Isaiah 32:1 Behold, a king will reign righteously and princes will rule justly. (NASB95) He will judge the poor in righteousness and in judging and seeking judgment He shall be quick to bring about righteousness.
Isaiah 11:4 But with righteousness He will judge the poor, and decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth; And He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked. 5 Also righteousness will be the belt about His loins, and faithfulness the belt about His waist. (NASB95) Isaiah 16:5 A throne will even be established in lovingkindness, and a judge will sit on it in faithfulness in the tent of David; Moreover, he will seek justice and be prompt in righteousness. (NASB95) Psalm 96:10 Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns; Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.” (NASB95) Under the Lord Jesus, those who hunger and thirst for righteousness shall be filled.
Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.” (NASB95) The millennial kingdom will also be characterized by obedience. There will be complete and willing obedience on the part of the Lord’s subjects. Through regeneration, Israel will possess the capacity for obedience because of the indwelling of the Spirit (Jer. 31:31-34; Ezek. 36:25-31).
There will be complete obedience in the millennial reign because of the absence of Satan and the fallen angels. All the wicked evil social, religious, economic and political systems of Satan’s cosmic system will be terminated.
There will be universal knowledge of the Lord, which will eliminate opposition to God’s will through ignorance. Not only will there be obedience in the nation of Israel to Christ’s rule but also there will be universal obedience among the Gentile nations. There will be complete submission to the Lord’s sovereign authority in the millennium. This perfect obedience to Christ’s authority will be another manifestation of the spiritual character of the millennium.
Psalm 22:27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will worship before You. 28 For the kingdom is the LORD'S and He rules over the nations. (NASB95) Malachi 1:11 “For from the rising of the sun even to its setting, My name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense is going to be offered to My name, and a grain offering that is pure; for My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of hosts. (NASB95) Another manifestation of the spiritual character of the millennium will be holiness. Holiness will be manifested through the King and the King’s subjects. The land will be holy, the city of Jerusalem holy, the temple holy and the subjects holy unto the Lord (Is. 1:26-27; 4:3-4; 29:18-23; Jer. 31:33; Ezek. 36:24-31; 37:23-24; Joel 3:21; Zeph. 3:11; Zech. 8:3; 13:1-2).
Zechariah 14:20 In that day there will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, “HOLY TO THE LORD.” And the cooking pots in the LORD'S house will be like the bowls before the altar. 21 Every cooking pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to the LORD of hosts; and all who sacrifice will come and take of them and boil in them. And there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts in that day. (NASB95) Christ will reign over the nations of the earth from the throne of His holiness.
Psalm 47:8 God reigns over the nations, God sits on His holy throne. 9 The princes of the people have assembled themselves as the people of the God of Abraham, for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted. (NASB95) The fact that Christ will reign over the nations of the earth from the throne of His holiness will be according to the promise of the Davidic covenant.
