Heb
6:1-2; Therefore leaving the elementary
teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a
foundation of:
(1) repentance from dead works and
(2) of faith toward God,
of instruction about;
(3) washings, as well as
(4) the laying on of hands, as well as
(5) the resurrection of the dead,
(6) and eternal
judgment.
äéäá÷Þ - didacheô [did-akh-ay']
Instruction, doctrine, what has been taught, the
teaching
How is a foundation made? Well first you:
1. Dig out and remove the old dirt
2. Put up the support walls/forms for filling in cement
3. Fill in the forms with cement
4. Smooth out the cement ensure it settles properly
5. Remove the shell (forms) and a new foundation appears
6. Ensure the foundation is level and sturdy
If you build the foundation correctly it stands.
If you build it incorrectly you must tear it down and start
over.
Draper's
Book of Quotations for the Christian World:
God
will not look you over for medals, degrees, or diplomas, but for scars. Elbert
Green Hubbard (1856-1915)
God
judges a man, not by the point he has reached, but by the way he is facing; not
by distance, but by direction. James
S. Stewart (1896-1990 )
He
has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat. He is sifting out
the hearts of men before his judgment seat.
Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910)
êár êñßìáôïò
ákùíßïõ.
Kai Krimatos Aioniou [Ahee-o-nee-oo]
And Judgment Eternal
êár -
Kai: And, Even, Also
êñßìáôïò - Krimatos:
Genitive, Singular, Neuter, of Krima [which comes from the word Krino] -
judgment; decision, verdict; condemnation, punishment; lawsuit (1 Cor 6:7);
power or authority to judge (Rev 20:4)
1 Cor 6:7 Actually,
then, it is already a defeat for you, that you have lawsuits with one another.
Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?
Krimatos
in a forensic sense:
a) the sentence of a judge
b) the punishment with which
one is sentenced
c) condemning sentence, penal
judgment
Acts 24:25 is the only other time this
word is used in the genitive singular.
Paul uses this word in witnessing to the Roman Governor
Felix who was also judge over him. Acts 24:10
In Paul's witnessing to Felix, he discusses faith in
Christ including: righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come.
Righteousness, Man
has human righteousness, which is considered -R. (Job 35:2, 7, 8)
God imputes His righteousness to us at the moment of
salvation (one of the 40 things we receive at the moment of salvation). +R Rom
4:11-24; James 2:23
Righteousness = integrity, virtue, purity of
life, rightness, correctness of thinking feeling, and acting
You now have perfect correctness = Righteousness
Righteousness = Holiness
God is perfectly holy because of His Righteousness.
He is with out fault.
The believer is holy because of God's imputed
Righteousness. You are without fault.
Based on the indwelling of all three members of the
trinity, you also have their righteousness available to you.
God's Righteous is gained only one way, through Faith in
the Lord Jesus Christ. Gen 15:6;
James 2:23
“Abraham believed God and it was reckoned to him as
righteousness.”
Rom 3:23 For
all have sinned and have fallen short of the glory of God.
Rom 3:10 There
is none righteous, not even one!
Self-control: Taking every thought captive, not giving into
the Old Sin Nature.
2 Cor 10:1-5; Rom 6:3-17, 20; 23,
Our
warfare is against the unseen forces of Satan and the fallen Angels. Eph
6:10-12, 2 Cor 2:11
2
Cor 2:11 so that no advantage would be taken of us by Satan, for we are not
ignorant of his schemes.
“Speculations
and lofty things” = Arrogant, pseudo and false doctrines from the cosmic
system.
“Every
thought captive” = A sinful thought is not sin; it’s only temptation!
Temptation
is not sin. Temptation becomes sin when
we dwell on, develop, or devise a plan around the thought.
Isa 32:7 As for a rogue, his weapons
are evil;
He devises wicked schemes
To destroy the afflicted with
slander,
Dwelling,
developing, or devising is Mental Attitude sin, which can lead to Verbal or
Overt sin if not cut short.
