The Millennium

​The Millennium and the Glorification of the EarthIntroductionContrast the glorious millennial condition described by Orson Pratt with the general state of ignorance and wickedness in the world today:
“What a happy earth this creation will be, when this purifying process shall come, and the earth be filled with the knowledge of God as the waters cover the great deep! What a change! Travel, then, from one end of the earth to another, you can find no wicked man, no drunken man, no man to blaspheme the name of the Great Creator, no one to lay hold on his neighbor’s goods, and steal them, no one to commit whoredoms” (in Journal of Discourses, 21:325).
Doctrinal Outline

1. The thousand years of the Millennium will be ushered in when the Savior comes in power and glory.
   See Doctrine and Covenants 29:11; Joseph Smith—Matthew 1:36; 2 Thessalonians 1:7–8.
   
2. The earth will be renewed for the millennial day.
   
   1. The earth will be transfigured and receive its paradisiacal glory (see D&C 63:20–21; Articles of Faith 1:10; Isaiah 65:17; 2 Peter 3:10–14).
      
   2. The earth will rest for a thousand years from the wickedness that has been upon it (see Moses 7:47–49, 64–65; Isaiah 14:7).
      
3. The Millennium will be a time of peace.
   
   1. Satan will be bound, unable to tempt mankind during the thousand years of millennial peace (see 1 Nephi 22:15, 26; Revelation 20:1–3; D&C 88:110; 101:28).
      
   2. The violence of both man and beast will cease during the Millennium (see D&C 101:26; Isaiah 2:4; 11:6–9; 65:25).
      
   3. In the Millennium children will grow up and live upon the earth until they are one hundred years old (see Isaiah 65:20; D&C 101:29–31; 63:50–51; 45:58).
      
   4. During the Millennium, the Lord will “turn to the people a pure language” (Zephaniah 3:9).
      
4. During the Millennium the Savior will reign personally on the earth.
   
   1. The millennial government is under the administration of the Savior and His righteous Saints (see Isaiah 2:1–4; Micah 4:2–3; Joel 3:16–17; D&C 43:29–30; 45:59; Revelation 5:10; 20:4, 6; D&C 133:25).
      
   2. The Millennium will be righteous Israel’s day with the Savior, during which He will make all things known to them (see Zechariah 2:11; D&C 101:32–34; 121:26–32; 2 Nephi 30:16–18; Isaiah 11:9).
      
   3. Not everyone will have a knowledge of the living God and belong to His Church when the Millennium begins (see Micah 4:5).
      
   4. During the Millennium, all those living on the earth will eventually know the Lord and will join His Church (see Jeremiah 31:31–34; D&C 84:98).
      
5. The final glorification of the earth will take place sometime after the Millennium.
   
   1. The devil will be loosed for a short time after the Millennium, and wickedness will again prevail upon the earth (see Revelation 20:7–8; D&C 88:110–11; 43:31).
      
   2. A final war between Michael and his followers and the devil and his followers will result in the expulsion of the devil from the earth forever (see D&C 88:112–15; Revelation 20:7–10).
      
   3. There will be a final judgment of all who have lived upon the earth, at which time there will be a separation of the righteous from the wicked (see D&C 29:22–28; Revelation 20:11–15; D&C 43:33).
      
   4. The earth will be sanctified and receive its celestial glory (see D&C 88:17–20; 130:8–11; 77:1; 29:23–25; 43:32).