What is the timeline from the end of the Millennium until the Great White Throne Judgment? The two groups of 144,000 of Rv 7 and Rv 14…what are their roles? The identity of those given White Robes and those clothed in Fine Linen…and, Is There a Third Resurrection?
Donald T. Mata
Revised 10/17/25
If you ask someone in the “world” about the second resurrection, if they’ve ever heard of it, they will say it’s “to condemnation” or “damnation”, in which those who sinned, once resurrected, will be immediately thrown into the Lake of Fire, after hearing how their anti-God behavior justifies them being thrown into the flames. In fact, most don’t understand Rv 20:5, which I call “the most overlooked verse in the whole Bible”, which indicates a second resurrection, but it’s not clearly stated, so is obscured from most people.
Ask anyone who already has an understanding of the second resurrection, usually with a Church of God background, exactly WHEN that occurs, and you will probably get an answer: “at the end of the Millennium”. When pressed further, you might get “a short time before the very end of the Millennium”, implying, at least, before the Great White Throne Judgment. And then there might be a conversation about the third resurrection, beginning in verse 13 of Rv 20, implying that the third resurrection is to immediate death, as part of the Great White Throne Judgment, for the incorrigibly wicked or those who have committed the “unpardonable” sin.
I encourage you to pause and read the 20th chapter of Revelation, 1-15.
Many who teach about the resurrections turn to Rv 20, verses 4-6, to show that there are two resurrections: Those who are saved for eternity, and second, those who are condemned for eternity…but they miss several key points, which we’ll look at in more detail in this study.
First, let’s go to John and see what Jesus taught about the resurrections: (quoting from “The Holy Bible In Its Original Order”, A Faithful Version, by Fred Coulter, OR from the King James Version + to show Strong’s Greek words):
I use bold to emphasize and [bracketed statements in italics to indicate my personal input, within or just after the verses.]
John learned of the resurrections from Jesus….
Joh 5:21 For even as the Father raises the dead and gives life, in the same way also, the Son gives life to whom He will.
Joh 5:22 For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son
Joh 5:23 So that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father Who sent Him.
Joh 5:24 Truly, truly I say to you, the one who hears My word, and believes Him Who sent Me, has everlasting life and does not come into judgment; for he has passed from death into life.
Joh 5:25 Truly, truly I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear shall live.
Joh 5:26 For even as the Father has life in Himself, so also has He given to the Son to have life in Himself;
Joh 5:27 And has also given Him authority to execute judgment because He is the Son of man.
Joh 5:28 Do not wonder at this, for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves shall hear His voice
Joh 5:29 And shall come forth: those who have practiced good unto a resurrection of life, and those who have practiced evil unto a resurrection of judgment.
[So, two resurrections…one to life, one to judgment.]
By “judgment”, many teach it to mean condemnation and eternal death. It comes from the (Greek)G2920 translated in the KJV as damnation. “kree-sis” a tribunal; by implication justice,(specifically divine law)…accusation, condemnation, damnation, judgment”.
Most “Christian” preachers infer “eternal condemnation”, even roasting forever in a hell fire. Some teach 4 resurrections: 1) Jesus, the firstfruits 2)the Rapture, 3) Old Testament saints, (those who died before Jesus rose from the dead-quoting Daniel 12:1-4), and 4) the Tribulation saints, those who choose Jesus, rejecting the mark, before dying in the Tribulation, during the time of Jacob’s trouble (which most don’t understand)…as well as the dead in Christ (1Corinthians 15:51-54) which they understand to be New Testament saints who died before what they call the “Rapture”, and then those in the “Rapture”, the only category that go from physical life to spiritual life in an instant. This “Rapture” resurrection would not only be pre-millennial (before the Millennium starts), but also pre-tribulation (before the Tribulation starts), of those saints who are alive long before the seventh trumpet.
We in the churches of God, however, understand a different timeline and who is involved in each resurrection, also understanding that the “Rapture” is at the seventh trumpet, after the tribulation, which we call the first resurrection.
We’d be considered, by the Bible teachers of this world, to be Historic Pre-Millennialist, Post-Tribulationists…meaning, we believe what many in the early church taught, before the Council of Nicea in 325 C.E.(Historic Pre-Millennialists), that the Second Coming would occur after the great tribulation (Post-Tribulationists), NOT a rapture that occurred before the Tribulation. What’s called the ‘Post-Tribulation Rapture’ would occur at the seventh trumpet, when the first resurrection occurs.
Let’s look more closely at Revelation 20, then consider a few of the references to resurrection and judgment that lead up to determining when the second resurrection occurs, and if there IS a third resurrection, to get things in the right order. And, we’ll also determine who the Revelation 7 and Revelation 14 144,000 are, to fill in the story. [I use contractions of 2 letters, sometimes 3, to shorten repeated references to the same books, i.e. “Revelation”= Rv; Matthew=Mt, Ezekiel=Ez; Isaiah=Is; 1 Corinthians=1C, 2 Th=2 Thessalonians, etc.]
We will examine the following phrases and topics:
- “fulfilled, finished, expired” all Greek “teleo” G5055 Rv 20:3,5,7
- “a short time” …Do the math: less than 2 percent out of the 7,000 year period…100 /7000 is 1.428 percent, to be exact. Less than 1 and a half percent of the time allotted for God’s plan.
- “the rest of the dead didn’t live again until the thousand years are finished”….implies a second physical life,
- “the dead”… the same as v5, in vs 12-13 Same context…same chapter. The “dead” are those who are resurrected at the end of the Millennium, for a second PHYSICAL life. See Ez 37.
- The context of Mt 24 and 25 is at the RETURN, Pre-Millennial, NOT the Great White Throne Judgment…
- “white robes” versus those clothed in “fine linen raiment”…two different classes of people: (1) an innumerable multitude, Rv 7:9-17, …those that rejected the mark of the beast, who were given white robes, (NOT clothed in fine raiment) (2) the Bride, Rv 14, 144k, who are dressed in “fine, linen raiment, and (3), a numbered group of Israel, 144k, Rv 7:1-8, who are physical.