If
a sinful thought enters your mind, cut it off in its tracks.
Recognize
it for what it is and end the thought, moving on to something else.
That’s
exercising your volition.
Your
volition is involved in all three areas:
Cut
off the Thought, if no, cut off the Verbal, if no, cut off the Overt.
Punish
= dêäéêÝù ekdikeoô [ek-dik-eh'-o]
help (someone) get justice,
to vindicate, retaliate, punish - avenge.
Disobedience
= ðáñáêïÞ - parakoeô [par-ak-o-ay']
unwillingness to hear, disobedience
Obedience
= ›ðáêïÞ - hupakoeô [hoop-ak-o-ay']
attentive
hearkening, compliance or submission
“Complete”
= Pleroo in the Greek and it is a Verb in the:
Subjunctive Mood - Maybe
Aorist Tense - view from finished standpoint
Passive Voice - you receive the action
2 Cor 10:6 We are ready to vindicate/avenge all unwillingness to hear when you
receive the completed work of your willingness to hear.
The
only way to take captive those sinful thoughts is through the power of God’s
word resident in your soul.
The Judgment to come. [our doctrine]
Eternal = Adjective, Genitive, Neuter, Singular, [from
the Greek word: aei - aei: Ever; and Aion - aion= age]
ákùíßïõ -
aioniou: [ahee-o'-nee-ou]; eternal (of quality rather than of time);
Linked with the word Judgment - it emphasizes an
exact/perfect judgment, not a judgment process that lingers eternally.
The act of judging is done swiftly. The results of the judgment last forever.
Eternal, Unending, Everlasting, for all Time = Speaking
to the act and results vs. the process.
Eternal = without beginning or end, that which always
has been and always will be, never to cease, everlasting.
God is not bound by time. God created time!
DOCTRINE
OF THE SEVEN MAJOR JUDGMENTS OF HISTORY
I. The
Cross. 1 Pet 2:24
2 Cor 5:21 He
made Him who knew no sin to be sin on
our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Our Lord was sustained in His humanity on the cross while bearing our sins by the omnipotence of the Holy Spirit inside the Divine Dynasphere and by +H (God's happiness).
This
is the judgment of Jesus Christ for our sins.
God
the Father imputed our sins to Him as our substitute.
This
judgment ends Spiritual Death for all, yet it is only effective for the
believer.
This
sets up the second judgment, the right of the believer to judge his own sins.
II.
Rebound.
The
self-judgment of the believer. 1 Jn 1:9
1 Cor
11:30 For this reason many among you are weak and sick,
and a number sleep. 31But if we
judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged.
There are three types of discipline from God:
1) Warning - Rev 3:20
2) Intensified - Psa 7:14
3) Sin Unto Death - 1 John 5:16; Psa 118:7-8
Judge
- äéáêñßíù - diakrinoô [dee-ak-ree'-no]
Verb, Imperfect (tense), Active (voice), Indicative
(mood), First Person, Plural
It is
an Imperfect tense refers to continuous or linear action in past time. Continuous = Action without
interruption.
It
means: To separate thoroughly,
evaluate, judge; recognize, discern; make a distinction
The second word "judged" is in the Passive, Imperfect
If we do not judge ourselves, we will be judged
1 John 1:9 If we
confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse
us from all unrighteousness. 10If we say that we have not sinned, we
make Him a liar and His word is not in us.
If we
confess (ean homologoômen). [ Third-class condition with ean and
present (tense), active (voice), subjunctive (mood), of homologeo ] “if
we keep on confessing.”
confess;
admit; declare, say plainly; promise; claim
This
judgment is available you and all believers of the church age after salvation.
When
you confess your sins you are cleansed and God the Holy Spirit can operate
inside of you once again. 2 Tim 2:21
2 Tim
2:21 Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from these things, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified,
useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.
Sanctified
= Experiential Sanctification
Positionally
already clean - John 15:3
Experientially we need to
continually clean ourselves - John 13:5-10
You
acknowledge your sin(s) to God without any emotion or feeling about that
sin. Heb 4:16
You do not need to
have an attitude of penance.
