In John 5:27-29, Jesus refers to a specific resurrection and judgment
in the future. God calls out of their graves all of the dead that are still in
their graves at that time. Previous to this resurrection, the Old Testament
saints had been resurrected with Jesus’ resurrection. Matthew 27:52-53. The
Church had also been resurrected at the Rapture of the Church. I Thessalonians
4:13-18. The Tribulation saints had also been resurrected at the beginning of
the millennial reign of Christ. Revelation 19:4-6. Therefore, this resurrection
and judgment of John 5:27-29 must be the same as that recorded in Revelation
20:11-15. In this judgment, the dead are judged according to their works. The
resurrection of John 5:27-29 records an absolute division of the living good
from the evil dead according to their works, good and bad. Good works receive
recreated life and dead works damnation. The same type of judgment occurs in
Revelation 20:11-15. God judges the evil dead according to their evil works,
and God judges the living good according to their record in the book of life. The
book of life records the new names that God gives the living good when He
recreates them to live on His recreated earth. Revelation 21:3-7.
All that will be left after God has recovered and recreated all of the
good works that He created in the first place can only be totally evil. God
casts these evil dead into the lake of fire. The second death becomes the torment
of the curse of the serpent. This condition agrees with Matthew 25:41 which
informs us that God has reserved everlasting torment only for the curse; that
is, those who are totally evil whether fallen angels or fallen men. This result
also agrees with Revelation 21:8 which reveals that only evil works reside in
the lake of fire. This conclusion also agrees with Revelation 22:11-15 which
records God’s absolute and final separation of goodness from evil.
The conclusion has been reached that the beginning of the Bible story
agrees perfectly with the ending. God saves the human race but destroys the
curse. The middle of the story also agrees with the beginning and the ending as
will later be shown. When God clothed Adam and Eve with the animal skin, He symbolically
clothed the whole human race. The end of the story shows that God will recreate
the good parts of mankind and destroy only the curse. God will provide three
levels of salvation for mankind as will be explained in the next segment.
Ecclesiastes 3:14; Ecclesiastes 12:14; Psalm 36:6; Hebrews 4:3; Acts 15:18;
Luke 20:38; Colossians 1:20; Romans 11:29; Romans 11:36; Ephesians 6:12;
Philippians 2:10-11; I Corinthians 15:20-28; I John 3:8; II Peter 3:12-13; John
6:33; John 12:32; John 12:47 and many other scriptures.
No comments:
Post a Comment