Thursday, January 22, 2015

Revelation 21:4-5


4 God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, neither shall there be anguish (sorrow and mourning) nor grief nor pain any more, for the old conditions and the former order of things have passed away.
  • We are told here that our Father will come and dwell among men and as the Truth teaches us when He does return believers will no longer be men. We will have been transformed to be something else a thousand years before when Jesus returned. We are told that we will be just like Jesus, Who was a man, but was raised up to be returned to His former state of being.
  • And now, Father, glorify Me along with Yourself and restore Me to such majesty and honor in Your presence as I had with You before the world existed. John 17:5
  • Beloved, we are [even here and] now God’s children; it is not yet disclosed (made clear) what we shall be [hereafter], but we know that when He comes and is manifested, we shall [as God’s children] resemble and be like Him, for we shall see Him just as He [really] is. 1 John 3:2
  • Our Father tells us in verse 4 that He will wipe the tears away from men. So there has to still be men, or mankind, around in eternity for Him to do this.
  • The Bible tells us in Jesus’ parable of the Marriage Supper that there will be guests in eternity. Now its easy to believe that for those who will be here with us that they will not have any tears, fear, anguish, grief, pain, or sorrow. It’s easy to believe that all things will be new for those that are on the new earth.
  • But, what about the Lake of Fire, or Hell? The Bible never teaches us that people are changed to be something other then men if they are thrown into Hell. People who are thrown into the Lake of Fire will still be men, and as verse 3 tells us our Father will physically dwell with men. We are not told that He will dwell with only righteous men, or saved men, we are told that He will dwell with all men.
  • So let me ask you this: how can there be people, or men, thrown into Hell, or the Lake of Fire, to be tormented forever if: sorrow, pain, anguish, sorrow, mourning, and grief have been done away with and all of the old things have passed away?
  • People will say that this scripture only applies to the new earth, but these verses do not say that. And as we will read at the end of Revelation, our Father tells us not to add to or take away from what He had written. So we cannot add just men on the new earth. 
  • So if someone is thrown into Hell, they have to just cease to be, just as the scriptures tell us. Our Father is Omnipotent and if someone is thrown into Hell they are cast out of His presence, so they have to cease to be, because our Father is everywhere.
  • Such people will pay the penalty and suffer the punishment of everlasting ruin (destruction and perdition) and eternal exclusion and banishment from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, 2 Thessalonians 1:9
5 And He Who is seated on the throne said, See! I make all things new. Also He said, Record this, for these sayings are faithful (accurate, incorruptible, and trustworthy) and true (genuine).
  • Death and Hades will have been thrown into the Lake of Fire, along with satan. All suffering and anguish will have ended when our Father returns. 
  • Think if there were people who were eternally suffering in Hell as we are enjoying all of the blessings of eternity? Could you enjoy that? Would that be new and wonderful? Do you really believe that our Father would enjoy that? Do you really believe that we could have unspeakable joy and peace as we knew people were being tormented for ever and ever. 
  • Right now the only people who get joy out of people suffering while they party are dictators, creeps, and tyrants and we go to war to oust those people. But this is what many believe eternity will be like. That is crazy! 
  • The Truth is where sin abounds grace much more abounds, Romans 5. The Truth is every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord and the New Earth and the New Jerusalem will be filled with guests. 
  • Thinks of what so many believe Judgment Day will be like. They believe that our Father will force everyone to bow to Him, tell Him that He is Great, acknowledge Jesus as Lord and then He will send them to Hell to be tormented for ever after they confess this. That is what Kim Jung Un does in North Korea right now. That is what Hitler did. This is what all tyrants do. 
  • Grace will do far more than most in religion believe it will. 

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