inter-mingle with those in natural bodies. Jesus spoke with His disciples for
forty days in His resurrected body (Acts 1:3). Sometimes spirit beings (demons and angels) appear in the natural realm to
interact with people in natural bodies.
D. Inhabitants on the Millennial earth (with non-resurrected bodies) will work closely with saints with resurrected
bodies.
E. Marriage will continue among those in non-resurrected bodies. Those with resurrected bodies who live in the
New Jerusalem will not be given to marriage.