Tuesday, June 5, 2012

11. REVELATION' S LAKE OF FIRE.

THIS ......IS.......HELL FIRE'S ONCE AND ONLY USE, AND IT COMES AT THE END, OF THE THOUSAND YEARS OF PEACE, WHILE SATAN IN IN "CHAINS"!

Sorry, but all those who believe, "I'd rather serve in hell, for ever, than the serve God in heaven for a few minutes!"  Just plainly do NOT know what they are talking about!

Jeremiah 31:3. "The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee."

Note: God' s character in love, a love so deep, so everlasting, so giving, that it is beyond human understanding.

2 Peter 3:9. "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."

Note: Longsuffering, means HE is very patient with us, and He wants each one of us to accept Christ, and come to repent before Him in prayer, thus not perish and be lost forever. Nobody' s sin is so great, that he can not forgive an honest and repented heart! He created the Universe, and no sin is that big!

Hebrews 12:29. "For our God is a consuming fire."

Note: Sin nor sinners, can not co-exist with God. For this is one purpose for which He freely gave His life, for all of us, for all time, that each of us might have live also! The choice is ours to make!

Malachi 4:1-3. "For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts."

Note: The above is the reason and the purpose for Revelation' s Lake of Fire, as this destroyed all sin and death itself, it has no further use! There is no Hades, or Hell, and Satan's not a ruler there, that's all from Satan's mind and human imaginations!

Psalms 37:9-10. "For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be."

Note: the just shall inherit the earth {the meek} and unjust shall be burned up as stubble. {Stubble is the dried out remains of harvested grains in a field}

Psalms 37:20. "But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away."

Note: if I or anyone is reduced to smoke, are we still able to feel pain? YES or NO?

Psalms 37:34-37. "Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.  Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace."

Psalms 37:38. "But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off."

Note: does this passage of Psalms not give a clear answer to the fate of those who reject Christ?

John 8:12. "Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life"

Note: it this more plainly stated? Have Jesus have live, thus no Jesus no life! Eternal life!BUT. . .but you ask, "What about the everlasting punishment?"

Matthew 25:46. "And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal."

Note: true about the punishment being forever, as there is no un-punishments, but it DOES NOT say ever lasting punishing now does it? This single punishment' s result shall be forever!

Jude 1:7. "Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire"

NOTE: Question, are these cities still burning today, with "everlasting fire"?. NO!

2 Peter 2:6. "And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;"

Note: God never does anything without a purpose, can you find two reasons for this act?

Matthew 3:10-12. "And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."

Note: This fire can not be put out, by human means, because God purposed it to destroy totally and eradicate sin from the universe., We have His promise sin shall not arise the second time.

Revelation 22:3. "And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: "

Note: can you think of a greater curse than either sin or death?Either from God' s or men s view?

Jeremiah 17:19-27  Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates: Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers. But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction. And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein; Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever. And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD. But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched."

Note: thus far this has covered the everlasting, the the shall not be quenched and the eternal, and all so used had a specific purpose, and when the objective was done, so was the fire, right?Jerusalem is not now still ablaze is it?

Revelation 20:10.And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever."

Note: The sole purpose for this fire is to what? To destroy those cast therein, agree? Now once life has left a body, does the body feel pain? Think of road kill, and how many cars run over it. Again the result is eternal, and for ever right? Let's try this ....

Exodus 21:6. "Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever."

Note: still as a servant today? Or as long as he lived?

Revelation 20:9. "And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them."

Note: the wicked are devoured in the fire, what about Satan?

Ezekiel 28:15. "Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee."

Ezekiel 28:16-18. "By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffic; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee."

Note: Satan, shall also be reduced to ashes.

Isaiah 47:14. "Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it."

Note: what happens to any fire, when the fuels is all burned up? It goes out right?  AND??

Obadiah 1:16. "For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been."

Note: as though they had not been! Would this also extend to the memories of those who loved these?  YES! For how can heaven be heaven if we are filled with memories of lost loved ones?

Jeremiah 31:34. "And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more".

Note: Is God able to remove those who are lost, from our minds? Surely!

2 Peter 3:12-13. "Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?  Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness."

Note: New Heavens, remember the New Jerusalem is as tall as it is wide, 375 miles, as best as men can judge, that would put the all but the lowest mile into very thin oxygen levels, thus new heavens required. This earth will be totally under fire for the elements to melt, thus purifying earth from all human pollutions, and destroyed remains of buildings, so that the new Eden can be created.

YOUR RESPONSE: More than anything Jesus want YOU to dwell in His glorious Kingdom. He longs for YOU to occupy the mansion He has prepared for YOU. Will YOU decide now to accept His offer?

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