Commentary on the Book of Job part twenty five

                                   Job 15:1-35

Some men become terribly cruel and evil. But even the worst of men has done some good which proves that the good and living image of God within them has not been fully extinguished. Even Judas Iscariot demonstrated that some goodness still remained in him when he became remorseful for his evil act of betraying Jesus. Even though he refused to repent to God, he still revealed that the good and living image of God within him still hated evil. Jesus recognized the good image of God that still remained in Judas Iscariot when He called him "friend" in Matthew 26:50. Even though Jesus severely reproved the Pharisees and Sadducees for their cruel oppression of others, He nevertheless recognized the good and living image of God in them by what He said to them in Luke 17:20-21.

Still, in order for the image of God in every person to be saved, all humans must return to faith in God as their Savior. Someday, all unrepentant sinners will return to faith in Christ as prophesied in Isaiah 45:22-24 and Philippians 2:9-11 and as fulfilled in Revelation 5:13. God will recover His good images that He has put into every unrepentant sinner with a general resurrection at the end of the world as recorded in Revelation 20:5. God will dissolve every one of their individual systems by His use of His consuming fire. God will recover the elements of goodness and life within each person to be recreated, and He will cast their separated, totally evil spiritual deaths into the lake of fire forever. Revelation 20:11-15.

God will recover even the dim light of His image still left in Judas Iscariot. All of the terribly wicked in hell, including Judas Iscariot, will completely lose their former identities and personalities when God dissolves their systems. Every person constitutes a system comprised of basic elements. But God will still use the elements of His image still in them as a part of His recreation of a righteous race to live on His new earth. Revelation 21:1-5. Those dead humans within the other regions of the dead who conformed their lives to the image of God within them but were not saved by grace, but who nevertheless led good lives, were good parents and citizens, will retain some of their former identities and personalities when God recreates them. Yet, none of the living humans raised from the three regions of the dead will retain their complete, former identities and personalities when God recreates them. Revelation 20:13; Revelation 20:5. Humans saved by grace will retain their complete, former identities and most of their former personalities in heaven. John 12:24-26.