![]() ![]() ![]() I Timothy 6:14-16) – to Whom God the Father “has committed all judgment” (John 5:22). This throne is “great” because of the One Who sat on it – the King of kings and Lord of lords, Jesus Christ (19:16 cf. Initially the apostle John sees “a great white throne and Him who sat on it” (20:11a). The continuation of chronological progression seems obvious from the continued use of kai often translated “And,” to introduce new information. The words translated “Then I saw” ( kai eidon) introduces additional information John saw in this vision (cf. And there was found no place for them.” (Revelation 20:11). The apostle John writes, “Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. 4 This is thought to be “the most serious, sobering and tragic passage in the entire Bible.” 5 The “rest of the dead” will “live again” (receive bodily resurrection) to receive their final judgment (20:5). Now we will see the Judge of all the earth, the Lord Jesus Christ, determine the degree of eternal punishment for every nonbeliever who has ever lived before he or she is cast into the lake of fire (20:11-15). In our study of the book of Revelation, we learned that the members of the unholy trinity (Satan, the beast, and false prophet) all received their final judgment and consignment to the lake of fire forever (19:20 20:10). The facts of eternal punishment are clearly presented without a hint of any hope – “ because no hope exists apart from God.” 3 (emphasis added) While believers in Jesus will find themselves enjoying the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ forever (Revelation 21:1-22:21), the nonbeliever will find himself or herself forever removed from His presence (Revelation 20:11-15). No one wants to hear that eternal punishment for sin awaits those who refuse to believe in God’s only provision for sin – His perfect Son, Jesus Christ. There is no hope beyond there will be no escape from the lake of fire.” 2įor over the last two thousand years, the disturbing facts recorded in Revelation 20:11-15 describing the final judgment of all unsaved people has instilled fear, sorrow, disappointment, and even denial in believer and nonbeliever alike. Though the details of Dante’s fictional picture of heaven, hell, and purgatory range from the fantastic to the heretical, he was right about this: the final destination of the wicked is a one-way entrance. “Those are the famous words appearing above the gates of hell in Dante’s ‘Inferno.’ According to Dante, those who pass beneath that sign will have absolutely no hope of ever getting out. “Abandon every hope, all you who enter here.” 1 ![]() And there was found no place for them.” Revelation 20:11 “Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. ![]()
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