1 00:00:07,570 --> 00:00:10,810 I was glad when they said let us go into the House of the Lord. 2 00:00:15,370 --> 00:00:20,690 And I love being here tonight. I love the fact that we just, 3 00:00:21,290 --> 00:00:23,690 we're going to pray and study the word of God. 4 00:00:24,730 --> 00:00:27,050 You know, that's what a church does. 5 00:00:28,810 --> 00:00:30,770 It studies and loves the word of God. 6 00:00:30,770 --> 00:00:35,440 It gathers together praise. Then we go about our business. 7 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:37,920 Let's stand and open with prayers. 8 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:46,560 Lord, better is one day in Your courts than 1000 elsewhere. 9 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:51,600 Your word is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path. 10 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:56,320 Lord, You tell us that You are the way, the truth, and the 11 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:59,440 life, that there is no coming to the Father. 12 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:03,040 But by You. Lord, you tell us we must be 13 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:07,600 born again. You promised that Lord you would 14 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:09,480 rise on the third day, and you did. 15 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:14,240 And you promised that you'd come back and take us with you. 16 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:18,840 Lord, you'd call us. And so, Father, we gather 17 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:22,040 because of all these promises and because of how you've 18 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:26,840 changed our lives. You've rescued us, saved us and 19 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:32,040 washed us, cleansed us. Your mercy is new every morning. 20 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:34,720 Lord, great is your faithfulness. 21 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:41,880 And Father, we stand before you with open hearts and our hands 22 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:47,080 lifted up because we pray and thank you for our salvation. 23 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:49,760 And now, Lord, we give you this evening. 24 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:57,440 Lead us, teach us, convict us by your Holy Spirit, these things 25 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:59,640 we ask and pray now in Jesus holy name. 26 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:03,000 And everyone said Amen. Please take a seat and open your 27 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:07,520 Bible to Revelation chapter 20, which Lord willing, we'll finish 28 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:13,480 tonight. But before we finish chapter 20, 29 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:16,280 I want to give you a quick fly over. 30 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:23,520 I touched on it on a Sunday of the differing views that some 31 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:28,840 have on the teaching period known as the Millennium. 32 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:34,560 Remember we read 6 times. It's 1000 years, it's 1000 33 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:39,960 years, it's 1000 years. We Calvary Chapel believe in the 34 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,840 premillennial teaching of the Word of God. 35 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:48,400 There is a group of people, churches whose view on the 36 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:53,680 Millennium difference to that on the period 1000 year reign the 37 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:56,840 Kingdom of Christ here on earth and they are called 38 00:02:57,080 --> 00:03:01,560 amillennials. Their view means a means 39 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,480 literally. There's no 1000 years, not going 40 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:08,160 to be 1000 years. Actually the thousand years is 41 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:13,760 purely symbolic. And so the millennial to an 42 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:18,400 amillennialist represents the Church age which we taught in 43 00:03:18,920 --> 00:03:24,800 Revelation chapter 2 and 3, and the Church age continuing on 44 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,840 now. And Christ is ruling the earth 45 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:30,320 in this Kingdom through the Church. 46 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:37,600 It originated A millennialism with Augustine and a fellow 47 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:44,200 called Origin who taught that the Millennium period 1000 years 48 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:49,520 is to be interpreted spiritually has been fulfilled. 49 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:52,680 As I said in the Christian Church, which many churches 50 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:57,960 today, you can see why the massive focus is inward on the 51 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:05,760 church being where it all happens, that Satan was bound 52 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:09,000 during the earthly ministry of Jesus. 53 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:13,720 That's what they teach. Augustine denied that the 54 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:17,760 Millennium would follow the Second Advent or the second 55 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:22,280 coming of Christ, and that the church, as I said, is the 56 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:28,800 Kingdom spoken of bringing all the promises, and that there 57 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:32,960 would be no literal fulfilment of any of those promises to the 58 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,200 nation Israel. So that tells you what churches 59 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:38,160 who are a millennial also have nothing to do with Israel. 60 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:39,320 Israel. God's done with Israel. 