The Final Separation of All Time

June 9, 2015 Year B

Revelation 20:7-15

In the final days of the Last Days, much will occur. The Bible says that after the 1000 year reign of Christ, Satan is released. He will go to deceive the whole world. He will form a new army and attack Christ. All of the Christians will be with Jesus in Jerusalem (Revelation 20:9). Immediately, fire will come down and destroy them. The devil will be thrown in Hell’s lake of fire where he will have company (Revelation 20:10).

Using parallelism, the evil trinity will be in community in eternity future in the Lake of Fire. In Genesis 1, the Holy Trinity was in perfect community from eternity past. The Holy Trinity will be together in Jerusalem for eternity future.

After the devil’s judgment, there comes the human judgment. All of the unbelieving dead who had not raised to life were just by their works (Revelation 20:12-15). The lake of fire in Hell is the second judgment. The standard of judgment will be if you have been put in the book of life. Absence from this list makes one not just tardy but guilty.

The final separation happens when evil is judged and those who don’t follow Christ receive the ultimate consequence for their inaction of faith.

Prayer: God, thank You that I am in Your book of life. Thank you that I will not be part of the works final judgment.