How you feel is absolutely inconsequential.
How you think about the sin is the key.
God
has forgotten your sins, so should you. Psa
103:12
Isa 43:25 “I,
even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, And I
will not remember your sins.
Isa 44:22 “I have wiped out your
transgressions like a thick cloud And your sins like a heavy mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.”
Phil 3:13
Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what
lies ahead, 14I press on
toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Confession
or judging ourselves also means turning away from the sin (separate
thoroughly).
When we confess our sins we are fulfilling the commandment of Eph 5:18
and are once again filled with the Holy Spirit.
When
we confess our sins we are brought to a place of rest. Gen 18:1-5
We
have the right as Royal Family to just cite the sin and judge it ourselves. 1
Peter 2:5, 9
This
judgment ends temporal death of believers in time.
III. The
Judgment Seat of Christ.
After
the rapture, the church is evaluated on how well they advanced spiritually in
time. 2 Cor 5:10, Rom 14:10.
2 Cor 5:10 For we
must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be
recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether
good or bad.
The verse speaks of the Day in 1 Cor 3:13
Rom 14:10 But
you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you regard your
brother with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.
We are
commanded to judge our own sins as believer Priests.
We are
never commanded to judge the sins of someone else.
That's
the job of the Royal High Priest.
Judgment
Seat - âyìá -beôma [bay'-ma]
Noun,
genitive, neuter: judicial bench, place of judgment, court;
Our
Human good is evaluated and burned.
This ends the function of
human good of the Church Age Believer. Heb
6:7-12
2 Tim
2:11 It is a trustworthy statement:
For if we died with Him, we will also live
with Him;
12 If we endure, we will also reign with Him;
If we deny Him, He also will deny us;
13 If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for
He cannot deny Himself.
2 Tim
2:11 It is
a trustworthy statement:
For if
(EI Gar = If For - 1st
class) we died (Aorist, Act, Indic) with Him, we will
also live (Fut, Act, Indic) with Him;
12 If (1st
class) we endure (Pres, Act, Indic), we will also reign (Fut, Act, Indic) with Him;
If (1st
class) we deny (Fut, Mid Dep, Indic, plural) Him, He
also will deny (Fut, Mid Dep, Indic, sing.)
us;
13 If (1st
class) we are faithless (Pres, Act, Indic), He remains faithful (Adj.), for He cannot (is unable to) deny (Aor, Mid Dep,
Infinitive - purpose, result, cause) Himself.
IV. The
Judgment of the Unbelieving Jews at the Second Advent. Ezek
20:30‑38
This
is a part of the Baptism of fire.
In Ezk 20 we have the Hebrew word;
Rod – shebet shebet - From an unused root probably
meaning to branch off; a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting,
ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan:
dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
"I
will cause you to pass under the rod"
This speaks to the ancient custom of tithing sheep.
The sheep were all penned; and the shepherd stood at the
door of the fold, where only one sheep could come out at once.
The shepherd [had in his hand a rod dipped in a marking
solution (vermillion), as the sheep came out, he counted one, two, … nine; and
as the tenth came out, he] marked the sheep with the rod, and said, “This is
the tenth;” and that was set apart for the Lord. w/ Lev 27:32
Jerm 33:13 ‘In
the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland, in the cities of
the Negev, in the land of Benjamin, in the environs of Jerusalem and in the
cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who
numbers them,’ says the LORD.
Micah 7:13
Shepherd Your people with Your scepter,
The flock of Your possession
Which dwells by itself in the woodland,
In the midst of a fruitful field.
Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead
As in the days of old.
Rom 11:7 What
then? What Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but those who were chosen
obtained it, and the rest were hardened; 8just as it is written,
“God gave them
a spirit of stupor,
Eyes to see not
and ears to hear not,
Down to this
very day.”
9And David says,
“Let their
table become a snare and a trap,
And a stumbling
block and a retribution to them.
10 “Let
their eyes be darkened to see not,
And bend their
backs forever.”
11I say
then, they did not stumble so as to fall, did they? May it never be! But by
their transgression salvation has come
to the Gentiles, to make them jealous.
"I
will bring you into the bond of the covenant"
The parallelism between this line and the preceding one
suggests that:
While discipline may be implied by mention of the rod,
it also carries the positive message of Israel’s being under the watch of the
shepherd.
There are five covenants to
Israel:
Four Covenants are
unconditional and one is conditional.
1. The Abrahamic covenant defines the race for client nation Israel.
Abraham became a Jew at age 99; circumcision was the sign,
Gen 12:1‑3, 13:15‑16, 15:18, 22:15‑18, 26:3‑4; Ex
6:2‑8.
2. The Palestinian covenant defines the land for client nation
Israel, Gen 15:18; Num 34:1‑12; Deut 30:1‑9; Josh 1:3‑4. This is the real estate of the client
nation.
3. The Mosaic Law defines the policy for client nation Israel (both
spiritual and temporal policy). This is
the one conditional covenant.
Codex 1: 10 Commandments, Decalogue, Freedom Code
Codex 2: Ordinances, Spiritual Code
Codex 3: Judgments, Establishment Code, National Heritage
4. The Davidic covenant defines the dynasty for client nation
Israel, 2 Sam 7:8‑16; Ps 89:20‑37.
5. The new covenant defines the restoration of
the client nation Israel at the Second Advent and its millennial modus
operandi.
Jer 31:31‑34.
God’s process of purification will mean that only true
sheep will enjoy the covenant of blessing.
At the end of the Tribulation God will regather Israel
to the land of promise for the Millennium. Ezek 36:14-38; 37:21-23
Ezek 37:21 “Say
to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I will take the sons of Israel from
among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side
and bring them into their own land; 22and I will make them one
nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king for
all of them; and they will no longer be two nations and no longer be divided
into two kingdoms. 23“They will no longer defile themselves with
their idols, or with their detestable things, or with any of their
transgressions; but I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which
they have sinned, and will cleanse them. And they will be My people, and I will
be their God.
Before the Millennial reign,
the Israelites will be required to stand before the Lord for judgment.
Those who have placed their trust in Him will be allowed
to enter the land and participate in His kingdom (cf. John 3:3).
Those who have not believed will be judged for their sin
and banished to everlasting suffering.
John 3:3
“Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he
cannot see the kingdom of God.”
Ends
the function of Jewish unbelievers at the end of the Tribulation.
V. The
Judgment of the Unbelieving Gentiles at the Second Advent. Joel
3:1‑2, 11‑13; Mt 25:31‑46
Joel 3:12 Let
the nations be aroused and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I
will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
Mat 25:31 "as the shepherd separates the sheep from
the goats;"
Ends
the function of Gentile unbelievers at the end of the Tribulation.
This
is also a part of the Baptism of fire.
Baptism of Fire
Definition.
1.
The Baptism of Fire is defined as the judgment of the tribulational
unbelievers at the Second Advent.
They are removed from the
earth and placed in fire for 1000 years until the last judgment.
2.
Both Jews and gentiles who are tribulational unbelievers are involved in
this Second Advent judgment.
3.
This judgment results in the millennium beginning with believers only, Mt
3:11‑12; Lk 3:16.
The Baptism of Fire is one of seven different baptisms
in the Bible (see tapes on Baptism parts 8-10)
There are 4 Real and 3 Ritual Baptisms
Real Baptism is without water. Ritual Baptism is with water
Real Baptism = Baptism of Moses, Baptism of Cross,
Baptism of Holy Spirit, Baptism of Fire
Ritual
Baptism = Baptism of John, Baptism of Jesus Christ, Baptism of Church Age
believers
Water
baptism was a training aid to represent what happened at salvation. It taught the baptism of the Holy Spirit
until the canon was completed. There is
no present linear aktionsart imperative for this ritual, as is mandated for the
Lord's Supper.
The
time of the Baptism of Fire is at the second advent.
2 Thes 1:7‑9; Mt 3:11‑2
The
announcement of the Baptism of Fire was given to John the Baptist. Mt 3:11‑12; Lk 3:16‑17
The baptism of the Holy Spirit
and the Baptism of Fire demonstrate the power of Jesus Christ.
Jesus’ Baptism by John demonstrated power received /
power given.
The Baptism of Fire demonstrates Christ’s own Power
Both demonstrate the power available to Jesus
Christ.
In the
days of Noah, all unbelievers were removed from the earth by water; at the
Second Advent it will be by fire.
The
analogy to the Baptism of Fire is found in Mt 24:36‑41.
The
one left in the field is the mature believer; the one taken is the
unbeliever.
The
Second Advent is compared to the days of Noah when people had no time for
doctrine because they were too distracted by the pleasures of normal living.
Parables
of the Baptism of Fire.
1.
The wheat and the tares, Mt. 13:24‑30, 36‑40.
2.
The good and bad fish, Mt. 13:47‑50.
3.
The ten virgins, Mt. 25:1‑13.
4.
The sheep and the goats, Mt. 25:31‑46.
5.
The talent test, Mt. 25:14‑30.
The one talent man represents
the unbeliever.
The
Jewish Baptism of Fire. Ezek 20:34‑38;
Isa 1:25‑27
All
Jewish unbelievers of the tribulation go into fire,
Mal 3:1‑6, 4:1‑2.
Christ judges them in the desert - Jehoshaphat.
The
Gentile Baptism of Fire. Mt. 25:31‑46
The
Baptism of Fire is used to motivate and evangelize Jews of the church age. Heb 12:27‑29
The
punishment area for the Baptism of Fire is torments where all unbelievers await
the last judgment.
The
Baptism of Fire vindicates the character of Jesus Christ. Rev 19:11
The
Baptism of Fire is necessary for the beginning of a new civilization in the
millennium.
In
each civilization man has a different life span.
Each
civilization has its own climate and its own variation in species.
All
civilizations begin with believers only.
A
civilization is the divine protection of the human race during the angelic
conflict.
There
are four civilizations: antediluvian, postdiluvian, millennium, and eternity.
Applications
of this doctrine:
1.
The application to the Jews in the church age, from Heb 12:27‑29,
is that you cannot handle life if you are easily shaken.
If you
are distracted by emotional preaching, you will be shocked by disaster.
2.
It is important to believe in Christ in crisis opportunities.
3.
The integrity of our Lord is vindicated.
4.
The Baptism of Fire is necessary to start a new civilization.
VI. The
Judgment of Fallen Angels. Rev 20:10-15
Throughout the centuries as anticipated in the enmity mentioned in
Genesis 3:15, there has been constant warfare between the holy angels who
minister to God’s people and Satan and his unholy angels, the demonic spirits.
Nevertheless God has manifested His power by defeating Satan and his
hordes.
For God’s own purposes, Satan has been allowed to continue his
nefarious schemes.
Scripture speaks of three sure events regarding the activity of Satan
and his demonic forces:
1) his binding during the millennium,
2) his short release, and
3) his final incarceration in the Lake of Fire.
All opposing powers against the Lord will be dealt with in judgment. Rev.
20:1-3, 7-10; 2 Pet. 2:4; Jude 6; 1 Cor. 15:24-26
After
the millennium, all fallen angels are cast into the lake of fire.
Fallen angels along with
Satan are already sentenced to the Lake of Fire. Mat 25:41
Mat 25:41 "Depart from Me, accursed ones,
into the eternal fire, which has been prepared for the devil and, his
angels."
Their
sentence was passed before time began, but its execution is not carried out
until the end of human history. Rev 20:10-15
To
resolve this Angelic Conflict an inferior creature was placed and limited to
one planet, Earth. Psa 8:3-5, Heb
2:7
Jesus
Christ died for man and angels. Col 1:20
Col 1:20and
through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the
blood of His cross; through Him, I say,
whether things on earth or things in heaven.
