Israel In The Millennium

Q. I was studying some on the “Kingdom” and read in one of your articles that the 1000 yr period on earth will contain Trib saints and Israel, with the Church being in the New Jerusalem.

In light of this, who do you mean by Israel as separate from those who have (in general) come through the Trib? Do you mean a saved Nation of Israel containing only those Israelites who believed and survived the Trib? That during the 1000 yrs Israel will still be a Nation on earth, but made up of only Jewish believers? Isn’t Jerusalem where Christ will reign from?

A. I think the Bible clearly describes a nation called Israel living on Earth in the Land God gave to Abraham during the Millennium.  (Ezekiel 40-48) This will be a Jewish nation populated by tribulation survivors from the 12 tribes of Israel and resurrected Old Testament saints.  The Old Testament name for the Millennium is the Kingdom Age and is when all the remaining promises to Israel will be fulfilled. Israel will not only be a nation on Earth but will be the pre-emminent nation and God Himself will dwell in their midst again.