Page three of your notes, you can see there we look at the basic concept that God the Father always is ruling, always has, always will. Now that rule, that reign of the Father is reflected in, I think, these four areas that are underneath that. We see it in basic human government, right? and we can be thankful for human government. Now, we may not always like human government, but try to live without it. You know, that whole nonsense of defund the police. How has that worked, right? It leads to anarchy. It's chaos. You need authority. We need a government. First, human government, I think, is established in Genesis. And the whole concept there in Genesis 9 about of capital punishment is at 9 and 10 in that neck of the woods. And we need that. We need human government. Again, we are called to Romans 13. We're not going to take the time to go there, but Romans 13 talking about the awful Roman emperors of Paul's time. He says all government authority is ordained of God. So God never has to apologize for putting a particular individual on the throne. And we've talked about that before, the silliness of some pastors years ago that God will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah, for instance. I remember this one pastor saying, God will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah because Bill Clinton is on the throne. Well, God apologizes to no one, because he's never done anything wrong. So that mindset, you may not like Bill Clinton, there's a lot of reasons why, but was he on the throne in the wisdom of Almighty God? The answer is yes. So shut your mouth and submit. Right? Romans 13. That's the gist. Paul doesn't say it quite that way, but that's the gist of what he says in Romans 13. Now, we have a generic human government, but then God established, and you can see this The second little box there is historic Israel. Israel comes on the scene, but they're still a glorified family, right? That's the book of Genesis. And up through Exodus chapter 18, we have a glorified family. It's gotten to be a really big family, but they're still a family. They become a nation in chapters 19 and 20 and following. And what is recorded from chapter 19 and following in the book of Exodus and Leviticus and Deuteronomy is how this nation is supposed to function. And then there is what we'll talk about this evening, the future millennial kingdom, which is gonna be really Jewish. Much to the chagrin of some individuals. But it's going to be a very Jewish kingdom. There's going to be sacrifices. The headquarters of the new kingdom will be Jerusalem. And for those who don't like that, well, deal with it, is my thought, is you have to accept whatever the king does in the millennial kingdom. It's Jesus, God in the flesh, sitting on the throne. He will never make a mistake and he is not taking polls and he is not going to be voted on. It's already, it's a done deal and you need to submit to that. And then that kingdom is temporary. It's only a thousand years. It's like FDR's reign here in America. But it may seem like 1,000 years is a really long time, but with a perfect king, we're not going to have too much to complain about during the kingdom. But when Jesus is done with his kingdom, and we'll see this in a bit here, he delivers that kingdom over to the Father and says, Father, Here you go. So that God the Father can be all in all. So that's what we looked at last time. And we said that there were those four aspects of the kingdom. There is the legitimacy of the right to rule. There has to be a ruler. There has to be a realm to be ruled. and there has to be the exercise of the function of rulership. Now, some of you say, well, that sounds like my supervisor at work, and that may be true. You can kind of be king-like in your supervisory responsibilities, but a king can have no less than this. Now, he has a whole lot more, and we're going to talk about that on Sunday. From Psalm 101, David says in Psalm 101, this is how I want the various bureaucrats of his kingdom, this is the character qualities he wants. And that's extremely important, because David wanted a godly kingdom. Was David always godly himself? No. Was he always focused? No. But he knew that if you're gonna have a government and the kingdom of God reflected through the nation of Israel, you need to have people who are gonna be focused upon the things of God. And that's Psalm 101. Now, that does not carry over, by the way, into America. We are not the new Israel, either as Americans or as Christians. Now, can we follow some principles from that? Yes. but we are not an extension of the nation of Israel. So, that leads me down to the timing of these kingdoms. Generic human kingdoms have been around for 4,500 years so far. Even older than some of us. So, I don't need to, well, yeah, let me just point this one thing out here. Let's go to Revelation chapter 11, Revelation 11 and verse 15. These earthly kingdoms will come to an end. So when Jesus sits on his throne, there will be no other kings, right? He is the King of kings and the Lord of lords. Look at Revelation chapter 11 and verse 15. Then the seventh angel sounded and there were loud voices in heaven saying, the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ and he will reign forever. And the 24 elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshipped God and said, we give you thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and have begun to reign and the nations were enraged and your rage came and the time came for the dead to be judged. and to give reward to your slaves, the prophet and the saints, and those who fear your name, the small and the great, to