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The FINAL Judgement ~
Introduction ~
Biblical prophecy is a lot like a giant jigsaw puzzle. The creators of each have provided a clear
picture of the end result. As the puzzle
is being put together, the completion is increasingly anticipated. However, the placement, sequence, and timing
of the remaining pieces is not as clear.
This series of posts would be better entitled Remaining Future Events; however, Second Coming (or Second Advent)
is the common terminology which tends to lump a wide range of future events
together.
Satan
Loosed ~ “Now when the thousand years have expired,
Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations
which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them
together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea” (Revelation 20:7-8).
The
Last Great Rebellion
~ “Now when the thousand years
have expired, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive
the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to
gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea. They went up on the breadth of the earth and
surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and
devoured them” (Revelation 20:7-9). …
Satan’s
Future ~ … “The
devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where
the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night
forever and ever” (Revelation 20:10).
The
Heavens and Earth Pass Away
~ “But the day of the Lord will
come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great
noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the
works that are in it will be burned up. Therefore,
since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to
be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the
day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and
the elements will melt with fervent heat?
Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a
new earth in which righteousness dwells” (2 Peter 3:10-13).
The
Dead Are Raised
~ “Most assuredly, I say to you,
the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of
God; and those who hear will live. For
as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in
Himself, and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is
the Son of Man. Do not marvel at this;
for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice
and come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those
who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation” (John 5:25-29). “And I saw the dead, small and great,
standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book
of Life. And the dead were judged
according to their works, by the things which were written in the books” (Revelation
20:12).
“I have hope in God, which they themselves also accept, that
there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust. This being so, I myself always strive to have
a conscience without offense toward God and men” (Acts 24:15-16). “At that time Michael shall stand up, the
great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people; and there shall be
a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation, even to that
time. And at that time your people shall
be delivered, every one who is found written in the book. And many of those who sleep in the dust of the
earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to shame and everlasting
contempt. Those who are wise shall shine
like the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness
like the stars forever and ever” (Daniel 12:1-3).
“Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but
we shall all be changed—in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last
trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and
the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed” (1 Corinthians15:51-52). “For the Lord Himself will descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of
God. And the dead in Christ will rise
first. Then we who are alive and remain
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the
air. And thus we shall always be with
the Lord. Therefore comfort one another
with these words” (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18).
The
Judge On His Throne
~ “Then I saw a great white
throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled
away. And there was found no place for
them. And I saw the dead, small and
great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book
of Life. And the dead were judged
according to their works, by the things which were written in the books” (Revelation
20:11-12). “Because He has appointed a
day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has
ordained. He has given assurance of this
to all by raising Him from the dead” (Acts 17:31).
The
Open Books ~ “He who overcomes shall be clothed in white
garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will
confess his name before My Father and before His angels” (Revelation 3:5). “And I saw the dead, small and great,
standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book
of Life. And the dead were judged
according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and
Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to
his works. Then Death and Hades were
cast into the lake of fire. This is the
second death. And anyone not found
written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire” (Revelation
20:12-15).
The
Final Judgement ~ “And
anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire” (Revelation
20:15). “But the cowardly, unbelieving,
abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars
shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is
the second death” (Revelation 21:8). “And
if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the
kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into hell
fire—where ‘Their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched’” (Mark
9:47-48).
~
Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
LIFE NOW
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