The Promised Land

As I wrote in "The Millennium," one fine day following the Tribulation Satan will be bound in the bottomless pit, the prison for demons, along with his minions, for a thousand years. 

I think people would be amazed to see how much chaos Satan has caused, but it will be apparent once he is locked up.  For one thing, while it will still be possible to sin, it will not be something people are so constantly confronted with, since the origin of the problem will not be around for a long time. 

So? you ask.  Well, connect the dots.  Why is there war? Disease? All sorts of murder and mayhem? Famine? It all comes down to rebellion of humanity against God.  Some will say, "Do you believe that my illness was due to my sin?  I don't." I don't really know specifically, but I do know that if no one had ever sinned there would be no illness.  I know that Jesus warned a man that He healed not to sin again lest a worse thing happen to him.  And I know that there are some times that the connection between sin and illness is more obvious.  Why can't we successfully end wars?  Because deep down inside we want war, because we are evil beings.  We would blow ourselves to extinction tomorrow if all the stops were pulled.  Famine? Basically the same thing.  

When Satan is locked up in the bottomless pit, it will be easier for people to live better lives.  A time of abundance will begin on the earth, and Christ will rule here on earth, with the saints in charge of the government.  Oh no!  Oh yes.  And the result?  

First, crime and war will end immediately.  Anyone that wants to see what happens if they commit a crime will discover that he can't possibly get away with it, and punishment will be swift and sure.  But, people just won't be as motivated anymore for crime and war. 

Second, there will be a mass healing.  There will be no disease, no injured, maimed people, blind, deaf, or crippled.  In addition, the average lifespan will increase to a thousand years.  It will be considered an untimely death if someone dies at age one hundred.  People will have good teeth and be vigorous in every way. 

Third, most of the curse from God will be lifted from the earth.  Snakes and spiders, or anything else, will not be poisonous anymore.  Children will play with once poisonous snakes and come to no harm.  The wolf will lie down with the lamb.  Lions will eat grass, like cattle.  Leopards will be led easily on leashes. 

Fourth, the mountain ranges will be greatly reduced in altitude, the oceans decreased, and the climate vastly improved, so that instead of 15% of the earth surface to live on, man will have 80 or 90%.  Clean drinking water will be abundant, deserts will be gone, and the arctic will at most be a temperate climate.  With the floors of the seas now dry land, we will discover undreamed of minerals assets - gold, silver, precious stones, and industrial minerals, and new sources of oil.  God will desalinate most of the ocean so that the water is fresh water.  There will be vast new territories of land for people to live in.  

Harvests will be unbelievably abundant, and the new problem will be storing all the harvest.  

There will be no more terrible storms - no blizzards, hurricanes, typhoons, tornadoes, hailstorms.  

There will be no more alcoholism or drug addiction.  

I think we will probably be vegetarians, because originally people were given "every green herb" to eat by God, and only after the flood did our diet include meat.  I don't think we'll feel deprived.  But I don't know that this will happen either.  It stands to reason that if lions suddenly just feel like eating grass, we may also decide to go back to being vegetarians.  Maybe a few rogues will still eat butter and cheese and eggs.  

How do I know all this?  It is in prophesies in the Bible that are thousands of years old.  

To be continued