How Will Men Be Perfected in Christ’s Kingdom?

Answer: Man will perfected physically when he is brought forth from the grave. Isaiah writes that in Christ’s kingdom “No resident will say, ‘I am sick’; The people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity.” (Isa. 33:24 NASB) Sickness, pain, and physical defects including physical defects of the mind (e.g. Down’s syndrome, autism, chemical imbalances, mental illness, etc.) will be cured because merit of Jesus’ sacrifice will be applied on the benefit of all men releasing them from Adamic condemnation, the grave and the illnesses associated with the dying process.

The apostle John confirms this in Rev. 21:4 (NASB): “He [God] will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.”

Man’s perfection of heart and mind, however, will be a gradual, learning process as he learns about God, God’s way and applies those to himself personally.  This process is described in Isa. 35:8 (NASB): “A highway will be there, a roadway, And it will be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it, But it will be for him who walks that way, And fools will not wander on it.” Mankind will be invited to walk up the Highway of Holiness and back to mental and moral perfection, righteousness, and harmony with God.

Most mankind, in Christ’s kingdom, will be willing to walk up that highway back to harmony with God and the resulting blessing of everlasting life here on a restored, perfect earth. Isaiah writes about this in Isa. 2:3 (NASB): “And many peoples will come and say, ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; That He may teach us concerning His ways And that we may walk in His paths.'”

To facilitate this instruction in righteousness, Satan will be bound and put in the bottomless pit for a thousand years during Christ’s kingdom so that he cannot deceive the nations (Rev. 20:2-3). On the highway “No lion [Satan] will be there, Nor will any vicious beast [fallen angels, human tyrants, etc.] go up on it; These will not be found there. But the redeemed will walk.” (Isa. 35:9 NASB)

All will know the LORD from the least to the greatest (Jer. 31:34) and “they will not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain, For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD As the waters cover the sea.” (Isa. 11:9 NASB) Isaiah writes that “They [mankind] will build houses and inhabit them; They will also plant vineyards and eat their fruit. (22) They will not build and another inhabit, They will not plant and another eat.” (Isa. 65:21,22 NASB) No one will steal from another or oppress his fellow man.

The obstacles that prevent men from serving God and learning righteousness (e.g. addictions, violence, oppression, criminality, false religions, etc.) will be eliminated. Isaiah describes this in Isa. 62:10 NASB: “Clear the way for the people; Build up, build up the highway, Remove the stones [obstackes], lift up a standard over the peoples.” ) The standard lifted up for the people to learn from and follow will be the standard of perfection, Christ.

In addition, through the blessings and generosity of Christ’s kingdom, God will remove man’s stony heart and replace it with a heart flesh where God can write His law. He will pour His spirit upon all flesh and incite them to keep His laws perfectly. “Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. (26)  I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances.” (Ezek. 36:26,27 NASB)

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