Revelation 21,22

Events that take place at the end of the 1,000 years


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Why is restitution necessary!

 

God’s justice demands full restitution.

 

Before the wicked are permanently destroyed, God requires every injustice to be converted into perfect justice.

 

Before a New Heaven and a New Earth are created, all wrongs will be made right – either voluntarily (through genuine repentance) or involuntarily (divine extraction).

 

Therefore, saints will thoroughly review the case of every wicked person and every wicked angel and they will determine the amount of suffering which must be extractedfrom every evil person to achieve perfect justice.

 

Don’t ever forget this: The whole universe has been and will forever be subject to the golden rule.

 

God demands that everyone make restitution for wrong deeds.

 

If you do so voluntarily – out of genuine sorrow for your sin, you will be blessed.

 

If restitution has to be extracted from you, then you are under the curse of sin because you are not sorry for your sin. Actually, you are defiant about remaining in rebellion.

 

Because wicked people have no intention of making restitution, every suffering they inflicted or imposed upon others has to be extracted from their flesh by fire.

 

Luke 12:5   “But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after killing of the body, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.”

 

At the end of the 1,000 years, the Holy city will descend to Earth.

 

The wicked of all ages will then be resurrected to face their Maker and to receive their sentences. (Plural)

 

1.   One sentence concerns restitution, the length of suffering required in the fire.

 

2.   The other sentence is the penalty for sin which is the second death – a  death from which there is no hope for resurrection.

 

God sends fire down from the sky at the end of the 1,000 years, the wicked will be sustained in the flames of hell for as long as necessary so that restitution can be fully extracted from them.

 

Some of the wicked will perish quickly as though “salted with fire,” others will suffer horrible torment for a long time.  

 

This suffering will be perfectly commensurate with their crimes – the suffering they imposed upon others.

 

Then, at that time, the enduring golden rule will be clearly demonstrated to the universe. God will demonstrate that the integrity of His law: “As you do unto others, the same will be done unto you.”

 

Think about this: The golden rule is not an arbitrary rule.

 

The golden rule is the only way that justice can be uniformly and fairly administered among a wide range of created beings having the power of choice.

 

Life for life.

Limb for limb.

Wing for wing for angels. 

Tooth for tooth.

Bruise for bruise.

 

Finally, after the devil and his angels finish suffering in the flames of hell (they will burn for a long time – maybe a few month), they will ultimately perish (cease to be).

 

At that moment, the universe will not only be purified, free of sin and sinners for the first time in thousands of years, but more importantly, the universe will see at that moment that justice cannot be avoided or escaped!

 

God will not allow one sin to escape notice or justice.

 

Murderers may think they can cover up their crimes, thieves may think they got away with their loot, liars may think they can hide the truth, but this is not the case AT ALL.

 

Profound statement coming:

 

The drama at the end of the 1,000 years proves that God will resurrect deed people if necessary to see that restitution is extracted and justice is served!

 

After the earth is purified by fire and sin and sinners are no more, Jesus will proceed to create a New Heaven and a New Earth and the saints will watch with awe and amazement.

 

The meek will then inherit the Earth and live happily ever after.

 

Revelation 21:7   He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son.

 

Revelation 21:8   But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars – their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

 

Malachi 4:1   “Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and that day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the Lord Almighty. “Not a root or a branch will be left to them.

 

Malachi 4:3   Then you will trample down the wicked; they will be ashes underthe soles of your feet on the day when I do these things,” says the Lord Almighty.”

 

Issue #2:   Contrary to what many people believe, the Bible does not support the doctrine of an eternally burning hell.

 

The Bible does teach that hell will burn just long enough to satisfy the demands for perfect justice and to destroy the wicked and this is why hell is presented in certain Bible passages as ongoing suffering.

 

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