2018-12-16 – Revelation 20

Light of the Nations' Foursquare Church in Denver Podcast

Revelation 20 is kind of like the new testament version of Sodom and Gomorrah. This talks about judgement. That is when God is deciding what is going to happen. Some people think they should just live the way they want to and when they get to heaven they will reason with God and convince Him that it is OK. The bible teaches thet God is true and that every man is a liar.

Judgement is real. Everyone is going to have to stand before God. No sin will go unpunished. Actually, there are two judgements.

Every sin will be punished. Either by Jesus on your behalf or by you. You have the choice over which way it will be.

God wants everyone to be saved. That is why He sent His son to take the punishment for us. But we need to repent and believe.

We have seen the false prophet and the beast thrown into the lake of fire. Now we see the dragon punished. First, an angel ties him up for a thousand years. Then the people who have been martyred for their faith are resurrected and rule for a thousand years. These are the ones who refused to take the mark of the beast. The rest of the dead do not come back to life yet.

There are two resurrections. The first where the righteous are resurrected. This include believers and martyrs. It goes on for a thousand years. The second is where everyone else is raised.

This is kind of like the garden of Eden again. In the garden, there was no sin.

At the end of the thousand years, the devil (dragon, serpent) is freed and allowed to deceive people again.

The final judgement of Satan comes next. He is then thrown into the lake of fire. After Satan is thrown into the lake of fire comes the final judgement. This is for those who have rejected Jesus. They go before a white thrown. There are books that reveal all of the good and bad that each of these people has done. All is revealed. We all think there is more good than bad, but this simply isn’t true. In fact, only one sin is enough to put you in hell. There is also a book of life. In that book are the names of everyone who has confessed that Jesus is their Lord and Savior. If your name is in the book of life, there is no further judgement. However, anyone whose name is not written in the book of life is thrown into the lake of fire.