Training for the Millennium?

When we are focused on Christ, Who lives in us, we will be obeying Him, in whatever He is commanding us.

 

The more we focus on Him and our heavenly home the more useful we will be on earth.

 

Sadly many people are depending on an earthly government to bring them peace and wealth, they are worried and upset about all they see happening, mostly their comfort on this earth. They are repelled by the idea of loss of freedom and money, these things are nice and we have enjoyed this... for nearly as long as we have been a country, however it is not guaranteed by God, nor should it be our most important goal here. 

 

I have no worries because this earth is not my home. I am here on assignment, nothing here dominates my thinking except the lost souls who need Christ and to encourage the saints, while learning from them.

 

Brothers and sisters our focus out to be the body of Christ first and then the lost souls. In order to be useful in evangelism, we must also be building one another up in the faith, not for the purpose of encouragement alone, but to equip one another to stand strong in the face of opposition and to be a light in this sin sick world.

 

Matthew 5:16 ""Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven."

 

Do we realize our position in Christ, is seated with Him right now?

Ephesians 2:6-7 "6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus."

Our riches are not of this world, they are spiritual. When we desire wealth and freedom more than anything else we have forgotten that Christ was poor by our standards, the apostles were not wealthy, many gave up any thought of wealth to follow Christ, for the greater riches of spiritual blessings, such as greater faith, gratefulness for the sacrifice for payment of our sin, wisdom about life, direction for all things.

 

Is it possible that our life here on earth is our training for ruling in the Millennium? We are told that we will reign with Christ on this earth.

2 Timothy 2:12 "If we endure, we will also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He also will deny us;"

 

Revelation 20:4 "4 I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony for Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years."

 

Daniel 7:27 "27 Then the sovereignty, power and greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be handed over to the saints, the people of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will worship and obey him.'"