DOCTRINES
JUDGMENT—GREAT WHITE THRONE
(Subjects in this Section)
1-COMMENTARY
2-SCRIPTURE
3-NOW, A WARNING
OF JUDGMENT AGAINST THESE PEOPLE
4-JUDGMENT UPON
THESE CITIES IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT
5-A PERSON DIES,
GOES TO HELL, AND IS TORMENTED WHILE WAITING FOR THE
GREAT WHITE
THRONE JUDGMENT
6-THE JUDGMENT
7-JESUS SHALL JUDGE
8-HOW SHALL THE PEOPLE BE JUDGED?
9-WHAT
SHALL JESUS DO? WHAT SHALL BE DONE AT THE JUDGMENT?
10-WHAT
SHALL PEOPLE SAY OR DO AT THE JUDGMENT?
11-WHAT ELSE SHALL JUDGE?
12-THE LAW
13-WHO ELSE SHALL JUDGE?
14-SOME SHALL BE
JUDGED MORE SEVERELY THAN OTHERS
15-WHAT CAN WE DO?
16-THE FINAL OUTCOME OF THE UNSAVED
17-THE SAINTS PRESERVED FOREVER
18-OTHER INFORMATION
THE
GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT:
ALSO CALLED THE JUDGMENT OF THE DAMNED
1-(Commentary)
It is appointed unto men once to die. When a person dies that is not "in"
Christ, they go to a place called hell. There they are tormented day and night
in the flame. Then they are brought forth unto the resurrection of damnation.
They are delivered up to the great white throne judgment. The books are opened,
including the book of life. They are judged according to those things that are
written in the books. They are judged according to their works. The Bible never
mentions that there is any singing or praising at this judgment. The Bible does
not mention any rewards being given at this judgment. It is the judgment of
condemnation—the judgment of the damned.
Jesus Christ shall judge.
The heart is searched. Every work is brought into judgment. Every secret thing is revealed. Nothing is hid. Nothing shall be covered. Everything shall be revealed. Every secret word that was spoken in darkness shall be heard. Every word that was spoken, even in closets, shall be proclaimed. Every idle (or careless) word that was spoken they shall render account for it.
Many will try to
justify themselves, but their iniquity shall condemn them. Even the rust of
their gold and silver shall be a witness against them.
The Word shall judge each person.
The Law is the strength of sin, and sin is the sting of death.
Moses will accuse. The men
of Nineveh and the Queen of the South shall condemn. Other saints will be a
witness against people in the judgment. Some appear to be judged more severely
than others, according to the opportunities that they had.
Finally, the horrible and terrifying
end: the nearly countless people from many generations shall be cast eternally
into the lake of fire. Probably not a single person ever really understood that
this place would be their final and eternal destiny. The "second death"
is death and hell being cast into the lake of fire. There they shall stay, being
tormented forever and ever, with no hope of ever being released. And there will
be weeping and gnashing of teeth for time without end.
There is now condemnation for those that believe not.
HE THAT BELIEVETH ON HIM IS
NOT CONDEMNED: BUT HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT IS CONDEMNED ALREADY, BECAUSE HE HATH
NOT BELIEVED IN THE NAME OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD-Jn 3:18.
HE THAT BELIEVETH ON THE SON
HATH EVERLASTING LIFE: AND HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT THE SON SHALL NOT SEE LIFE;
BUT THE WRATH OF GOD ABIDETH ON HIM-Jn 3:36.
He that does not believe on
Jesus and does not believe God’s Word is already condemned. That condemnation
will take many people to the great white throne judgment and the lake of fire.
3-NOW, A WARNING OF JUDGMENT AGAINST THESE PEOPLE
I TELL YOU, NAY: BUT, EXCEPT YE REPENT, YE SHALL ALL LIKEWISE PERISH-Lk 13:3,5.
This is a strong warning. Judgment lies ahead.
THE LORD KNOWETH HOW...TO RESERVE
THE UNJUST UNTO THE DAY OF JUDGMENT TO BE PUNISHED-2 Pe 2:9. Again a strong
warning to the unjust that refuse to repent. Judgment lies ahead.
(For) WHEN LUST HATH CONCEIVED,
IT BRINGETH FORTH SIN: AND SIN, WHEN IT IS FINISHED, BRINGETH FORTH DEATH-Ja
1:15.
