We are looking into the change that GOD does with our perception from within us by His Grace, that is to say Christ. When we have, if you will, come face to face with Him and the cross of our redemption of innocence, this being the mission of Jesus. For this I will look at Revelation chapter 20 beginning at the eleventh verse through verse fifteenth (like a parallel Bible would do) in the KJV, ESV and the Mirror Study Bible, verse by verse. By doing this hopefully we will see a bit of the err of the translations of the KJV and ESV as they stand now. For "The Mirror," expresses most accurately the change of our thought pattern when we are reborn, birthed from above, re-genesis, or for those of the modern era, rebooted. Following the Mirror I will include the study notes from it.
KJV
Revelation 20:11-15 "I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."
ESV
Revelation 20:11-15 "Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire."
The Mirror
Revelation 20:11 "I saw a huge white Throne and it was as if heaven and earth fled away from the presence of the One seated upon this Throne and His place was never found again." (This means that there is no accusation in the heavens or upon the earth that could possibly stand in the presence of the Lamb, the One seated upon this Throne of the judgment of righteousness - His Throne gives testimony (witness) to humanity's redeemed acquittal! Hebrews 1:3 "Having made purification for sins He sat down!" There exists no evidence that could be brought from any sphere or dimension that could possibly testify against the human race - Acts 17 "The GOD of creation has overlooked the times of ignorance and now urgently persuades all of humanity everywhere to awaken in their understanding to the fact of their innocence - He appointed a day and a person and on that day and in that person GOD would judge the world in righteousness and of this he has given proof by raising Jesus from the dead! The resurrection Jesus is the official receipt and verification of the verdict confirming humanity's redeemed innocence! Romans 4:25, Revelation 20:4; also Matthew 19:28 Jesus said to them, "Truly, I say to you, in the [1]rebooting of mankind, when the Son of man shall sit on His glorious Throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. The word [1] paliggenesia, suggests a complete restoration to the original, in modern terms, rebooted. From palin, again by repetition and genesis, source. Only used in Matthew 19:28 and Titus 3:5)
Revelation 20:12 "I saw everyone who ever died, small and great, standing before GOD. And the books were opened! The Book of Life!The first volume of books represented humanity's judgment on their own works, versus the Book of Life which celebrates the triumph of the Lamb!" (Revelation 3:5 Everyone who sees their victory in Me will I clothe in white garments - and they will realize that I am not in the business of fulfilling their law and performance based fears by blotting out their names from the Book of Life! Instead I am the one who endorses their identity face to face before My Father and His Shepherd-Messengers. [This language is taken from the custom of registering the names of the person in a list, roll, or catalogue. In Jewish tradition there was a prevailing fear that your name might be blotted out of the Book of Life if your behavior did not please God.])
Revelation 20:13 "Every domain where the dead was held, yielded them up to be judged according to his works [the work of Jesus]. Everyone was there; the sea yielded up its dead also Death and Hades yielded up their dead." (The singular, "his works," rather than, their works, is the text by Tischendorf. Also note Revelation 22:12 "Behold! [again in the Aorist Imperative form!] Noe get the message, once and for all! I am come! There are no further delays! This is the hour the Prophets pointed to! And My reward is with Me, to give to each as his [the Lamb's] work is.)
Revelation 20:14 "Then Death and Hades were cast into the Lake of fire. This is the second death. (The Second Death is not to distract from the once and for all death that Jesus died, but to endorse it. In the Lake of fire, Death and Hades are eradicated from memory. The first is the once and for all death that Jesus died, representing the global death of humanity, mankind, humankind. Jesus' death took mankind's death in Adam, out of the equation! [Hebrews 9:27-28; 2Corinthians 5;14-17] The idea of the second death has to do with the fact that the revelation of everyone's inclusion in the death of Jesus, has not yet dawned on some - so it will take a crisis, often, their own death, to immediately engage them with the symbolic cleansing [from their unbelief] represented by the Lake of burning Sulphur, purifying like in a furnace, separating the gold from the dross-mindset. revelation 2:11 and 20:6)
Revelation 20:15 "And [1] everything that was not written in the Book of Life was poured into the lake of fire. (The Greek word used with, ei tis, meaning everything or everyone - but, what is cast into the symbolic Lake ablaze with Brimstone is not a person but a mindset! A distorted perception of identity! (The authentic ID of humanity is defined in the Book of Life - or the Tree of Life, representing the redeemed life of our design, versus the alternative Tree of the knowledge of good and evil, representing humanity's identity under scrutiny and question. The "I am not-Tree" heads up the System of a Works and Performance Based Philosophy. To have your name written in the Book of Life simply suggests that you discover your original identity there in the Zoe-life redeemed by the Lamb. You may have only known yourself according to the flesh, as Simon, the son of Jonah, while you really are a Petros! Mr. Rock, you are a chip of the old Block! Every evidence of an inferior identity will be cast into the lake of Sulphur burning away the dross to reveal the gold! Any idea of an identity outside of the Book of Life, is dissolved! The Lamb's Book of Life and not the law of personal performance, defines us!)
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