The
angels rejection of Christ’s efficacious work on the Cross is eluded to in the
passage Hebrews 2:7.
7 “You
have made him for a little while lower than the angels;
You have
crowned him with glory and honor,
And have
appointed him over the works of Your hands;
Satan
objected to this judgment and in objecting he charged God’s character.
“
How can a loving God cast His created being into a Lake of Fire”.
No scripture in the Bible is worded
this way.]
However,
it is a scriptural conjecture derived from comparing many passages also it is
strongly reverberated throughout unbelievers in the human race.
The actual blasphemous appeal of Satan is unknown to us,
but the fact that an appeal was filed with God is deduced from the lapse of
time between the sentence of fallen angels (Mt 25:41) in eternity past
and the execution of that sentence at the termination of human history (Rev
20:10).
The very fact that the sentence has not been carried
out, and that Rev 20:10 reveals the sentence will be carried out at the
end of human history, causes our conclusion.
His
appeal was to God's love.
Turning
justice into sentimentality.
The Hebrew word Satan means a slanderer as well as an
adversary, accuser.
In the Hebrew, ha Satan means an attorney who slanders
but gets away with it because of some legal loophole.
In the Greek, his name was translated Diabolos, which
means exactly the same thing: an
adversary, an attorney in opposition in law, or a slanderer.
This
is how God reveals him to us because Satan became the defense attorney and
leader of the fallen angels.
When
god sentenced Lucifer and all fallen angels to the lake of fire, it was
inevitable that Satan would appeal the sentence, and at the same time impugn
the character of God.
The
blasphemous appeal of Satan was based on some legal principle, possibly one
which has come down to us today.
His
argument, "how can a loving God put his own creature into the lake of fire
forever?
The
pattern of negative volition started with Satan's original sin described in Isa
14:12‑14.
Satan’s negative volition is the pattern for mans own negative
volition.
Then
followed angelic rejection of whatever was the issue, (probably rejection of
Christ, from the Greek of Rev 12:4), in which one‑third of all the
angelic creatures became negative toward God and joined Satan.
God's
answer to his accusation came from God's essences of absolute righteousness and
justice.
Human
history is not only coterminous with the appeal trial of Satan and his fallen
angels, but Human history is the actual function of the trial, and mankind was
created to resolve that trial.
Man possesses one thing in common with the super-angelic
creatures: he has a similar soul which
contains a rational mind and a free will or volition. Ps 8:3‑5; Heb 2:7
This
new creature, homo sapien, would demonstrate in a system called history the
fairness of God, the perfection of his integrity, the righteousness of his
judgment on fallen angels in prehistoric times.
Heb 1:4, "so he [Jesus Christ in his humanity]
became superior to angels, since he has inherited a superior title to theirs
[third royal title."
Our Lord became the victor of the angelic conflict as an
inferior creature to angels.
Heb
1:6, "and again [second advent], when he brings his first‑born into
the world he says, [Ps 97:7], `Let all the angels of God worship him.'"
Application
1. History is a very short time compared to all
eternity. Your time on earth is a drop
in the bucket compared to eternity.
2. All of you who place other things in life
above doctrine in your false scale of values are losing all the equal privilege
and opportunity God has provided for you in time to advance spiritually.
All
those "other things" will become so very meaningless to you in
eternity, at most adding up to your regret in eternity.
The
latin phrase, sic transit gloria mundi, means "the glory of this world
passes away."
3. In eternity you will realize that the things
you considered important were not important at all.
Although
you cannot lose your salvation, if things in life are more important you will
be a loser.
While
on earth you have the opportunity to make your life count in a fantastic way.
The
opposite of a fantastic life with God is choosing to follow the plan of Satan
for human life on this earth.
4. This study sheds light on the importance of
mature church age believers glorifying God by tactical victory.
The
suffering the mature believer endures under evidence testing is a major factor
in breaking the back of Satan.
