16Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. 17And should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, the rain will not fall on them. 18And if the people of Egypt will not go up and enter in, then rain will not fall on them; this will be the plague the LORD inflicts on the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. Zechariah 14:16-17 The Millennium will be a time of peace, yet not total perfection. There will still be rebellion within the heart and people will die, some due to judgment. Also the burning of the G/M weapons/military equipment. It takes 7 years to burn. Since the Jews that flee to Petra mid-point wont be burning the weapons, who will continue the process to completion? Not everyone will be able to flee, unfortunately. A remnant heeds the warning and goes to Petra. Maybe the rest of the inhabitants will resort to burning the weapons for fuel? Don't really know. Egypt will be deserted for 40 years. No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years. Ezekiel 29:11 It doesn't seem as if any cleanup effort is even attempted during that time. Well, the order of that got messed up. Thank you, David! No worries on the order mix up of the display of verses. You answered my questions with some excellent passages! The reason I was asking was because there are some Christians who like to put the rapture off in the way way distance and use the excuse ... it can’t happen until after the 7 year burning of the G/M weapons to perhaps the 40 years of the Nile clean up ... unless the clean up occurs in the Millennium. I never saw that passage about Egypt just being abandon for 40 years. Makes sense now that the clean up will happen after the Millennium with the promise of a new heaven and earth. II Peter 3 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. This is why I envision the new heaven and the new earth coming after the 1000 years: https://khouse.org/articles/1997/60 The third New Testament creation-related passage which talks about atomic structure and physics is found in the Apostle Peter's Second Epistle: But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise [rhoizedon, a rushing roar] and the elements [stoicheion, atoms] will be dissolved with fire and the earth and the works that are upon it will be burned up. 2 Peter 3:10 The Greek word translated "elements" in the above mentioned passage from Colossians (and in 2 Peter also) is stoicheion, which can mean "the building blocks of the universe," or "the ordered arrangement of things." It can also mean the "atomic elements." The word translated "dissolved" in 2 Peter 3:10 is literally (in Greek) luo, meaning "unloosed." This language suggests that there will come a time in the future when God lets go of the nuclear forces which hold the atom together. This passage, like the one in Colossians, strongly suggests that the active power of God is behind the mysterious strong force that holds every atomic nucleus together. If this is so, all the other fundamental forces of nature are likewise forces that originate with Christ and His sustaining direction of the old creation. Don't forget the coffee 😉