61 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:47,720 But history clearly tells us that Satan was not ever nor is 62 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:52,800 bound now. We are not living in the 63 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:57,720 Millennium now. We are not experiencing all that 64 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:02,200 was promised during this period. If I go near a lion, you'll tear 65 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:06,800 my head off. If a child goes near a snake, a 66 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:12,880 snake will bite it and kill it. They say the Kingdom is right 67 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:16,800 now a millennials and that Jesus is ruling and reigning in the 68 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:21,960 church over his people. And if this now the world in 69 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:28,040 which we live is the Kingdom, that means that they're saying 70 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,400 that Satan is bound at this time. 71 00:05:31,840 --> 00:05:37,960 You only have to read the news lately because if this our world 72 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:42,040 now and what's happening is a demonstration of Satan being 73 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:46,960 bound, then it's not a very good binding or it's a very long 74 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:51,640 chain. A millennialist believers say 75 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:53,800 that Satan was bound at the cross. 76 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:59,880 That's where all happened. No, Satan was not bound at the 77 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:04,480 cross. He was sentenced at the cross 78 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:10,800 but not does not serve time until Revelation chapter 20 79 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:15,880 during the true millennial Kingdom and he gets a sentence 80 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:20,960 of 1000 years. Because if Satan was bound at 81 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:26,520 the cross now, then why would Peter say to Ananias in Acts 82 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:34,080 chapter 5 verse 3, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to 83 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:37,920 lie to the Holy Spirit? Keep back part of the price of 84 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:44,200 the land for yourself. And Paul writes to the church in 85 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:49,040 Corinth and Two Corinthians chapter 4 verse 4, Satan, who is 86 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:54,080 the God of this world, little G has blinded the minds of those 87 00:06:54,080 --> 00:07:00,560 who don't believe. Why does Peter go on also to say 88 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:04,680 one Peter 58 be sober, be vigilant. 89 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:08,920 Why? Because your adversary the devil 90 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:12,840 is chained up. No, he walks about like a 91 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:17,520 roaring lion, seeking whom me whom he may devour. 92 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:22,960 Paul went on also to say in One Thessalonians chapter 2 verse 93 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:27,480 18. Therefore we wanted to come to 94 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:33,560 you, even I Paul time and again, but Satan handed us. 95 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:42,040 Now the other side of millennial view is that of a post 96 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:47,360 millennial view. This is the belief that Jesus 97 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:53,160 won't return until after the 1000 years or the period. 98 00:07:55,400 --> 00:08:00,640 Post millennial teaching says that the Kingdom of Christ will 99 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:05,760 be ushered in by the church through preaching, politics, 100 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:09,760 Christians getting into government, and getting people, 101 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:17,200 the right people, into power. You can see how that's why 102 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:20,720 churches sometimes go adrift sometimes in that area. 103 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:27,800 Post millennials teach that the world, much of the world will be 104 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:31,360 saved through the gospel making earth. 105 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:34,559 What's going to happen is the church will eventually make 106 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:40,799 earth primarily a Christian world and only then will Jesus 107 00:08:40,799 --> 00:08:44,680 return to rule and reign once we've done our job, got everyone 108 00:08:44,680 --> 00:08:48,880 saved. And they say post millennial 109 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:54,040 people, the teaching is that the 1000 years is not a literal 1000 110 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:57,320 years, but it's simply a long period of time. 111 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:03,120 Just how long it's going to take the church to do this, we're not 112 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:07,800 sure. But the church will overcome the 113 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:12,280 evil of the world and that we as believers, we will go Jesus, 114 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:16,440 look at what we've done, come back now, come back now. 115 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:22,480 And so they also teach that the world is going to get 116 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:25,280 progressively better until Jesus returns. 117 00:09:25,680 --> 00:09:28,600 So that's a millennial post millennial. 118 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:35,920 So we believe in pre millennial teaching literal a literal 1000 119 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:39,320 years is a literal 1000 years. So let's look at our text. 120 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:42,200 We got up to chapter 10. Now we're in verse 11, sorry, 121 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:49,040 verse 11 tonight of chapter 20, John says, Then I saw a great 122 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:54,280 white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth 123 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:59,160 and the heaven fled away, and there was found no place for 124 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:03,200 them. And I saw the dead small and 125 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:06,000 great. That means everybody standing 126 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:09,160 before God. And books were opened and 127 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:13,400 another book was opened. So we've got plural books. 128 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:16,800 And now a singular book opened, which is the book of life. 129 00:10:17,680 --> 00:10:24,760 And the dead were judged according to their works by the 130 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:28,000 things which were written in the books. 