- Those “Sealed”…Those now sealed with the holy spirit: 2C 1:22/Ep 1:13; Satan sealed: Rv 20:3; those physical Israelites sealed:Rv 7:1-8…did these all receive the holy spirit? Certainly not Satan! Same Greek word. Will it be available to all during the Millennium and/or during the 100 year period?
Note: I don’t capitalize ‘holy’ or ‘spirit’ to not perpetuate the false Trinity concept of God, as the holy spirit is a “thing”, NOT a person.
- The Judgment Seat of Christ (called the BEMA Seat Judgment by Protestants); not found in Rv 20, it must be at His return.
Let’s start with what Daniel revealed:
Dan 12:1 “And at that time Michael shall stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even until that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered—everyone who shall be found written in the book. [Moses referred to this book Dt 32:32-33, 9:14 ]
Exo 32:32 And now if You would only forgive their sin! And if not, I pray You, blot me out of Your book which You have written.”
Exo 32:33 And the LORD said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book.
[Sidenote: It appears that since God is not willing that any should perish…
2Pe 3:9 The Lord is… not desiring that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
…but that EVERY human being is written into the book of life, and only by their sins NOT repented of, they exclude themselves and are blotted out from God’s book of life. By default, ALL have an equal opportunity for eternal life, and then LOSE it by their LIFESTYLE of sin.]
Dan 12:2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Dan 12:3 And they who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and they who turn many to righteousness shall shine as the stars forever and ever.
Dan 12:4 But you, O Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, even to the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Current understanding among the churches of God regarding the third resurrection seems to be a bit murky. It is easy to prove that there are two resurrections in Revelation 20:4-6: one pre-millennial and one post-millennial. But the third resurrection is a bit harder to find. From what I’ve been able to ascertain from listening to sermons that mention 3 resurrections, mostly from Church of God affiliated ministeries, somewhere around verse 13 of Rv 20 is where many put the third resurrection.
Rev 20:11 Then I saw a great white throne and the one Who was sitting on it, from Whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and no place was found for them.
Rev 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God; and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged out of the things written in the books, according to their works.
Rev 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and the grave gave up the dead that were in them; and they were judged individually, according to their works.
Rev 20:14 And death and the grave were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
Rev 20:15 And if anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
[I’m suggesting that there is not a third resurrection…I could be wrong. I just don’t see it here in Rv 20. See point 4.]
1.“fulfilled, finished, expired” all Greek “teleo” G5055 Rv 20:3,5,7
Let’s hone in on the time when Satan is released at the end of the thousand years, and get a sense of the timeline up to the start of the Great White Throne Judgment. At what point is the final judgment, the Great White Throne judgment? When is the second resurrection exactly, and how long is “the short time” that Satan is loosed? Some of you may understand what I am about to show, but I didn’t see this until a few months ago (summer of 2025).
The 2nd resurrection AND the release of Satan are at the same time!
When Rv 20, verses 3,5, and 7 are compared, in the King James Version, three different English words are used for the one Greek word “teleo”: fulfilled, finished, expired…vs 3,5,7. From Strong’s …tel-ey’-o to end, that is, complete, execute, conclude, discharge (a debt):- accomplish, make an end, expire, fill up, finish, go over, pay, perform. [Alternating AFV and KJV+]
Rev 20:1 Then I saw an angel descending from heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain in his hand.
Rev 20:2 And he took hold of the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
Rev 20:3 AndG2532 castG906 himG846 intoG1519 theG3588 bottomless pit,G12 andG2532 shut him up,G2808 G846 andG2532 set a sealG4972 uponG1883 him,G846 thatG2443 he should deceiveG4105 theG3588 nationsG1484 noG3361 more,G2089 tillG891 theG3588 thousandG5507 yearsG2094 should be fulfilled:G5055 andG2532 afterG3326 thatG5023 heG846 mustG1163 be loosedG3089 a littleG3398 season.G5550
Rev 20:4 And I saw thrones; and they that sat upon them, and judgment was given to them; and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the Word of God, and those who did not worship the beast, or his image, and did not receive the mark in their foreheads or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Rev 20:5 ButG1161 theG3588 restG3062 of theG3588 deadG3498 lived not againG326G3756 untilG2193 theG3588 thousandG5507 yearsG2094 were finished.G5055 ThisG3778 is theG3588 firstG4413 resurrection.G386
[Some translators correctly identify 5a as a parenthetical statement.]
Rev 20:6 Blessed and holy is the one who has part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power. But they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.
Rev 20:7 AndG2532 whenG3752 theG3588 thousandG5507 yearsG2094 are expired,G5055 SatanG4567 shall be loosedG3089 out ofG1537 hisG846 prison,G5438
Rev 20:8 And he shall go out to deceive the nations that are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, of whom the number is as the sand of the sea, to gather them together for war.
So, we can conclude that when Satan is loosed, the 2nd resurrection also occurs, at the same time!
This is also the time of which Jesus spoke of in John 7:37, on what we call the Last Great Day, the eighth day, after the Feast of Tabernacles is over:
Joh 7:37 Now in the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and called out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.
Joh 7:38 The one who believes in Me, as the scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.”
Joh 7:39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, which those who believed in Him would soon receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given because Jesus was not yet glorified.
And also, Ez 37, when the holy spirit will be available to all those who are being judged during their second one hundred-year life.
The timeline looks like this:
a)The second resurrection and the release of Satan occur at the same time b) the “short time” will be one hundred years, from Isaiah 65:20. c) Satan, at the end of the centennium, (let’s arbitrarily pick year 99), having deceived perhaps billions, descend upon the “camp of the saints”, Jerusalem, and they die their second death by fire from heaven, from God the Father, their lake of fire judgment. d) Satan and his demons are thrown into the lake of fire. e) God the Father comes down from heaven, or hovers over the Earth, to do the Great White Throne Judgment, with the Son. f) the “dead” (Rv 20:5, 12,13) are judged from their individual “books” according to their deeds/fruits, taken from their SECOND PHYSICAL LIFE of 100 years. g) All those found NOT in the book of life are cast into the lake of fire, their second physical death. The Great White Throne Judgment ends with the sentencing and administration of the death penalty for the wicked.
