* Gathering of Kingdom rulers. Faithful ones who have been chosen to rule with Christ will finish their earthly course and be resurrected to life in heaven. - MATTHEW 24:31; 1 CORINTHIANS 15:50-53; 1 THESSALONIANANS 4:15-17.
Armageddon. This "war of the great day of God the Almighty" is also called "the day of Jehovah." (Revelation 16:14, 16; Isaiah 13:9; 2 Peter 3:12) Those judgend adversely by Christ will be destroyed. (Zephanial 1:18; 2 Thessalonians 1:6-10) This will include the destruction of the worldwide political system, pictured in the Bible by a seven-headed wild beast. - REVEALATION 19:19-21.
Events after the great tribulation
* Confinement of Satan and the demons. A great angel will hurl Satan and the demons "into the abyss," a symbol of deathlike inactivity. (Revelation 20:1-3) Satan's condition in the abyss could be likened to being in prison; he will be unable to influence affairs elsewhere. - REVELATION 20:7.
* The Millennium begins. God's Kingdom will begin its 1, 000-year reign, which will bring great blessings to mankind. (Revelation 5:9, 10; 20:4-6) An unnumbered "great crowd" will "come out of the great tribulation," surviving it to see the start of the Millennium on earth. - REVELATION 7:9, 14; PSALM 37:9-11.
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