The Scriptures ask, WHAT FRUIT
HAD YE THEN IN THOSE THINGS WHEREOF YE ARE NOW ASHAMED? FOR THE END OF THOSE
THINGS IS DEATH-Ro 6:21.
FOR HE THAT SOWETH TO HIS FLESH
SHALL OF THE FLESH REAP CORRUPTION-Gal 6:8. Judgment lies ahead.
AND WITH ALL DECEIVABLENESS
OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IN THEM THAT PERISH; BECAUSE THEY RECEIVED NOT THE LOVE OF
THE TRUTH, THAT THEY MIGHT BE SAVED. AND FOR THIS CAUSE GOD SHALL SEND THEM
STRONG DELUSION, THAT THEY SHOULD BELIEVE A (or the) LIE: THAT THEY ALL MIGHT
BE DAMNED WHO BELIEVED NOT THE TRUTH, BUT HAD PLEASURE IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS-2
Thes 2:10-12. This is a strong warning to those of this generation that reject
the Gospel and believe not the truth, but have pleasure in unrighteousness.
They shall be sent a strong delusion from God so that, during the Tribulation,
they will believe the lie and perish.
The Bible warns people, IF
WE DELIBERATELY KEEP ON SINNING AFTER WE HAVE RECEIVED THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE
TRUTH, NO SACRIFICE FOR SINS IS LEFT, BUT ONLY A FEARFUL EXPECTATION OF JUDGMENT
AND OF RAGING FIRE THAT WILL CONSUME THE ENEMIES OF GOD-Heb 10:26,27 NIV.
God’s Word warns people, OF
HOW MUCH SORER (or more severe) PUNISHMENT, SUPPOSE YE, SHALL HE BE THOUGHT
WORTHY, WHO HATH TRODDEN UNDER FOOT THE SON OF GOD, AND HATH COUNTED THE BLOOD
OF THE COVENANT, WHEREWITH HE WAS SANCTIFIED, AN UNHOLY THING, AND HATH DONE
DESPITE UNTO THE SPIRIT OF GRACE? FOR WE KNOW HIM THAT HATH SAID, VENGEANCE
BELONGETH UNTO ME, I WILL RECOMPENSE, SAITH THE LORD-Heb 10:29,30. Again, a
strong warning to those that were sanctified but have done contrary to the Spirit
of grace—judgment lies ahead.
FOR I TESTIFY UNTO EVERY MAN
THAT HEARETH THE WORDS OF THE PROPHECY OF THIS BOOK, IF ANY MAN SHALL ADD UNTO
THESE THINGS, GOD SHALL ADD UNTO HIM THE PLAGUES THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK-Rev
22:18. Once more, a strong warning to those that would add to the Revelation—judgment
lies ahead.
And those that committed the
unforgivable sin, they shall also be at this judgment. It is written, WHEREFORE
I SAY UNTO YOU, ALL MANNER OF SIN AND BLASPHEMY SHALL BE FORGIVEN UNTO MEN:
BUT THE BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST SHALL NOT BE FORGIVEN UNTO MEN.
AND WHOSOEVER SPEAKETH A WORD
AGAINST THE SON OF MAN, IT SHALL BE FORGIVEN HIM: BUT WHOSOEVER SPEAKETH AGAINST
THE HOLY GHOST, IT SHALL NOT BE FORGIVEN HIM, NEITHER IN THIS WORLD, NEITHER
IN THE WORLD TO COME-Mt 12:31,32; ref Lk 12:10; Mk 3:28,29.
4-JUDGMENT UPON THESE CITIES IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT
Jesus warned the cities that would not receive Him or those whom He sent that
when the day of judgment came, it would be better for Sodom and Gomorrha or
Tyre and Sidon than for them. Judgment has already come upon the cities mentioned;
however, the "great white throne judgment" may also be alluded to
here, when the people of these cities will face the final judgment.
It is written, Mt 10:14,15-AND
WHOSOEVER SHALL NOT RECEIVE YOU, NOR HEAR YOUR WORDS, WHEN YE DEPART OUT OF
THAT HOUSE OR CITY, SHAKE OFF THE DUST OF YOUR FEET. VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU,
IT SHALL BE MORE TOLERABLE FOR THE LAND OF SODOM AND GOMORRHA IN THE DAY
OF JUDGMENT, THAN FOR THAT CITY.
