Satan Gets Released?!

Real Life presents the Jack Hibbs Podcast with intention and boldness to proclaim truth, equip the saints and impact our culture. Hey you guys, we're going to be talking about the Millennium. Questions are being asked about it. We're going to be talking about some questions about regarding why and what happens to someone who perhaps experiences the Millennium at the end when Satan is loose for a little season. What? The Bible says Satan will be loose for a little season. What for? Let's see why. You can get the outlines of this podcast by going to jackhibbs.com slash podcast. Today, if this podcast lifts you up and encourages you to live a more fulfilled life in Christ, then make sure you leave us one of those five star ratings. To us, that's like saying amen or yes. And that rating will encourage others to listen. Now open your hearts to what God's word has to say to you. Here is Jack Hibbs. Hey you guys, welcome back to our podcast. And we are going to deal with a couple of questions I hope. This is a response to the just the remarkable amount of email that we've got from you guys, which really encouraged us. And we want to like always want to remind you, please hit subscribe. It's free and share this link with other people. That's the biggest thing that we can experience from you. That's the biggest love that you can show me is if you share this with other people that you subscribe and hit the like button because it communicates to the tech world. Let's keep this guy on. And we mean this so much. Have you noticed? We're not asking for money. I know other podcasts, other people do. That's their business. It's not mine. I'm not judging them. The point is, I'm trying to figure out how can we best communicate to you that we're in this for realsies, okay? We're not here to pretend or play games. We're not here to make a nickel off of you. So here's a deal. Regarding the end time events and regarding the millennium, which is the thousand year reign of Christ, which the Jesus of the Bible must fulfill or you've got the wrong Jesus. The Jesus of the Bible has to sit on the throne of David in Jerusalem. According to the prophecies given to King David, his son will sit on the throne forever. His descendant will reign over Israel forever. That's never happened. Jesus is the son of David. Is he not? Jesus will sit on the throne for a thousand years. And after the thousand years, the Bible tells us, and here's your question, see ya. Love the name. See IA as long as it's a name and not an acronym. Why does Satan have to be let loose after the millennium for a little while? Great question. The Bible actually answers it. Read Revelation 21 and 22 more closely, because here's why there are mortals born into, this is incredible. There are mortals born into the kingdom, meaning that those who are living on earth at that time as mortals, we've already talked about some of the characteristics about that. They'll be farming, they'll be cities, they'll be rain, they'll be sun, they'll be days, they'll be seven days a week, they'll be worship, they'll be kings, they'll be leaders of nations. In fact, the Bible tells us that the leaders and the kings of nations will bring their wealth to the Lord in Jerusalem as an offering. In fact, God says there that during the millennium, if a leader of a country, of a nation refuses to honor the government of Jesus, remember that the thousand year reign, you know the U.S. President is supposed to have four years in his election or in her election. The millennium is a thousand year reign, it's a thousand year politics, the thousand year politics of Jesus, not man, it's awesome. So during that period of time, there are people born, there are people dying. But during that time, as you approach the end of the thousand year reign, it says, you're right, Satan's loose for a little bit. Why? You would say, well, what good is that? Satan will be released and he will tempt the world. And he will sway people, just like he's doing today. He will sway those people who are open to his lies and they don't like Jesus. They live on the earth, but they don't like them. Remember, God's put within us a free moral agency. There's going to be those that live in the millennium. They're going to actually be on earth with Christ and they're not going to like them. Even though Satan's bound, why aren't they going to like them? Because they have an unredeemed wicked nature. Even though they said number one, Satan's bound and they're still going to sin against God. We don't need Satan to sin against God, right? For those of you who are older, way older, like me, remember, Flip Wilson, you used to do that little skit and you used to say, the devil made me do it. Well, when Satan's bound, no one's going to be able to say the devil made me do it. When they sin, it's their own sin nature. So God is going to allow Satan to be released from hell to deceive people on earth that is simply test them. And they're going to make a decision outright, I'm going to go with Satan. And the Bible says that that will happen shortly, very, very quickly. And then Satan will be consigned to the lake of fire forever, okay? So I know it sounds crazy, but just back up. It doesn't involve you, doesn't involve me. We are already with Christ glorified, we're the bride of Christ. We are not in our mortal state, we are in our glorified state. Those living in the millennium, born and living and going to the office and going to the fields and farming and those that are working and those that, whatever. They will have a chance to obey Christ or not. And it just goes to show you that without