131 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:32,160 The sea gave up all the dead who were in it. 132 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:37,680 Everyone who died in the sea, Death and Hades delivered up the 133 00:10:37,680 --> 00:10:43,240 dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one 134 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:51,240 notice according to his works, then Death and Hades, the 135 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:54,440 abiding place at the moment. Now when someone dies and 136 00:10:54,440 --> 00:11:00,520 they're unsaved, they go to their Hades, both those places 137 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:02,040 now no longer going to be needed. 138 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:06,360 So those two locations cast into the lake of fire. 139 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:11,280 And then it says this is the second death, spiritual, 140 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:17,640 eternal, not physical. And anyone not found written in 141 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:20,760 the look of life was cast into the lake of fire. 142 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:24,880 And that's the end. So the great white phone 143 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:31,440 judgement is really not a judgement as such, a courtroom 144 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:33,560 as such. It is judgement, I should say, 145 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:36,800 but it's not like a like, you know, when you go to the court 146 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:39,840 here and you stand before a judge, there's not a courtroom 147 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:44,800 as such where you have a prosecutor and a defence. 148 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:48,040 While we are on my client, he was not doing this. 149 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:51,320 The other one said, well, I would say that this person here 150 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:55,720 he is guilty of and there's this argy bargy and a judge in 151 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:58,160 between. No, the Great White Throne 152 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:03,000 judgement is actually you've been found guilty. 153 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:06,880 That's why you went and were resurrected through the 2nd 154 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:08,760 resurrection. You're guilty already. 155 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:10,480 So there's not like am I guilty or not? 156 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:14,920 It's not that it's the sentence, it's how long you're going to 157 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:16,920 get. It's what's going to fall upon 158 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:20,800 you for being guilty. It's called great, the great 159 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:24,320 White Throne judgement, because of the dignity of the judge 160 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:28,000 himself, who's the judge Jesus Christ. 161 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:32,480 And it's called great because of the greatness and unparalleled 162 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:41,920 solemnity of the occasion. This is a moment in time for 163 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:46,280 every individual who rejected Jesus Christ that they'll never 164 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:51,000 forget. It's called great because of the 165 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:56,360 vastness of the scene, for here is the dawn of eternity. 166 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:02,440 It's called great because of the eternal consequences involved. 167 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:07,240 There's no going back. It's called great because of the 168 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:09,240 great destinies. It will decide. 169 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:15,480 It's called great because there will be a judge but no jury. 170 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:21,400 It's called great because there will be a sentence but no 171 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:26,280 appeal, no karma, no reincarnation, not no Hinduism. 172 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:28,800 Come back a second time, have a crack, have a have another go. 173 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:35,080 John chapter 3 verse 18 tells us he who believes in him is not 174 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:39,280 condemned, but he who does not believe is condemned already. 175 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:45,720 This is after John 3/16/17 Speaking of Jesus the Son of 176 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:51,240 God, he who does not believe. So your unbeliever is condemned 177 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:55,040 already. You're guilty already because he 178 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:59,480 has not believed. In the name of the only begotten 179 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:03,280 Son of God the judge is the Lord Jesus Christ. 180 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:09,040 As I said, John chapter 5 verse 22 For the Father judges no one, 181 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:13,120 but has committed all judgement to the Son. 182 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:17,640 So Jesus is the one who provided salvation. 183 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:21,360 John 316 For God so loved the world that he gave his only 184 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:24,520 begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not 185 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:27,320 perish, but have everlasting life. 186 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,160 Jesus is the one who provided salvation. 187 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:36,080 He is the one in the Great White Throne judgement who will judge 188 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:39,800 those who have rejected His offer of salvation. 189 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:46,080 When Jesus came the first time, you remember so many cast a 190 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:51,040 judgement upon him. Caiaphas, you call yourself the 191 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:57,680 Son of God. Anas Herod Pilot, I wash my 192 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:04,680 hands crucifying the Sanhedrin. It's guilty and all the 193 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:09,280 religious leaders of Israel. Can you imagine at this time the 194 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:16,600 Great White Throne Judgement, Caiaphas, Anice, Herod, Pilot, 195 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:21,400 all standing not collectively but as individuals before the 196 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:26,440 one who they had cast judgement on before? 197 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:33,720 And he is still. Remember the Judge Jesus is 198 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:36,680 still wearing the marks of his crucifixion. 199 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:46,520 Remember, remember this, remember this, it says in verse 200 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:50,640 11 from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. 201 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:55,600 This refers to the destruction and dissolving of the universe 202 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:59,240 as we know it. And to Peter, Peter picks this 203 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:03,760 up chapter 3 verse 9. He says the Lord is not slack 204 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:06,960 concerning his promise. That is a coming back, as some 205 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:11,040 count slackness, but is long suffering toward us, not willing 206 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:14,640 that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 207 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:19,480 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in 208 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:23,880 which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the 209 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:27,400 elements will melt with a fervent heat, both the earth. 210 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:31,600 So they spoke of the heavens and the earth and the works that in 211 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:35,960 it will be burned up. So why the earth and the heaven 212 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:41,920 must be destroyed and recreated? Because both have been polluted 213 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:46,160 by sin. The earth was the scene of sin 214 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:50,360 and rebellion, and it bore the stain of the judge's blood. 215 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:56,480 Jesus crucified on Calvary. The aerial heavens around us 216 00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:01,280 cannot remain either since they were polluted by Satan. 217 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:07,839 Why he had the title Remember the Prince and power of the air. 218 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:13,480 So instead of cleaning or putrefying them, God will 219 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:18,760 dissolve them, recreate them. New heaven, new earth next 220 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:23,280 chapter. And it says and there was found 221 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:24,960 no place for them. Who? 222 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:30,560 The unsaved, because the unsaved will have no place to hide for 223 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:33,800 the final judgement. You can't go anywhere. 224 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:38,040 This is it, verse 12. And I saw the dead, small and 225 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:40,120 great, standing before God. So that's everybody. 226 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:43,160 And the books were open. We read that and the other book, 227 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:47,080 Book of Life. The dead were judged according 228 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:49,360 to the works, things written in those books. 229 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:56,160 The unsaved will stand as individuals before God, before 230 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:59,440 Jesus Christ. For an individual. 231 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:03,240 Judgement won't be in a group. I'll be collective. 232 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:04,960 Oh man, I'll be there with all my mates. 233 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:10,800 No, as an individual, As salvation is individual, you 234 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:14,960 must receive Christ yourself. Don't receive it as a group. 235 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:21,000 So judgement is individual. How long will this judgement 236 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:22,240 take? Don't know. 237 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:26,720 But imagine all the unsaved dead that have died and now are 238 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:30,240 resurrected. Every one of them will stand 239 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:34,240 before God, The books will be open and out will come all the 240 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:40,480 information, nothing left unturned, All the unsaved dead 241 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:42,760 will be resurrected to stand before the Lord. 242 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:46,440 Hades we read giving up the dead. 243 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:50,520 Remember in Luke's Gospel chapter 16 when the rich man and 244 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:55,120 Lazarus both died, Lazarus went where? 245 00:18:55,120 --> 00:18:58,920 To Abraham's bosom, which was emptied out as Jesus, He Who 246 00:19:00,120 --> 00:19:04,200 descended first, for who ascended first descended. 247 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,640 Let those free the final judgement. 248 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:12,160 Luke chapter 16, the rich man, he is resurrected. 249 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:16,280 He's part of this and it speaks of the sea. 250 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:19,720 Now you might think, well see well, how many people die at 251 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:21,600 sea? Well, there's a few shipwrecks 252 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:26,880 and things, but we forget. Go back to the book of Genesis 253 00:19:28,360 --> 00:19:33,640 when only 8 souls were saved out of the entire world's 254 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:38,800 population. Just 8 and the great flood and 255 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:44,240 the rest of the entire world's population died in the global 256 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:46,480 flood. Each one of them. 257 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:53,680 As I said, this is the second resurrection and it's only for 258 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:56,080 non believers. This is not about whether you've 259 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:58,000 saved it or not. It's a sentencing. 