THE IRON ROD OF GOD

By CHARLIES PERKINS, Pastor

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH

POST OFFICE BOX 362

NIXA, MISSOURI 65714

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"Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him." (Psalms 2:9-12)

Soon, the Lord Jesus Christ will come back to this earth, in the clouds, and catch away all born again Christians. Those who have died in Christ will be resurrected and those who are alive, at His coming, will go up together. (1Thes. 4:13-18)

These people are the main harvest of the resurrection of the saved. (1Cor. 15:23-24). We will be in Heaven for about seven years. During this time we will stand at the Judgment Seat of Christ. (Romans 14:10)

Down on earth, God will pour out His wrath on mankind for their wickedness and rejection of His Son. After the seven years in Heaven, we will come back with Christ, in glorified bodies, to reign with, or serve Him for a thousand years.

"Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years." (Rev. 20:6)

Not all saved people will "reign" as Priests and Kings but will serve Him.

"If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: (2 Timothy 2:12)

Christ and His army from Heaven will land on Mt. Sinai, sweep down through the Valley of Megiddo, destroy Satan’s two hundred million man army, and descend upon the Mount of Olives and (maybe) say "SURPRISE!! THE I AM IS BACK!!

The Kings of the Earth that survive the Tribulation will come out of their holes and caves. (Rev. 6:15-17) They will bow down to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords whom they hated. God says to them: "Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way"

King Jesus will sit down with His bride and all the saved, for the Marriage Supper of The Lamb. After supper He will sit on the throne of His glory and Judge the nations that made it through the Tribulation by helping Jews. (Matthew 25) These nations will be ruled with a rod of iron.

Things will be quite different than the world is today. Today we have crooked politicians trying to run the world without God. Most of them are really being guided by the devil who is called "the god of this world."

But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. (2 Cor. 4:3,4)

The word of God says:

"But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived." (2 Tim 3:13)

In the millennial reign of the Christ, all things will be changed. There will be NO: devil, presidents, kings, politicians, news media, (NBC, CNN, ABC, CBS. et. al.) television, "Hellyweird", video games, newspapers, reporters, computers, airplanes, automobiles, motorcycles, taverns, bars, whorehouses, Vatican, Popes, Car- dinals, Bishops, Fathers, Nuns, Cat-holics, "Whiskypailians", "Jehokian Witnesses", "Morons", "Moonies", Muslims, Hindus, Taoists, Shintoists, other cults, Protestants, mobsters, sticker bushes, thorns, briars, rock, rap, hip hop and other satanic African sex music, taxes, illegal aliens, crooks, rapists, pedophiles, pornographers, political correctness, "purpose driven" robots and the list can go on and on.

All of this garbage is going into the fiery dump. "The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God."

In the Kingdom reign of Christ He will govern the world with a rod of iron. The laws will be enforced upon the people in natural bodies by people in supernatural bodies. The people in natural bodies are representatives of The Kingdom of Heaven.

The People in supernatural, glorified bodies are representatives of The Kingdom of God. (Mat. 8:11; Rom. 14:17)

The Constitution and By-laws for the Kingdom are found in Matthew 5-7. With Satan bound for a thousand years and the world system completely changed, the only thing left for mankind to contend with is his old nature. The old corrupt nature will still be there even in a perfect environment. The saved priests, kings and servants in glorified bodies, appointed by Christ will be the enforcers of the laws of the Kingdom. Some of the "IRON ROD" rules are these:

Mat 5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

Mat 5:25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

Mat 5:26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

Mat 5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

How many men have you seen plucking out their eyes for looking at nude women in the church age? Not even Jimmy Carter!

Mat 5:30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

How many people have you seen cutting off their hand in the church age? Not even Slick Willy! By the way the "hell" referred to in the previous verse is not the "hell" that is in the heart of the earth but a reference to the lake of fire that will be set up in the Millennium.

Mat 5:38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

Mat 5:39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Mat 5:40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.

Mat 5:41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.

All of this is Kingdom doctrine not Church age doctrine.

Some Bible ignoramuses have been teaching that saved Christians, in the church age, will be spending some time in outer darkness. A kind of "Baptist Purgatory."

The verses used by them to espouse this heresy, apply doc- trinally to someone in the Millennium not to anyone in the church age!

Mat 8:11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.

Mat 8:12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Mat 25:29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.

Mat 25:30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth,

"Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." (2 Tim 2:15)

King Jesus will reign a thousand years here on earth and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

The curse that God put on the earth will be gone. The earth will bloom in a beauty like anything unseen for six thousand years. Lions and lambs will lie down together without the lamb being inside the lion. J Men will beat their swords into plowshares. They will study war no more.