destroy those who destroy the earth." So, what he is saying is this, all of the earthly, human, merely human kingdoms are passed on to Christ. And he rules the entire planet. So, he is not merely ruling over that tiny little strip of land in the Middle East and then other, you know, there's other kings elsewhere that can exercise authority. He is the authority. All authority will be wrapped up in Him. All authority, Jesus said, has been given to me in heaven and in earth. Right? Matthew chapter 28. All that is His by right because the Father has given that to Him. Israel's kingdom began, I've already mentioned this, 1445 BC and Exodus 19 and 20. Now God was their king. They're a kingdom over which God rules. And they were aware of his presence because of the Shekinah glory cloud, that glory cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night. The king is here. And yet, as Samuel has to tell them later, or Samuel has to be told later that they have not rejected Samuel, they have rejected God from ruling over them. So God allowed them to have a king with skin on. King Saul. And how did that go? Didn't go well. But they got what they wanted and then they didn't want what they got. Sound familiar? That's human nature, right? So Saul becomes their first king, their first human king, would probably be better stated, somewhere around 1050 B.C., somewhere in that timeframe. The last king of Israel is Zedekiah in 586 B.C., and if my math is close to being accurate, that's about 460 years. That's how long it lasted. From the time of Saul to the time of Zedekiah. So there are human kings within Israel. That wasn't a very long period of time, really, when you think about it. Now, remember in Acts chapter one, when Jesus has taken his disciples up to the Mount of Olives on top of that hill to the east of the temple hill, and they're up in there and they say to Jesus, what? Will you at this time do what? Restore the kingdom to Israel. And Jesus says, that's not for you to know, right? That's not what we need to focus on at this point in time. But they were looking for that. They were tired of the rule of, well, the times of the Gentiles, right? The time over which Gentile kings ruled over the people of Israel. And they were weary of that. They were tired of the Babylonians, they were tired of the Medes and the Persians, they grew tired of the Greeks, they grew tired of the Romans. And rightfully so, because they are godless men who worship false gods who want nothing to do with the true God of Israel. In fact, wasn't it the Greek, one of the Greek rulers who, didn't he slaughter a pig on the Temple Mount? It was his way of mocking and scoffing at them. And then you had the Maccabean Revolt and all that takes place there. But the point being, they're weary. They want the kingdom to be reestablished. Well, as we're gonna see this evening, we have a future millennial kingdom, which will last for a thousand years. So over twice as long as Israel's human kings. I can't remember how many kings were there between the two portions of Israel and Judah, but we looked at them, they're in first and second kings, right? So in that same time period, Jesus will rule one guy, one king, over twice as long. What an amazing thought. What an amazing thing to look forward to. And then lastly, we have to look forward to the eternal kingdom of the Father. And let's go back. I mentioned this already, but let's go to this. 1 Corinthians chapter 15 and verse 24. In fact, let's back up to verse 20. 1 Corinthians chapter 15, where we think of it many times as the resurrection chapter. Right? 1 Corinthians 15, right? Did I type that right? One never knows. Verse 20. 1 Corinthians 15.20 says, But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive, but each in his own order. Christ, the firstfruits, After that, those who are Christ's at His coming. Then comes the end. When He hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when He has abolished all rule and all authority and all power. For He must reign. until he has put all his enemies under his feet. And the last enemy to be abolished is death, for he has put all things in subjection under his feet. But when he says all things are put in subjection, it is evident that he is accepted who put all things in subjection to him. And when all things are subjected to him, then the son himself also will be subjected to the one who subjected all things to him, so that God, and that's a reference to God, the father, may be all in all. So we talk about, and I know this is a debate in theology, has been for the last more than 10 years, 10, 20 years, about the subordination or the submission of the son to the father. What does this say? It says the son will submit to the father. And I think the son has always submitted to the father, but that's for another time. So you have historical kingdoms, both Gentile and Israel, and we have future kingdoms that will be primarily Jewish in nature, the Millennial Kingdom, and then in a sense, generic again, neither Jew nor Gentile. The distinctions will no longer matter, I think, in the eternal kingdom, but we'll talk about that down the road. All right, before we move on to the definition, any questions or comments before we move on? All right, well, Some of you may already know these things that we're going to look at now. Some of you may have never seen this before, so bear with me either way. So what do we mean by millennial kingdom? It comes from a Latin word simply meaning a thousand, right? A thousand years. And the word is used six times in Revelation chapter 20. There is the Greek version of the Latin word, but there it is, kilioi