260 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:02,240 You're guilty. They will have a resurrected 261 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:06,320 body. Bible tells us that not like 262 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:13,440 ours in One Corinthians 15, because our body is suited for 263 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:19,360 heaven, where we're going to go. But those involved in the second 264 00:20:19,360 --> 00:20:23,760 resurrection will have a second a new a new body as well. 265 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:28,120 Not suited for heaven, but it will be a body suited for 266 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:31,720 eternal punishment because the Bible tells us over and over 267 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:39,040 again that they'll feel pain, anguish, sense darkness, loss, 268 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:42,200 isolation. They'll grind their teeth, 269 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:47,400 they'll gnash their tongues, all those things for eternity. 270 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:51,640 Back in verse 12, it stated that all the books were opened. 271 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:57,160 Then a book singular. So all the unsaved are to be 272 00:20:57,160 --> 00:21:00,640 judged by what is written. I dealt with that in detail in 273 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:08,520 my blog the other day, How yes, all will be judged, but Hitler's 274 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:11,480 judgement compared to somebody else's judgement, somebody else, 275 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:13,480 there'll be measures of judgement. 276 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:19,920 In that way, all the unsaved are to be judged by what is written. 277 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:24,160 The Bible tells us, Jesus tells us every idle word will be 278 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:29,440 written down and goes before us, catalogued in perfect detail 279 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:34,440 every sinful word, thought or deed. 280 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:39,080 The question is, but what about the people who have never heard 281 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:40,720 the gospel? We've always been asked that 282 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:43,560 question, haven't we? How will they be judged? 283 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:47,440 The answer is God will judge them. 284 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:50,080 Jesus Christ will judge them just like everyone else. 285 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:55,720 As we read in the book of Romans chapter 1 and 2, every man, 286 00:21:55,720 --> 00:22:00,000 woman and child over the age of reason that is coming to the 287 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:04,000 place where you have a conscience, you can decide as 288 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:08,880 well as the witness of God's creation testifies them. 289 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:12,320 So they have a conscience. As saying earlier on, Mick 290 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:14,200 Jagger has come out now he's not a believer. 291 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:17,920 He's come out and said I had to speak up on Twitter. 292 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:23,000 How can people celebrate the murder of a young man? 293 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:28,800 Conscience we have that each and everyone of us have right and 294 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:32,960 wrong. Psalm 19 verse one the heavens 295 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:38,960 declare the glory of God and the firmament shows His handiwork 296 00:22:40,120 --> 00:22:44,440 the heavens. Psalm 96 verse 97 verse 6 the 297 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:49,440 heavens declare His righteousness and all the people 298 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:54,200 see his glory. Romans chapter one verse 18 Paul 299 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:58,240 goes into further detail. He says, For the wrath of God, 300 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:04,320 that is, the judgement of God is revealed, shown from heaven 301 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:10,320 against all ungodliness that is, not living right before God, and 302 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:16,160 unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in 303 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:21,280 unrighteousness. Because what may be known of God 304 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:26,960 is revealed unto them, manifest to them, for God has shown it to 305 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:28,200 them. How? 306 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:34,200 For since the creation of the world, His invisible attributes 307 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:39,680 are clearly seen being understood by the things that 308 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:47,080 are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are 309 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:57,240 without excuse, oh, but no excuse, because although they 310 00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:03,600 knew God, unbelievers, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were 311 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:09,400 thankful, but became futile in their thoughts and their foolish 312 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:17,000 hearts were darkened. Now the Bible tells us that the 313 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:20,800 road to glory as we read in Pilgrims Progress, great book. 314 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:22,280 Read it once a year. It's a great book. 315 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:29,520 Matthew 713 Jesus said enter by the narrow gate, for wide is the 316 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:33,360 gate, broad is the way that leads to destruction. 