Mt 11:20-24-THEN BEGAN HE (Jesus)
TO UPBRAID (or denounce) THE CITIES WHEREIN MOST OF HIS MIGHTY WORKS WERE DONE,
BECAUSE THEY REPENTED NOT: WOE UNTO THEE, CHORAZIN! WOE UNTO THEE, BETHSAIDA!
FOR IF THE MIGHTY WORKS, WHICH WERE DONE IN YOU, HAD BEEN DONE IN TYRE AND SIDON,
THEY WOULD HAVE REPENTED LONG AGO IN SACKCLOTH AND ASHES. BUT I SAY UNTO YOU,
IT SHALL BE MORE TOLERABLE FOR TYRE AND SIDON AT THE DAY OF JUDGMENT,
THAN FOR YOU.
AND THOU, CAPERNAUM, WHICH
ART EXALTED UNTO HEAVEN, SHALT BE BROUGHT DOWN TO HELL: FOR IF THE MIGHTY WORKS,
WHICH HAVE BEEN DONE IN THEE, HAD BEEN DONE IN SODOM, IT WOULD HAVE REMAINED
UNTIL THIS DAY. BUT I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT IT SHALL BE MORE TOLERABLE FOR THE
LAND OF SODOM IN THE DAY OF JUDGMENT, THAN FOR THEE.
Lk 10:12-15-BUT I SAY UNTO
YOU, THAT IT SHALL BE MORE TOLERABLE IN THAT DAY FOR SODOM, THAN FOR THAT CITY.
WOE UNTO THEE, CHORAZIN! WOE UNTO THEE, BETHSAIDA! FOR IF THE MIGHTY WORKS HAD
BEEN DONE IN TYRE AND SIDON, WHICH HAVE BEEN DONE IN YOU, THEY HAD A GREAT WHILE
AGO REPENTED, SITTING IN SACKCLOTH AND ASHES. BUT IT SHALL BE MORE TOLERABLE
FOR TYRE AND SIDON AT THE JUDGMENT, THAN FOR YOU. AND THOU, CAPERNAUM,
WHICH ART EXALTED TO HEAVEN, SHALT BE THRUST DOWN TO HELL.
5-A
PERSON DIES, GOES TO HELL, AND IS TORMENTED
WHILE WAITING FOR THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT
When a person dies without Christ, they perish to a place called "hell."
They shall remain there until they are delivered up to the final judgment, the
great white throne judgment.
It is written, THERE WAS A
CERTAIN RICH MAN, WHICH WAS CLOTHED IN PURPLE AND FINE LINEN, AND FARED SUMPTUOUSLY
EVERY DAY...AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT THE...RICH MAN...DIED, AND WAS BURIED;
AND IN HELL HE LIFT UP HIS EYES, BEING IN TORMENTS-Lk 16:19,22,23. Note, he
perished to hell.
As mentioned previously, in
Lk 10:12-15, Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum were named. Then it is written,
THOU…SHALT BE THRUST DOWN TO HELL. Note, the people of these cities were thrust
down to hell and shall stay there until they are delivered up to the great white
throne judgment.
FOR THE TIME IS COME THAT JUDGMENT
MUST BEGIN AT THE HOUSE OF GOD: AND IF IT FIRST BEGIN AT US, WHAT SHALL THE
END BE OF THEM THAT OBEY NOT THE GOSPEL OF GOD? AND IF THE RIGHTEOUS SCARCELY
BE SAVED, WHERE SHALL THE UNGODLY AND THE SINNER APPEAR?-1 Pe 4:17,18. The answer
is, those who die today without Christ shall appear at the great white throne
judgment.
(For) IT IS APPOINTED UNTO
MEN ONCE TO DIE, BUT AFTER THIS THE JUDGMENT-Heb 9:27.
Once a person dies without
Christ, they shall not be delivered up until the thousand years are finished.
BUT THE REST OF THE DEAD LIVED
NOT AGAIN UNTIL THE THOUSAND YEARS WERE FINISHED-Rev 20:5.
