as the Satanic counterfeit reigned over the people, multitudes, nations and

tongues in the mock Pre -Millennial kingdom of the Beast.

When the Millennium closes, and the Day of God succeeds the Day of the

Lord, the earth will then receive this resplendent city, and the nations of

them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the

earth do bring their glory and honour into it.  What Jerusalem on the earth

during the Millennium partly accomplished (for feigned obedience, and the

rise of Gog and Magog indicate that the influence of Jerusalem was not

universally complete) the Heavenly Jerusalem will accomplish.  It is this

kingdom which is envisaged in 1 Corinthians 15:24 -28 which will ultimately

be delivered up to God, even the Father, and the goal of the ages be

attained, and 'eternity' (for the want of a better word) begins.  This,

however, lies beyond the limits of the Apocalypse.