Who Are the Nations That Will Be Reigned Over in the Millennium?
1) Direct answer
They are the mortal “sheep” who survive the tribulation and are allowed to enter the Kingdom when Jesus returns. Christ and His Bride (the first‑resurrection saints) rule over these nations for a thousand years. They are not the glorified Bride; they are the subjects of the Kingdom—the saved of the nations who come through to live, marry, and multiply under the King.
2) Scriptural explanation
- Revelation 20:4-6: The overcomers “lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.” These are the rulers, not the ruled.
- Revelation 2:26-27; 5:10: He gives His overcomers “power over the nations,” and makes them “kings and priests” to reign on the earth—so there must be nations to reign over.
- Zechariah 14:16-19: “Every one that is left of all the nations” that fought against Jerusalem will go up year by year to worship the King. Those who refuse have no rain. That shows surviving, natural nations under enforced righteousness.
- Isaiah 11:6-9; 65:20-25: Millennial conditions of peace and long life on earth. “The child shall die an hundred years old” shows mortality remains for the subjects, while the rulers are immortal.
- Revelation 20:7-9: At the end of the thousand years, when Satan is loosed, he deceives “the nations” again—proof that multitudes of mortals were living under the Kingdom rule throughout the Millennium.
3) Simple clarifying logic
- You can’t reign as kings and priests without subjects. The Bride reigns; the nations are the subjects.
- Righteousness is enforced (rod of iron), worship is required (Zech 14), and at the end the loosed enemy proves that many lived under rule who had not been born‑again.
4) Reinforcement
Now notice, the Bible shows two groups in that day: the glorified rulers with Christ, and the saved nations who walk under His authority. It’s not three Gods, and it’s not confusion—it’s one King with His Queen, reigning over the nations that were spared to enter His Millennium.
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The Evening Messenger
63-0116 §62
Notice, if the Gentile church has to be taken away first, for the Jews, then the end of the Seventy weeks of Daniel takes place. The three and a half years Messiah prophesied, and then He was cut off, the Prince, in the middle of the seventieth week. And, then, there's three and a half weeks left yet. And we find out two prophets of Revelation (He never changes his code again), of Revelation 11, comes down and prophesies to the Jews. Now, the church will be taken away at that time. And we see Israel, the first time...
Why are we not a denomination?
58-0927 §59
Let's watch, read a little further now. Now, now I believe we're on the 12th. And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These shall have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. And these shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for He is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with Him are called, the chosen, and faithful. And he said unto me, The waters wh...
The Absolute
62-1230M §14
Every government is controlled by the devil. There's coming a government who will be controlled by Christ; but that's in the millennium. But these governments now, no matter how well we think they are, yet the back of them they're dominated by Satan. "These kingdoms," he said, "are mine; I do with them whatever I wish to. I'll give them to you, if you'll worship me." Jesus said, "Get thee hence, Satan! Thou shalt worship the Lord, and Him only shalt thou serve."
From that time
60-0302 §22
Those things of turning new pages, that's good. We think that's very good. Just like after the first world war. Many of you men and women can remember that perhaps. I was a little boy of about eight or nine years old. I remember it well, of even ministers saying, "War is over; we'll never have no more wars. It's all settled now. We just can't have no more wars, because we got poison gases and so forth." Many of you remember that. The nation told us, "Wars are settled for good." They meant that. From that time, they...
Preparation
53-1111 §43
That's the way it is today. That's the reason I joined up with the holy rollers, you my dear Baptist friend, and Methodist. Going to take over some of these days. How? I don't know! How could God deal with a bunch of people like that? I can't tell you, but He does it! Going to take over. Amen. God said so. In the last days I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh, your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, upon my handsmaids and maidservants will I pour out of My Spirit. I will show signs in the Heaven above and...