SO MAN LIETH DOWN, AND RISETH
NOT: TILL THE HEAVENS BE NO MORE, THEY SHALL NOT AWAKE, NOR BE
RAISED OUT OF THEIR SLEEP-Job 14:12. BUT THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, WHICH ARE
NOW, BY THE SAME WORD ARE KEPT IN STORE, RESERVED UNTO FIRE AGAINST THE DAY
OF JUDGMENT AND PERDITION OF UNGODLY MEN. BUT THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL COME
AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT; IN THE WHICH THE HEAVENS SHALL PASS AWAY WITH A GREAT
NOISE, AND THE ELEMENTS SHALL MELT WITH FERVENT HEAT, THE EARTH ALSO AND THE
WORKS THAT ARE THEREIN SHALL BE BURNED UP-2 Pe 3:7,10.
(For) THE FIRST HEAVEN AND
THE FIRST EARTH WERE PASSED AWAY-Rev 21:1.
Some say that a loving God would never condemn anyone to the eternal lake of
fire. Those that say this neither believe or understand the Scriptures. Neither
do they understand the overwhelming love of God as revealed in His only begotten
Son, Jesus Christ. God, through His Son, Jesus, offered the greatest gift possible
to mankind—the gift of eternal life. Those that refuse to receive the forgiveness
of their sins through faith in Jesus Christ shall pay for their own sins. FOR
THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH-Ro 6:23.
It is written, FOR THE LORD
LOVETH JUDGMENT-Ps 37:28; AND MERCY REJOICETH AGAINST JUDGMENT-Ja 2:13.
Know this, IT IS A FEARFUL
THING TO FALL INTO THE HANDS OF THE LIVING GOD-Heb 10:31. Those that have died
without Christ, (they) SHALL COME FORTH...THAT HAVE DONE EVIL, UNTO THE RESURRECTION
OF DAMNATION-Jn 5:29.
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. AND I SAW THE
DEAD, SMALL AND GREAT, STAND BEFORE GOD; AND THE BOOKS WERE OPENED: AND ANOTHER
BOOK 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. AND
THE SEA GAVE UP THE DEAD WHICH WERE IN IT; AND DEATH AND HELL DELIVERED
UP THE DEAD WHICH WERE IN THEM: AND THEY WERE JUDGED EVERY MAN ACCORDING
TO THEIR WORKS-Rev 20:11-13. There appears to be a book of works and the book
of life. Some also would say there is a third book, the Lamb’s book of life-ref
Rev 21:27.
AND HE COMMANDED US...TO TESTIFY THAT IT IS HE (Jesus) WHICH WAS ORDAINED OF GOD TO BE THE JUDGE OF QUICK AND DEAD-Acts 10:42. BECAUSE HE HATH APPOINTED A DAY, IN THE WHICH HE WILL JUDGE THE WORLD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS BY THAT MAN (Jesus) WHOM HE HATH ORDAINED; WHEREOF HE HATH GIVEN ASSURANCE UNTO ALL MEN, IN THAT HE HATH RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD-Acts 17:31. IN THE DAY WHEN GOD SHALL JUDGE THE SECRETS OF MEN BY JESUS CHRIST-Ro 2:16.
FOR HE SHALL HAVE JUDGMENT WITHOUT MERCY, THAT HATH SHEWED NO MERCY-Ja 2:13.
9-WHAT SHALL JESUS DO? WHAT SHALL BE DONE AT THE JUDGMENT?
BUT HE THAT DENIETH ME BEFORE MEN SHALL BE DENIED BEFORE THE ANGELS OF GOD-Lk
12:9.
(For) THEY PROFESS THAT THEY
KNOW GOD; BUT IN WORKS THEY DENY HIM, BEING ABOMINABLE, AND DISOBEDIENT, AND
UNTO EVERY GOOD WORK REPROBATE-Titus 1:16.
(For) IT WERE BETTER FOR HIM
THAT A MILLSTONE WERE HANGED ABOUT HIS NECK, AND HE CAST INTO THE SEA, THAN
THAT HE SHOULD OFFEND ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES-Lk 17:2.
I THE LORD SEARCH THE HEART,
I TRY THE REINS, EVEN TO GIVE EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS WAYS, AND ACCORDING
TO THE FRUIT OF HIS DOINGS-Jere 17:10.
(For) BEFORE GOD, NOTHING CREATED
IS HIDDEN, BUT ALL THINGS ARE NAKED AND OPEN TO THE EYES OF HIM-Heb 4:13 JNT.16
FOR GOD SHALL BRING EVERY
WORK INTO JUDGMENT, WITH EVERY SECRET THING, WHETHER IT BE GOOD, OR WHETHER
IT BE EVIL-Ecc 12:14.
