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cupied by Satan and his angels. At its close CHRIST WITH HIS SAINTS and the Holy City
will DESCEND from heaven to earth (page 362).

This, of course, is also based on a vision Mrs. White received:

At the coming of Christ the wicked are blotted from the face of the whole earth, consumed
with the spirit of His mouth, and destroyed by the brightness of His glory. Christ takes His
people to the city of God, THE EARTH IS EMPTIED of its inhabitants. The whole earth
appears like a DESOLATE WILDERNESS...The revelator (Rev.20:13) foretells the ban-
ishment of Satan, and the condition of CHAOS AND DESOLATION to which the earth is
to be reduced; and He declares that this condition will exist FOR 1000 YEARS...The ex-
pression "bottomless pit" represents the earth in a state of confusion and darkness...Here is
to be the home of Satan with his evil angels for 1000 years.-- The Great Controversy,
pp.657-659.

We are going to have a field day with this one -- there is so much ERROR incorporated here
that it's difficult to know where to start!

Ellen G. White claims "the earth is emptied of its inhabitants. The whole earth appears like a
desolate wilderness...The revelator foretells...the condition of chaos and desolation to which the
earth is to be reduced; and he declares that this condition will exist for 1000 years..." What non-
sense! Yeshua the Messiah is not going to rule an empty, chaotic wilderness! True, some massive
destruction will take place just prior to His return, but Yeshua and the saints will set about
RESTORING THIS EARTH to a condition not seen since the Garden of Eden!

Following the arrival of the Messiah, the resurrection of "the dead in Christ," and the bind-
ing of Satan, a new age will dawn under the rule of YEHOVAH God the Father. Yeshua the Mes-
siah will set His hand to bring about the "restitution of all things" (Acts 3:21). This verse in Acts
shows that the heavens have received Yeshua the Messiah UNTIL -- not permanently, just UNTIL a
certain time -- the time when he returns to this earth. He will then RESTORE the government of
YEHOVAH God and peace will break out all over the globe.

The Bible is REPLETE with verses showing the fantastic condition of the earth during the
Millennium. Perhaps no prophet captured the vision of conditions on this earth during the 1000
years better than did Isaiah. Inspired by YEHOVAH's spirit he wrote in glowing terms of the time
when "the wilderness and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom..." (Isaiah
35:1).

The Millennium will be a time of rest -- a thousand-year sabbath for mankind. It will be a
time of RESTORING, BUILDING, GROWING and undoing the incredible damage left in the
wake of six thousand years of human misrule. It will NOT, however, be a 1000 year period of utter
desolation pictured by Ellen G. White.

What the Millennium Will Really Be Like

Let Isaiah show what the Millennium will REALLY be like:

The Berean Voice November-December 2002