or kilios, which means a thousand. So whether you want it in Latin or whether you want it in Greek, either way, it means a thousand years. So you can call it the thousand year kingdom, and that would be accurate. and everybody should know what you're talking about. Now, back in the time, and the top of the next page there, page four, back in the time of the Reformation, in that area, time-wise, some people thought it was appropriate to use this word, kiliast, in a derogatory way. So, oh, those people are Achilles. They believe in a thousand-year kingdom. And those people were sometimes were known as Anabaptists. Now, we do not, I don't think, historically come from the Anabaptists. Well, we don't come from them. Let's just go there. We stop there. We're not Anabaptists theologically or historically, but we are still Kiliasts. Why? Because we believe in a thousand-year kingdom. Now, very few people use that term today, but if you do and you're reading some church history and you see somebody called Achilles, you should go, oh, that's like me, right? So, that's me. So, just to help you with that. The Millennial Kingdom is the rule and reign of Christ on Earth for a thousand years following the Tribulation. So it is still a future thing. Of the approximately 400 uses of the word kingdom in the Bible, approximately 200 of them, you can do your math there, 50% of them refer to this future kingdom. The kingdom is also known by some other terms, the millennium, if you like to use Latin-based words. The kingdom of God, sometimes it's called the kingdom of heaven. Let me stop right there because this is the thing. We used to have somebody here who believed the kingdom of God and the kingdom of heaven were two different things. The kingdom of heaven is referenced, I think, exclusively, well, Matthew uses that term in his book. He never says the kingdom of God. But when you look at the parallel passages in Luke and others, when they're referring this exact same context, they will use kingdom of God. Matthew says kingdom of heaven. They're talking about the very same thing. They're not two different things. So don't get led astray by that. The kingdom of God, kingdom of heaven. One of the reasons Matthew does that is because the Jews have, for a long period of time, they wanted, Almost a superstitious, we don't wanna use God's name in a bad way, so we'll call it the kingdom of heaven, because that's where God lives, and we all know that that means the kingdom of God, but we're not gonna say kingdom of God. But you have to go through that whole explanation, so why don't they just call it the kingdom of God? But they call it kingdom of heaven. It makes them feel better. That's fine, it's the same thing. It's also called the Davidic kingdom because Jesus is the son of David, right? He's the legitimate, descendant of David who has the right to sit on the throne. Sometimes it's called the mediatorial kingdom. Jesus is functioning as a mediator for us. Sometimes it's called the messianic kingdom because it's the kingdom of the Messiah. Jesus is Again, Christ is not Jesus' last name, right? Christ means Messiah, the Anointed One. And Jesus rules as God's chosen king. Sometimes it's called the theocratic kingdom, meaning the rule of God. And again, Jesus is God in the flesh. So when he sits on his throne, God is sitting on the throne. And sometimes it is simply called a thousand years. So all of those terms you can, if you will, mix and match, however you want to use those in your discussions. All right, let's, before we go on, does that make sense? You understand all those different terms and how they all, peacefully coexist theologically. All right, no questions. All right, let's go to the book of Daniel. And we talked about this last time. The book of Daniel covers a lot of history, doesn't it? That's why Daniel is not In the Hebrew Bible, normally Daniel is not listed among the prophets. Daniel is a book of history. In our Bibles, his address, he's got the same address as the prophets, right? We think of Daniel as a prophet. Was he a prophet? Yes. But he also gives us a great deal of history. In the book of Daniel, chapter 2, Daniel, okay, let's back up here. All right, Nebuchadnezzar had this dream and he wants somebody to explain to him the dream and to interpret and his counselors cannot help him at all. And Daniel then is brought forth there in verse 25, and Nebuchadnezzar in verse 26 says, are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen and its interpretation? And Daniel answered before the king and said, ask for the mystery about which the king is asking. Neither wise men, conjurers, magicians, nor diviners are able to declare it to the king. So in other words, no, the answer is no, I cannot. However, I know somebody, right? However, there is a God in heaven, verse 28, who reveals mysteries and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the last days. Keep that in your mind because how long have the last days been going on? Long time, okay? This was your dream and the visions of your head while on your bed and as for you, O King, while on your bed your thoughts turned to what would happen in the future. And he who reveals mysteries has known to you what will happen. But as for me, this mystery has not been revealed to me by any wisdom which is in me more than in any other living man, but for the purpose of making the interpretation known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart." You see that great humility of Daniel, standing before the leader of the known world. The guy who has just beat up his own country, right? And has taken Daniel and a bunch of his friends