Where the Unsaved Dead Are, At, and After Their Resurrection

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When the Lord comes as Judge, He judges the living at His appearing, and in His Kingdom, which is called Millennial, as it means a thousand years. It is the time when righteousness reigns, and judgment goes on every day (Isa. 32:11Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. (Isaiah 32:1)).
Some are cast into the lake of fire without dying, with bodies that fire cannot consume (Rev. 19:2020And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. (Revelation 19:20), and 20:10). But the wicked dead, that is, those who have sinned and have died without Christ, are still in the prison, till the heavens and the earth flee away, preparatory to the new heavens and the new earth taking their place (Rev. 20:1111And 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 20:11), and chapter 21:1).
Here then we see the dead, though now raised, body and soul reunited, yet they are the spiritually dead. There is a Great White Throne, a symbol of the holiness of God's judgment, and there before this Great White Throne of divine righteousness, they stand upheld in space, in a light that hides nothing, that shows the sinner every sin that he has committed from his birth to his death, for "God requireth that which is past." Eccl. 3:1515That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past. (Ecclesiastes 3:15).
He will not fail in His justice; the time of mercy is past. The Son of Man is the judge (John 5:22, 2722For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: (John 5:22)
27And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. (John 5:27); Acts 17:3131Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. (Acts 17:31)). The wages of sin is death, and here it is the second death, the lake of fire. What eternal regrets, as they think of mercy despised, grace rejected, opportunities of salvation slighted, till the last.
The books give a true account of their works. That other book, the book of life, is there, to witness that their names are not in it, therefore they must be judged according to their works.
Mark it, there is no annihilation here, nor restoration to the favor of God. That cannot be now; there is nothing now but eternal judgment in the lake of fire.
What about you, dear reader, have you come to Christ yet? If not, it will be "Depart from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.”
In eternity there are three places,
The new heavens are filled with God's redeemed heavenly saints.
The lake of fire contains all the lost who die without Christ, or lived in their sins till judgment fell upon them.
Where will you be for eternity? Come to Jesus now. Now is the day of salvation. Tomorrow may be too late for you.
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