We are going to conclude our look at the Millennium by looking at the government of the Kingdom Age. The book of Isaiah talks about that quite a bit, so that is where we are going to start. What will the government look like? Well, there are a few things that are very important to our study. One is that Jerusalem will be its capital. While that might not mean a great deal to some of us, it meant a great deal to Israel. God promised great things for Jerusalem. It is His city, and He has promised wonderful things for its future. So, we pick up there.
In Isaiah 2:2, it says, “Now it will come about that in the last days, the mountain of the house of the Lord will be established as the chief of the mountains, and will be raised above the hills, and all the nations will stream to it. And many peoples will come and say, ‘Come let us go up to the mountain of the Lord.’” Then at the end of Isaiah 2:3, it says, “For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.” We have a picture here that the city of Jerusalem will be the capital city of the Kingdom Age. As a matter of fact, in Revelation 21, when we look at the eternal state, we have the New Jerusalem coming down. So, Jerusalem plays a dominant role in the end time events. It is a place where the people from all over the world will come to worship. It is a place where they will come to be taught and to learn truths and to hear the word from the Lord Himself. So, Jerusalem will be the capital city. Then Christ will reign from there. We see that at the end of Isaiah 2:3, but go into verse 4, “And He will judge between the nations, and will render decisions for many peoples, and they will hammer their swords into plowshares.” We find that in Jerusalem is Christ Himself. As He is there what does He do? He judges between the nations. He has perfect judgment, and He will render decisions. There will be no false systems. No bribery. No corrupt court systems. It will be the judge Christ Himself and He will judge and render decisions. So, Christ will reign, but we have an even better picture of that in Isaiah 9 which we often read at Christmastime. It does have reference to the incarnation, but it also has reference to the reign of Christ at His Second Coming . . .
