lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 4 * BOOK 14 SALVATION: HELL VERSUS LAKE OF FIRE: NEW HEAVEN AND EARTH Revelation 20 So now let's look at verse 7. Revelation 20:7 "And when the thousand years are expired (that thousand years of Christ's Kingdom rule here on earth. Revelation 20:8,9 Christ destroys all of these rebels. Revelation 20:10 "And the devil that deceived them (these children born in the Kingdom Age) was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet (world religious leader)are (remember these two were cast into the lake of fire at the end of the Tribulation as we saw in Revelation 19:20), and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever." 1. We have Christ and the firstfruits. Here in verse 11 we come to the second resurrection or the resurrection of the lost from Cain to these children that are deceived by the devil here in verse 10. Many people don't understand that lost people are also going to be resurrected out of hell as we know it. You and I as believers will not come before the Great White Throne. Revelation 20:11 "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." Revelation 20:12 "And I saw the dead (of all ages), small and great, stand before God (in their resurrected bodies);..." Remember, their bodies will not be consumed or burned up, but their bodies will be tormented forever and ever. Don't forget, the finished work of the Cross has made it possible for every human being to escape this lake of fire judgment. When people say that you and I as believers will sit and watch this Great White Throne judgment take place they don't know what they are talking about. Now finishing verse 12: Revelation 20:12b "... and the books (plural) were opened, and another book (singular) 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." The other view is that when people are saved and experience salvation, their name is placed in the Book of Life. God brings up their record. Revelation 20:13 Revelation 20:14 "And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire (do you see the difference between those two places? Death and hell is the place of the unbeliever who has died and is waiting for this Great White Throne judgment. For the spirit realm, death is the separation from God. It's an eternal separation. Now look at the difference between hell and the lake of fire. Where is hell? Let's go back to Matthew Chapter 12. Matthew 12:39 Jesus gives perfect credit to him. Now verse 40: Matthew 12:40 in the heart of the earth." Jesus' answered, "Today shalt thou be with me in paradise." The Apostle's creed says that,"Jesus died, was buried and descended into hell." I've had so many people say to me, "You mean Jesus actually went to hell?" All three pertain to this center-most part of the earth. Let's come down to verse 22 and 23: Luke 16:22,23 "And it came to pass, that the beggar (Lazarus) died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom." Luke 16:24 The soul and spirit are so intertwined with the body of our make up, that even though the rich man's body was in the grave upon the surface, yet the soul and spirit were suffering as if it were bodily suffering. Abraham responds and says: Luke 16:25 "But Abraham said, `Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.'" Luke 16:26 We've got hell, or hades, or however you want to define it, but Abraham defines it as a great gulf fixed. Even the believers died with the two exceptions (and I'm always pointing out that God is God and He can make His exceptions). When the thief was told by Jesus, "Today shalt thou be with me in paradise," Christ was speaking of what He said in Matthew about the center part of the earth. Remember Christ said that, I didn't. Ephesians 4:7 Ephesians 4:8 Now verse 9: Ephesians 4:9,10 descended first into (where?) the lower parts of the earth? He went down into the Paradise side of hell or Hades, where Abraham and the Old Testament saints were. From the Cross, He and the thief went down into the Paradise side of Sheol, Hades, or hell. I think right here is where Christ emptied the Paradise side and took those Old Testament believers with Him. And where is Paradise today? It's up in Heaven! The Old Testament tells us that hell, the place of torment, is enlarged. It's not on the earth, because the earth has fled away. Matthew 11:23,24 In verse 14 of Revelation Chapter 20 we find: Revelation 20:14,15 "And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. Now then the lake of fire, where is it?

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