JUDGMENT - The Great White Throne.
Universal Heaven and Earth are No More.
`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.` (2 Peter 3: 10)
The Day of the Lord starts with the tribulation and continues through the millennium. Finally after Satan`s last battle he is cast into the lake of fire. (Rev. 20: 10) God then does away with the unclean universal heavens and the earth, burning them with a great heat.
`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.` (Rev. 20: 11)
It is then time for God`s final judgment upon the dead at His Great White Throne.
The Books are Opened.
`And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and the 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.` (Rev. 20: 12)
`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 according to his works. ` (Rev. 20: 13)
All who are in the graves will come forth as spirits and receive their judgment. Those who were rebellious and those who turned away from Jesus will receive their due punishment, banished into the lake of fire.
Then there are those who died who had never heard of Jesus, but lived rightly according to their conscience. They demonstrated that they believed God would judge them and thus their works, their behaviour showed this. They will have had their names in the Book of Life, and will be given new bodies to go on to the New Earth.
People from the millennium who walked in God`s ways (Jews and Gentiles) will also have their names in the Book of Life and go on to the New Earth.
The Lake of Fire.
`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.` (Rev. 20: 15)
The Lake of Fire is not part of God`s Great Kingdom but in a place of great darkness. (Matt. 25: 30)
Universal Heaven and Earth are No More.
`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.` (2 Peter 3: 10)
The Day of the Lord starts with the tribulation and continues through the millennium. Finally after Satan`s last battle he is cast into the lake of fire. (Rev. 20: 10) God then does away with the unclean universal heavens and the earth, burning them with a great heat.
`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.` (Rev. 20: 11)
It is then time for God`s final judgment upon the dead at His Great White Throne.
The Books are Opened.
`And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and the 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.` (Rev. 20: 12)
`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 according to his works. ` (Rev. 20: 13)
All who are in the graves will come forth as spirits and receive their judgment. Those who were rebellious and those who turned away from Jesus will receive their due punishment, banished into the lake of fire.
Then there are those who died who had never heard of Jesus, but lived rightly according to their conscience. They demonstrated that they believed God would judge them and thus their works, their behaviour showed this. They will have had their names in the Book of Life, and will be given new bodies to go on to the New Earth.
People from the millennium who walked in God`s ways (Jews and Gentiles) will also have their names in the Book of Life and go on to the New Earth.
The Lake of Fire.
`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.` (Rev. 20: 15)
The Lake of Fire is not part of God`s Great Kingdom but in a place of great darkness. (Matt. 25: 30)