[Some might say that all judgment has been given to Jesus, so the fire that comes down from heaven is actually from Jesus, not God the Father, and Jn 5 certainly confirms this:
Joh 5:19 Therefore, Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, the Son has no power to do anything of Himself, but only what He sees the Father do. For whatever He does, these things the Son also does in the same manner.
Joh 5:20 For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him everything that He Himself is doing. And He will show Him greater works than these, so that you may be filled with wonder.
Joh 5:21 For even as the Father raises the dead and gives life, in the same way also, the Son gives life to whom He will.
Joh 5:22 For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son
Joh 5:23 So that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father Who sent Him.
Yet, this does not mean the Father can’t or won’t carry out the sentence that the Son has passed. Verse 22 above is showing the Fathers blessing on any and all judgments that Jesus makes. Those that won’t go God’s ways during their second life MUST come to the Father THROUGH the Son, the Door…which means they must, like us, be baptized in the name of the Son to receive the holy spirit. So they, both the Father and the Son, are united, ONE, in judgment.]
2. The next question we look at is: How long is “a short time” (AFV) or “a little season”(KJV+) that Satan deceives the nations?
Verse 5 is what I call the most overlooked verse in the whole Bible, because of the parenthetical phrase:{ Rev 20:5 (But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were completed.) This is the first resurrection.}
This verse, the first phrase, reveals that ALL of the “rest of the dead” that are resurrected to physical life, a second physical life (see Ez 37), are separated by 1,000 years from the first resurrection, and that it is a resurrection to judgment, WHICH SPANS A HUNDRED YEARS…if we are interpreting Isaiah 65:20 correctly. Most of the world’s preachers don’t understand that this is a parenthetical statement, nor why there is “a short time” that Satan is released. I’ve heard them ask, “Why MUST Satan be released when the thousand years are finished, when God already has him in restraint?
The world’s preachers teach that Ez 37 pictures the return of the Zionist Jews to the land of Palestine in 1948, not taking this passage as a literal resurrection event in the future, but a symbolic “re-birth” of the nation known today as “Israel”.
The only indication that we have, (and it’s been taught this way for decades in the churches of God) is the one witness in Isaiah 65:20:
Isa 65:20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
When the whole context is read, some believe this is referencing the Millennium, and some the “hundred year period”.[I believe it can refer to BOTH, as I believe the natural lifespan of mankind is stated in Gn 6:3…”And the LORD said, “My spirit shall not always strive with man in his going astray, for he is but flesh, and yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.” So that might be the natural age most will attain to in the thousand years. But the second part of Isaiah 65:20, where a “sinner, being a hundred years old shall be accursed” indicates clearly a judgment at the end of a hundred years, which would be after Satan has been thrown into the lake of fire, and then the Great White Throne Judgment begins.]
When we understand that God’s plan for mankind is based on the 7 days in a week, and to God, “a day is as a thousand years”(2 Peter 3:8), one hundred years out of 7,000 years is “a short time”. Do the math: Divide 100 into 7,000…you get less than 1.5 percent out of the 7,000 year period…100 /7000 is 1.428 percent
Many preachers in the world, who know about the thousand year period, say that this just indicates that lifespans in the thousand years will become longer, …hundreds of years. Yet they don’t address the second part of the verse that mentions “the sinner …shall be accursed”.
Going back to Rv 20, I’m suggesting that the billions resurrected for a second physical life (now with a FIRST chance to know the undiluted Truth) is the period of judgment, a lifetime, that are written in the books that are used in the Great White Throne Judgment. It is both to eternal life and eternal death. I believe it’s both. Edenic conditions for both beginning of the millennium AND the beginning of the centennium. [the word “millennium” is a New Latin word that began to be used in 1638, about 27 years after the 1611 KJV was introduced, to describe the thousand year period of Rv20. I introduce here a Late Latin word that is older, “centennium”, to refer to this period of one hundred years.]
Revelation 20 is a summation chapter that encompasses 1000 years of Christ’s reign, then the 100 year period from Isaiah 65:20, plus however long the Great White Throne Judgment will take, which is the sentencing and administering of the penalty portion of the Judgment, for the wicked not found in the book of life.
What role does Satan play, after being released for “a short time”, before he is cast into the Lake of fire?
3. Tens of billions will be resurrected for a second physical life, and the adversary will again by used to sway mankind again…forcing the issue of freely choosing God’s way or Satan’s way. I’ve heard of estimates ranging from 30 billion to a hundred billion. Will babies who drew their first breath be resurrected, or those just conceived? There could be several billions more…
Rev 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
Rev 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. [I’m suggesting Satan has one hundred years to influence mankind away from God’s ways, and comes against Jerusalem at the end of the 100 years.]
He will again stir up those from Gog and Magog to come and fight against “the camp of the saints” (v 9) at the end of the 100 year period, but this time, God the Father wipes the remaining rebellious humans out from heaven with fire, not Yeshua, who was bloodied by doing this to Gog and Magog at the beginning of His thousand year reign. This would be their second physical life and thus, the second death for these rebels. They get wiped out by fire from heaven, in essence, their “lake of fire” judgment…their penalty is death by fire, BEFORE the Great White Throne Judgment starts in verse 11.
Rev 20:9 Then I saw them go up upon the breadth of the earth and encircle the camp of the saints, and the beloved city; and fire came down from God out of heaven and consumed them;
Rev 20:10 And the Devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet had been cast; and they, Satan and the demons, shall be tormented day and night into the ages of eternity.
These are those who knew full well what they were doing, having been resurrected in a “paradise” on Earth and having been taught the whole plan of God by us, and, having lived a full, second physical life, ultimately choosing to live against God’s will. Let’s break this down further…
Using the guiding principle that God is no respecter of persons,…
Act 10:34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: …
…then it stands to reason that since WE, the firstfruits, are under judgment now …
1Pe 4:17 For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it first begins with us, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? …
…with Satan as the adversary, then those who will live a second life, in the 2nd resurrection, will also have the same temptations and spirit that Satan throws at us now. And knowing full well their past life, as well as what the future holds, with free moral agency, they choose, during a full lifetime, whom they will follow-God’s ways, based on agape LOVE, or Satan’s ways, based on FEAR(fright, not reverence). The great advantage that the billions who come up in the second resurrection will have, is that they will have former humans, US, the resurrected saints, as well as those who rejected the mark of the beast, ruling with Christ, that will be there to instruct and admonish them in the ways of God, contrasting Satan’s ways and their former lives, with God’s ways.
An example of someone who might choose to go Satan’s ways, after being resurrected in “paradise” in an earthly body, would be an Islamic jihadist who blew himself up, killing a bunch of Israelis. He awakes, takes in his surroundings, and asks, “Where are my 72 virgins I was promised?” During the centennium, he gets taught the Truth, but those hated Jews are in control! So, he learns that there is a place that he can go where there is a rebel resistance, the faraway land of Magog, on the fringes of this perfect society. At the earliest opportunity, he escapes there.
Contrast that with a child who died at 1 month old. She had Godly parents in her first life, who now get to raise her in her second life. She is raised in a loving relationship, never knowing any other life. But she is surrounded by many people from all ethnicities and backgrounds who have stories of their former lives…trials and tests, good times and bad,… but this life? No comparison to their first life. This is paradise, and the future looks bright! She’s not worried about the Great White Throne Judgment that is in her future…she has lived a righteous life, repenting when she has sinned, and whole-heartedly is choosing to live forever with all her friends and family.
The jihadist? He gets judged by his works, scheming with Satan to attack the enemy headquarters and take back the planet from this “King of Kings and Lord of Lords” guy. And he has fully chosen his fate with his free moral agency.
Once Satan gets thrown into the lake of fire,(Rv 20:10) where the beast and false prophet had been cast one thousand years earlier, and at the end of the 100 year period, then the Great White Throne judgment begins…Billions of people will have lived a second physical life, knowing ALL the Truth, then being judged BASED ON THE BOOKS THAT RECORDED ALL THEIR DEEDS DURING THAT 100 YEAR PERIOD, and those deeds decide their final fate in the Great White Throne Judgment. My conjecture is that the overwhelming majority will choose LIFE, because of access to the holy spirit!
Unclear at this point: When does God stop allowing new births during the Millennium? I assumed that those just born at the end of the Millennium would just go right into the 100 year period, but that would mean they only had one life but no first death. Yet, “it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this, the judgment;”(Hb 9:27). So maybe toward the end of the Millennium, maybe the last couple of hundred years, births will cease and the natural lifespan of 120 years will allow the old people to die off. Then, those who didn’t choose God’s ways, or “sat on the fence”, during the Millennium, would have a second life at the second resurrection to live under judgment to make their final life choices? Possible, plausible, probable, or provable…where does this possibility fit?
The Second Resurrection: Different generations from history, hundreds of years apart, are alive at the same time…
Mat 12:41 The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation [Yeshua’s time] and shall condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
Mat 12:42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
[…the judgment is a lifetime to make mistakes, learn, then choose…]
He was referring to 3 different generations, separated by 200 plus years from Solomon to Jonah, and then maybe 400 years from Jonah to Yeshua’s time. Yet, they are “in the judgment” together, condemning the Pharisees of Yeshua’s time. This has to be the second resurrection people…their time of judgment.
The same for Tyre, Sidon and Sodom…Mt 11:20-24.
4.“the dead”, of Rv 20
The same as the “rest of the dead” in verse 5…NOT a third resurrection group.
Rev 20:5 (But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were completed.) This is the first resurrection.
….[in the same context, 7 verses later…]
Rev 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God; and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged out of the things written in the books, according to their works.
Rev 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and the grave gave up the dead that were in them; and they were judged individually, according to their works.
Rev 20:14 And death and the grave were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
Rev 20:15 And if anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
Listening to the sermon on the “Last Great Day” just completed, I again heard a “third resurrection” inserted into the context of Rv 20, starting with verse 13, but there were no supporting verses. And it has been taught for decades like this, some using the judgment seat of Christ and the judgment of the sheep and goats. But in the next point, let’s look at this closer. I’m not saying there’s a clear answer, but it doesn’t appear to be here in Rv 20.
5. The context of Mt 24 and 25 is at the RETURN, Pre-Millennial, NOT the Great White Throne Judgment…
If there are only two resurrections, and not a third, when will the incorrigible be judged and thrown into the lake of fire?…and perhaps those who had been called and baptized and had the indwelling holy spirit, yet ended up committing the “unpardonable” sin? Do they need a third resurrection for justice to be done? Or will God and Jesus already know who those are who had the holy spirit, and then rejected God’s ways as soon as order is established from Jerusalem, and Jesus is ruling all nations with a rod of iron…at the beginning of the Millennium? If they had been called and led a righteous life, or made the ultimate choice, rejecting the mark of the beast, they would have come up in the first resurrection at the beginning of the Millennium, either as the Bride or the Guests. And if they had the holy spirit and committed the unpardonable sin, this would result in them being resurrected to a second physical life and then being thrown into the Lake of Fire, maybe during the 100 years, to serve as an example to those who are learning God’s way of life.
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When does the Sheep and Goat Judgment come into play? Does this happen soon after Jesus’ return, not a thousand and one hundred years later, when He separates the sheep from the goats, and the goats get tossed into the Lake of Fire. Mt 25:
First, let’s look at a few verses to set this up:
Soon after the King takes his throne in Jerusalem, (to the Laodiceans)
Rev 3:21 To the one who overcomes will I give authority to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and sat down with My Father in His throne.
King Jesus’ throne is on the Earth; the Father’s is in heaven…(to the Philadelphians)
Rev 3:12 The one who overcomes will I make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall not go out any more; and I will write upon him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which will come down out of heaven from My God; and I will write upon him My new name.
Look at the parables and signs He taught before He left… signs, and the parables of the ten virgins and the talents. The context is a continuing soliloquy that starts with the disciples in Mt 24:3… Jesus looking ahead to His return.
Mat 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Mat 24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
[The “elect” are being gathered. Are these the same physical people, the 144K of 12,000 sealed from each of the 12 tribes in Rv 7, OR are these “the elect” which would be the few remaining physical saints that make up the final contingent which total 144K, from Abel, Seth…on down, who make up “the Bride”? I say it’s the Bride, a few thousand that have to be added to fulfill the number to reach 144k. AND it could also be those protected from Satan during the great tribulation.]
Mat 24:48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
Mat 24:49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
Mat 24:50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
Mat 24:51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Is this pre-Millennial or Great White Throne Judgment?
Mat 25:31 Now when the Son of man shall come in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then shall He sit upon the throne of His glory; [from Jerusalem]
Mat 25:32 And He shall gather before Him all the nations; and He shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
Mat 25:33 And He shall set the sheep at His right hand, but the goats at His left.
Going back to the Mt 24-25 soliliquy…breaking into the Parable of the Talents…
Mat 25:24 Then the one who had received the single talent also came to him and said, ‘Lord, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.
Mat 25:25 And because I was afraid, I went and hid your talent in the earth. Now look, you have your own.’
Mat 25:26 His lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant! You knew that I reap where I did not sow, and gather what I did not scatter.
Mat 25:27 Because you knew this, you were duty-bound to take my talent to the money exchangers, so that when I came, I could have received my own with interest.
Mat 25:28 Therefore, take the talent from him, and give it to the one who has ten talents.
Mat 25:29 For to everyone who has, more shall be given, and he shall have abundance; on the other hand, as for the one who does not have, even that which he has shall be taken from him.
Mat 25:30 And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness.’ There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. [In this parable, “outer darkness” could be the literal lake of fire, which will still be there, since the beast and false prophet had been thrown there to banish all Satan’s forces.]
Mat 25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: [Again, all judgment has been given to Him…Jn 5:
Joh 5:21 For even as the Father raises the dead and gives life, in the same way also, the Son gives life to whom He will.
Joh 5:22 For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son …
Joh 5:27 And has also given Him authority to execute judgment because He is the Son of man.
Now, is there a difference between judgment at the beginning of His reign, and the Great White Throne Judgment…?
Joh 5:28 Do not wonder at this, for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves shall hear His voice [This appears to be the second resurrection?]
Joh 5:29 And shall come forth: those who have practiced good unto a resurrection of life, and those who have practiced evil unto a resurrection of judgment.]
To the Sheep and Goat judgment…
Mat 25:32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
Mat 25:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Mat 25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: …
Mat 25:41 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: …
Mat 25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
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6. Those clothed in “fine linen raiment” contrasted with those given “white robes”…two different classes of people: (1), the Bride, 144k, and (2)an innumerable multitude that rejected the mark of the beast, who were given white robes, (Not clothed in fine raiment) Time sequences, Rv 6:9-11 and Rv 7:9+
Rev 6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
Rev 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Rev 6:11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
Compare this with…
Rev 7:9 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no one was able to number, out of every nation and tribe and people and language, was standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes and holding palms in their hands; [the throne of the Father, in heaven]
Rev 7:10 And they were calling out with a loud voice to Him Who sits on the throne and to the Lamb, saying, “The salvation of our God has come.”
Rev 7:11 Then all the angels stood around the throne, and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,
Rev 7:12 Saying, “Amen. Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power and strength be to our God into the ages of eternity. Amen.”
Rev 7:13 And one of the elders answered and said to me, “These who are clothed with white robes, who are they, and where did they come from?”
Rev 7:14 Then I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “They are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; and they have washed their robes, and have made their robes white in the blood of the Lamb. [Where are they, and Who do they serve?]
Rev 7:15 For this reason, they are before the throne of God [the Father] and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One Who sits on the throne shall dwell among them.
Rev 7:16 They shall not hunger any more, nor shall they thirst any more; neither shall the sun nor the heat fall upon them, [Most of them die horrible deaths]
Rev 7:17 Because the Lamb Who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them, and will lead them to fountains of living waters; and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
Contrasted with:
Those clothed in white linen garments or raiment…Rv 3:5, Rv 14, Rv 19:1-14
Rev 3:3 (to Sardis) Therefore, remember what you have received and heard, and hold on to this, and repent. Now then, if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you shall by no means know what hour I will come upon you.
Rev 3:4 You have a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their garments, and they shall walk with Me in white because they are worthy.
Rev 3:5 The one who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments; and I will not blot out his name from the book of life, but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. [The messages to the 7 churches can apply to all of the firstfruits, at the same time. More specifically, the 7 churches represent the Bride.]
Compared with…
Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints; here are the ones who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. [These are US, who keep BOTH the Old Testament laws AND the New Covenant teachings, through faith. Distinct from those who give their lives for the Word of God (the Bible) and have the testimony of Jesus, not the faith of Jesus]
Both groups, The Bride and the Guests (Rv 14 and Rv 19 are in the same time frame…both are delineated in Rv 19 and will be at the Wedding, the Bride and the Guests.)
Rev 19:1 And after these things I heard the loud voice of a great multitude [cp Innumerable,,. Rv 7:9+] in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! The salvation and the glory and the honor and the power belong to the Lord our God.
Rev 19:2 For true and righteous are His judgments; for He has judged the great whore, who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and He has avenged the blood of His servants at her hand.” [Cp Rv 6:10-11, The Fifth Seal…these are guests at the wedding, NOT the Bride. The guests get white robes, the Bride has righteous deeds and is clothed in fine linen raiment.]
Rev 19:3 And they said a second time, “Hallelujah! And her smoke shall ascend upward into the ages of eternity.”
Rev 19:4 And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God, Who sits on the throne, saying, “Amen. Hallelujah!”
Rev 19:5 And a voice came forth from the throne, saying, “Praise our God, all His servants, and all who fear Him, both small and great.”
Continuing…The Marriage Supper of the Lamb
Rev 19:6 And I heard a voice like that of a great multitude, and like the sound of many waters, and the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord God Almighty has reigned.
Rev 19:7 Let us be glad and shout with joy; and let us give glory to Him; for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.”
Rev 19:8 And it was granted to her that she should be clothed in fine linen, pure and bright; for the fine linen is the righteousness of the saints.
Rev 19:9 And he said to me, “Write: Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” [Guests at the wedding will be blessed as well] And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”
Rev 19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. Then he said to me, “See that you do not do this! I am a fellow servant of yours, and of your brethren, who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” [Cp Rv 6:9 Notice who has the testimony of Jesus and the Word of God…the guests at the wedding will be in the first resurrection as well.]
Rev 6:9 And when He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the Word of God, and for the testimony that they held; …I think of Wycliffe, Hus, and many others who were burned at the stake, or killed for standing against the Catholic church,… the Waldensians, the Lombards, etc., joining the many who will reject the mark of the beast.]
Looking at Rv 20 again, verses 4-6, we can see BOTH groups delineated:
Rev 20:4 [Group 1, The Bride]And I saw thrones; and they that sat upon them, and judgment was given to them; and [Group 2, the Innumerable Multitude, the Guests at the Wedding] I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the Word of God, and those who did not worship the beast, or his image, and did not receive the mark in their foreheads or in their hands; and they [Both groups] lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Rev 20:5 (But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were completed.) This is the first resurrection.
Rev 20:6 Blessed and holy is the one who has part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power. But they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years. [Again, both groups…the servants of God the Father, who serve at His throne, and those, the Bride, who go wherever the Lamb goes.]
The Rider on a White Horse
Rev 19:11 And I saw heaven open; and behold, a white horse; and He Who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He does judge and make war.
Rev 19:12 And His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns; and He had a name written that no one knows except Him.
Rev 19:13 And He was clothed with a garment dipped in blood; and His name is The Word of God.
Rev 19:14 And the armies in heaven were following Him on white horses; and they were clothed in fine linen, white and pure. [What the Bride is dressed in…]
Compare these clothed in “fine linen, white and pure” …”on white horses” (The Bride) with those Innumerable Multitude of Rv 7, who STAY with God the Father at His throne….Whereas the Bride goes wherever Jesus goes…
Rev 14:4 These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins; they are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They were purchased from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb; [These would be all those from righteous Abel, Seth, Noah, Moses, Joshua, Samuel, David, Ezra, Nehemiah, the prophets…from the Old Testament, and the saints of the New,…those 3,000 baptized on the first Pentecost, on down to those who have had the holy spirit during the “church age”, the overcomers, up until the 7th Trumpet sounds, a decreasing number as we get to the 7th trumpet.]
[Who are the Guests at the Wedding, again? These were those who, by rejecting the mark of the beast, have given their physical lives to reject the clearly evil way of the Beast, to choose God’s way, plus those of the 5th seal who are waiting to join these. It will NOT be a lifetime of overcoming, but a forced, short-time, pressured decision, a clear choice between Satan’s system and God’s system. They will presumably be responding to the message of the two witnesses…they have the Word of God (the Bible) and have the testimony of Jesus, but they don’t keep the commandments, nor have the faith of Jesus.]
Rev 7:15 For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One Who sits on the throne [the Father]shall dwell among them.
Rev 7:16 They shall not hunger any more, nor shall they thirst any more; neither shall the sun nor the heat fall upon them, [Ironically, this is what many in the Protestant churches have been taught about heaven…being in the presence of God for eternity.]
Rev 7:17 Because the Lamb Who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them, and will lead them to fountains of living waters; and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
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Mt 22….The guest who doesn’t have the right garment…a white robe?
Contrast this with the Laodicean who is given a white garment…presuming that those in the seven churches are the Bride…her white garment is not a robe, but fine linen, which are the righteous deeds of the saints (Rv 19:8), whereas He says to the guests…(Rv 19:9) “Write: Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb.”
Mat 22:8 Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast indeed is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy;
Mat 22:9 Therefore, go into the well-traveled highways, and invite all that you find to the wedding feast.’
Mat 22:10 And after going out into the highways, those servants brought together everyone that they found, both good and evil; and the wedding feast was filled with guests.
Mat 22:11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not dressed in proper attire for the wedding feast;
Mat 22:12 And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you enter here without a garment fit for the wedding feast?’ But he had no answer. [I’m suggesting that garment is a white robe, which goes over personal garments underneath it]
Mat 22:13 Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind his hands and feet, and take him away, and cast him into the outer darkness.’ There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Mat 22:14 For many are called, but few chosen.”
Who did Jesus call “friend”?…
Mat 26:48 Now the one who was betraying Him gave them a sign, saying, “Whomever I shall kiss, He is the One. Arrest Him!”
Mat 26:49 And as soon as he came to Jesus, he said, “Hail, Rabbi,” and earnestly kissed Him.
Mat 26:50 But Jesus said to him, “Friend, for what purpose have you come?” Then they came and laid their hands on Jesus, and arrested Him. [It appears there may be tares amongst the wheat that get it to the marriage feast? Yet He also called the disciples “friend”vs ‘master’…]
7. Define Seal/Sealed…Rv 7:1-8 Did physical Israelites receive the holy spirit? It will be available to all during the Millennium…Jr 31:33, and Ez 36: AND, I believe, during the 100 year period. Let’s distinguish between the Bride of Rv 14 and those “servants” of the twelve tribes that are sealed in Rv 7.
