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Considering the amount of damage done to the world's cities during the Tribulation, there ought to be plenty of shovel-ready jobs available afterwards for folks who don't mind getting their hands dirty.

Rev 16:17-18 predicts a global earthquake so powerful on the Richter scale that cities all over the world will collapse at once.

Just imagine the amount of rubble when all of Manhattan comes down; along with other major cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Mexico City, Paris, Moscow, Beijing, Tokyo, et al.

Plus; forest lands and orchards will need replanting because Rev 8:7 predicts the destruction of fully 1/3rd. That will require employing quite a few folks in a sort of government sponsored Civilian Conservation Corps.

All in all, I think everybody will be kept pretty busy for a while just getting the Earth back up to speed-- so to speak-- especially burial assignments because there will be dead everywhere at first: man and beast.
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I would like some time off for vacations in Messiah's kingdom because there are places on Earth I will never get around to visiting in this life before I'm dead; and being afraid of heights, there are some places I wouldn't visit in this life even if given the chance, e.g. Angel's Landing in Zion National Park.

According to Matt 4:6, Jesus was given a security unit of celestial beings to protect him while he was here the last time. Well; I kind of suspect that folks among us who make the cut for Messiah's kingdom will be protected much the same way so my fear of heights need not prevent me from visiting the Earth's elevations seeing as how those CBs would be required to catch me should I somehow tumble off the path.

NOTE: That's honestly not an unreasonable expectation.

When it's taken into consideration that Christ's followers are joint principals in his crucifixion, joint principals in his resurrection, joint principals in his righteousness, and joint principals in matters pertaining to his inheritance; then it's likely his followers are also joint principals in his blessings per Ps 91:9-16.

And then there's this too:

● 1Cor 6:2-3 . . Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? . . . Do you not know that we will judge angels?
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Jesus today has a so-called glorified body that his followers are on track to obtain in the future. (Phil 3:21)

Just about everybody knows that when Jesus' crucified dead body was restored to life, it was capable of dining upon ordinary foods. (Luke 24:40-43)

But it's possibly not so well known that his glorified body will be capable of dining upon ordinary foods and beverages in Messiah's kingdom. (Matt 26:29, Luke 22:15-16, Luke 22:28-30)

That's really good news because my senses of smell and taste have been gradually diminishing so that now on the threshold of 80, I don't enjoy my favorite foods nearly as much as I did before I got old.

Well; it's nice that a glorified body can eat and drink, but even better that it's forever young too.
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I grew up in San Diego County's outback and lived there forty-one years before moving to Oregon.

Certain times of the year I had to watch every step, and be extra careful where I put my hands and/or sat down outdoors because of tarantulas, rattlesnakes, scorpions, centipedes, and black widow spiders. I had four hair-raising close calls with rattlers which to this day I can't figure out why they didn't bite me when they had the chance.

Anyway, point being, Messiah's kingdom will be an era of peace between man and beast so I'll be able to roam the outdoors with 100% carefree abandon instead of devoting some of my attention to critter-awareness.

● Isa 11:6-8 . .The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them. The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. The infant will play near the hole of the cobra, and the young child put his hand into the viper's nest.
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I was born the year the allies landed at Normandy.

Then came "the bomb" on Japan.

Next came Korea.

Then Vietnam.

Then Kuwait.

Then Iraq.

Then Afghanistan.

Then Ukraine.

All that plus civil wars in Cuba, South America, Africa, and parts of Europe.

Conflicts in just my lifetime alone have ruined and destroyed multiplied millions of lives of all ages, races, genders, and religions; and no doubt there are more millions to be lost in wars yet to come because the world continues to be a political powder keg; but thanks be to God not permanently.

● Mic 4:3-4 . . He shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid.

I've known people to spend quite a bit of money touring Israel but I highly recommend delaying one's tour until Micah 4:3-4 comes to pass 'cause it just isn't safe over there right now; and won't be safe till Christ's return.
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Messiah's administration will be unpleasant for criminals if perchance he exercises justice in the manner prescribed by Moses' law wherein are no penal systems and no plea bargaining. Punishment is typically swift and right to it: no appeals, no pardons, and no reprieves.

A very serious defect in the justice system here in America is that Federal judges are political appointees, even at the Supreme level, so that we have very few objective judges-- if any. Many are biased and strongly influenced by their party's social/political ideology.

I will be very curious to see how Messiah's administration exercises law enforcement because a kingdom of scofflaws like we have here in the USA will fail to keep the peace.

● Isa 9:6-7 . . For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called the prince of peace.

