Spiritual Knowledge Explosion
Once the Kingdom is established upon the earth, Jesus Christ will set about disseminating spiritual knowledge. The righteous, holy and just laws of God will "go forth from Zion" (Micah 4:2). The nature of all living creatures will be changed — man and animal alike! Knowledge of God will begin to blanket the earth as the sun rises on the New Age. "The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid. . . . They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea" (Isa. 11:6-9).
Today we live in a world of spiritual darkness. It's an evil time when God is pushed out of the picture by materialism and spiritual error. In God's world it will be different. Jesus Christ will shine as "the Sun of righteousness," and the gloom of spiritual darkness will be vaporized by the white light of truth.
Divine "Medical Plan"
This present evil world is a world of sickness, disease and human suffering. Medical expenses are becoming ever more unreasonable and sickness is an ever-present reality for most families. The world is SICK!
Jesus Christ will make the medical profession an obsolete occupation! "But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall" (Mal. 4:2, KJV).
Isaiah prophesied of that time: "Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; then shall the lame man leap like a hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing for joy" (Isa. 35:5-6).
(A word of caution: Today's world is not "the world tomorrow"! Those who have not the faith to trust in God for healing are not condemned if they avail themselves of the services of the medical profession which is the best help this world has to offer the sick)
In short, Jesus Christ will institute the greatest, universal "medical plan" ever — miraculous, divine healing! As though experiencing a foretaste of tomorrow's world, many today have experienced miracles of healing (James 5:14-15). But such healings are the exception rather than the rule in a world which "has a form of godliness but denies the power thereof" (see II Tim. 3:5). Real healing, on a grand scale, will not be experienced until the government of God is established upon this earth and the knowledge of God is spread abroad.
Annual Festivals
According to the prophet Isaiah, the annual festivals of God, originally given to ancient Israel (see Ex. 12:16, 21; Lev. 23), will be observed in tomorrow's world. Even non-Israelite nations will be required to keep those days! Notice Isaiah's prophecy: "From new moon to new moon [month to month], and from sabbath to sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship before me, says the Lord" (Isa. 66:23).
Zechariah elaborates in even greater detail: "Then every one that survives of all the nations that have come against Jerusalem shall go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of booths" (Zech. 14:16). (The "feast of booths" is also known as the festival or feast of tabernacles)
Those nations that refuse to observe these festivals, for whatever reason, will be the recipients of divine wrath, according to Zechariah: "And if any of the families of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, there will be no rain upon them. And if the family of Egypt do not go up and present themselves, then upon them shall come the plague with which the Lord afflicts the nations that do not go up to keep the feast of booths. This shall be the punishment to Egypt and the punishment to all the nations that do not go up to keep the feast of booths" (Zech. 14:17-19).
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The End of Racism
God's government will bring about cooperation among nations instead of competition. When all nations are dedicated to seeking God, and His will, instead of their own selfish nationalistic ends, a natural spirit of harmony and brotherhood will appear. As Paul said: ". . . He [God] made from one [Adam] every nation of men to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their habitation, that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel after him and find him. Yet he is not far from each one of us" (Acts 17:26-27).
All of us on this good earth have a common origin — no matter what our color, ideology or creed. We have all descended from Adam, and from Eve, who is called "the mother of all living" (Gen. 3:20). And they were created in the image of God for His divine purposes.
In the new world, God will bring about peace among the nations and international cooperation on a scale previously unheard of. All people will become "spiritual Israelites" (see Gal. 3:28-29). There will be no "master race" but the Kingdom of God (Dan. 2:44). As in the community of the Church, all men will be "brethren" (Matt. 23:8). Nations will work together, without feelings of superiority or inferiority, to fulfill God's purposes.
Isaiah again sheds light on the international relations of tomorrow's world: "In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians. In that day Israel will be the third with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth, whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying, 'Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my heritage' "! (Isa. 19:23-25)
God will call the Egyptians "my people" in the world tomorrow! He will regard the descendants of ancient Assyria as "the work of my hands"! And Israel will be "my heritage"!
What beautiful complimentary words! And how much they portend for the future of international relations. The common denominator among all the nations will be the worship of the one true God! This will be the catalyst that binds nations together in a bond of brotherhood. The "brotherhood of man" will no longer be a mere slogan or platitude in those days — it will be a reality!
Imagine all of the races of man working, worshiping, laughing and playing together under God's sun in a spirit of mutual respect, love and commonality of worship! What a dramatic contrast to today's world of racism, bigotry, intolerance and religious division!
But it will take the government of God to bring about that marvelous prophecy of the prophet Isaiah.
To Sum Up
The government of God will be a universal theocracy. It will fill the earth and bring about the peace that has escaped mankind throughout his long history. It will be a government of justice, equity and fairness. God is not a respecter of persons. He dispenses justice with equal treatment for all. There will be no favoritism and no prejudice. God will not be guilty of nepotism or injustice.
The government of God will be instituted for the good of all. It will be authoritarian, yet benevolent. Programs of ecological reform will bring about a beautiful, verdant refurbished earth (Isa. 35:1-2, 6-7).
There will be one God and one religion. Blessings or curses will be dispensed for obedience or disobedience. God will heal and bless the righteous. He will answer the prayers of the faithful. Peace and prosperity will blanket the earth, and the knowledge of God will spread like wildfire.
The problems of "this present evil world" will disappear as the influence of the god of this present world (II Cor. 4:4) vanishes from the earth (Rev. 20:1-3). A new, millennial age will dawn. It will be the Messianic Age — the Age of the Messiah. Jesus Christ, and all of the saints, the "first-fruits of the kingdom" (see James 1:18) will reign for a glorious thousand years (Rev. 20:4).
But that new age will only come when the Kingdom of God is established upon this earth. Only the Father knows just when that will happen (Acts 1:7).
Jesus left word concerning what His followers should do until the Kingdom is established. It is found in Matthew 6:10. He said we should pray: "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven."