Our last sect of thought in chapter 20 in my study Bibles has these headings. As we have been going along I have found myself becoming somewhat hardened/cynical to the way the Word of GOD and of His Christ has been treated by the unknowing and religious world.
The Final Judgment or the Judgment of the Wicked and Judgment Before the Great White Throne:
Revelation 20:11-15 "And 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." (KJV)
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." (ESV)
Revelation 20:11-15 "And 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 its place was never found again. ( This means that there is no accusation in the heavens or upon earth that could possibly stand in the presence of the Lamb, the One seated on this Throne of judgment of righteousness --- His Throne gives testimony to humanity's redeemed acquittal! See 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 17:30-31, "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/Truth 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 resurrected Jesus is the official receipt and verification confirming humanity's redeemed innocence! Romans 4:25, Rev. 20:4, also Mat. 19:28, Jesus said to them, 'Truly, I say to you, in the [1]rebooting (regeneration) 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, G3824 from G3825 and G1078] paliggenesia, suggests a complete restoration to the original condition, in modern terms, a reboot. From (G3825) palin, again by repetition and (G1078) genesis, source. This is only used here and in Mat. 19:28 and Titus 3:5.) And I saw everyone who ever died, small and great, standing before GOD. And the books were opened. And another book was opened! The Book of Life. The first volume of books represented humanity's judgment based on their own works, verses the Book of Life which celebrates the triumph of the Lamb! (Rev. 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.' [The language is taken from the custom of registering the names of persons in a list, a roll, or catalogue,,,ie. a census. In the Jewish tradition there were prevailing fears that a name might be bolted out of the Book of Life if one's behavior did not please GOD! This being the seat of a perverted mindset of false belief. see note on the Lamb's Book of Life at the end of chapter 17.) Every domain where the dead were held, yielded them up to be judged according to His work [the work of Jesus]. Everyone was there; The sea yielded up its dead also Death and Hades yielded their dead. (The singular, o ἔργον αστος, his work, rather than, plural, their works, is the text by Tischendorf. [see notes on Text at the introduction to Revelation]. Also note Rev. 22:12, "Behold! [again Aorist Imperative!] Now 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.') Then Death and Hades were cast into the Lake of fire. This is the second death. ( The Second Death is not to distract us from the once and for all death that Jesus died, but to endorse it! In the Lake of fire, Death and Hades were eradicated from memory. The first death is the once for all death that Jesus took on in our death when He died, representing the global death of all humankind. Jesus' death took mankind's death in Adam, out of the equation! [Heb. 9:27-28, 2Cor. 5:14-17] The idea of the Second Death had 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 wickedness of unbelief] represented by the lake of fire, burning Sulphur, purifying like in a furnace, separating their unbelief as dross is from gold, from the dross-mindset. Rev. 2:11, 20:6. see note at the end of chapter 19.) And [1]everything that was not written in the Book of Life was poured into the Lake of fire." (The Greek, - with, ei tis, means everthing or everyone - but, what is cast into this symbolic lake ablaze with Brimstone is not a person but rather a mindset! A distorted perception of identity!
The authentic ID/DNA of human life is defined in the Book of Life - or the Tree of Life, representing the redeemed life of our origin and design, versus the alternative Tree of the knowledge of good and evil, representing humanity's corrupted identity under scrutiny and questioned (a mental defect of reasoning). 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 identity there in Zoe-life redeemed by the Lamb. You may have only known yourself according to the flesh, as did Simon, the son of Jonah, while you really are 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 of a perverse mindset 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! see the extended note on the Lamb's Book of Life at the end of chapter 17.) (The Mirror, with editing.)
Now I have decided to hold off on sharing the commentaries of this chapters notes for a few days, this closes chapter 20's search and discovery study for now. I will the LORD willing pick this back up in our next visit.
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