The Greek word “seal” or “sealed” in is the same for all the circumstances in Revelation….for those sealed with the holy spirit, as well the seal over Satan.
Greek Strong’s G4972, 4973…
Can those 12 Tribes listed in Rv 7 be physical, genetic Israelites, yet have the sealing, the holy spirit, before it is available during the Millennium? We have one example of the holy spirit being given before baptism and before Pentecost:
The 11 disciples were given the holy spirit before Pentecost…
Joh 20:19 Afterwards, as evening was drawing near that day, the first day of the weeks, and the doors were shut where the disciples had assembled for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, “Peace be to you.”
Joh 20:20 And after saying this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples rejoiced because they had seen the Lord.
Joh 20:21 Therefore, Jesus said to them again, “Peace be to you. As the Father sent Me, I am also sending you.”
Joh 20:22 And after saying this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
Joh 20:23 Those whose sins you shall remit, they are remitted to them; and those whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.”
These disciples received the holy spirit 50 or 49 days before those at Pentecost (Ac 2); So, those 12 Tribes 144K likewise, could have been sealed with the holy spirit, JUST BEFORE the calamity hits , at His second coming and in the events AFTER He comes. ALL people will have the holy spirit available to them in the Millennium.
Those in the Millennium will have the holy spirit available to them:
Joel 2:26 And you shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, who has dealt with you wondrously; and My people shall never again be ashamed.
Joe 2:27 And you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and there is none else; and My people shall never again be ashamed.
Joe 2:28 And afterward it shall be that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh. And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy; your old men shall dream dreams; your young men shall see visions.
Joe 2:29 And also I will pour out My Spirit upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days.
Joe 2:30 And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth—blood and fire and pillars of smoke.
Joe 2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD.
Joe 2:32 And it shall be that whoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be saved; for salvation shall be in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, as the LORD has said, and among the remnant whom the LORD shall call.”
Then later, at the second resurrection, the holy spirit will again be made available to all living during the centennium:
Eze 37:11 And He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried and our hope is lost; we ourselves are completely cut off.’
Eze 37:12 Therefore prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, and will bring you into the land of Israel.
Eze 37:13 And you shall know that I am the LORD when I have opened your graves, O My people, and have brought you up out of your graves. ?
Eze 37:14 And I shall put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. And you shall know that I the LORD have spoken it and have done it,” says the LORD.’ ” Also, Ez 36:26-27
They didn’t have the holy spirit in their first life….this resurrection is to physical life and they now have an opportunity for conversion over a second lifetime…the second resurrection.
[The 12,000 from each of the tribes of Israel (Rv 7:1-8) that have been protected by a seal from God in their foreheads, are PHYSICAL, I believe, so they are guaranteed to repopulate the Earth, as fulfillment of the promises given to Abraham, and given specific lands surrounding Jerusalem (Ez 36 and 37, 48)). They are distinguished from the 144K of Rv 14 because the Rv 7 144K are a very specific number, while the Rv 14 are a number which are resurrected at the seventh trump from all the ages of mankind, from Abel, Seth, Noah, Abraham…etc. They are a decreasing number as we get closer to the seventh trump, but will add up to 144K at that time to be The Bride.]
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When is the judgment of the sheep and the goats?
Mat 13:47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
Mat 13:48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
Mat 13:49 So shall it be at the end of the world: [the GWT or could this judgment be at the beginning of the Millennium?] the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
Mat 13:50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
He separates the sheep from the goats…Is there a distinction between Jesus judging, at His return, (Jn 5) and the GWT judgment presided over by God the Father in Rv 20? I don’t know for sure…I’m just asking. And searching.
1Co 15:20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead; He has become the Firstfruit of those who have fallen asleep.
1Co 15:21 For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead.
1Co 15:22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
1Co 15:23 But each in his own order: Christ the Firstfruit; then, those who are Christ’s at His coming.
1Co 15:24 Afterwards the end comes, when He shall have delivered up the kingdom to Him Who is God and Father, when He shall have put an end to all rule and all authority and power.
1Co 15:25 For it is ordained that He reign until He has put all enemies under His feet.
1Co 15:26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death. [Clearly, at the end of the
Great White Throne judgment.]
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8.The Judgment Seat of Christ…Greek G968 bema bay’-ma Step, rostrum, by implication, a tribunal; throne. 10 references in the New Testament…place from which Jesus was judged by Pilate(Mt 27:19).
When does this occur, exactly? This does not appear to be when those who would have been considered unworthy, the wicked that have been considered for the ‘third resurrection’, would be judged, but a merit-based judgment for those who have served Jesus. The following are passages Paul wrote to the churches of God…called now with the holy spirit, brethren:
Act 10:42 And He commanded us to preach to the people, and to fully testify that it is He Who has been appointed by God to be Judge of the living and the dead.
And, clearly, this is for the called out ones…
Rom 14:1 Receive the one who is weak in the faith, but not for divisive arguments. …
Rom 14:10 Now then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you despise your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ
Rom 14:11 Because it is written, ” ‘For as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God.’ ”
Rom 14:12 So then, each one of us shall give account of himself to God. [Every one of us who will be in the first resurrection will meet face-to-face with Jesus Christ! As one preacher put it: It’s fair, it’s individual, it’s thorough]…
1Co 3:11 For no one is able to lay any other foundation besides that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.
1Co 3:12 Now if anyone builds upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay or stubble,
1Co 3:13 The work of each one shall be manifested; for the day of trial will declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall prove what kind of work each one’s is.
1Co 3:14 If the work that anyone has built endures, he shall receive a reward.
1Co 3:15 If the work of anyone is burned up, he shall suffer loss; but he himself shall be saved, yet as through fire.
1Co 3:16 Don’t you understand that you are God’s temple, and that the Spirit of God is dwelling in you?
