The Great White Throne Judgement Considered In Detail – Part 4 Of 4 Series

THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGEMENT CONSIDERED IN DETAIL – PART 4 OF 4

We move to the final part of the great white throne judgement, looking at this event. It will be a literal happening that occurs after the end of the Millennium and immediately before the creation of the new heaven and earth – {{Revelation 20:15 “If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.” Revelation 21:1 “I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea,”}}

The whole universe has been cleansed with this last Throne judgement and sin has been eradicated forever and all is purity then for all eternity. Let us draw this to a close.

[O]. THE FINAL JUDGEMENT –

{{Revelation 20:13-15 “The sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them, and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds, and death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. THIS IS THE SECOND DEATH, the lake of fire. If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into THE LAKE OF FIRE.”}}

The judgment is concluded; the sentences have been passed; the condemned stand forlornly because nothing remains for them except for an eternal separation from all that is good, yea, from God Himself. Then we progress to the ultimate act of eternal death, the verdict of punishment when all those standing there, and death itself, along with Hades (the grave/Hell) are cast into the lake of fire. This is eternal, but can we comprehend eternity; can we grasp eternal death, or for that matter, can mortal human beings even grasp the concept of eternal life? We are mortals in time and space, and heirs of eternity, but our destiny is concluded in time.

[P]. THE SECOND DEATH

The lake of fire is the second death. We will consider a few points here.

[1]. WHY IS THERE A LAKE OF FIRE? This place of torment and judgement was not made for human beings but came into being for Satan and his angels, the demons. The only reason why people will end there is because they belong to Satan. The clear line of demarcation is drawn in the two ways, the way of life and the way of death which means one follows either God or Satan. The destiny will be the lake of fire or The New Jerusalem. There is no middle region.

I do have trouble writing on this. It is not an academic examination piece. It is reality and the destiny of people we know. If only we could force them into God’s way but it does not work that way.

[2]. WHO FIRST ENTERED THE LAKE OF FIRE? This verse will answer that question – {{Revelation 19:20 “and THE BEAST was seized, and with him THE FALSE PROPHET who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshipped his image. THESE TWO WERE THROWN ALIVE INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE which burns with brimstone.”}}. The Antichrist and the False Prophet are the first who enter the lake of fire. Just before the great white throne, Satan enters the lake of fire – {{Revelation 20:10 “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.”}} Those three are the first. The beast (Antichrist) and the false prophet are/were human beings and Satan is a spirit, but all three will know the torments of the lake of fire.

[3]. WHAT IS THE FIRST DEATH? The first death some might think is when a person dies in the physical sense and passes out of this life. There could be some credence to that, but I always like to examine origins and a scriptural principle called “first mention/s”. For that we go back to the beginning. {{Genesis 2:17 “but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for IN THE DAY that you eat from it YOU SHALL SURELY DIE.”}}. That was contradicted by Satan – {{Genesis 3:4 The serpent said to the woman, “You surely shall not die!”}} but the fact remained.

Adam and Eve disobeyed and they died as God said. Firstly they died spiritually to God for the vital link of communion and sinless fellowship was then broken. That happened straight away. Secondly they died physically. The seeds of death were then sown and so physical death has passed to every person for all have sinned. It may have taken Adam hundreds of years to die finally but the seed was sown that day when disobedience occurred.