# The Coming Golden Age

## Metadata
- Author: [[Dr. David Jeremiah]]
- Full Title: The Coming Golden Age
- Category: #books
## Highlights
- This Millennium of time is ahead of us. It’s the epoch between our Lord’s return to this planet and the onset of the new heaven and new earth of the eternal age. ([Location 306](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0CYQLCF1C&location=306))
- The unfailing hand of the Lord Jesus Christ—the same hand that is guiding you—is directing the course of events on this earth. ([Location 309](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0CYQLCF1C&location=309))
- The Bible teaches that a great disappearance could occur any day now—the Rapture of the church from this planet. Jesus will come in the skies and call His people upward to be with Him (1 Thess. 4:13–18). The vanishing of millions or billions of people will traumatize the nations, leading to a global power shift and worldwide war (Rev. 6:1–8). A cunning one-world ruler will emerge, triggering seven years of Tribulation on our planet (Dan. 9:27; Rev. 6–18). The final half of that period will be harrowing beyond anything known to history. God’s wrath will fall on the earth in waves just as the Antichrist is gathering the nations against little Israel (Rev. 15:1; Zech. 14:2). Jesus called it a “great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be” (Matt. 24:21). All this will climax in the ultimate war in world history—the battle of Armageddon (Rev. 16:16). Just when Israel appears on the verge of annihilation, Jesus Christ will appear in the sky and destroy the hostile forces of the Antichrist (Zech. 14:2; Rev. 19:11–16). Our Lord will literally speak the victory, and He will deliver His people. We’ll be with Him. We’ll see this happen! ([Location 312](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0CYQLCF1C&location=312))
- Jesus will then descend to the earth and His feet will touch the Mount of Olives, the hilly ridge on the east side of Jerusalem (Zech. 14:4; Acts 1:11). He will gloriously enter the city of Jerusalem, assume the reins of world government, and reign for one thousand years (Rev. 20:4–6). We call this the Millennium—the coming Golden Age. ([Location 321](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0CYQLCF1C&location=321))
- First, the Rapture, which was the subject of my book The Great Disappearance. Then a seven-year period of Tribulation, climaxing in the battle of Armageddon. And then Jesus will come again and establish His kingdom promised throughout the Bible. That thousand-year age will condition and prepare us for our eternal home—heaven! Rapture. Tribulation. Armageddon. Return. Millennium. Eternity. ([Location 328](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0CYQLCF1C&location=328))
- For just one day, wouldn’t you love to be on a planet without a single natural disaster? Imagine what it’d be like to have a one-day suspension of the devil’s power. Of evil’s grip. Of temptation’s pull. Of anxiety’s torment. ([Location 361](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0CYQLCF1C&location=361))
- The whole world craves peace yet seems in constant turmoil. Even today, turning on the news is like taking a trip to the land of anxiety and alarm. ([Location 368](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0CYQLCF1C&location=368))
- this thousand-year period is the transition between time and eternity, between the old earth and the new one, between the momentary and the everlasting. ([Location 372](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0CYQLCF1C&location=372))
- Imagine the weight removed from our shoulders when we no longer have to be aware of the snares of the devil or the prince of the power of the air! ([Location 377](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0CYQLCF1C&location=377))
- The primary destination of the nations will be the land of Israel. The Bible says, “People from nations and cities around the world will travel to Jerusalem. The people of one city will say to the people of another, ‘Come with us to Jerusalem to ask the LORD to bless us. Let’s worship the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. I’m determined to go.’ Many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the LORD of Heaven’s Armies and to ask for his blessing” (Zech. 8:20–22 NLT). ([Location 386](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0CYQLCF1C&location=386))
- “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of Jacob’s God. There he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths” (Isa. 2:3 NLT). ([Location 391](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0CYQLCF1C&location=391))
- You’ll walk the Highway of Holiness to the city of Zion with a song in your heart (Isa. 35:8). ([Location 396](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0CYQLCF1C&location=396))
- You’ll hear music everywhere, for “joy and gladness will be found there. Songs of thanksgiving will fill the air” (Isa. 51:3 NLT). ([Location 399](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0CYQLCF1C&location=399))
- Most of all, Jesus Christ will be there, physically and personally and visibly. He will teach His truth to the peoples and rule among the nations (Mi. 4:1–3; Isa. 9:7). ([Location 400](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0CYQLCF1C&location=400))
- The land of Israel will become the center of the earth, and the people of Israel will become examples of godliness for all the world. “All who remain in Zion will be a holy people—those who survive the destruction of Jerusalem and are recorded among the living. The Lord will wash the filth from beautiful Zion and cleanse Jerusalem of its bloodstains. . . . He will provide a canopy of cloud during the day and smoke and flaming fire at night, covering the glorious land” (Isa. 4:3–5 NLT). ([Location 404](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0CYQLCF1C&location=404))
- In that day, Jerusalem will be called by many names: “The city of our God” (Ps. 48:1), the city of God’s delight (Isa. 62:4), “THE LORD IS THERE” (Ezek. 48:35), “the City of Truth” and “the Holy Mountain” (Zech. 8:3), and Mount Zion, “the perfection of beauty” (Ps. 48:2; 50:2). ([Location 415](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0CYQLCF1C&location=415))
- Revelation 20 is the Bible’s definitive text on the Millennium. In the first seven verses, the phrase thousand years is repeated six times. ([Location 477](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0CYQLCF1C&location=477))
- In fact, not only do those verses repeat the phrase thousand years, but they do so in a way that emphasizes six different characteristics of the Millennium. ([Location 480](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0CYQLCF1C&location=480))
- The second basic truth about the Millennium is that it will be a physical extension of God’s kingdom here on earth. This coming Golden Age will not be a purely spiritual reality. Meaning, we will not be floating around on clouds while strumming harps. The millennial kingdom will be established here on earth. ([Location 491](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0CYQLCF1C&location=491))
- many other passages speak of a concrete, earthly kingdom over which Jesus will reign as King of kings and Lord of lords. One famous example is found in Daniel’s prophetic explanation of King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream: “And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever” (2:44). That kingdom is the Millennium. ([Location 497](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0CYQLCF1C&location=497))
- For now, it’s helpful to understand the Millennium as a restoration and expansion of the garden of Eden. In that famous garden, God was physically present with humanity. He walked and talked with Adam and Eve in the cool of the day. At the same time, Adam and Eve functioned as God’s stewards—they were given dominion over creation and expected to manage it well. ([Location 504](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0CYQLCF1C&location=504))
- Importantly, the Millennium will not be perfect. It will not be heaven because it will not be completely sinless—a truth we will explore more deeply in later chapters. “The Millennium is the precursor of the eternal state. It will be different than life as we know it today, but it will still fall short of the absolute perfection of the eternal state.” ([Location 524](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0CYQLCF1C&location=524))