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Monday, October 17, 2016

"What's Next (Part 2)"


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Article #59 – “What’s Next (Part 2)”

               Last week’s article ended with Jesus returning to earth and the first resurrection.  As Jesus takes up His seat on His glorious throne, He calls all the nations together in what is referred to as the sheep and goat judgment.  He will separate the sheep to His right and the goats to His left.  Those on His right were told to enter into their inheritance, “Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.”  (Matt. 25:34b)   Those on His left are told, “Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels.” (Matt. 25:41b)   Those on His right are those who believed in Jesus during the tribulation period and the ones on the left refused to believe in Jesus and chose rather to follow the devil or the anti-Christ.   Those who entered into their inheritance in the kingdom would spend a thousand years on this earth with Jesus as King of kings and Lord of lords.

               At the end of the thousand year Kingdom Age, Satan will be released from the abyss only to rally his band of devils and other followers to try one more time to overcome God.  “Fire came down from heaven and devoured them.  And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.” (Rev. 20: 9b, 10)  This will bring to an end the treacherous deeds of Satan and his followers, forever. 

Following the final defeat of Satan, comes the Great White Throne Judgment.  “And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds.” (Rev. 20:12)  “And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.”  (Rev. 20:15)  The book of life contains only the names of those who believed in Jesus Christ.  Those whose names were not found in the book of life were cast into the eternal fire.  They were judged according to their deeds.  Those who had the worst deeds were to receive a greater punishment than those whose deeds were not as bad.  Many of those judged may have had all good deeds but their only bad deed was that they refused Jesus Christ, for any who refuse to believe in Jesus Christ will spend eternity in hell where there is torment day and night forever and ever.  Every person born in this world will have eternal life.  Your eternal destiny is contingent upon whether or not you place your faith and trust in Jesus Christ.  “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.’” (John 14:6)

This subject is difficult if not impossible to deal with properly in five to six hundred words.  Therefore, you should take a few minutes to read from your Bible, Matthew 24 and 25 along with Revelations 19 and 20.  This is a very interesting study of what is coming for us, believers or not.

You, too, can have victory in Jesus!  Next article will be on the final destiny of the believer in Jesus.



Lowell Parrish

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