- Isaiah 60:21
- The second coming
- Revelation 19:11-15 KJV
- What We Know So Far
- Zechariah 14 battle
- Zechariah 14:8
- Addressing the issue.
- No wicked people in the kingdom and we will not be doing any sacrifices either.
Before we dive in, quick heads-up:
- Start with my first article on the Millennial Reign. It covers why the Bible gives only sketch-level details about that stretch of time. ( Click this link)
- Grab the post called “How to Read the Old Testament Through New-Testament Eyes.” That lens is crucial for what we’re about to tackle. ( Click this link )
In this study we’ll clear up the verses that usually trip people up—passages some folks read as if sin, sacrifices, or half-repentant nations will still linger after Jesus returns. Spoiler: When Christ shows up, the wicked are wiped out, the righteous alone remain, and the kingdom rolls forward without a shred of sin. I didn’t addressed Isaiah 65 in my last post about the eternal kingdom, I’ll be doing that here.
Isaiah 65:17-19 KJV
17 “For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in My people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.”
• TMH( The Most High ) is hitting reset—new sky, new earth, zero memory of the old troubles.
• Jerusalem is redesigned as a place of nonstop celebration; its people live in pure joy.
• Even God says He’ll rejoice right there with us. No more funerals, no more tears—ever.
Revelation 21:4 KJV
“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.”
• This verse backs Isaiah up perfectly: pain and death become things of the past, gone for good in the eternal kingdom.
Isaiah 65:20 KJV
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.”
• Hypothetical picture: lifespans are so long that even if someone died at 100, folks would still call them a “kid.”
• The scene is so perfect that the idea of a person dying under a curse is only mentioned as a theoretical—because in reality nobody will be sinning in this kingdom, so no one ends up accursed.
Isaiah 60:21
21 Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
Isaiah 65:21-25 KJV
21 “And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of My people, and Mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
We finally enjoy what we build and plant; no one else takes it. Work pays off, and life runs long “like a tree.”
24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
— Prayer line is instant; God answers before we finish asking.
25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, saith the LORD.”
Symbolic: perfect harmony. Natural enemies—people and nations alike—get along; no harm anywhere in God’s realm.
The second coming
Revelation 19:11-15 KJV
11 “And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.”
• End-game scene: Christ shows up ready for war.
12 “His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.”
• Eyes like fire = the fiery, unstoppable spirit He’s coming with.
• Many crowns = King of every king, Lord of every lord.
13 “And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.”
• Blood-stained robe = judgment mode.
• “The Word of God” confirms this rider is Jesus.
14 “And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.”
• Backup squad = angelic armies riding in pure holiness.
15 “And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the wine-press of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.”
• Sword from His mouth = His word cuts down every rebellious nation.
• “Rod of iron” = total, unbreakable rule.
• Winepress image = He’s about to crush evil under God’s wrath.
Revelation 19:16-21 KJV
16 “And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”
• Shows Jesus’ absolute authority—no one outranks Him.
17 “And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men…”
• God summons carrion birds for a grisly “after-battle feast,” signaling total wipe-out of His enemies.
19 “And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.”
• All the world powers line up to fight Christ—but they never stand a chance.
20 “And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet… These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.”
• Beast + false prophet go straight into the lake of fire—no trial, no delay.
21 “And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.”
• The remnant = everyone else who didn’t directly fight in the armies but still rejected Jesus—unbelievers, enemies at heart.
Just like Luke 19:27, they’re taken out by the sword of His mouth (His commanding word), and the birds finish the cleanup.
What We Know So Far
● Christ will come back
● The nations will try to fight and will be destroyed and left for the birds to eat.
● The remnant of the wicked will be destroyed.
Zechariah 14 battle
Zechariah 14:1-3 KJV
1 “Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.”
• This is the Day of the LORD—the climactic showdown at the very end.
2 “For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.”
• Same global muster we see in Revelation: every nation rolls in to fight Christ at Armageddon.
• Jerusalem suffers a brief, brutal assault before God steps in.
3 “Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when He fought in the day of battle.”
• Christ Himself charges out to crush the invaders—exactly what Revelation 19 describes.
• Note how Zechariah calls the Warrior “the LORD”; the prophet is equating the coming King with YHWH showing Christ’s divine identity.
Zechariah 14:4-7 KJV
4 “And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.”
• When Christ touches down, He lands on the Mount of Olives, and the mountain splits in two—instant escape corridor, just like the dramatic quakes that happened when God spoke at Sinai.
5 “And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains … and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.”
• That fresh valley becomes the getaway path for His people.
• “All the saints” = believers who were raised first (1 Cor 15; 1 Thess 4) and return with Jesus.