over to Babylon and forced them to learn a new language and learn all the new customs and actually function within the Babylonian bureaucracy. Now, isn't that fascinating that God would do that with Daniel because where do we find Daniel later on in human history? He's the one who is influencing so that Zerubbabel and Ezra, right, those guys end up coming back under, in part, Daniel's influence in the bureaucracy. Now, Daniel goes on in verse 31, and tells the king, and I'm not gonna take the time here, I wanna get to the interpretation, but he addresses the imagery that God gave to Nebuchadnezzar in this dream. Verse 36, this was the dream, now we will say it's interpretation before the king. You, O king, are the king of kings. which Nebuchadnezzar ruled over a huge empire and there were little kinglets under him. But he was the grand puba throughout the empire. You are the king of kings. But notice, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the strength, and the glory. In other words, you didn't get there by your own scheming and having votes taken, though all those things may have happened, but you're there because God put you there. Now again, you understand what Daniel is doing. Here is a captive, a man who had been taken captive by the Babylonians, and he dares to stand up before the king of the empire who has taken him captive and say, my God put you there. That's bold, right? A holy boldness. And wherever the sons of men inhabit or the beasts of the field or the birds of the sky, he has given them into your hand and has made you rule with power over them all." So in other words, you're there because my God has put you there. Now he begins to interpret. You are the head of gold. But after you there will arise another kingdom inferior to you than another third kingdom of bronze. which will rule with power over all the earth. And then there will be a fourth kingdom as strong as iron, inasmuch as iron crushes and shatters all things. So like iron that breaks in pieces, it will crush and break all these in pieces. Now in that you saw the feet and the toes, partly of potter's clay and partly of iron. It will be a divided kingdom, but it will have in it the toughness of iron inasmuch as you saw the iron mixed with common clay. And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron, partly of clay, so some of the kingdom will be strong, some part of it will be brittle. By the way, that's a reference to the Roman Empire, right? So that even the Germans can defeat them when they come up, right? That's why we have the statue over there in New Ulm with Herman, right? That's part of it, right? It's good for us to understand that. And in that, you saw the iron mixed with common clay. Verse 43, they will combine with one another in the seat of men, but they will not cling to one another, even as iron does not combine with clay. The Roman Empire was an empire, but it was fragile. They were not all on the, let's root for the home team, even though they were under the kingdom. They were grossly divided. And verse 44, And in the days of those kings, the God of heaven will cause a kingdom to rise up which will never be destroyed. And that kingdom will not be left for another people. In other words, no one's going to come after them, right? No one's going to rule after this kingdom. And it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms. We talked about that. All the kingdoms will submit under Christ. But it will itself stand forever. And as much as you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold, the great God has made known to the king what will happen in the future, so the dream is certain and its interpretation is trustworthy. So Daniel is, by the grace of God and the wisdom of God, enabled to give to Nebuchadnezzar a view of the future kingdoms of the world. But there's coming that kingdom that is that stone that is cut out of the mountain without hands is gonna come and to destroy all those kingdoms. That's a reference to Christ. Christ is that stone. Now, we know that this is taking place. Let's go over to Luke chapter 21. Luke 21 verse 31. Let's back up to verse 29 just to get the paragraph. And he told them a parable. Behold that fig tree and all the trees. As soon as they put forth leaves and you see it for yourselves, know that the summer is now near. So you also, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near. Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all things take place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. So that generation in that time frame that is alive during that time of the tribulation will not pass away until all things take place. So the point is it takes place after the tribulation. Should have stayed in Daniel. Let's go back to Daniel. One quick thing here, Daniel chapter 12. Back to Daniel chapter 12. We'll just jump into this in verse 11. All right, Daniel chapter 12 and verse 11, but from that time that the regular sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation is set up, there'll be 1290 days or three and a half years. How blessed is he who keeps waiting and reaches the 1,335 days. In other words, there is more time. And waiting for that extra number of days is referencing, I think, and many Bible scholars interpret it the same way, that it is a reference to the beginning of the kingdom. There's gonna be kind of a cleanup time, if you will, between the end of the tribulation and the beginning of the kingdom. So it's not like the tribulation comes to an end and then the kingdom has to begin like right there. There's that period of time. And that seems to make the most sense, the 75 days