[Like running a race, there is only one winner (gold), but they give prizes in the Olympics to the second and third place finishers (silver and bronze). All the other racers may have finished, but they get nothing (wood, hay or stubble will burn)]
Again, …
2Co 5:8 We are confident, and we are willing to be away from this home (that is, out of this body) and instead to be at home with the Lord.
2Co 5:9 Because of this, we are also laboring so that, whether present or absent, we may be well pleasing to Him.
2Co 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ so that each one may receive according to the things done in his body—what he has practiced, whether good or evil.
It appears that this is after we are resurrected. Our salvation is assured. We have been given salvation, by grace, but this judgment is to receive our rewards, or have them taken away from us as we are evaluated according to our works, since the time that we were called out of this world, at our baptism, is from which this evaluation takes place. The Parable of the Talents applies here?
Is this judgment pre-millennial? It doesn’t appear to be the Great White Throne judgment. This seems to be as we begin to reign with Him…to see where we “fit” within His reigning kingdom, who we’ll be under as He designates our duties and/or cities. Exactly what time frame is unclear to me…anyone understand? Since God and Jesus are no respecter of persons, this does indicate how the Great White Judgment will be conducted as well.
Now, where will those who have, or have had, the holy spirit, who sin willfully, and WON’T repent, where will they be punished? I don’t know for sure…I’m still looking for the answer to that. I just don’t see a third resurrection at the Great White Throne Judgment.
Heb 10:26 For if we willfully go on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice for sins,
Heb 10:27 But a terrifying expectation of inevitable judgment and of fierce fire, which will devour the adversaries of God.
Heb 10:28 Consider this: anyone who rejects the law of Moses dies without mercy under the testimony of two or three witnesses.
Heb 10:29 How much worse punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has regarded the blood of the covenant, with which he was sanctified, as an unholy thing, and has scorned the Spirit of grace?
A willful disregard for God, by those who have been called, with the holy spirit…
If we stop repenting even though we know the Truth. An UNPARDONABLE SIN, because the sinner has given up, they don’t care, they’ve rejected/hardened their hearts, even though they understood… even had God’s spirit. In some cases , blasphemed. Where and when are they judged, if it’s not at the Great White Throne Judgment?
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To conclude, we’ve seen WHEN the second resurrection occurs is the same time that Satan is released for his “short time”; we’ve identified the bride and who the guests are at the wedding; we clarified some of the details regarding the fifth seal. But, IS there a THIRD resurrection? That’s still a bit unclear to me, but clearer than when I started. It’s not in Rv 20, from what I can see. Yet, what we consider the punishment for the unpardonable sin or the unrepentant, up to this point, will take place after the seventh trumpet, while Jesus is subduing those rebels and after Gog and Magog, at the beginning of His reign on Earth….Is this when He is separating the sheep from the goats, that judgment? I now believe this.
This is a work-in-progress. Parts of this study are disjointed, I know, so please pardon the “construction”. It’s not ready for the final polishing…
I am interested in your opinions on the topics presented in this study. I value your feedback. Agree or disagree, or have an opinions, additions or clarifications? I will try to respond to all emails…you can reach me at www.biblestudytheories@gmail.com
Don T. Mata
Questions & Answers:
Question: When will the people born in the Millennium be resurrected? And what judgment are they in?
Answer: Good question. I believe there might be a couple of possibilities for the people who die during the Millennium…all those who have been born and raised during a period of time when Satan has been bound, and die before the thousand years are completed, could be divided into 2 groups: 1) those who have accepted Christ as their personal Savior, been baptised and have lived accordingly, righteously, might suddenly, at their deaths, like the firstfruits still alive at the seventh trump, be changed to spirit in the blink of an eye, and 2) those who die during the thousand years will be a part of the second resurrection group, who will have to be tested on which way they will go, with the influence of Satan for 100 years. Then they would be judged according to their works as part of the GWT judgment, the righteous given eternal life, the wicked get consumed in the lake of fire after being judged wicked from their deeds recorded during the centennium.
Question: Will the holy spirit be available to those in both the thousand years and the hundred years?
Answer: Yes. It will be an Edenic-type environment during both periods, the period of 1000 years,(the Millennium) AND the hundred year period (the Centennium). In the Millennium, the holy spirit will be available to all, but free moral agency will still by used to test everyone. Those who won’t bow the knee to Jesus, will have curses…no rain, and worse.
So where they live on Earth, conditions won’t be very Eden-like, even though it will start out that way.
During the centennium, even though Satan will have influence during the second resurrection judgment period, he will have a far lesser influence on mankind than he does now. Now, he is the god of this world. Then, he will be at the fringes of civilization, wherever Gog and Magog are located, and will certainly be an option for those who don’t and won’t follow the program instituted by the King from Jerusalem, but, as former human beings, we, as rulers with Christ, will have a greater influence over those whom we’ve been given rulership.
We can give them a perspective they never had in their first physical life, and hopefully, along with peer pressure, help them make the right choices throughout their lives. We will have the same influence during both periods.
Question: At what point in God’s 7,000 year plan, will births cease? Will there be births in the Millennium? What about the Centennium?
Answer: Yes, children will be born during the Millennium (Isaiah 11:6-8, and children playing in the streets.(Book,Chapter,Verse?)),but not the 100 year period. Those who were babies in their first life, and/or those who were just conceived, still in the womb, will be given a first chance to grow up with a clear choice…between Satan’s ways or God’s ways. Perhaps those zygotes, embryos, and fetuses that had just been conceived but not born (miscarriages, abortions), will be allowed to be artificially inseminated into those women that were barren or never had an opportunity to be impregnated in their first life, will be given a chance to gestate those unborn or just born in the first year(s) of the 100 period? Those births would be the only “live” humans being born during the 100 year period, perhaps in the first year or 5 of the centennium? Men would be neutered, naturally, so that no new babies could be started. Thus, the 100 year period IS the period of time that all the “rest of the dead”, including babies, will have their deeds written in the “books” as they grow up, from which they will be judged from during the Great White Throne judgment.