Two
things break the back of Satan:
a. The strategic victory of our Lord on the
cross.
b. The tactical victory of those who advance to
spiritual maturity.
This
judgment ends the Angelic Revolution.
VII. The
Judgment of all Unbelievers after the Millennium. Rev 20:11-15
The
second resurrection occurs when all unbelievers are raised from the dead.
There
are two general Resurrections:
a. For believers only: Resurrection to eternal life.
The
resurrection body is eternal and permanent, superior to that of angelic
creatures, Dan 12:2; Jn 5:24-29; 1 Cor 15:20-22; Rev 20:6,13.
This
resurrection is called the "first resurrection."
b. For unbelievers only: Resurrection and cast into the lake of fire
forever, Mt 25:41; 1 Cor 15:24; Rev 20:5-15.
This
is called the "second resurrection" or the last judgment.
The first resurrection is pictured as a battalion pass-in-review, and
therefore, is divided into four echelons. 1 Cor 15:20-24
The first resurrection in all of human history is that of our Lord at the end
of the great power experiment of the Hypostatic Union.
Alpha
Company: Resurrection of Christ at the end of the
great power demonstration of the Hypostatic Union. Mt 28; Mk 16; Lk 24; Jn
20-21; Acts 2:31-34.
Bravo
Company: Resurrection of the Royal Family of God at
the end of the great power demonstration of the Church Age. Jn 14:1-3; Phil 3:20-21; 1 Cor 15:51-57;
1 Thes 4:13-18; 1 Jn 3:1-2
Charlie
Company: Resurrection of the Old Testament believers
and Tribulational martyrs at the end of the Tribulation and the 2nd Advent. Dan
12:13; Isa 26:19-20; Mt 24:31; Rev 20:4.
Delta
Company: the resurrection of the millennial saints at
the end of the Millennium.
Then
there is the 2nd resurrection.
Epsilon
Company:
the resurrection of all unbelievers throughout human history. Rev 20:11-15
There
are two directions for the two resurrections.
a. For the 1st resurrection: Eternal Life.
b. For the 2nd resurrection: Eternal condemnation and judgment.
The
difference between the two is one's attitude toward Christ.
Jn
3:36, "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life; He that
believeth not the Son shall not see life but the wrath of God abideth on
him."
As long as anyone is alive,
he has the opportunity of entering into the first resurrection simply by
believing in Christ.
They
are then judged based on the human good works they performed on earth.
Those
works, no matter how good, are never good enough to reconcile the sin in their
lives.
Their
human good righteousness is shown to not even compare to God's righteousness.
Only
Christ's perfect work on the Cross and righteousness can reconcile sin.
Therefore,
unbelievers are cast into the lake of fire after the millennial reign along
with the fallen angels.
This judgment also
ends the last human revolution. (Gog vs. Magog)
Each
of these judgments by God ends something begun by Satan which is evil.
Summary
I. The Cross. 1 Pet 2:24; 2 Cor 5:21
This ends Spiritual Death for the believer, begun by sin in the world.
II. Rebound. 1 Cor 11:30-31; 1 Jn 1:9
This ends temporal death of the believer, begun by Old Sin Nature tempations.
III. The BEMA of Christ. 2 Cor 5:10,
Rom 14:10.
This
ends the function of human good of the Church Age, begun by Satan’s arrogance
IV.
Judgment of Unbelieving Jews at the 2nd
Advent. Ezek 20:30-38
Ends
the function of Jewish unbel’s of the Trib., spun by Satan’s rebellion.
V. The Judgment of the Unbelieving Gentiles
at the 2nd Advent. Joel 3:1-13;
Mt 25:31-46
This ends the function of Gentile unbelievers, also spun by Satan.
VI.
The Judgment of Fallen Angels. Rev 20:10-15
This
ends the Angelic Revolution, begun by Satan’s arrogance in Eternity Past.
Isa 14:13-14 = 5 “I wills”
VII. The Judgment of all Unbelievers after the
Millennium. Rev 20:11-15
This
ends the last human revolution.
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