Continued from previous post:
After the Thousand Years
And I saw the holy city, new
Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God…
Rev. 21:2
We have been living in God’s mansion in heaven, but now a new city is prepared for us, and Jesus, to live in for the rest of eternity on this earth.
But first there is some unfinished
business…
When the thousand years are complete, Satan will be released from his prison, and will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth…to gather them together for the war; the number of them is like the sand of the seashore. And they came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them. And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also… Rev. 20:7-10
Then I saw a great white throne
and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no
place was found for them. And I saw the
dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were
opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead
were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their
deeds. And the sea gave up the dead
which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and
they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds. (Rev. 20:11-13) All the unsaved from all of history will
stand before Jesus to hear why they are not among the saved and to hear the
judgment of their deeds. Then death
and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire.
This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone’s name was not found written in
the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. Rev. 20:14, 15 (As you may notice, death and hell were thrown into the lake of fire to be gone forever. There is no eternal hell.)
New Earth:
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first
heaven and the first earth passed away, and there was no longer any sea. Rev. 21:1
What will the new earth be like?
For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things will not be remembered or come to mind. (Is. 65:17) After the new earth is created, we will mercifully forget the imperfect earth from which we came and we will forget any pain, suffering and sadness we may have experienced and we will never have bad experiences again. …He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away. (Rev. 21:4)
They will build houses and
inhabit them; They will also plant vineyards and eat their fruit. (Is. 65:21) During the thousand years after we were taken
to heaven, we lived in God’s mansion.
But when we move to the earth made new, we will build and live in our
own houses.
And the wolf will dwell with the
lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the
young lion and the fatling together; and a little boy will lead them. Also the cow and the bear will graze, their
young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like an ox. The nursing child will play by the hole of
the cobra, and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den. They will not hurt or destroy in all My holy
mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters
cover the sea. (Is. 11:6-9) All the animals of the new earth will be tame
and no one will ever come to harm again.
Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection… Rev. 20:6
Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection… Rev. 20:6
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