The FaithFul of God

The FaithFul of God

Revelation 20:11-15

LESSON 2
Part B
REVELATION 20:11-15
11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face
 the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand 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 those things which were written in the books, according to
 their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered
 up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to
 their works.
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
2.THE INESCAPEABLENESS OF THIS JUDGMENT v. 12
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand 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 those things which were written in the books, according to
their works.
* All are there, none missing. The last, the greatest and the final roll call. And
no one misses this day in court.
* The Ivan the Butchers, gassed women and children, hide no more in disguise to
escape penalty – stands exposed.
* Genghis Khan flayed his enemies alive and has no armies to protect his terrors –
stands alone.
* The Scythians, the murderous horsemen who killed their foes and used the skull
as a cup to drink blood – stand silent.
* Yes, from Voltaire to Hitler; Pharaoh to the priests of Molech, they are all
present…inescapable in this hour.
3. THE EXACTNESS OF THE STANDARD. v. 13
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered
 up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to
 their works.
* John 12:48 by Christ’s words and by their works –
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him:
 the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
1. Well, the books are opened, and revealed is the congregation of the doomed.
 They are judged according to their works.  However…
* Romans 3:20a – “(Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh
 be justified in his sight:) for by the law is the knowledge of sin.”
* Ephesians 2:8-9 – “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of
 yourselves, it is the gift of God-not of works, lest any man should boast.”
* Matthew 7:22-23 – “Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not
prophesied in Thy name?  And in Thy name have cast our demons?  And in Thy name
 done many wonderful works?  And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you;
 depart from Me, ye that work iniquity.”
Nobody is ever saved by works, are they?  It doesn’t matter how good a person is,
 God will keep a record of all their works and nobody will make it on their own merit.
 King of kings with Holy unsparingness drags into view every second of their lives.
 God kept a running record to show none could make it by works.
* Their words condemn them. Matt. 12:36-37 –
36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak,
 they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words
thou shalt be condemned.
* Secrets of the soul exposed. Heb. 4:13 –
Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight:
but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with
whom we have to do.
* The flaming eyes of the Ancient of Days looks in and through each, displaying
the inward parts.
Rev. 1:14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and
 his eyes were as a flame of fire;
* Dan. 7:9-10
9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit,
 whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool:
 his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands
 ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him:
 the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
4. FINAL IS THE SENTENCE  v. 14 – Each account will be finalized:
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
* The self-righteous will be filthy rags.
Is. 64:6
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy
 rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have
 taken us away.
* The vain babblers will be dumb before Him. (Matt. 22:12)
And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having
a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
The greats of earth will be pitiful in wretchedness that day.
Ps. 2:1-5
1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together,
 against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
* AND EACH WILL GET THEIR REWARD:
* Individual portions.
Matt. 24:51
And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites:
 there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
* Better for Sodom/Gomorrah than some
Matt. 10:15
Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and
Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
* Easier Tyre/Sidon than Bethsaida
Matt. 11:21-22
21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works,
 which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have
repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
22 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the
 day of judgment, than for you.
* Queen Sheba rise condemn
Matt. 12:42
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation,
 and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth
 to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
* AND THEN – Depart cursed
5.BLESSED IS THE BOOK OF LIFE
Rev.20: 15
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into
the lake of fire.
The names of all souls who experience this
saving process stand in “the Lamb’s Book of Life.”  What is our hope as those who
believe in Christ?
Revelation 17:8  sums it up. We are those who are in the Book
 of Life.
The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit,
 and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were
 not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the
 beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
There are 8 glorious elements describing those in that book. They are:
* GLORIFIED ONES for they enter the Heavenly City
Revelation 21:27
And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth,
 neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they
 which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
* BLOOD BOUGHT ONES because it’s the Lamb that was slain
(They that are written in the Lambs Book of Life)  Revelation 21:27
* NEW BORN ONES because its the book of Life
Revelation 20:15
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the
lake of fire.
* BEFORE KNOWN ONES because it was written before the foundation of the world
Revelation 13:8
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast:
 for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
Revelation 17:8
The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless
pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose
names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when
they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
* HAPPY ONES because our names are written in Heaven
Luke 10:20
Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you;
but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
* HOLY ONES because all written there are called holy
Isaiah 4:3
And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that
remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is
written among the living in Jerusalem:
* JOYFUL ONES because they defy even sufferings of the Antichrist
Revelation 13:8
Revelation 13:8
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are
not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation
of the world.
Revelation 17:8
The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the
bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth
shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the
foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not,
and yet is.
Philippians 4:3
And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured
with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers,
whose names are in the book of life.
* VICTORIOUS ONES because they are Overcomers
Revelation 3:5
And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured
with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers,
whose names are in the book of life.
No man can ever say that God sent him to hell – he sends himself.  In fact, in
Matthew 25:41 Hell was not created for man.
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:
Remember, God is “not willing that any
should perish, but that all should come to repentance”
II Pet. 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness;
but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but
that all should come to repentance.
GREAT is THE JUDGE v. 11
INESCAPABLE is THE JUDGMENT v. 12
EXACT is THE STANDARD v. 13
FINAL is THE SENTENCE v. 14