317 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:37,480 Everyone's going down that path and there are many who will go 318 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:40,520 in by it because narrow is the gate. 319 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:43,640 Jesus said I am the way, difficult is the way. 320 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:45,480 Take up your cross and follow me. 321 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:48,400 You want to follow me, then you must deny yourself and take up 322 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:50,720 the cross. It's a it's a narrow difficult 323 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:54,640 way which leads to life and there are few who find it. 324 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:58,760 So the narrow Rd has been well marked. 325 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:02,280 Jesus said an evil and adulterous generation. 6 after a 326 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:07,080 sign, I'll give you a sign like Jonah was in that great wish 3 327 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:09,040 days and three nights the resurrection. 328 00:25:09,120 --> 00:25:12,320 That's the sign. People say well if I saw a 329 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:16,240 miracle, if God did a miracle before me, then I believe. 330 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:20,320 Remember that was the going on in Luke 16. 331 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:22,880 Don't, don't. I got brothers. 332 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:27,600 You got to send someone back. And even if someone were to come 333 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,280 back from the dead, they wouldn't believe. 334 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:37,640 And there is the singular book, the Book of Life. 335 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:46,720 This book records the names of every saved person, every 336 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:50,360 citizen of heaven. Remember what Jesus said a bit 337 00:25:50,360 --> 00:25:52,440 said about this book to his disciples. 338 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:54,640 He sent his disciples off for the first time. 339 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:57,520 They came back when man it was amazing. 340 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:02,160 We were casting out devils sick with being healed and people 341 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,600 came wanted to know more about repentance and getting right 342 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:09,400 with God man. Jesus said hey hey hey settle. 343 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:16,360 Don't rejoice over this that the spirits are subject to you, but 344 00:26:16,360 --> 00:26:23,760 rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven as 345 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:26,960 this is the judgement of the unsaved. 346 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:33,840 No person in the second resurrection has their name in 347 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:39,360 this book, the book of life. And so the response to every 348 00:26:39,360 --> 00:26:44,440 person appearing here will be name so and so. 349 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,680 Your name is not listed, simple as that. 350 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:54,080 This judgement is as I said, more of a sentencing of the 351 00:26:54,120 --> 00:26:58,480 already proven guilty. Now some will say, and this is 352 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:03,320 the worst thing as a pastor, it's the worst verse. 353 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:10,560 As a pastor, some will say at that time many will say to me in 354 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:18,720 that day, Lord, Lord, have I not prophesied in your name, cast 355 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:25,200 out demons in your name, done many wonders in your name and 356 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:31,480 the judge will declare under them never knew you depart from 357 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:35,160 me. You who practise that means you 358 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:40,120 live a lawless life. So the second death is 359 00:27:40,120 --> 00:27:43,680 spiritual. Where is the lake of fire? 360 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:45,800 Don't know. And some far off Galaxy 361 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:47,680 somewhere. Where will the Great White 362 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:50,960 Throne judgement be? This is the final judgement. 363 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:54,760 It is the final judgement. It's not on heaven and it's not 364 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:59,400 on the earth, and it's after the 1000 years, literal 1000 years 365 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:01,960 has passed. This judgement takes place. 366 00:28:03,120 --> 00:28:07,760 It's the judgement of the dead. It's the judgement of the 367 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:10,840 unsaved. It is not a judgement as to 368 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:15,000 salvation, but a judgement as according to the evil works of 369 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:18,520 the unsaved and the measure of punishment that is going to be 370 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:23,760 laid out. Besides separation from God 371 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:33,880 forever, So in the light of Calvary, no lost Sinner can 372 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:37,520 condemn God for casting them into hell. 373 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:40,960 Why? For God has provided a way of 374 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:44,920 escape. You get to have your way kicking 375 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:50,200 and screaming and says in book of Romans, it's a sad scripture 376 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:56,120 too, that God gave them over. He said, OK, I've tried, I've 377 00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:58,640 tried, I've tried as he did with Pharaoh. 378 00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:04,040 Pharaoh I mean plague after plague after plague and they're 379 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:09,280 all targeted, specific plague. And each time Pharaoh's heart 380 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:18,400 hardened, God has provided a way of Skype and He's patiently 381 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:23,400 waiting for sinners to repent. The great White Throne judgement 382 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,920 is final. There is no more judgements 383 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:32,640 after that. And those will be cast into the 384 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:34,680 Lake of Fire forever.