FreeGrace2 said:
Great question. I read Rev 20 very carefully and know that there will be a literal 1,000 year Millennial reign by the King of kings, at the end of which, will be the final battle of Gog and Magog, since Satan will be loosened at the end to deceive the nations again. Every unbleliever will be killed. And then raised to life to attend the GWT judgment. After which they all will be cast into the LoF. So ends the Millennial reign on the present earth. Ch 21 opens with the present heaven and earth "passing away" and there will be a new heaven and earth. This would be what is called the eternal state. iow, your Timex won't work. Time won't exist.
Speaking of the Millennium, who do you think populates the earth during that time?
""" Every unbleliever will be killed."""
Verse?
Sure. Since you seem very unfamiliar with Rev 20 and have even denied what v.5 says very clearly.
7 When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison
8 and will go out to
deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—and to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore.
9 They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God’s people, the city he loves.
But fire came down from heaven and devoured them.
10 And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
v.8 shows that "the nations" will be deceived. Just what I had posted. It doesn't say "most of the nations" or "some of the nations". It says "the nations". Most reasonable and rational people would easily understand this as the whole world. And we know that Satan has already "deceived the whole world" anyway. So this is another opportunity to do so again. Rev 12:9 - The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
If you have a disagreement with this, then please explain how and why I am wrong.
v.9 shows who will be burned up: "them". That refers back to v.8 and "the nations".
So, what happens after v.10? The GWT judgment. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand who will be at the GWT judgment.
We need a verse that says " no living stood before God at the gwtj"
Why do you think such childish thoughts?
We HAVE verses that clearly teach that all the dead unbelievers will be in a resurrection, only this time in their mortal bodies, because they won't get glorified bodies.
Acts 24:15 - and I have the same hope in God as these men themselves have, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.
We know WHEN the resurrection of the saved will occur. 1 Cor 15:23 tells us "when He comes". So, when do you think the resurrection of the unsaved will occur?
Keep in mind Rev 20:5 describes the resurrection of Trib martyrs the FIRST resurrection.
So, since there will be TWO resurrections, one for the saved and one for the unsaved, and the saved will be resurrected first, when do you think the unsaved will be resurrected?
Rev 20-
11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them.
12 And
I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books.
13 The
sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done.
14 Then
death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death.
15 Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.
v.12 and 13 show that all the unbelieving dead are gathered before the GWT. And "standing", no less. So we KNOW they risen from the dead. Dead people cannot "stand". They can only lie down.
v.14 shows where all these unsaved will end up; the LoF.
Question: do you know why the LoF is described as the "second death"?
