The World and the Word

         The Advents and the Judgments of Christ

Revelation 22:14-15 emphasizes the fact that God in the end will effect a complete separation of all the good systems that He has created from all of the evil systems invented by the Devil. Even the worst humans have done some good in life which adheres to the good image of God within them that God will raise from the dead for Him to recreate to live on His recreated earth. Even though a man may become insane because of evil and be filled with a legion of devils, Jesus will save His good image still in him and cast His total evil out of him. Luke 8:26-39. Like a fig tree that bears no fruit whatsoever, Christ will curse the evil part of all humans and destroy it forever. Matthew 21:18-20. So Christ will do the same for every human who ever lived.

Revelation 22:14 seems to indicate that God will allow those living humans raised from the regions of the dead who tried to live good lives on the former earth to visit Heaven from the new earth to have access to the Tree of Life. God will recreate all living humans on His new earth with the same kind of righteousness that He gave to Adam and Eve before they sinned. They will live long and blissful lives on the earth, but eventually God will translate their spirits and souls with new bodies to Paradise next to Heaven when their earthly bodies finally expire. Physical death as a punishment for sin is not the same as a translation to Heaven which is like a Rapture. Recreated humans who have access to the Tree of Life will live much longer on the new earth than those recreated humans who led evil lives on the former earth. Both kinds of living humans will be translated to Paradise when their physical bodies expire, but the best humans will enjoy the best rewards. Perhaps, someday God will create a new earth for them somewhere so that they can live in bliss there forever. Psalm 116:15.

In Revelation 22:16, Jesus affirmed that He sent His message of Revelation, and by extension the rest of the Bible (KJB), to His churches for them to preach to the world. Jesus also affirmed that He is the eternal King of Israel and Judah as His Father promised king David in II Samuel 7:16. After Christ recreates the Heaven and the earth, He will make Israel the only organized nation on the earth, and Jerusalem will be the capitol of the world. All of the recreated Gentile people will come to Jerusalem to worship the Lord. Isaiah 66:10-24.

In Revelation 22:17, the Spirit commands the churches to preach the gospel to the world so that some of those whom God has chosen will hear it and believe and become saved by grace. The preaching of the gospel is not a part of the gospel. It is only the message of the gospel. Only the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ administered by the Holy Spirit to those who repent and have faith is the gospel. I Corinthians 15:1-4. The Holy Spirit preaches the gospel to every human who lives during the Age of Grace. John 1:9; Colossians 1:23.

God simply allows the witnesses and the preachers of the gospel to be used by the Holy Spirit to preach at certain times and places for those who hear to be saved by grace at those times. These are additional good works given to believers saved by grace because Christ lives in their hearts. The churches also participate in the edification and sanctification of converts when they join the church and are taught the Word of God. Matthew 28:18-20. Since Jesus promised that He will never lose a single one of His special sheep, then all who become saved by grace who never heard the gospel preached will nevertheless become saved by grace through the direct preaching by the Holy Spirit. John 10:27-30; John 1:9; Colossians 1:23. No one ever goes to one of the regions of death because the gospel was not preached to them.