Whom Will You Be Leading and Teaching? This final chapter has covered the exciting truth that God is calling people now, preparing them to lead and teach others in the new world that will be established after Jesus’ return. But whom exactly will they be teaching? God is essentially preparing them to serve three groups of people: 1. Human beings who live into the millennial (1,000
year) reign of Christ. Before Christ’s return, much of the earth’s population will die from warfare and natural disasters (Revelation 9:15). But He will return just in time to save humanity from total destruction (Matthew 24:22). The earth will still be populated by millions of human beings who survived these trying times and will live into a new, better world led by Christ and His family. One of our first orders of business will be to provide these people with comfort, guidance and education (Jeremiah 31:9-13).
2. Those born during the millennial reign of Christ. Jesus Christ
and His family will help humanity rebuild the earth and society after the destruction of the Great Tribulation (Isaiah 61:4). One of the tasks will be to teach the biblical laws about marriage and family. A new education system will be established to teach the children (Isaiah 54:13). One prophecy describes the millennial scene of children playing safely in the streets of a formerly dangerous city (Zechariah 8:4-5). 3. The resurrected “rest of the dead.” After the Millennium,
another resurrection will occur—one for the “rest of the dead” (Revelation 20:5), the billions upon billions who died throughout history without the opportunity to know the true God. They will be restored to physical life and receive the chance to have “the books” (of the Bible) “opened” to them (verse 12). The God family will teach these people— helping them to enter God’s family themselves. Yes, if you faithfully embrace your opportunity to be born into God’s family, you have ahead of you an exciting future of service to countless people! They will be there waiting for you. Will you be there for them?
50 GOD’S PURPOSE FOR YOU: DISCOVERING WHY YOU WERE BORN