venom of serpents and
the ferocity of the brute creation shall be done away, and love shall be
the dominant power of control. Among the earliest revelations on the
subject is that given to Enoch; and in this the return of that prophet
and his righteous people with Christ in the last days was thus assured:

"And the Lord said unto Enoch: Then shalt thou and all thy city
meet them there, and we will receive them into our bosom, and
they shall see us; and we will fall upon their necks, and they
shall fall upon our necks, and we will kiss each other; And
there shall be mine abode, and it shall be Zion, which shall
come forth out of all the creations which I have made; and for
the space of a thousand years the earth shall rest. And it came
to pass that Enoch saw the day of the coming of the Son of Man,
in the last days, to dwell on the earth in righteousness for the
space of a thousand years."[1589]

In these latter days the Lord has thus spoken, requiring preparation for
the Millennial era, and describing in part the glories thereof:

"And prepare for the revelation which is to come, when the veil
of the covering of my temple, in my tabernacle, which hideth the
earth, shall be taken off, and all flesh shall see me together.
And every corruptible thing, both of man, or of the beasts of
the field, or of the fowls of the heavens, or of the fish of the
sea, that dwell upon all the face of the earth, shall be
consumed; And also that of element shall melt with fervent heat;
and all things shall become new, that my knowledge and glory may
dwell upon all the earth. And in that day the enmity of man, and
the enmity of beasts, yea, the enmity of all flesh, shall cease
from before my face. And in that day whatsoever any man shall
ask, it shall be given unto him. And in that day Satan shall not
have power to tempt any man. And there shall be no sorrow
because there is no death. In that day an infant shall not die
until he is old, and his life shall be as the age of a tree, and
when he dies he shall not sleep, (that is to say in the earth,)
but shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye, and shall be
caught up, and his rest shall be glorious. Yea, verily I say
unto you, in that day when the Lord shall come, he shall reveal
all things."[1590]

The Millennium is to precede the time designated in scriptural phrase