Satan's mucking everything up, human nature is such that it will still say, I don't want this Jesus guy ruling me. Well, one more act of grace will be given. Don't consider the releasing of Satan an act of judgment by God. It's actually an opportunity given to an individual to exercise their choice. God will not make you love him, God will not make you love Satan. God will give you an opportunity and you're going to choose not you. I mean, you can choose today. I hope you're Christian, a real one. Christ follower. How about that? Christ, if you are, you know what I'm talking about. If you're not a believer, you need to become a believer now. But we're talking about people then, the people then even with Satan bound are still going to have a wicked heart that needs redemption. They'll either get a chance to come to Christ and accept Christ into their heart. They'll be saved during the millennium. They'll give their hearts to Christ. They'll be born again. Think of that or they'll reject Christ. Pretty remarkable. So I hope that answers your question. I personally can't wait. On my laptop, I have a folder and I labeled it the millennium. And when you click on that folder, it opens up and there's various websites there. You don't need to know this. I'm just telling you something that I hope gets you excited. When you click on these links that I've saved over the years, they are oil paintings from the famous paintings of Yesteryear and their particular paintings. For example, in that, there's a couple of Rembrandt's and why do I like that? Because he painted the millennium, his view of the millennium, according to scripture, there's one Rembrandt painting that it's like this. So you are me, you're in the museum, the portrait gallery, and you're looking at the painting. And the painting is Jesus from, like, about his chest up, crucified, crown of thorns, blood, nail through his hand right here. And you think, well, that's a weird painting. Oh, listen, coming into the painting is Rembrandt holding the nail and driving the hammer. He's extending himself into his painting, nailing Christ to the cross. You see, Jack, that's gross. No, it's not. It's actually fantastic theology. My sins nailed Jesus to the cross. If you don't understand that personally, and how can you have them as a personal savior? What about Hitler? Who cares about Hitler? Hitler nailed Jesus to the cross. Well, what about the Pope? He nailed Jesus to the cross. What about Billy Graham? He nailed Jesus to the cross. What about Jack? Jack nailed Jesus to the cross. You did too. Our sins nailed Christ to the cross. But in those paintings, and there's some great ones, by the way, for those of you who are in the Virginia D.C. area, Potomac area, whatever. If you go to the national portrait gallery, it's one of my favorites. I always go there when I'm in D.C. I just go there. If I've got an hour, two, or three, or five, I go there. It's on 801 G Street in Washington, D.C. I go to it, national portrait gallery, and I just go to that section, and you see massive oil paintings of the millennium. The author, the author of the painting, the artist will say, the millennium, the reign of Christ, and you'll see what, in my eyes, because I'm a Californian, in my eyes, you see what looks like Yosemite Valley. You see mountains rising up, waterfalls cascading into the valley. You see deer painted in, lush vegetation, and this paradise on earth, clouds, and everything as it ought to be. And there are various paintings by these greats that allow your mind, you just stand there for a moment. You just realize, oh my gosh, this painter had the millennium in mind. How accurate is that painting? And you'll be shocked to find out that those paintings are extremely accurate. Some of them depict a desert in full bloom, a desert, according to the book of Isaiah when Christ returns in the millennium, he will transform the deserts into a bouquet of color. He will send forth streams in the desert, and the desert will blossom. Isn't it crazy weird for those of us who live near? California has one of the most beautiful deserts in all of the world. I mean, that's sincerely. The Mojave is amazing, especially after a season like we've had where we had huge rains, why what's happened? It just explodes in color. Here's the funny thing. It may not rain there for three, four years, or five years, or eleven years, no rain. And then it rains. And then within days, the desert gets a little velvet-green carpet. The desert and then flowers start coming up. You know those seeds have been in there for who knows how long? And it's just so amazing. And I'll leave you with this just because it's cool. All of us are familiar with roses. But what you may not know, and this is the hand of God, what you may not know is that honor rose are the thorns. Who, nobody likes rose thorns, nobody likes those things, they're wicked. But did you know that that is a stunted blossom of a flower? Because it doesn't develop, it turns into a thorn. Did you know a cactus? Think of a barrel cactus. That's the famous round cactus looks like half a circle. And it's got a million needles sticking out like this long. Did you know all of those are underdeveloped flowers? They never bloom. When Christ comes back, do you get my point? Cactus are going to explode with color. That's in the millennium. That's going to be an incredible thing. So you guys listen, as always, I know we're ending a little bit short as far as I know, watching the clock. You guys, it's so important that you hit subscribe, so important that you hit like. That helps us. 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