6 “And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:”
7 “But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.”
• Normal day-night cycles shut off; God keeps it bright the whole time.
• Even at “evening,” the sky stays lit so everyone can plainly see Him overthrow the nations that dared to rebel.
Zechariah 14:8
Zechariah 14:8 (KJV) And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem;
half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in
winter shall it be.
● Zechariah is seeing Jesus in the Spirit
● There is no temple in Revelation
● So the 2 streams coming out of Jerusalem is about Christ.
● Living Water: Jesus, Holy Spirit
Zechariah 14:9 KJV
“And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and His name one.”
• Christ rules the whole planet—one King, one Name, no competition.
Zechariah 14:10-11 KJV
“All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place … And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.”
• God flattens the surrounding terrain, raises Jerusalem, and people finally live there in peace—no more invasions, no more demolition.
Zechariah 14:12 KJV
“And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.”
• Same fiery vengeance Isaiah 66 describes—those who came to fight Christ are burned up on the spot.
Zechariah 14:13 KJV
“And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.”
• God sparks total panic in the enemy camp—confusion so wild they start attacking each other instead of Jerusalem.
Zechariah 14:14 KJV
“And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.”
• Judah joins the fight, and once the smoke clears, all the nations’ treasure ends up in Jerusalem—just like Revelation shows the wealth of the nations streaming through the city gates.
The wealth of the nation is talking about their glory and worship, not physical money and wealth.
[15] And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.
[16] And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Addressing the issue.
- This is where people think we will be keeping the feast in the kingdom
- This is taking about the conquering is them coming into the faith of Christ, not them going into slavery
- There will be no wicked people in the kingdom and we will not be doing any sacrifices either.
- Revelation 21:23-27 KJV
- There will be no wicked people in the kingdom and we will not be doing any sacrifices either.
No wicked people in the kingdom and we will not be doing any sacrifices either.
Revelation 21:23 (KJV) And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in
it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
● Saved: nations left in Zechariah 14:16
● They saw it as the nations being conquered. The conquering was them who were
coming into the Kingdom; they are converts into the faith.
● Feast of Tabernacle: at this time, everyone is serving Yah. It’s a title representing ( Rev 21: 1-3)
worship of TMH. It’s not literal tabernacles.
○ The whole world won’t fit into Jerusalem. It’s not even possible.
Revelation 21:24 (KJV) And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
○ Zechariah 14:15 said those who are left of the nations
Revelation 21:25 (KJV) And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
Revelation 21:26 (KJV) And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
Revelation 21:27 (KJV) And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book
of life.
Key Point: when the prophets wrote of these things, they saw it as the nations being conquered. What they did not understand is the conquering is them (the nations) coming into
the faith of Christ, not them (the nations) going into actual slavery.
Zechariah 14:17 KJV
“And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.”
• Hyperbole: in a kingdom of all-righteous people, nobody’s actually refusing. “No rain” is symbolic—rain = Word/Spirit. Refusing worship would mean drying up spiritually.
Zechariah 14:18 KJV
“And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, where with the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.”
• Same picture: “keeping the feast” = joining the worldwide worship. Any nation not aligning (again, hypothetical—only believers remain) would cut itself off from God’s life-giving flow. In the perfected kingdom, total obedience is the reality.
Zechariah 14:19 KJV
“This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.”
• Same hyper-warning: anyone who refuses to join the worldwide worship cuts themselves off from blessing—the “no-rain” judgment.
Zechariah 14:20 KJV
“In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD’s house shall be like the bowls before the altar.”
• Old-Covenant imagery: even everyday stuff (horse bells, cooking pots) is stamped “HOLY.”
• If every pot is holy, nothing is common—everyone handling them must be holy too.
• “Canaanite” later in v. 21 = marketplace hustler/trafficker, not an ethnic ban (think of Nehemiah chasing merchants off the Sabbath).
Zechariah 14:21 KJV
“Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts… and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.”
• Total purity in worship; no shady dealers inside God’s house.
• Points forward to the eternal kingdom—Christ reigning, zero corruption.
Romans 1:17-25
17 “The just shall live by faith”—righteousness is revealed from faith to faith.
18-23 God’s wrath targets people who push truth away and swap His glory for idols—exactly what Egypt became famous for.
24-25 So the Most High “gave them up” to their own twisted desires; they traded the Creator for created things and spun the truth into a lie (big-bang-fish-to-monkey stories, anything to dodge acknowledging God).
Bottom line: Zechariah shows a kingdom where everything is marked HOLY. Paul explains why some nations miss out—they chose idols and lies over the Creator, so God lets them sit in that darkness until judgment.
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