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The Revelation of Jesus Christ we face in the world today! We are living in a time when there is more boasting than in any period that has passed. We talk about this wonderful age of ours. God is giving us in His Word an idea of how frail is the foundation upon which it stands. In the day when the Son of God returns to the earth, it will be glory for Him; glory for the church, glory for the na tions, glory for Israel, and glory for the physical creation, because the KING shall reign in righteousness. He is the only safe Foundation. AFTER THE MILLENNIUM-WHAT? At the close of the thousand years, Christ will surrender the kingdom back to the Father in accordance with I Cor. 15:24, 28: '"Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power ... And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then sha11 the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in a11." But before the Son delivers the kingdom to His Father, it will be necessary for Him to purify the earth once again. During the millennial reign of Christ children will be born into the world, and it will be just as necessary for these to be born again as it is for children in this age to rec·eive a new birth. That children will be born into the world during the reign of Christ, is made clear from Isa. 11 :8, "And the suck ing child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den." Many chil dren of godly parents during this age are Gospel hardened, and many children in that day will take a similar attitude toward the things of God. They will render, however, feigned obedience to the King, and will submit to His rule simply be cause they must. Then when the reign of peace is over, and Satan is loosed from his prison.-the King will veil His glory, in order that these may openly declare themselves. That re bellion is described in verses 7-9: '"And when the thousand years are expired, Satan sha11 be loosed out of his prison, and sha11 go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, God and Magog,
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