When they came out they numbered about three million. In the Old Testament, Israel entered Egypt as a group of seventy people (Gen.
This growth in population should not be surprising. In fact, they will multiply to such a degree that by the end of the 1,000 years they will be as numerous “as the sand on the seashore” (Rev. Matthew 25:31–46 implies that there will be a significant number because the “nations” will be brought before Christ at the start of his 1,000-year reign.īecause there will be no war and plenty of food, these survivors will multiply rapidly and will repopulate the earth. There are more than six billion people on earth at this time, so “very few” could easily mean a few million or more. Yes, the majority of the people of earth will be dead, but as Isaiah 13:12 and 24:6 say, there will be survivors, “very few,” but there will be survivors. This point must be understood because some Christians teach that after the Battle of Armageddon no one will be alive on earth. The Bible makes it clear that there will be survivors after the Tribulation and the Battle of Armageddon, and some of them will be judged righteous and allowed to enter Christ’s Kingdom. They will grow, mature, marry, procreate, age, and die (Isa. These “natural” people will experience the same life cycle of all mortals. The term “natural” is used to provide a distinction between these people, who are mortals, and the people who are no longer “natural” but immortal, namely, those in categories “a” and “b”. This category will include both Jews and Gentiles. 13:15).Ĭ) “Natural” or mortal believers who survive the Tribulation and the Battle of Armageddon and are judged “righteous” (Matt. This category includes believers such as Abraham and Sarah, Moses and Miriam, Joshua, Ruth, Samuel, David, Esther, Daniel, and those murdered during the Tribulation for their refusal to worship the Beast (Rev. These believers will be resurrected and transformed into immortals during the First Resurrection, which occurs after the Battle of Armageddon (Ezek. 3:21).ī) Believers (both Jew and Gentile) who died before the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2) and believers who will die during the Tribulation. Each Christian will have a glorious new body fashioned after Jesus’ resurrected body (Phil. They will remain on earth and enter the Millennial Kingdom. The Millennial Kingdom will be populated by three “categories” or “types” of peopleĪ) Christians raptured into the air at the close of the Church Age who then return to earth with Christ during his Second Coming to fight the Battle of Armageddon.
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