FOR NOTHING IS SECRET, THAT
SHALL NOT BE MADE MANIFEST; NEITHER ANY THING HID, THAT SHALL NOT BE KNOWN AND
COME ABROAD-Lk 8:17.
FOR THERE IS NOTHING COVERED,
THAT SHALL NOT BE REVEALED; NEITHER HID, THAT SHALL NOT BE KNOWN-Lk 12:2.
FOR THERE IS NOTHING COVERED,
THAT SHALL NOT BE REVEALED; AND HID, THAT SHALL NOT BE KNOWN-Mt 10:26.
THEREFORE WHATSOEVER YE HAVE
SPOKEN IN DARKNESS SHALL BE HEARD IN THE LIGHT; AND THAT WHICH YE HAVE SPOKEN
IN THE EAR IN CLOSETS SHALL BE PROCLAIMED UPON THE HOUSETOPS-Lk 12:3.
BUT I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT EVERY
IDLE WORD THAT MEN SHALL SPEAK, THEY SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT THEREOF IN THE DAY OF
JUDGMENT...AND BY THY WORDS THOU SHALT BE CONDEMNED-Mt 12:36,37.
TAKE HEED THEREFORE HOW YE
HEAR: FOR WHOSOEVER …HATH NOT, FROM HIM SHALL BE TAKEN EVEN THAT WHICH HE SEEMETH
TO HAVE-Lk 8:18.
10-WHAT SHALL PEOPLE SAY OR DO AT THE JUDGMENT?
MANY WILL SAY TO ME IN THAT DAY, LORD, LORD, HAVE WE NOT PROPHESIED IN THY NAME?
AND IN THY NAME HAVE CAST OUT DEVILS? AND IN THY NAME DONE MANY WONDERFUL WORKS?
AND THEN WILL I PROFESS UNTO THEM, I NEVER KNEW YOU: DEPART FROM ME, YE THAT
WORK INIQUITY-Mt 7:22,23.
WHEREIN THEY...SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT
TO HIM THAT IS READY TO JUDGE THE QUICK AND THE DEAD-1 Pe 4:4,5.
YOUR GOLD AND SILVER IS CANKERED; AND THE RUST OF THEM SHALL BE A WITNESS AGAINST
YOU, AND SHALL EAT YOUR FLESH AS IT WERE FIRE. YE HAVE HEAPED TREASURE TOGETHER
FOR THE LAST DAYS-Ja 5:3.
HE THAT REJECTETH ME, AND RECEIVETH
NOT MY WORDS, HATH ONE THAT JUDGETH HIM: THE WORD THAT I HAVE SPOKEN, THE SAME
SHALL JUDGE HIM IN THE LAST DAY-Jn 12:48.
THE STING OF DEATH IS SIN;
AND THE STRENGTH OF SIN IS THE LAW-1 Cor 15:56.
FOR AS MANY AS HAVE SINNED WITHOUT LAW SHALL ALSO PERISH WITHOUT LAW: AND AS
MANY AS HAVE SINNED IN THE LAW SHALL BE JUDGED BY THE LAW; (FOR NOT THE HEARERS
OF THE LAW ARE JUST BEFORE GOD, BUT THE DOERS OF THE LAW SHALL BE JUSTIFIED.
FOR WHEN THE GENTILES, WHICH HAVE NOT THE LAW, DO BY NATURE THE THINGS CONTAINED
IN THE LAW, THESE, HAVING NOT THE LAW, ARE A LAW UNTO THEMSELVES: WHICH SHOW
THE WORK OF THE LAW WRITTEN IN THEIR HEARTS, THEIR CONSCIENCE ALSO BEARING WITNESS,
AND THEIR THOUGHTS THE MEAN WHILE ACCUSING OR ELSE EXCUSING ONE ANOTHER;) IN
THE DAY WHEN GOD SHALL JUDGE THE SECRETS OF MEN BY JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO
MY GOSPEL-Ro 2:12-16.
