A Day that will never be repeated

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"God has set A DAY on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, having provided proof to everyone by raising him from the dead." (Acts 17:31).

Daniel 12:2

"And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt."

Acts 24:15
"And I have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust."

John 5:26-29
"For as the Father hath life [zoe] in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life [zoe] in himself; And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

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Did you know that at least four times, when the word zao is talking about those who had died but will live again | be alive again (when it's talking about a future time following the resurrection of the body from the dead), main-stream churches conflate the word zao [alive] with the word zoe [life] in their interpretation of the passages?:

|| Matthew 22:32 & Mark 12:27; John 11:25-26; John 5:24-29; Revelation 20:4-5. ||

Did you know that they also at times conflate the quickening of the dead body with a so-called "quickening" of a "dead human spirit",

and that they also at times conflate the resurrection of the body with a so-called "resurrection" of the "dead human spirit"?
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There is only one Spirit that is the source of life [zoe] that will enable the seed of created human beings to live | be alive [zao] forever.

He is the same Spirit who breathed life [zoe] into Adam so that Adam became
a living [zao] soul (Genesis 2:7).

The eternal life [zoe aionios] given to the seed of Adam
is in Him, through Christ, who alone possesses life [zoe] in Himself.
No so-called 'dead human spirit' being "quickened / regenerated from death" is going to be 'another' source of life [zoe] enabling the person to live [zao] forever (be immortal).

A so-called "dead human spirit being quickened to life" is in fact a theological invention based on conflating the Biblical doctrine regarding life [zoe] and living|being alive [zao]

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Matthew 25:31-33, 41 & 46
31 "When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

41 "Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels."

46 "And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal [aionios zoe]."

Revelation 14:9-11
"And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,

The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:


And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name."

Revelation 11:17-18
(seventh trumpet)
"We give you thanks, Lord God, the All-Powerful, the one who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and begun to reign. The nations were enraged, but your wrath has come, and the time has come for the dead to be judged,

and the time has come to give to your servants, the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints and to those who revere your name, both small and great, and the time has come to destroy those who destroy the earth."

Revelation 20:11-12, & 15
"I saw a great white throne, and him that 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, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works."

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THE FIRST THREE AND THE LAST THREE CHAPTERS OF THE BIBLE

Open: Beginning of time: God's creation (Genesis 1:1-31).
Close: Christ makes all things new (Revelation 21:5).

Open: Perfectly good (Genesis 1:31).
Close: Only righteousness dwells in it (Revelation 21:27).

Open: Tree of life (Genesis 2:9, 16-17).
Close: Tree of life (Revelation 21:6; Revelation 22:1-2, 14, 17).

Open: Adam given dominion (Genesis 1:26-28).
Close: The dominion of the last Adam (Revelation 3:21; 20:4).

Open:

(a) Satan's deception of Adam & Eve (Genesis 3:1-7, 11-19). ("You will not surely die").

(b) Expulsion from Eden (Genesis 3:22-24).

(c) Death of Adam (the first death) - 930 years later (Genesis 5:5).

--- "I am the Resurrection [anastasis]
and the (eternal) life [zoe]!"
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John 11:25 - Jesus) ---​

Close: We are told about two things in the Revelation:

1. Revelation 20:4, 5b & 6:
"Then I saw thrones and seated on them were those who had been given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. These had not worshiped the beast or his image and had refused to receive his mark on their forehead or hand.

They were
alive [zao] and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. This is the first resurrection [anastasis]. Blessed and holy is the one who takes part in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years."

2. Satan's deception of the nations (Gog & Magog) (The first deception began with the words, "You will not surely die").

"And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city:

and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them." (Revelation 20:7-9).

Revelation 19:20 tells us that the beast and the false prophet were both thrown alive [zao] into the lake of fire burning with brimstone.

Therefore the concept of being damned while alive [zao] is not extra-biblical:

The New Testament uses the word gehennah every time Jesus talks about the everlasting destruction of body and soul. Gehennah and the lake of fire burning with brimstone both represent an everlasting destruction of body and soul:

Matthew 10:28
"Fear not them which kill the body [soma], but are not able to kill the soul [psuche]: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul [psuche] and body [soma] in gehennah [G1067 geenna]."

"And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night to the ages of the ages." (Revelation 20:10).