The Revelation of Jesus Christ - The Herald

earth in the Millennium. They will all be placed under a new government. It will at first be
an iron rule.
"The nations will be ruled by force, irresistible force, until righteous order is established by
a general submission--every knee shall bow, every tongue shall confess Divine power and
glory, and outward obedience will be compulsory."
As another has described it:
"The battle of the great day of God Almighty is one thing; the shepherdizing with the rod
is another. The two are closely connected. They are both judgment administrations. The
one is the sequel to the other. But they are wholly different in their immediate subjects,
character, and results. The one is temporary, the other is continuous. The sword comes
first, and strikes down the enemy in the field; and then follows the shepherdizing with the
rod of discipline and new rule over the peoples whose kings and armies are no more. The
two together fulfill what is stated in Psa. 2:5-12, Isa. 11, and Matt. 25:31-46, where the same
rod power and shepherdizing are further described. The Shepherdizer is the same who
conquers in the battle with the beast and his confederate kings. He is the All-Ruler, and it
is His power and dominion which are thus enforced with justice and with judgment. But
His army of glorified saints accompanies Him. They follow Him in His victorious treading
down of His armed enemies. . . . And particularly in this shepherding with the rod of iron,
the Scriptures everywhere assign to them a conspicuous share."
It will be to the point to say in this connection that while this writer as well as many others
of those who are termed Pre-millennialists saw quite clearly the shepherdizing judgment
features of these Millennial times, they failed to see that it would have any relation to the
vast multitudes of the human family who lived and were deceived and blinded by the
"god of this world," and died without experiencing the enlightening influences of the great
Shepherdizer. This is a matter that is described in another vision in this same chapter, the
consideration of which will be taken up in due order. It is the vision of the judgment of the
"Great White Throne."
Chapter 45: Rev. 20:4
Messiah's Glorious Reign
"And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I
saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of
God, and which had not worshiped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his
mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a
thousand years."--Rev. 20:4.
Asober and careful examination of the several visions recorded in the last three chapters of
the Revelation we believe will bring the settled .conviction that they do not meet their
fulfillment in consecutive order as recorded; but rather that each one is designed to give a