在本期视频中，魏泰德牧师谈到了千禧年年和罪恶的终结，这是基督复临安息日会第27条基本信仰的主题。

当悲剧、战争、灾难和其他苦难在我们身边发生时，这一切会结束吗?

《圣经》说，基督会再来，带祂的儿女去天国，结束世上的苦难和悲哀。

在第二次降临之后，将有一个1000年的时期称为千禧年，在这期间所有的信徒将住在天国。过了这日子，撒但和罪必永远被除灭，地也要焕然一新。

基督复临安息日会基本信仰第27条解释：“千禧年乃是第一次复活与第二次复活之间基督与圣徒在天上施行统治的时期。在此时期中，已死的恶人会受审判。地会完全荒凉，没有活人居住，但为撒但与他的使者所占据。一千禧年结束时，基督与祂的圣徒，并圣城，一同从天降至地上。那时死去的恶人要复活。他们同撒但与他的使者一起围攻圣城。但是从上帝那里来的烈火会烧灭他们并洁净地球。这样，宇宙就会永远不再有罪及罪人。”

 “我又看见一位天使从天降下，手里拿着无底坑的钥匙和一条大链子。他捉住那龙，就是古蛇，又叫魔鬼，也叫撒但，把它捆绑一千年，扔在无底坑里，将无底坑关闭，用印封上，使它不得再迷惑列国。等到那一千年完了，以后必须暂时释放它。”（启示录20:1-3）

这个千禧年发生在第一次和第二次复活之间——义人复活和恶人复活。开篇是撒但和他的天使们被关在一个坑里，这样他就不能再欺骗列国了。

这个无底坑在哪里?虽然圣经没有特别说明，但我们可以推断，这个无底坑指的是圣徒复活后的地球。

这时，所有的义人都已被接往天上与基督同住，而恶人仍在坟墓里沉睡。所以，撒但没有人可以欺骗。

与此同时，信徒们将与基督在天上作王一千年。也就是说，他们要查阅上帝从创世以来所保存的记录。

那么，撒但和他的天使们在千禧年里会做什么呢?《圣经》说他们会被困在地上，没有人可以欺骗。

罪如何结束？“那一千年完了，撒但必从监牢里被释放，出来要迷惑地上四方的列国就是歌革和玛各，叫他们聚集争战。他们的人数多如海沙。他们上来遍满了全地，围住圣徒的营与蒙爱的城，就有火从天降下，烧灭了他们。那迷惑他们的魔鬼被扔在硫磺的火湖里，就是兽和假先知所在的地方。他们必昼夜受痛苦，直到永永远远。” （启示录20:7-10）

当上帝回来洁净地球时，第二次复活，或者说恶人的复活就开始了。那些背叛上帝，拒绝上帝，支持撒但的人，将会复活接受审判。

当撒旦看到他们，他尝试最后的欺骗，敦促他们转向攻击圣城，声称他们可以征服并占领它。但有火从天上降下来，烧尽了他们。撒但要被扔在火与硫磺的湖里，在那里他要被焚烧，永远灭亡。

 “我又看见一个新天新地，因为先前的天地已经过去了，海也不再有了。我又看见圣城新耶路撒冷由神那里从天而降，预备好了，就如新妇妆饰整齐，等候丈夫。我听见有大声音从宝座出来说：‘看哪，神的帐幕在人间。他要与人同住，他们要作他的子民；神要亲自与他们同在，作他们的神。神要擦去他们一切的眼泪，不再有死亡，也不再有悲哀、哭号、疼痛，因为以前的事都过去了。’坐宝座的说：‘看哪，我将一切都更新了。’又说：‘你要写上，因这些话是可信的，是真实的。’” （启示录21:1-5）

耶稣会再来,使一切更新，这是多么美好的应许啊!

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In this episode, Pastor Ted Wilson talks about the millennium and the end of sin, the subject of the twenty-seventh fundamental belief of the Seventh-day Adventists.

With the tragedies, wars, disasters, and other sufferings happening around us, will there be an end?

The Bible says that Christ will come again to take His children to heaven, bringing an end to earthly suffering and sorrow.

After the second coming, there will be a 1000-year period called the millennium in which all believers will live in heaven. After this time, Satan and sin will be destroyed forever and the earth will be made new.

The Seventh-day Adventist Fundamental Belief #27 explains: “The millennium is the thousand-year reign of Christ with His saints in heaven between the first and second resurrections. During this time, the wicked dead will be judged; the earth will be utterly desolate, without living human inhabitants but occupied by Satan and his angels. At its close, Christ with His saints and the Holy City will descend from heaven to earth. The unrighteous dead will then be resurrected, and with Satan and his angels will surround the city; but fire from God will consume them and cleanse the earth. The universe will thus be freed of sin and sinners forever.”

“Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things, he must be released for a little while” (Revelation 20:1-3).

This millennium takes place between the first and second resurrections—the resurrection of the righteous and the resurrection of the wicked. It begins with Satan, along with his angels, being locked up in a pit so he might not deceive the nations again.

Where is this pit? Though the Bible doesn’t state it specifically, we can infer that this pit refers to the earth after the resurrection of the saints.

By this time, all the righteous have already been taken to heaven to live with Christ, and the wicked are still sleeping in their graves. So, there is no one for Satan to deceive.

Meanwhile, the believers will reign with Christ in heaven for a thousand years. That is, they will go through the records God has been keeping since the earth began.

Now, what will Satan and his angels be doing during the millennium? The Bible says they will be stuck on earth with no one to deceive.

And how will sin end? “Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison  and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea. They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever” (Revelation 20:7-10).

When God returns to cleanse the earth, the second resurrection, or the resurrection of the wicked, begins. Those who rebelled against God, refused Him, and sided with Satan, will be resurrected to be judged.

As Satan sees them, he tries one final deception, urging them to turn and attack the Holy City, claiming they can conquer and take it as their own. But fire falls from heaven and burns them up. Then, Satan will be thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where he will be burned and destroyed forever.

“Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.  Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, ‘Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.’ Then He Who sat on the throne said, ’Behold, I make all things new’” (Revelation 21:1-5).

What a beautiful promise that Jesus will come back again and make things new!

Learn more about the millennium and the end of sin at http://www.adventist.org/millennium-and-the-end-of-sin/