NOW WE KNOW THAT WHAT THINGS
SOEVER THE LAW SAITH, IT SAITH TO THEM WHO ARE UNDER THE LAW: THAT EVERY MOUTH
MAY BE STOPPED, AND ALL THE WORLD MAY BECOME GUILTY BEFORE GOD. THEREFORE BY
THE DEEDS OF THE LAW THERE SHALL NO FLESH BE JUSTIFIED IN HIS SIGHT: FOR BY
THE LAW IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF SIN. BUT NOW THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD WITHOUT THE
LAW IS MANIFESTED, BEING WITNESSED BY THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS; EVEN THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
OF GOD WHICH IS BY FAITH OF JESUS CHRIST UNTO ALL AND UPON ALL THEM THAT BELIEVE:
FOR THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE: FOR ALL HAVE SINNED, AND COME SHORT OF THE GLORY
OF GOD-Ro 3:19-23.
FOR WHOSOEVER SHALL KEEP THE
WHOLE LAW, AND YET OFFEND IN ONE POINT, HE IS GUILTY OF ALL. FOR HE THAT SAID,
DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, SAID ALSO, DO NOT KILL. NOW IF THOU COMMIT NO ADULTERY,
YET IF THOU KILL, THOU ART BECOME A TRANSGRESSOR OF THE LAW-Ja 2:10,11.
Some of the saints will accuse, condemn, or judge others at this judgment.
DO NOT THINK THAT I WILL ACCUSE
YOU TO THE FATHER: THERE IS ONE THAT ACCUSETH YOU, EVEN MOSES, IN WHOM YE TRUST-Jn
5:45.
THE MEN OF NINEVEH SHALL RISE
(up at the judgment) IN JUDGMENT WITH THIS GENERATION, AND SHALL CONDEMN IT:
BECAUSE THEY REPENTED AT THE PREACHING OF JONAH; AND, BEHOLD, A GREATER THAN
JONAH IS HERE-Mt 12:41; ref Lk 11:32.
THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH SHALL
RISE UP IN THE JUDGMENT WITH (the men of) THIS GENERATION, AND SHALL CONDEMN
IT (or them): FOR SHE CAME FROM THE UTTERMOST (or utmost) PARTS OF THE EARTH
TO HEAR THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON; AND, BEHOLD, A GREATER THAN SOLOMON IS HERE-Mt
12:42; ref Lk 11:31.
AND IF I BY BEELZEBUB CAST
OUT DEVILS, BY WHOM DO YOUR SONS CAST THEM OUT? THEREFORE SHALL THEY BE YOUR
JUDGES-Lk 11:19.
14-SOME SHALL BE JUDGED MORE SEVERELY THAN OTHERS
The Scriptures appear to teach that a person will be judged more or less severely,
according to the opportunities that they had to hear God’s Word and to come
to Christ. They also seem to indicate a person will be judged more or less severely,
according to the magnitude of the preaching and miracles that they heard or
saw.
It is written, VERILY I SAY
UNTO YOU, IT SHALL BE MORE TOLERABLE FOR THE LAND OF SODOM AND GOMORRHA IN THE
DAY OF JUDGMENT, THAN FOR THAT CITY. WOE UNTO THEE, CHORAZIN! WOE UNTO THEE,
BETHSAIDA! FOR IF THE MIGHTY WORKS, WHICH WERE DONE IN YOU, HAD BEEN DONE IN
TYRE AND SIDON, THEY WOULD HAVE REPENTED LONG AGO IN SACKCLOTH AND ASHES. BUT
I SAY UNTO YOU, IT SHALL BE MORE TOLERABLE FOR TYRE AND SIDON AT THE DAY OF
JUDGMENT, THAN FOR YOU. AND THOU, CAPERNAUM, WHICH ART EXALTED UNTO HEAVEN,
SHALT BE BROUGHT DOWN TO HELL: FOR IF THE MIGHTY WORKS, WHICH HAVE BEEN DONE
IN THEE, HAD BEEN DONE IN SODOM, IT WOULD HAVE REMAINED UNTIL THIS DAY. BUT
I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT IT SHALL BE MORE TOLERABLE FOR THE LAND OF SODOM IN THE
DAY OF JUDGMENT, THAN FOR THEE-Mt 10:15; 11:21-24.
THEREFORE JUDGE NOTHING BEFORE THE TIME, UNTIL THE LORD COME, WHO BOTH WILL
BRING TO LIGHT THE HIDDEN THINGS OF DARKNESS-1 Cor 4:5.
THEREFORE IF THINE ENEMY HUNGER,
FEED HIM; IF HE THIRST, GIVE HIM DRINK: FOR IN SO DOING THOU SHALT HEAP COALS
OF FIRE ON HIS HEAD-Ro 12:20.
