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The battle of Gog and Magog is at the end of the Millennial reign of Christ.
ìWhen the thousand years are expired.î Rev. 20:7 The question which is always asked is, who are the ìnations?î Rev. 20:8 The ìnationsî are the resurrected ungodly dead of all the past ages. Plus the remnant of humanity who are alive at the time of the coming of Christ and have been deceived by the lies of the devil, who will be slain by the sword of the Lord. Rev. 19:21 No ungodly will in any shape or form enter into the Millennial reign of Christ. They are physically annihilated by the brightness of the sword of His mouth, the Word of the Lord, at His coming. 2 Thess. 1:8 They are eternally excluded from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His power. Please take special note, this event will take place ìwhen He shall come to be glorified in His saints, or the time of the so called rapture.î 2 Thess. 1:10 It is a total impossibility for any sinner to make it past the second coming of Christ and enter into the Millennium.
The Millennial day, the thousand years, is the day of rest, the Sabbath of the dealings of God with man. For six thousand years He has called mankind unto Himself. Now we are approaching the Sabbath, the last thousand years of time, which will have as itís introduction, the return of Christ. As with the children of Israel, the unbelievers did not enter into the earthly promised land (Heb. 3:19), so in the end the unbeliever will not inherit the kingdom of our Lord and Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Cor. 6:9 It is not true that all Christians will escape the great tribulation period. John saw a group of people, exalted to reign with Christ for they occupy thrones in the kingdom of our Lord. These are they who came face to face with the decision to deny Christ and live or maintain their faith and die as martyrs during the season of great tribulation. Their history is that they totally rejected the order of that day and refused to worship the beast or his image. They also strongly rejected his number, name or mark. Rev. 20:4 They will live and reign with Christ for the thousand years. Rev. 20:4 Further evidence of saints in the tribulation is in the fact that a war is waged specifically against them and they become martyrs for Christ. Rev. 13:7 After the bride is delivered from his clutches and she is transported into her place in the wilderness, the remnant of her seed, the five foolish virgin class, are attacked. Rev. 12:17 Then there are the two witnesses who will testify for the whole of the tribulation that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Messiah, and that in Jerusalem. No doubt, they will be featured daily on the TV World News. They are so greatly hated that their bodies are desecrated for three days in the current city of Jerusalem. After lying dead for three and one half days, they are then resurrected and caught up in a cloud. They are a part of the first resurrection. Rev. 11:12.