Commentary on the Gospel of John

                                 Chapter Three

                                                                                                                                      Verses 28-30

The Old Testament describes God's general resurrection in the end of the world in Daniel 12:1-3 and in Isaiah 66:15-24. God will resurrect "all flesh" which can only mean all living humans that He ever created who did not get saved by grace. They will all come to Jerusalem to worship Him, and they will all be able to "look upon" their own "worms" in the lake of fire which symbolizes their own dead natures which God will separate from them by the use of His fiery wrath against evil. God will have previously resurrected all living humans who obtain salvation by grace: the Old Testament saints when Christ ascended, the Church saints in the Rapture of the Church, and the Tribulation saints when Christ comes to establish His millennial kingdom. Ephesians 4:7-10; I Thessalonians 4:13-18; Revelation 20:4.

Daniel and Isaiah's prophecies agree precisely with God's description of His general resurrection and recreations as recorded in Revelation 20:5 and Revelation 20:11-15. Their prophecies also perfectly agree with Jesus' teaching in Mark 9:43-50 that only human "worms" will be cast into an everlasting Hell. Jesus also taught in Mark 9:49 that all living humans will be saved either by "fire," symbolic of His fiery wrath against evil which will dissolve all humans systems at that time, or by His "salt," symbolic of His sacrifice and resurrection that saves all who repent and believe while still alive in the flesh. John 5:28-29; I Corinthians 15:22; II Timothy 4:1; II Peter 3:9-13; John 5:24. John the Baptist prophesied that Jesus would baptize "with the Holy Ghost and with fire." Since baptism symbolizes salvation, then the Holy Ghost baptism will save living humans by God's grace, and the baptism by God's fire will dissolve all other living humans for Him to separate their living natures from their dead natures so that He can recreate their living natures and cast their dead natures into the lake of fire. Luke 3:16-17; I Corinthians 3:11-15; Psalm 75:3; II Peter 3:9-13; Revelation 21:1-5.

Hebrews 9:27 simply teaches that Christ judges all unbelievers following their physical deaths. This judgment belongs to Christ alone. No one has the right to assume that Christ always casts living unbelievers into an eternal Hell in this judgment. Believers have the right to judge sin and evil itself when they see it so that they can fight against it, but God expressly forbids believers from making any judgments about the souls and spirits of any human. Matthew 7:1-2; Matthew 7:17-20. Jesus Himself taught that all of His judgments are temporary until His final Great White Throne Judgment in the end of the world. John 12:46-48. All living humans saved by grace avoid any judgment by Christ because He allows them to go straight to Heaven following their physical deaths. II Corinthians 5:8.

Revelation describes Christ's final judgment. God will effect an absolute separation of all the good that He ever created from all evil, including the separation of all living humans from their spiritual deaths. Christ will cleanse and recreate His entire creation that has been stained by sin and evil. Revelation 21:5; Revelation 22:11-12. Christ will judge the spiritual dead according to His Word and cast them into the lake of fire. Life and death are opposites. Living humans cannot be a part of dead humans. God will use His fiery wrath against evil to cleanse His entire creation and raise all repentant, living humans from the dead and recreate them all to be righteous. Revelation 5:11-14; Revelation 20:5; Revelation 20:11-15; Revelation 21:1-5; Revelation 22:11-12; II Peter 3:9-13; II Timothy 4:1; John 5:28-29; I Corinthians 15:22. When Christ said, "Behold, I make all things new," He had to mean absolutely everything He ever created, including all living humans. Ecclesiastes 3:14.