Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (4)
Message Ten
Christ—the Establisher of the Kingdom and the Word of God—King of Kings and Lord of Lords
THE EXTRACT OF THE OUTLINES
Scripture reading:
Rev. 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and of those who had not worshipped the beast nor his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
I. Christ is the Establisher of the kingdom—Rev. 20:1-6: (Monday)
A. After fighting His enemies, Christ will establish the kingdom of God on the earth, the millennial kingdom, and reign with His overcoming believers for a thousand years—Rev. 20:2.
B. The first item mentioned in Revelation 20, a chapter concerning the millennium, is the binding of Satan—Rev. 20:1-3.
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C. Revelation 20:4-6 reveals that Christ as the Establisher of the kingdom will reign with the overcoming saints—Rev. 20:4-6. (Tuesday)
D. “They will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years”; the overcomers will be priests to contact God and co-kings with Christ to reign over the nations in the millennium—Rev. 20:6b; 2:26-27; 12:5.
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II. In Revelation 19:11-16 and 19-21 Christ is revealed as the Word of God—King of kings and Lord of lords—Rev. 19:11-16, 19-21: (Wednesday)
A. After His wedding feast Christ will come as a fighting General with His bride, the overcoming believers, who are His army, to fight Antichrist—Rev. 19:7, 11.
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B. “Behold, a white horse, and He who sits on it called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war“; Christ will come back to fight against Satan’s power of unrighteousness, which today operates in the world as the mystery of lawlessness and which will issue in Antichrist, the man of lawlessness—Rev. 19:11; 2 Thes. 2:3, 7-8. (Thursday)
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C. “His name is called the Word of God”—Rev. 19:13b. (Friday)
D. In Revelation 19, as the Word of God, Christ speaks for God by executing God’s judgment upon the rebellious people—Rev. 19:11-16.
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III. After Christ takes possession of the earth, He will reign over the earth as the King in the kingdom, ruling over the nations with His overcoming believers—Rev. 20:4, 6; 2:26-27: (Saturday)
A. As the coming King, He will be the Head and the center in the upcoming kingdom of God in the millennium—Isa. 32:1; Jer. 23:5; Zech. 14:9, 17.
B. Christ has redeemed the earth and all its peoples to be the sphere and components of the kingdom, He has sold all to buy the kingdom—Col. 1:20; Matt. 13:44.
C. In His upcoming reign God’s authority and glory will be fully manifested, and the whole earth with its peoples will be brought into righteousness, peace, joy, and the full blessing of God’s creation—Matt. 6:13; Isa. 32:1, 16-18; 35:1-2, 5-7.
OPENING WORD OF THE PROPHESYING MEETING
Reading the verses in each day.
Reading the main points in the outlines.
Pray-reading the verses:
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them…. This is the first resurrection…. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years—Rev. 20:4-6.
And He is clothed with a garment dipped in blood; and His name is called the Word of God—Rev. 19:13.
Word of Appetizer
What does Revelation 20:4-6 reveal to us? What is the kingdom of God that Christ will establish on earth after He fights with all His enemies?
Revelation 20:4-6 reveals that Christ is the Kingdom-establisher who will reign with the overcoming saints; the overcomers are qualified to reign with Christ by having the humanity of Jesus wrought into them.
After Christ fights with all His enemies, He will establish God’s kingdom, the Millennium, on earth and will reign with His overcoming believers for a thousand years.
Spiritual Burden
After possessing the whole earth, Christ will reign in the kingdom to rule over the whole earth and to govern the nations with His overcoming believers; He is the coming King who will be the Head and center in the coming kingdom of God in the millennium; in His coming reign, God’s authority and glory will be fully manifested, and the entire earth with the people on it will be brought into righteousness, peace, joy, and the full blessing of God’s creation.
Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting
The Revelation of the Truth
Christ is the Kingdom-establisher.
In Revelation 19:11-16 and 19-21, Christ is revealed as the Word of God—the King of kings and Lord of lords.
After possessing the whole earth, Christ will reign in the kingdom to rule over the whole earth and to govern the nations with His overcoming believers.
The Experience of Life
The overcomers are qualified to reign with Christ by having the humanity of Jesus wrought into them; Christ, the unique and proper man, dwells in our spirit as the Spirit of Jesus. He is the One with all the proper human virtues as our humanity within us; when we have His humanity, we will shame Satan and become the kingdom of God.
The overcomers who reign with Christ in the millennium will enjoy the excellent resurrection; “Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection”; this must be the highest blessing—to inherit the kingdom manifested on earth and even to reign in it.
Practice and Application
They will be priests to bring needy people to God and to supply God to people; they will be kings to bring the ruling God to people and to shepherd people on behalf of God; this is the reward given to them.
To know God, we need to read, study, behold, muse on, and gaze at Christ as the Word of God.
PROPHESYING TOPICS—TWELVE TOPICS PER WEEK
Day 1
T1 Between the Rapture of the Overcomers and the Beginning of the Millennium, Many Things Will Happen (Rev. 20:1-2)
(Please illustrate what will happen during the last three and a half years of this age.)
T2 The Millennium Has Two Parts: the Upper Heavenly Part and the Lower Earthly Part (Matt. 13:41-43)
(Please illustrate which three groups of people will be in the Millennium.)
Day 2
T1 Christ, the Founder of the Kingdom, Will Reign with the Overcoming Saints (Rev. 20:4-6)
(Please illustrate that the overcomers are qualified to reign with Christ because they have the humanity of Jesus wrought into them.)
T2 The First Resurrection Is Also the Special Resurrection, the Outstanding Resurrection That the Apostle Paul Pursued (Rev. 20:4-6; Phil. 3:11)
(Please illustrate the difference between the outstanding resurrection and the general resurrection.)
Day 3
T1 The Bridegroom Is the Commander, and the Bride Is the Army (Rev. 19:11, 14)
(Please illustrate how Christ will cleanse the universe during His honeymoon.)
T2 God Has Prepared the Lake of Fire as a “Trash Can” to Dispose of the Trash in the Universe (Gen. 1:2; Matt. 25:41)
(Please illustrate that God’s sweeping of the universe began in Genesis 1; first, He swept the filth into the sea, and in the end, all the filth will be put into the ultimate trash can, the lake of fire.)
Day 4
T1 Christ Is the Faithful and True Witness of God, Riding on a White Horse, Judging and Making War in Righteousness (Rev. 19:12, 15)
(Please illustrate that Christ judges by making war; He not only judges in righteousness but also makes war in righteousness.)
T2 Both Christ and the Gospel Ride on a White Horse (Rev. 6:2; 19:11)
(Please illustrate that the white horse includes not only preaching the gospel but also having home meetings, feeding the new ones, having small groups for perfecting, and prophesying to build up the church.)
Day 5
T1 Christ’s Warfare Is to Speak the Word of God (Rev. 19:13, 15)
(Please illustrate that Christ as the Word of God speaks for God, executing God’s judgment on rebellious men.)
T2 When the Son Speaks, God Speaks in the Son’s Speaking (John 1:1; Rev. 19:13)
(Please illustrate that all the members of the Body can speak the word of God.)
Day 6
T1 Christ Will Reign in the Kingdom to Rule the Whole Earth, Ruling the Nations with His Overcoming Believers (Isa. 32:1; Rev. 19:16)
(Please illustrate that Christ is the coming King who will be the Head and center in the coming kingdom of God in the Millennium.)
T2 When Christ Returns, He Will Establish His Kingdom over All the Earth, the Millennium, for a Thousand Years (Zech. 14:9; 1 Cor. 15:25)
(Please illustrate the three parts the Millennium will have.)
