The parousia will affect all the nations of the earth. The parousia will destroy Antichrist, the False Prophet, and the wicked of mankind. The meek and righteous of the earth will come to the light of God in the saints and will be saved and inherit the earth.

The saints will inherit God and Christ, and as a result all other persons and things.

He who overcomes shall inherit all things. The elect are called to inherit God. The meek among mankind will inherit the earth, in accordance with the Word of God.

The parousia of Christ and His saints will divide all nations into righteous people and wicked people. The judgment of the nations will be based on how they treated Christ's brothers, His witnesses of all ages whom He sent forth among the nations to bear testimony of the coming of the Kingdom of God to the earth.

The wicked will be sent away into the "everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels." The righteous will be brought into eternal life. The righteous will be ministered to by the saints so they may be able to eat of the tree of life and live forever.

Antichrist and the armies of the wicked nations of the earth will seek to prevent the parousia of Christ and His saints. The wicked will be destroyed by the sword of the Word of Christ, and the birds of the air will be "filled with their flesh" (Revelation 19:21).

We scarcely can comprehend the blessing that the revealed sons of God will be to the righteous peoples of the earth.

For the earnest expectation of the creature [creation] waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. (Romans 8:19)

For a brief moment mankind, in Adam and Eve, enjoyed life on the earth as God meant it to be. Then the enemy, Satan, entered in—as he always seeks to do. Through his wisdom, Satan managed to imprison mankind in the same dark prison in which he himself dwells. Satan never brings good, only destruction, remorse, grief, agony of soul, mind, and body, and, finally, death.

For thousands of years the prisoners of the earth have languished in their prison of spiritual darkness and bondage. One leader after another has arisen with his plan for bringing peace and contentment to mankind. The result has been, and always will be, war and unrest. So it is today in spite of increased education.

The Lord Jesus Christ came bringing the Good News of the soon coming to the earth of the Kingdom of God—the Kingdom announced by the Prophets of Israel. The casting out of devils and the healing of the sick is a sign that God is about to release mankind from Satan's prison.

Christ and His Body, which constitute the Servant of the Lord, will appear from Heaven. Then the poor will be judged with righteousness. The meek will have their cause decided fairly. The wicked oppressors will be punished (Isaiah 11:4).

It will not be as it is today where the guilty are released while the innocent suffer, where children are ravaged, where the self-seeking and covetous rule their brothers, where everything that is worthy and decent is destroyed, where the perverse raise their voices and do not fear the Lord.

To be continued.