BLESSED is THE BOOK OF LIFE v. 15
Before you end up in the congregation of the doomed at that Great White Throne,
 won’t you bow to the Lord Jesus Christ today?
1. EVERY ONE WILL FACE JESUS, THERE IS NO WAY OUT OF IT.
* Daniel 12:2-3
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall
awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they
 that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever. (KJV)
2. EVERY LOST PERSON WILL ANSWER AND BE PUNISHED FOR EVERYTHING.
* Matthew 12:36
But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak,
they will give account of it in the Day of Judgment.
* 1 Peter 4:5
Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.
They will give an account to Him who is ready to judge the
living and the dead.
3. EVERY SAINT WILL ANSWER FOR THEIR STEWARDSHIP OF LIFE.
* Romans 14:12
So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
* 2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ;
that every one may receive the things done in his body,
according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad..
APPENDICES
THE BOOK OF LIFE” REVELATION 17:7-8
Revelation 17:7
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel?
 I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast
that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend
out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that
dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in
the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold
the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
The Book of Life is an often discussed but little understood part of
 God’s plan.
The Scriptures refer to it often:
1. MOSES KNEW OF THE BOOK OF LIFE
Exodus 32:32
Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin–; and if not, blot me,
 I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
2. GOD ACKNOWLEDGES ITS EXISTENCE
Exodus 32:33
And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me,
 him will I blot out of my book.
3 IT SEEMS TO START WITH ALL WHO LIVE
Psalm 69:28
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be
written with the righteous.
4. GOD HAS A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE
Daniel 12:1-3
1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which
standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time
 of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that
 same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every
one that shall be found written in the book.
2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,
 some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament;
and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
Jude
1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that
are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
2 Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation,
 it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly
 contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to
this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness,
 and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this,
how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt,
afterward destroyed them that believed not.
6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their
own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness
unto the judgment of the great day.
7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner,
 giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh,
are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion,
 and speak evil of dignities.
9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed
about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation,
 but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they
know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily
after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you,
feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried
about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead,
plucked up by the roots;
13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars,
 to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying,
Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly
among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed,
and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and
their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration
because of advantage.
17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles
 of our Lord Jesus Christ;
18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should
 walk after their own ungodly lusts.
19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in
 the Holy Ghost,
21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord
Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:
23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even
the garment spotted by the flesh.
24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you
faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power,
 both now and ever. Amen.
Rev 12
1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun,
and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon,
 having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to
 the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered,
 for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron:
 and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God,
that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon;
and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan,
 which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were
 cast out with him.
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength,
and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our
brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony;
 and they loved not their lives unto the death.
12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of
the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because
 he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which
brought forth the man child.
14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness,
 into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of
the serpent.
15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause
her to be carried away of the flood.
16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood
which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed,
which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Matt 24
1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to
 him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you,
There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately,
saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy
coming, and of the end of the world?
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled:
 for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there
 shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall
 be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness
unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel
the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the
world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but
for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs
 and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth:
behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so
shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and
the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the
powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
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.
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.
32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth
forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even
at the doors.
34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be
fulfilled.
35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but
my Father only.
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking,
marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the
coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief
would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household,
 to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
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,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there
 shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
“Only one life to live and soon is past
Only what’s done for Christ will last!”
Hoping to make the time I have left count for the glory of God.
Revelation 20:11-15 LESSON 2 Part B

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