This message was preached at New Testament Christian Fellowship in Conover, North Carolina on December 8, 2019. Camped in the first half of Revelation 20:7 and focused upon the connotation of the word “expired” (i.e. which necessitates a literal understanding of “the thousand years”), Mr. Boyd examines some things God takes very seriously, though man thinks them unimportant or lightly esteems. The includes, among others, the sabbath rest that Israel was supposed to give to the land and its foreshadowing of a primary purpose for the coming Millennium. When the LORD says something, He means itI And the folly of rejecting this truth is noteworthy and relevant for America today in the life of Abijah, the grandson of Solomon and King of Judah (II Chronicles 13).