16-THE FINAL OUTCOME OF THE UNSAVED
The thought of eternity in everlasting torment is horrible, yet some shall be
punished even worse than others.
Know that THE SEED OF THE WICKED
SHALL BE CUT OFF-Ps 37:28. FOR, LO, THINE ENEMIES, O LORD, FOR, LO, THINE ENEMIES
SHALL PERISH- Ps 92:9. AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TRANSGRESSORS AND OF THE SINNERS
SHALL BE TOGETHER, AND THEY THAT FORSAKE THE LORD SHALL BE CONSUMED-Isa 1:28.
AND DEATH AND HELL WERE CAST
INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE. THIS IS THE SECOND DEATH. AND WHOSOEVER
WAS NOT FOUND WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE WAS CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE-Rev
20:14,15. For HE WILL BURN UP THE CHAFF WITH UNQUENCHABLE FIRE-Mt 3:12; INTO
THE FIRE THAT NEVER SHALL BE QUENCHED-Mk 9:45; WHERE THEIR WORM DIETH NOT, AND
THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED-Mk 9:44,46,48.
And THERE SHALL BE WEEPING
AND GNASHING OF TEETH-Mt 24:51; WHEN YE SHALL SEE ABRAHAM, AND ISAAC, AND JACOB,
AND ALL THE PROPHETS, IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND YOU YOURSELVES THRUST OUT-Lk
13:28.
For 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-Mt 3:10. For IF A MAN ABIDE NOT IN ME,
HE IS CAST FORTH AS A BRANCH, AND IS WITHERED; AND MEN GATHER THEM, AND CAST
THEM INTO THE FIRE, AND THEY ARE BURNED-Jn 15:6.
And THE CHILDREN OF THE KINGDOM
SHALL BE CAST OUT INTO OUTER DARKNESS: THERE SHALL BE WEEPING AND GNASHING OF
TEETH-Mt 8:12.
And THE FEARFUL, AND UNBELIEVING,
AND THE ABOMINABLE, AND MURDERERS, AND WHOREMONGERS, AND SORCERERS, AND IDOLATERS,
AND ALL LIARS, SHALL HAVE THEIR PART IN THE LAKE WHICH BURNETH WITH FIRE AND
BRIMSTONE: WHICH IS THE SECOND DEATH-Rev 21:8.
The ungodly, and those that
SPEAK EVIL OF THOSE THINGS WHICH THEY KNOW NOT...CLOUDS THEY ARE WITHOUT WATER,
CARRIED ABOUT OF WINDS; TREES WHOSE FRUIT WITHERETH, WITHOUT FRUIT, TWICE DEAD,
PLUCKED UP BY THE ROOTS; RAGING WAVES OF THE SEA, FOAMING OUT THEIR OWN SHAME;
WANDERING STARS, TO WHOM IS RESERVED THE BLACKNESS OF DARKNESS FOR EVER-Jude
10,12,13.
AND THAT SERVANT, WHICH KNEW
HIS LORD’S WILL, AND PREPARED NOT HIMSELF, NEITHER DID ACCORDING TO HIS WILL,
SHALL BE BEATEN WITH MANY STRIPES-Lk 12:47. BUT HE THAT KNEW NOT, AND DID COMMIT
THINGS WORTHY OF STRIPES, SHALL BE BEATEN WITH FEW STRIPES-Lk 12:48. And those
WHICH DEVOUR WIDOW’S HOUSES, AND FOR A SHOW MAKE LONG PRAYERS: THE SAME SHALL
RECEIVE GREATER DAMNATION-Lk 20:47; ref Mk 12:40.
For AFTER THY HARDNESS AND
IMPENITENT HEART TREASUREST UP UNTO THYSELF WRATH AGAINST THE DAY OF WRATH AND
REVELATION OF THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT OF GOD; WHO WILL RENDER TO EVERY MAN ACCORDING
TO HIS DEEDS-Ro 2:5,6.
17-THE SAINTS PRESERVED FOREVER
THE LORD...FORSAKETH NOT HIS SAINTS; THEY ARE PRESERVED FOR EVER-Ps 37:28.
FOR MORE ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE DESOLATE THAN THE CHILDREN OF THE MARRIED WIFE-Isa 54:1.
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