● Isa 9:6-7 . . Of the increase of his peace there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of The Lord Almighty will accomplish this.
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Christians will be immortal in Messiah's kingdom (1Cor 15:49-53) whereas the Tribulation's survivors will enter the kingdom as ordinary people.

Christians won't have families (Luke 20:34-36) whereas the Tribulation's survivors will live ordinary lives.

But although the survivors and their families won't be immortal, they will enjoy exceptionally good health.

● Isa 65:19-20 . . I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in My people; the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more. Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; he who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere youth; he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.
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In the beginning, some of the laws of God were timeless, viz: they weren't attached to any one particular era in history, nor to any one particular covenant, nor to any one particular people. And I strongly suspect that those early laws will be enforced in Messiah's kingdom; for example:

● Gen 3:16c . .Your desire shall be for your husband,

The Hebrew of that passage is apparently somewhat difficult as even the great rabbis Rashi and Ramban were in disagreement how best to interpret it.

Plus: the Hebrew word translated "desire" shows up so infrequently in the Bible that it's difficult to get a good feel for it. In point of fact, other than here in Genesis, the only other places it's used is Gen 4:7 and Song 7:10.

I'm thinking the Hebrew word implies allure. In other words; women are allowed to be just as immodest, just as naughty, just as suggestive, just as provocative, just as revealing, and just as indecent in private with their husbands as they want; but not out in the world for the eyes of other men.

Personally I do not approve of full-body, head-to-toe burkas; but do consent that Islam sort of has the right idea; albeit a bit too extreme and a bit too humiliating because there are attractive clothing styles for women that do a much nicer job of protecting their modesty and toning down their allure than couture resembling an evil wraith.

** No doubt the Bible's dress code is seen by some as an imposition on women's rights; but I think we pretty much have to concur that deity's rights trump human rights; and so people would do well to comply with Messiah's laws while dwelling in Messiah's kingdom. (cf. Psalm 2:1-12)
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In the beginning, God created two genders.

● Gen 1:27 . . God created Man . . . male and female he created them.

The plural pronoun "them" doesn't apply to solo specimens, rather, collectively, i.e. mankind in unison can be spoken of as them, but when there is only one of each, then specific pronouns related to their gender are appropriate, viz: he and she, him and her, and his and hers. I think we can safely assume that arrangement will continue in Messiah's kingdom because Jesus said:

● Mark 10:6 . . From the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

The pronoun "them" was never intended to identify individuals afflicted with gender dysphoria and/or who think of themselves as non binary, i.e. neither male nor female because that wasn't how God created mankind.

Jesus was enabled by God to cure a wide variety of mental and physical abnormalities, so I think we may safely assume that in Messiah's kingdom, folks with gender issues won't be stuck with those kinds of problems like they are for now. Real effective healing will be available to them that won't require hormone therapy, ghastly surgery, puberty blockers, and/or psychiatric counseling that helps maladjusted folks cope but that does nothing to help them function as normal men and women.

NOTE: In George Orwell's novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four" people are coerced into accepting 2+2=5, not because 2+2 really does equal 5 but because Big Brother says it does. Well; here in my country we are being coerced into using gender-neutral pronouns, not because certain folks really are gender neutral, but because our government insists we accommodate those people's feelings about themselves.

As a result; people in my country are being gradually conditioned to cope with cognitive dissonance just as the folks in George Orwell's novel. But that will not be so in Messiah's kingdom because his government will be grounded in truth rather than stretches of the imagination.
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Longevity will be greatly increased in Messiah's kingdom; and the earthly phase of his kingdom will last for 1,000 years, which means there will eventually come a time when food production will become paramount in people's minds if something isn't done to increase it.

Modern man has tried GMO and chemical fertilizers, which has helped somewhat to increase production but unfortunately at the expense of nutrition, and water and soil pollution.

Well; get ready for some really significant modifications.

1) There will no famines caused by inadequate water supplies.

● Isa 35:6-7 . .Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert. The burning sand will become a pool, the thirsty ground bubbling springs. In the haunts where jackals once lay, grass and reeds and papyrus will grow.

2) The above speaks of a significant reduction of areas currently dominated by desert conditions.

● Isa 35:21-2 . .The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of The Lord, the excellency of our God.

Lebanon's glory of old was timber; especially cedars (1Kng 4:33). Sharon was known for its flowers (Song 2:1) and Carmel for its orchards (Isa 33:9). In other words: agriculture will prosper in lands that for now are unable to produce anything useful as nutrition by means of organic farming methods.
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