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don’t have the covering, the protection, the substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ. THEY DID NOT SEE THEIR
NEED FOR CHRIST AND DID NOT ASK TO BE SAVED. They relied perhaps on their own good deeds…but these are entirely
inadequate to compensate for the stain of unforgiven sin. Therefore, those that stand before this Great White Throne
are not forgiven of their sins…in fact it is too late to be forgiven. Their eternal separation from God is assured…this is
the ultimate death—the Bible calls this the second death.
This final judgment is found in Revelation 20:11-15 “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.
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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.
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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.
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Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of
fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
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And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was
thrown into the lake of fire.”
In the sobering passage found in Luke 13:22-28 “And He was passing through from one city and village to another,
teaching, and proceeding on His way to Jerusalem.
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And someone said to Him, "Lord, are there [just] a few who are
being saved?" And He said to them,
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"Strive to enter through the NARROW DOOR; for many, I tell you, will seek to
enter and will not be able.
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"Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside
and knock on the door, saying, 'Lord, open up to us!' then He will answer and say to you, 'I do not know where you are
from.'
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"Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets';
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and He will
say, 'I tell you, I do not know where you are from; DEPART FROM ME, ALL YOU EVILDOERS.'
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"In that place there will
be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of
God, but yourselves being thrown out. Now, we know why the Lord said in Matthew 7:14 “For the GATE IS SMALL and
the WAY IS NARROW that leads to life, and there are few who find it.”
However, you know that YOUR NAME is written in the Lamb’s Book of Life IF YOU ARE A BORN-AGAIN BELIEVER IN
JESUS CHRIST…AND IF SO, YOU WILL NOT APPEAR BEFORE THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGEMENT. HALLELUJAH!
The New Heaven and Earth and the New Jerusalem
After the Great White Throne Judgment, there is the final transition to our “ETERNAL STATE”. It’s described in
Revelation 21:1-7 “Then I saw A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH; for the first heaven and the first earth passed
away, and there is no longer [any] sea.
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And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.
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And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, "Behold, the
tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will
be among them,
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and 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."
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And He who sits on the throne
said, "Behold, I am making all things new." And He said, "Write, for these words are faithful and true."
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Then He said to
me, "IT IS DONE. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the
spring of the water of life without cost.
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"HE WHO OVERCOMES WILL INHERIT THESE THINGS, AND I WILL BE HIS GOD
AND HE WILL BE MY SON."
This is to fulfill the prophecy found in Isaiah 65:18-19 "But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; For behold, I
create Jerusalem [for] rejoicing And her people [for] gladness.
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"I will also rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My
people; And there will no longer be heard in her The voice of weeping and the sound of crying.”
The Apostle John admonishes us to look to our eternal future which stands in direct opposition to temporal pleasures of
this life. Here’s what he says in 1 John 2:15-17: “Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the
world, the love of the Father is not in him.
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For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and
the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.
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The world is passing away, and [also] its lusts;
but the one who does the will of God lives forever.” So, when you find yourself struggling to obey the Word of God,
suffering in this world, longing for righteousness, remind yourself that YOU will prevail and inherit eternal life.