Revelation 20:11-15 has to be one of the most difficult passages in the Bible to interpret. It raises many questions and no doubt any interpretation will be fraught with errors.
I will not try to interpret this passage but I will raise at least two questions. In verse 12, the dead are raised, which implies that they are raised to life, and yet they are still dead as they stand before God. How can they be both dead and alive? They are judged out of God's books, one of which is the book of life. Apparently, God considers them to be dead because their names are not found in the book of life, and yet they are judged by what is written in God's books according to their works as if they were alive. According to Revelation 22:12 and Ecclesiastes 12:14, they are evidently judged according to their good works as well as their evil works. Since Revelation 22:12 clearly states that Christ possesses a positive gift with which He rewards good works, how can each individual dead person be cast into the lake of fire as a whole person?
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