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The Bible tells us that the Lord Himself will make his appearance to earth, and when He does, the people then will witness the world and the heavens as they knew them, will no longer exist. To give perspective, 2 Peter 3:10 says “...the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed. Similarly, Isaiah 34:4 says “All the host of heaven shall rot away, and the skies roll up like a scroll...”
And when this transformation happens, God as described in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 will first raise up those who’ve been asleep to be with Him, and then He will bring with Him those who are alive at His arrival. But not everyone will be with God, for as Jesus foretells in Matthew 25:31-46 He will arrange for a decision to be made as to who is worthy enough to be with God and who isn’t. Jesus says that those who helped the least of God’s people will join him, as in helping them it’s as if they were helping God as well. Those who do not help the least of God’s people will not join Him, since in not helping those, they did not help God.
And although we are told that 2 Peter 3:10 says the Lord will come unannounced, we may have some idea of approximately when He will arrive, give or take, say, a hundred years or so, based on the things that are told in the Bible.
Moses in Deuteronomy 7:9 – says, “Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, TO A THOUSAND GENERATIONS.” Well, what happens after the thousand generations have passed? I tell you that it is at that point in time that God will physically make himself known and will change the physical world and the heavens and bring with him the good people described in Matthew 25:31-40.
How long is a generation? Since the Creation, it has varied from 18 to 35 years, on average, so let’s say it’s about 22 years. That is, it takes a woman about 22 years from the time she is born to the time she gives birth herself. So, if we use 22 years as being a generation, then “a thousand generations” amounts to about 22 thousand years.
When did Moses make his proclamation in Deuteronomy 7:9? It is popularly believed to be at around the time of the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II. Ramses II was born in 1303 BC and died 1213 BC, so, for lack of a better measure, Moses made his proclamation at around 1348 BC. So, 22,000 years from then would put the time at about 23,348 AD.
As you can see, we still may have a long ways to go before the Lord does what He is predicted in the Bible to do, and anyone reading this now would have long passed away, to become those who may be awakened as described in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. But the big question is, how can we make sure that the people who are alive at the Lord’s presence will know who He is and will be worthy enough for Him? For without a continuous reinforcement of God’s existence throughout the remaining of the thousand generations, the people may be gradually overcome by the evil in the world, so no one born later from our time would be worthy of God. That’s why it is important that we keep our faith strong and see to it that our children keep the faith in the same manner, enough to pass it on to their children, and so on, as it has been done in the past.
But we cannot keep up our faith unless we do the things our faith tells us to do, such as loving God with all our heart, soul and mind, and loving others as we love ourselves, and doing the things which are natural extensions of these two commands. In this regard, Jesus tells us in Matthew 7:21 that it is not enough to say “Lord, Lord,” we must also do God’s Will. Our faith alone, per se, will not save us, unless we have works. James 2:17 says, “faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.”
So hopefully, when the Lord does appear thousands of years from now, there will be people in the future who are worthy enough to be with Him, as there are people in the past.
And when this transformation happens, God as described in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 will first raise up those who’ve been asleep to be with Him, and then He will bring with Him those who are alive at His arrival. But not everyone will be with God, for as Jesus foretells in Matthew 25:31-46 He will arrange for a decision to be made as to who is worthy enough to be with God and who isn’t. Jesus says that those who helped the least of God’s people will join him, as in helping them it’s as if they were helping God as well. Those who do not help the least of God’s people will not join Him, since in not helping those, they did not help God.
And although we are told that 2 Peter 3:10 says the Lord will come unannounced, we may have some idea of approximately when He will arrive, give or take, say, a hundred years or so, based on the things that are told in the Bible.
Moses in Deuteronomy 7:9 – says, “Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, TO A THOUSAND GENERATIONS.” Well, what happens after the thousand generations have passed? I tell you that it is at that point in time that God will physically make himself known and will change the physical world and the heavens and bring with him the good people described in Matthew 25:31-40.
How long is a generation? Since the Creation, it has varied from 18 to 35 years, on average, so let’s say it’s about 22 years. That is, it takes a woman about 22 years from the time she is born to the time she gives birth herself. So, if we use 22 years as being a generation, then “a thousand generations” amounts to about 22 thousand years.
When did Moses make his proclamation in Deuteronomy 7:9? It is popularly believed to be at around the time of the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II. Ramses II was born in 1303 BC and died 1213 BC, so, for lack of a better measure, Moses made his proclamation at around 1348 BC. So, 22,000 years from then would put the time at about 23,348 AD.
As you can see, we still may have a long ways to go before the Lord does what He is predicted in the Bible to do, and anyone reading this now would have long passed away, to become those who may be awakened as described in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. But the big question is, how can we make sure that the people who are alive at the Lord’s presence will know who He is and will be worthy enough for Him? For without a continuous reinforcement of God’s existence throughout the remaining of the thousand generations, the people may be gradually overcome by the evil in the world, so no one born later from our time would be worthy of God. That’s why it is important that we keep our faith strong and see to it that our children keep the faith in the same manner, enough to pass it on to their children, and so on, as it has been done in the past.
But we cannot keep up our faith unless we do the things our faith tells us to do, such as loving God with all our heart, soul and mind, and loving others as we love ourselves, and doing the things which are natural extensions of these two commands. In this regard, Jesus tells us in Matthew 7:21 that it is not enough to say “Lord, Lord,” we must also do God’s Will. Our faith alone, per se, will not save us, unless we have works. James 2:17 says, “faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.”
So hopefully, when the Lord does appear thousands of years from now, there will be people in the future who are worthy enough to be with Him, as there are people in the past.
