To eat of the tree of life which is in the midst of the paradise

of God (Rev. 2:7).

Not to fear, he shall not be hurt of the second death (Rev.

He will eat of the hidden manna, have a white stone and a new

name (Rev. 2:17, see Rev. 19:12).

He shall rule the nations with a rod of iron (Rev. 2:27).

He shall be clothed in white, and his name shall not be

blotted out of the book of life (Rev. 3:5).

He will be made a pillar in the temple, and have the name of the

new Jerusalem written upon him (Rev. 3:12).

He will be granted to sit with Christ on His throne, even as

Christ also overcame, and is set down with His Father in His

throne (Rev. 3:21).

All is linked with the book of the Revelation itself, even as we see that in

Revelation 20:4, none live and reign except those who were martyred under the

Beast of Revelation 13 to 18.

'The Millennial kingdom' is a very exclusive kingdom.  We are not told

in so many words that Israel is a restored people, we can only infer that

from the reference to the beloved city and the camp of the saints.  If

Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and David, have been raised from the dead at this time,

they do not enter into the picture drawn in Revelation 20.  They have no

place in 'the first resurrection'.  The inspired qualification limits this

resurrection to martyrs of the last three -and -a -half years of

antichristian Dominion.  Two resurrections, and two only, are envisaged here

and they form a pair!

The overcomers, every one a martyr.  This is 'the first'

The rest of the dead.  No other resurrection takes place until

that of the Great White Throne at the end of the thousand years.

And these two resurrections complement one another and make a

pair -- 'overcomers' v. 'the rest' not 'saints' v. 'the wicked

dead', as is usually taught.

It will be seen, we trust, that so far as the record of Revelation 20

is concerned, the Millennial kingdom is pre -eminently the sphere of reward

for those who have suffered unto death during the persecution instituted by

the antichristian Beast of the time of the end.  We only learn from that

passage that there are 'nations' on the earth at the same time, by the

reference to the rebellion at the end.  We learn as well that the beloved

city and the camp of the saints have a place there too, but these are not the

theme of the Apocalypse.

Only one resurrection is recorded as taking place in this kingdom, and

the names of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and David are not even mentioned.

We realize that inasmuch as the Millennium is the immediate outcome of

the Second Coming of Christ to the earth, all other prophetic features

associated with that phase of the coming must find a place here.  We learn

from other passages that there will be a resurrection of Israel (Dan. 12:1 -3

and Ezek. 37:1 -14).  These too must find a place.  It is possible that some

prophetic passages refer to the period that follows the Millennium, when the