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Matt 25:41
41 Then shall He say also unto them on the left hand, "Depart from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:"
KJV
That is Lord Jesus speaking above about the wicked "goats" He separates on His left hand on the day of His future return to earth. Later in His Book of Revelation, He revealed He will reign over those "goats" for a "thousand years" with His elect before they perish into that everlasting fire (see Revelation 20; also see 1 Corinthians 15:24-28).
This means NO... flesh-born person has been judged and sentenced to perish in the future "lake of fire" just yet. Only... Satan and his angels so far have... already been judged and sentenced to perdition in the "lake of fire", which the above verse does reveal.
That means CLAIMS that a non-believer is already perishing today... is a FALSE PLOY used as a scare tactic.
Non-believers today may be 'in danger' of perishing IF... they remain in unbelief, but it does not mean they are already perishing today. Someone trying to push that idea does Jesus a disservice, because even Lord Jesus was careful at His 1st coming to not declare anyone but Satan and his angels already having been judged to perish at the future "lake of fire". Not even Judas Iscariot has been judged to perish in that "lake of fire" yet.
Satan and his angels ONLY so far have already been judged and sentenced to perish in the "lake of fire" per that Matthew 25:41 verse, and also per the Isaiah 30:31-33 Scripture.
One of the ways that men's doctrines originate such wrong ideas like the unbeliever is already perishing today comes from men's false theory of Amillennialism which denies the Revelation 20 Chapter by Jesus about His future "thousand years" reign over the wicked that only begins at His future return. That "thousand years" is meant literally. It is not a metaphor or symbol.
Men's false theory of Amillennialism instead believes that 1,000 years is just a metaphor, and not literal. They wrongly believe all the wicked are destroyed on the day of Christ's future coming, and then God's new heavens and a new earth eternity begins right then.
That false Amil belief also is how men's doctrines originate claiming that no one is saved after Christ's future return.
Those simply are not heeding The Spirit, but instead heed their carnal fleshy mind. The future 'implied' 2nd resurrection of Revelation 20 is actually about a resurrection unto eternal life in Christ like the "first resurrection". We easily can know this just because of what Lord Jesus declared here about the resurrection on the day of His future coming...
John 5:28-29
28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear His voice,
29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
KJV
Per Lord Jesus above, He revealed on the day of His future coming ALL... in the graves will come forth, either to the "resurrection of life", or to the "resurrection of damnation". That means BOTH resurrection types occur on the SAME DAY of Christ's future coming.
How many didn't even know that above John 5:28-29 Scripture existed?
That means men's idea that the wicked are resurrected only after Christ's "thousand years" reign is a doctrine of man, and not written in God's Word. The wicked dead are raised on the day of Christ's coming right then too. And they will exist throughout Christ's "thousand years" reign as written.
Per Revelation 20, after the "thousand years", the unsaved will stand in Judgment at God's Throne, and the book of life will be opened to see if any of their names are found in it. Will there be some found in it of those unsaved nations that go through Christ's "thousand years" reign? YES! because that is what the implied... 2nd resurrection is about. It is another one LIKE the "first resurrection" for those souls who convert to Lord Jesus Christ DURING His future "thousand years" reign.
This is the actual purpose for that "thousand years" reign AFTER Christ's future return. Many during this present world have NOT... had their opportunity to hear and believe The Gospel of Jesus Christ. Many died in ignorance of it, their existence having been isolated from hearing The Gospel. Only in this present generation because of modern technology, has The Gospel reached more peoples on a wider scale than ever before. Also especially, those unbelieving Jews that Apostle Paul said God put the spirit of slumber upon away from The Gospel also must wait until Christ's future "thousand years" reign for their spiritual blindness to be removed, so they can make their choice to believe and be held accountable (see Romans 11).
41 Then shall He say also unto them on the left hand, "Depart from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:"
KJV
That is Lord Jesus speaking above about the wicked "goats" He separates on His left hand on the day of His future return to earth. Later in His Book of Revelation, He revealed He will reign over those "goats" for a "thousand years" with His elect before they perish into that everlasting fire (see Revelation 20; also see 1 Corinthians 15:24-28).
This means NO... flesh-born person has been judged and sentenced to perish in the future "lake of fire" just yet. Only... Satan and his angels so far have... already been judged and sentenced to perdition in the "lake of fire", which the above verse does reveal.
That means CLAIMS that a non-believer is already perishing today... is a FALSE PLOY used as a scare tactic.
Non-believers today may be 'in danger' of perishing IF... they remain in unbelief, but it does not mean they are already perishing today. Someone trying to push that idea does Jesus a disservice, because even Lord Jesus was careful at His 1st coming to not declare anyone but Satan and his angels already having been judged to perish at the future "lake of fire". Not even Judas Iscariot has been judged to perish in that "lake of fire" yet.
Satan and his angels ONLY so far have already been judged and sentenced to perish in the "lake of fire" per that Matthew 25:41 verse, and also per the Isaiah 30:31-33 Scripture.
One of the ways that men's doctrines originate such wrong ideas like the unbeliever is already perishing today comes from men's false theory of Amillennialism which denies the Revelation 20 Chapter by Jesus about His future "thousand years" reign over the wicked that only begins at His future return. That "thousand years" is meant literally. It is not a metaphor or symbol.
Men's false theory of Amillennialism instead believes that 1,000 years is just a metaphor, and not literal. They wrongly believe all the wicked are destroyed on the day of Christ's future coming, and then God's new heavens and a new earth eternity begins right then.
That false Amil belief also is how men's doctrines originate claiming that no one is saved after Christ's future return.
Those simply are not heeding The Spirit, but instead heed their carnal fleshy mind. The future 'implied' 2nd resurrection of Revelation 20 is actually about a resurrection unto eternal life in Christ like the "first resurrection". We easily can know this just because of what Lord Jesus declared here about the resurrection on the day of His future coming...
John 5:28-29
28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear His voice,
29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
KJV
Per Lord Jesus above, He revealed on the day of His future coming ALL... in the graves will come forth, either to the "resurrection of life", or to the "resurrection of damnation". That means BOTH resurrection types occur on the SAME DAY of Christ's future coming.
How many didn't even know that above John 5:28-29 Scripture existed?
That means men's idea that the wicked are resurrected only after Christ's "thousand years" reign is a doctrine of man, and not written in God's Word. The wicked dead are raised on the day of Christ's coming right then too. And they will exist throughout Christ's "thousand years" reign as written.
Per Revelation 20, after the "thousand years", the unsaved will stand in Judgment at God's Throne, and the book of life will be opened to see if any of their names are found in it. Will there be some found in it of those unsaved nations that go through Christ's "thousand years" reign? YES! because that is what the implied... 2nd resurrection is about. It is another one LIKE the "first resurrection" for those souls who convert to Lord Jesus Christ DURING His future "thousand years" reign.
This is the actual purpose for that "thousand years" reign AFTER Christ's future return. Many during this present world have NOT... had their opportunity to hear and believe The Gospel of Jesus Christ. Many died in ignorance of it, their existence having been isolated from hearing The Gospel. Only in this present generation because of modern technology, has The Gospel reached more peoples on a wider scale than ever before. Also especially, those unbelieving Jews that Apostle Paul said God put the spirit of slumber upon away from The Gospel also must wait until Christ's future "thousand years" reign for their spiritual blindness to be removed, so they can make their choice to believe and be held accountable (see Romans 11).