Mission Venture Ministries

“Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” (Isaiah 40:4-5)

When God created the earth “God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good” (Genesis 1:31), there was nothing “uneven” or “rough.” Even the hills were apparently relatively low. 

The mountain ranges and jagged volcanic peaks of today’s world date from the catastrophic event on earth when the great Flood occurred that we read of in Genesis chapters 6, 7 and 8. 

Psalm 104:8-9 also refers to what happened due to the flood: “The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them. You set a boundary that they may not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth.”  As we see, verse 8 refers to the tectonic movement in the earth’s crust during the receding stage of the flood water that Noah and his family survived.

In the beginning God had instructed men and women to literally “fill” the earth (Genesis 1:28), which would indicate that no part of the lands was uninhabitable. However, that is not the way it is now since we have vast inaccessible mountain ranges, glaciers, swamp lands, and other uninhabitable places on earth. 

In Haggai 2:6-7 we read: “For thus says the Lord of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land. And I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of hosts.” After this “shaking,” believers will receive a kingdom that cannot be shaken. This is a clear reference to the future millennial kingdom that Jesus will establish when He returns at the end of seven years of tribulation. 

Along with the Old Testament prophecies we have the apostle John describing related events in the New Testament of the coming period of God’s judgments on the rebellious world, where extensive changes in the world’s panorama will occur. For example, there will be such “a great earthquake” that “every mountain and island was removed from its place” (Revelation 6:12, 14). Then a few years later will follow an even greater global earthquake, “such as there had never been since man was on the earth… And every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found” (Revelation 16:18, 20).

This powerful earthquake will radically alter all the earth’s topography, preparing it for the coming millennial kingdom which will be a time of peace and harmony on the earth when Jesus and the saints will rule in righteousness for one thousand years (Revelation 20:4).

Isaiah 65:20-25 contains a fuller description of the wonder and harmony that will characterize this time, where people will live much longer lives than they do now.

Even the animals will stop killing one another and all of them will return to eating grass and plants as we read in Isaiah 65:25, “The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will do no evil or harm in all My holy mountain,” says the Lord.

However, even though the Millennium will be a time lived in peace and righteousness, it is not God’s final goal for His creation. Satan has been bound, but not yet permanently cast in the Lake of Fire; and despite the harmony on the earth, it still will not be perfect in God’s eyes because it bears the eternal stain of sin.

At the end of the Millennium Satan will be loosed from his chains for a short time, though it is unclear exactly how long this time will be. This is his final chance to deceive all the nations and get people to follow him.  Incredibly, he will gather enough people from all over the earth to create a vast army, and they will surround Jerusalem again, in a last desperate attempt to take over God’s creation.

This will be Satan’s and his followers final revolt because God will send fire down from heaven to devour all who have joined with Satan in this last attempt against the Lord. The devil will finally be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the false prophet and the Antichrist are, and they will be tormented there forever (Revelation 20:7-10).

This marks the end of the Millennium and the last time span before the Final Judgment takes place, time ceases and eternity starts.

At the Final Judgment which is called the Great White Throne Judgment, Jesus Christ will be the Judge, and all unbelievers since the creation of the world will be judged by Him. They will be punished according to the works they have done and be cast into the Lake of Fire to join Satan, the Antichrist and the False Prophet.

The Bible is very clear that unbelievers are storing up wrath against themselves (Romans 2:5) and that God will “give to each person according to what he has done” (Romans 2:6).

Please understand that Jesus died for you! (John 3:16). He died so that you could have a place with Him in the New Jerusalem and in the new heavens and new earth that are coming.

Will you give yourself to the One who gave Himself for you, and thus have eternity with Him, or will you continue resisting and end up in the Lake of Fire for all eternity?

Remember the choice is yours, we hope that you will choose Jesus.

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