Rev 20:15 Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.
and in v 14 we learn that the lake of fire is the 2nd death into which death and hades have also been thrown.
I would like to finish what I started yesterday and try to explain the 2nd death in the most
simplest way possible.
The Lake of fire is an age in which Jesus created for the purpose of giving people that didn't
accept him in their life time the ability to pay in judgment for their sins. That is the justice
of God. Rev. 20:13 says,
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and
hell (grave) delivered up the dead that were in them; and they were
judged every man according to his works.
This is not only the second death, but it is the 2nd resurrection that Jesus spoke of in John
5:29. In the 1st resurrection, only the overcomers were raised from the dead (Rev. 20:6).
But in this resurrection all will be raised and some to immortality and most will be placed
in the Lake of Fire. Nobody will get away with anything.
I hear a lot of Universalist say God has already saved everybody they just don't know it. Well
there's some truth in that, but it isn't the whole truth. God has created the Lake of Fire for
the purpose of purifying these slaves that are in bondage to their Slave Master (called sin).
In Romans 7:14 Paul says, "
I am of flesh, sold in bondage to sin".
In other words, Paul was recognizing the power of the blood of Jesus setting him free from
his old master to serve his new Master (Jesus Christ). He understood that he was a
bond
slave of Jesus Christ and that he had been bought with a price. In Romans 1:1 Paul said,
he was a bond slave of Jesus Christ.
So what does all this mean?
Basically this means that the unbelievers are the ones that failed to claim Jesus Christ as
their redeemer, so when they go before the Great White Throne, a decree will go out that
says they owe more than they are able to pay. So they must be sold (bond slave) for the
purchase of their debt. Matthew 18:24,25 says,
25 But since he didn't have the means to repay, his lord commanded him
to be sold, along with his wife and his children and all that he had, and
payment to be made.
This is what happened to Adam in the beginning and it is also what will happen at the Great
White Throne. The unbelievers will be sold to the Overcomers and it will be their responsibility
to teach the unbelievers the ways of God in the Lake of Fire.
This is how the saints will judge the world. Biblical slavery is not the same as slavery in the world
today. God made sure that Israel would treat their slaves with dignity. Leviticus 25:53 says,
53 Like a man hired year by year he shall be with him; he shall not
rule over him with severity in your site.
So you see God was very interested in how you treat your slaves.
Paul said in 1st Corinthians 6:2,
2 Do you not know that the saints shall judge the world? And if the
world shall be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest
matters.
At the moment in our life time God is judging us for the purpose of learning how to judge in
righteousness, so when the time comes for us to judge the world we will have the compassion
to treat these people with dignity. We are learning to love our neighbors as ourselves for a
reason. We are also learning to love our enemies, because one day God will give us the
opportunity to teach them the ways of God in the Lake of Fire!!!
Isaiah 26:9 says,
9 for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants
of the world will learn righteousness.
What a God! What a Plan!
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