It will be peace on earth good will toward men. The devil will not be tempting anyone for a thousand years. A man will be able to plant and harvest twelve crops a year without one weed ever growing in his garden. They will be able to sit out doors in the evening and eat hot dogs (all beef kosher) and popcorn and never get bitten by any mosquitoes.

If someone’s old nature gets up and he threatens you, just holler for a Jesus’ servant in a glorified body and the perpetrator will straighten up right away. The threat of the ROD OF IRON is always there for a thousand years.

On Jesus’ true birthday, which is the feast of tabernacles (around October 15) all the nations will be required to go up to Jerusalem and bow down and worship the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

"And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD'S house shall be like the bowls before the altar. Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts." ( Zech 14:16-21)

It will be a great feast and become the annual pot-luck dinner on the grounds. We will celebrate the Lord’s true birthday and Santa Claus will not be there, although, he might try to slip in unnoticed on the first dinner but he will be found out because he will not have on a wedding garment. J He is easy to spot in his silly looking red costume. He will be cast into outer darkness, where he belongs.

Mat 22:11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:

Mat 22:12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

Mat 22:13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

At this great Feast of Tabernacles, the people in glorified bodies will be able to eat anything they want without gaining a pound. Some of the menu will consist of T-bone steaks, prime rib, lamb chops, fillet of goat, broiled and fried fish, corn on the cob, fresh baked bread, and probably various kinds of fruits and veggies. (Ruth 2:14; Matt 22:4)

Dessert may consist of all of the hot fudge sundies with pecans you want and New York Cheesecake with strawberries on top. OOOPS! I think I done left off "exegeten" and went to "exzaduratin" on them desserts!

The people in natural bodies will still be able to gain weight. They will be able to live long lives once again as the people did before Noah’s flood. (up to 1000 years) If a person dies at age one hundred, he will still be considered as the age of a baby. (Isa. 65:20)

God’s original command, that He gave to Adam and Eve, will be resumed by the people in the Kingdom. (Millennium)

"And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth." (Gen 1:28)

They will be able to have children throughout the Millennium. At the end of the Millennium, the people who have done the commandments of God will get to eat of the leaves of the tree of life and it will eradicate their old nature. They will be back like Adam and Eve were before their fall. (Rev. 22:14)

The women will have the babies without any pain even at 300 years old. You talk about a population explosion, this is it! This expansion of the human race that God created to take the place of the fallen angels, (John 1:12) will continue right out into eternity and fill the planets of the new universe. Then will the remainder of the Isaiah prophecy be fulfilled.

"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this." (Isaiah 9:6,7)

At some point in time, after the thousand year reign of Christ and His rule with a rod of iron, There will be a great white throne set up in space. Everyone who had not been judged at one of the previous judgments will be judged. This will include all lost people.

This is the judgment that all atheists have been trying to escape by saying there is no God. (fools) This is the judgment that mankind, religious or not, has tried to put out of their minds for their entire lives. This is the judgment where all lost people will stand before God without an Advocate.

This is where they stand that rejected God’s free salvation through the shed blood of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. All of the saved people of every age will be there on the sidelines as guests of the court and as witnesses of the justness of God.

Adam and Eve will be there. Moses will be there. King David will be there. Daniel will be there. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John will be there. Peter, James and Paul will be there. Billy Sunday will be there. Bob Jones Sr. will be there. John R. Rice will be there. Jack Hyles will be there. Millions of little known preachers, missionaries, and Christian ladies will be there.

Every idle word that each lost person ever said in his life will be revealed. Every bad thing they ever did will be shown in court to everyone who ever lived. Who killed Jimmy Hoffa? We will see. What did M. L. King Jr. really believe? We will see. What about the Roman Popes? Were they really the Vicars of Christ? The world will find out.

What about the phony, money grabbing, false prophets and teachers like Oral Roberts, Benny Hinn, Robert Tilton, Kenneth Copeland, Joyce Meyer, Kathryn Kuhlman, A. A. Allen, Kenneth Hagen, Morris Cerullo, Jimmy Swaggart, William Branham and a host of others? Their converts from hell will know the truth about them.

But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. (Mat 12:36)

If man can show "instant replay" on a football game, God will not have any trouble showing your entire life to the whole universe. He will not be hampered by the constraints of time.

"And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire." (Rev 20:11-15)

God’s grace and mercy is still available. If you have not been born again the Bible says: "Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, "Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." (John 3:3) also "I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish." (Luke 13:3) also "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him." (John 3:36)

Terrible things are about to happen on this earth. The Tribulation is at hand. The Lord is coming back soon. Are you ready to go or will you face the judgment bar of God without our Advocate, The Lord Jesus Christ.

"My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world." (1 John 2:1,2) U