(Revelation 20:5) The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.
All unbelievers of all times will then stand before Jesus at the White Throne Judgment and be judged according to all their sins they have committed...
(Revelation 20:11-13) Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds.
All unbelievers will be cast into hell - a very permanent place of eternity without the presence of God...
(Revelation 20:14-15) Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
(Revelation 21:8) ...for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
Today's takeaway: it was all over the news just a while ago that a grieving boy asked pope Francis if his atheist dad was in heaven. The answer pope Francis gave was that if his dad was as good as the little boy was - then the answer was "yes" - his atheist dad would be in heaven.
Here was a chance for the pope to impart truth to the world. Instead, he lied in order to make the boy feel better. And perhaps he lied in order to win favor with the world. Without lying, the pope could have easily said, "Who knows, perhaps your dad became a believer right before dying."
It's pretty simple. If someone refuses God and wants nothing to do with what He did for us on the cross - they have chosen to go to the place where God is not. And if someone thinks that they will get into heaven just because they are "good" - basing all their merits on their works - they will be judged according to the Law - and they will come up short. On our own, none of us could ever be "good enough."
God is holy and cannot be in a relationship with sin. Therefore to go to heaven, ALL our sins must be forgiven. And this is only possible through Jesus...
(Luke 5:32) “...I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”
(2 Corinthians 7:10) For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death.
(1 Peter 1:13-25) Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, 15 but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; 16 because it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
17 If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth; 18 knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, 19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. 20 For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times for the sake of you 21 who through Him are believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
22 Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart, 23 for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God. 24 For,
“All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls off,
25 But the word of the Lord endures forever.”
25 But the word of the Lord endures forever.”
And this is the word which was preached to you.
(1 Peter 2:1-10) Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, 2 like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation, 3 if you have tasted the kindness of the Lord.
4 And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God, 5 you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For this is contained in Scripture:
“Behold, I lay in Zion a choice stone, a precious corner stone, and he who believes in Him will not be disappointed.”
7 This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve,
“The stone which the builders rejected, this became the very corner stone,”
8 and,
“A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”;
for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed.
9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
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