When we consider the opening of the seals, we find that the sixth seal (Rev. 6:12-17) takes us to the frontier of

the Millennium. The sun becomes black, the moon like blood, the heavens depart as a scroll, the day of His wrath is

come. There can be no more than one occasion when the heavens depart as a scroll.

Psalm 2 speaks of the gathering of the kings and rulers of the earth and is quoted in Acts 4:26,27 of Christ. The

kindling of the wrath of the Son is parallel with the passage quoted from Revelation 6.

Let us now turn our attention to the Great White Throne. We observe that this judgment is twofold. First there

is a judgment of works, and this is followed by the judgment that issues in life or the second death. The judgment

that will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha can scarcely be made to fit in here, neither can the judgment of

the unevangelized Gentile world be easily aligned here as it is described in Romans 2:6-16. The latter at least is a

judgment according to `deeds' (Rom. 2:6), and of course may be all one and the same as this judgment of Revelation

20, but for the moment the decision is not vital to our quest. The Gospel preacher often refers to the Great White

Throne in language that exceeds anything written in Revelation 20. Instead of this chapter telling us that `whoever

stands before the Great White Throne is necessarily damned', the reverse is the truth. John ceases to speak of

multitudes, he descends to the singular kai ei tis ... eblethe `If ANYONE ... He was cast'.

The Great White Throne resurrection and judgment is the complement of the Overcomer's resurrection and

judgment and being so, may have no reference to the millions of unevangelized dead.

Here for the moment we stay. Much re-adjustment will be necessary and this requires time, care and prayerful

study. We believe sufficient has been brought forward in this analysis to justify a re-examination of many existing

theories, and if it only calls a halt, and sends us all back to the neglected yet central portion of Scripture in this

connection, namely Revelation 20:1-10, enough will have been achieved to justify publication. By speaking of the

`Millennial' kingdom we have blinded our eyes. We ought to speak of the first thousand years of a kingdom that

shall have no end until the Son of God delivers up a perfected kingdom to God the Father, that God may be all in all.

The `Millennium' is the last of the rule of God upon earth that employs DELEGATED authority. David in

resurrection, will be the Saviour's Viceroy. The twelve apostles will sit upon the twelve thrones judging the twelve

tribes of Israel, the martyrs of the Antichristian persecutions will reign with Christ, and even then, the 1,000 years

ends in rebellion. The reign that follows is the age of the Son of Man alone, and this ushers in the day of glory. We

are conscious that much that we have written in this article is rather disconcerting, but we ask only one thing of our

readers. Have we built squarely upon the revealed Word of God? Have we introduced any private interpretations of

our own? We earnestly desire to be corrected if we have unconsciously done the latter, but we make no apology for

any of our teaching that is in harmony with the Scriptures.

The interested reader will find in The Berean Expositor, Vol. 6, page 66, that what we have here expanded was

there foreshadowed, but the claims of the Dispensation of the Mystery made demands that put the question of the

Millennium on the shelf. Recent suggestions have prompted us to the present analysis.

Two challenging items must conclude this survey.

(1) At the Great White Throne there will be a judgment of WORKS. If those judged are the wicked dead, why

differentiate between sins and works? Commentators seem to be unanimous that this judgment refers to the teeming

millions of unevangelized heathen. But, seeing that Revelation 2:11 and 3:5 and 20:6 tie the whole of the

Apocalypse together and must not exclude 20:12-15, and seeing that `works' are definitely a subject of `judgment'

in Revelation 2:2,5,9,13,19,26; 3:1,2,8,15 and the rewards of these same chapters all point forward to the same

closing scenes of the Apocalypse, does it not cry out for recognition that `the works' of Revelation 20:12,13 are NOT

the works of the unevangelized millions but of those who could not be included in the FORMER resurrection of the

overcomers, both characters being found in the seven churches?