between them. And then, we already read this, or have referenced this before, but the kingdom comes when Christ and the New Testament saints descend from heaven at the end of the tribulation. Let's do the Revelation reference. Revelation again, chapter 19 and verse 11. And we read 11 through 16. John says, and I saw heaven open and behold a white horse and he who sits on it is called faithful and true and in righteousness he judges and wages war. His eyes are a flame of fire and on his head are many diadems having a name written on him which no one knows except himself. So by the way, let me just address that real quick. Then don't ask. Right? Because nobody knows but Jesus, right? So don't, if somebody comes up to you, and you probably will, at some point in your Christian life, somebody will come up and say, I know what this name is. They can't, right? It's an impossibility, because only Jesus knows. So I had to say that, because you will come across that. Verse 13, and being clothed with a garment dipped in blood, his name is also called the word of God, And the armies which are in heaven clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following him on white horses. And from his mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it he may strike down the nations and will rule them with a rod of iron. And he treads the winepress of the wrath of the rage of God, the Almighty. And he has on his garment and on his thigh a name written. And that name is King of Kings, Lord of Lords. Now, so apparently he has on his garment, it gives the impression almost of a tattoo there, right? On his thigh. Right? If the name is written on his thigh. Got to think about that just a little bit. But that would seem to be sort of the idea there. So, who is this? This is Jesus coming. Who are the saints? His armies that are coming with him are apparently New Testament saints that come with him. Before we get to the aspects of the millennial kingdom, let me pause and see if you have any questions. Because what I want to do now, we've talked about the kingdom, what it is, when it's going to start, but what's it going to be like? And I've given you five, six, seven, Yeah, seven aspects that we're going to look at. And I want us to look at just so we, the kingdom is more than just some people run to Isaiah and say, oh, look, all the animals will be friendly. Well, true. But we're not going to the kingdom just so we can play with lions or with poisonous snakes, right? It's more than cute little lambs and perhaps a restoration even of dinosaurs and other creatures. But it's more than animals. But it includes animals, right? So we can't just say, well, and sometimes you'll have people say, well, the kingdom is spiritual. Well, but it's more than that. There is a spiritual aspect to the kingdom, but there's also an ethical aspect. There's a social aspect. There's a physical aspect, right? So there's many different sides to this, different facets on this diamond of the kingdom, and we have to look at all of them. That's only fair. So I want to do that, but before we get to those different aspects, I just want to see if there are any questions over what we've looked at so far. Otherwise, we're going to plow ahead. Not real clearly. Yeah, it just seems to be a time of organizing and some rearranging takes place. Actually, physical rearranging because there has to be, because the tribulation is such a time of tremendous destruction. Right? There has to be some restoration of that. Now, can he do that in a split second of recreation? He could. And he may. But there still has to be, there needs to be some building that takes place. Again, could he do that just speaking those things into existence? Yes. But I think there are just some of those practical aspects, the rearranging even of creation because Jerusalem and the land of Israel is going to be flattened out some. So there has to be a rearranging even of the mountains and the hills and some of those things. That's all going to have to take place. What are we going to do with all of the bodies from the tribulation? Can God just, so to speak, speak them into one mass grave? He could do that. At the same time, we don't know exactly how that's going to take place. Perhaps it's a time for a clearing, literally a clearing of the air. Remember all the fires in the tribulation time, the smoke that has been going up, the diseases that come, the plagues that come during the tribulation time. There's going to be a cleansing so that we come into the kingdom if you will, the company's coming and the house needs to be cleaned up, if you will. So I think that's all part of what takes place there. All right. Time-wise. Let's do this. Let's go to Isaiah and we'll just deal with this first aspect. Isaiah chapter 12. We're doing a lot more turning of pages tonight. So you've been patient with that. So Isaiah records this in chapter 12, verses one through six. Then you will say in that day, I will give thanks to you, O Yahweh, for although you were angry with me, your anger is turned away, and you comfort me. Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust and not dread, for Yahweh himself is my strength and song, and he has become my salvation. Therefore, you will joyously draw water from the springs of salvation, and in that day you will say, give thanks to Yahweh, call on his name, make known his deeds among the peoples, make them remember that his name is exalted, Praise Yahweh in song, for He has done majestic things. Let it be known throughout the earth. Cry aloud and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel. So here, and again, that's, by the way, one of Isaiah's favorite phrases, names for God, the Holy One of Israel. What is he saying? He is here. He is in your midst, and this is why you should rejoice. Your king has come down, and he is here in your midst. within Jerusalem, within Zion, and you should rejoice because he has done majestic things. So there is this spiritual aspect of what God has done, and the big thing, if you will, is that he has brought salvation. Everybody who enters the kingdom is born again. There are no unbelievers that enter the kingdom. So for the first time, Israel will have a kingdom filled with genuine believers who are submissive to their king. What an amazing thought that is. And that is why they should rejoice, because Yahweh has brought salvation. The people of Israel who came through that seven years of tribulation, seven years of punishment for the people of Israel, and they have turned, according to Zechariah, a third of them turn in repentance and submission to God. And everyone in Israel who enters the millennial kingdom is a genuine believer for the first time in human history. And they can rejoice over that. I know we're doing a lot of turning here, but let's do the Ezekiel chapter 36 reference next here. If you hit the right buttons here. Ezekiel chapter 36 and verse 24. I'm waiting for my new Bible to come in and keep saying, well, soon. So that's why I'm using my iPad. Verse 24, God says, and I will, take you from the nations, gather you from all the lands, and bring you into your own land. And then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean." For the first time, right? In Israel's history. And I will cleanse you from all your uncleanness and from all your idols. Remember the book of Judges. And Israel did the sin, right? They went back into idolatry, the evil. Can you imagine Israel without idols? Right? It was Aaron, right? Who starts that whole idolatry thing there. Oh, excuse me. The golden calf made itself, right? I just threw the gold in. What happened? But since basically day one, Israel has been tempted and has succumbed to the temptation to idolatry. Here, God is saying, all of your idols and your desire for idols will be cleansed. They'll be gone. Moreover, and if that's not enough, he says, verse 26, moreover, I will give you a new heart and a new spirit within you, and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. In other words, a sensitive heart. You will finally be sensitive to God. Verse 27, and I will put my spirit within you. And this is an important expression now in verse 27. And I will put my spirit within you and cause you, make you to walk in my statutes and you will be careful to do my judgment. You will obey because you have been transformed. you will finally obey. Verse 28, and you will inhabit the land that I gave to your fathers so that you will be my people and I will be your God. This is what God has longed for them and has desired for them since they began. And now at the End of the Tribulation time and the beginning of the Millennial Kingdom, Israel is redeemed, transformed, and they will have a divine enablement to obey God. What an amazing thing. What a marvelous transformation. This is what Jesus was saying to Nicodemus in John chapter three. Unless you are born again, what? You cannot see the kingdom of God, right? You must be born again, and they will be born again. Now, Ezekiel 36, I know we like to run to there, many people like to run to there and say, this is what happened to me. I don't think we have experienced this to this fullness. You and I receive forgiveness of sins. I don't know about you, maybe I'm the only one, but I fail regularly. He is saying, I will cause you to obey. You will obey. Right? In other words, what? You're not going to stumble again. For those who come into the kingdom, they will be preserved from stumbling. These Jewish people. Because this is talking about the Jewish individuals. They will be gathered from the nations. They will be cleansed. They will be transformed. They will be obedient. So this is the spiritual aspect of the kingdom. There will be salvation and salvation throughout the entire kingdom. That is why this will be a kingdom of great joy. Right? Not only individual joy because I've been saved, but the Jews will look around and say our nation is full of genuine believers for the first time in human history. That's a cause of joy. And we look at our king who sits on the throne and it is God in the flesh. That's a cause of joy, right? And the priests who are engaged in the worship in the temple of the millennium, they actually want us to worship the one true God, right? And they encourage us, and they will be there worshiping God as well. No more will we have the sons of Eli, right? Or these others who have done evil things in the name of Jewish religion. So this first aspect is fundamental to understanding the kingdom is that they will be given a new heart and God will cause them to obey. Their idolatry, their propensity to worship idols will be completely gone. It's what it says. It's just, yeah, but that's what they always do. That's everything we see in the Old Testament has been idolatry, idolatry, idolatry, right? They have been forever unfaithful to their God, committing spiritual adultery throughout all of their existence. And God says, that'll be gone. That'll be completely gone. So you and I can look forward to rejoicing along with them because we as Gentile believers can look in the grocery store to our Jewish neighbors and rejoice with them. there will be great joy for us that God has kept his promise and restored his people and transformed them and brought genuine salvation to them.