There are the unredeemed, and those that are redeemed by God through the FAITH in the Son of God. He is the Creator of the universe.
Once a person dies, their state is sealed: it cannot be changed.
That�s why before our death we should make a decision to be followers of the Creator of the universe/the Son of God Jesus.
The unjust and the filthy, unbelievers, killers and even liars:devil: will spend eternity in the Lake of Fire. They will retain their unjust and filthy nature for eternity. They will be kept there forever and ever. The Lake of Fire will have multitudes of people with a nature of raw bitterness, hatred, covetousness, jealousy, greed, lying, deceitfulness, murder, stealing, violence, disbelief, and every sort of ungodliness.
The redeemed will forever be sons of God adopted by Him. They are God�s inheritance, the holy nation:angel:. They will forever be righteous and holy. The righteous will forever be filled with joy :yay:and love:hearts:. They shall be surrounded with people that are the same way.
But who were they in the past?
Sinners like you and me.
Among them will be a sniper of Yasser Arafar, Taysir Abu Saada.
He converted to Christianity. He asked God to forgive his sins of murder of hundreds of Jews. He taught children to be snipers and he shed rivers of Jewish blood�blood of his brothers from the same father Abraham.
Today Taysir Abu Saada is a holy man of God. God forgave him all his sins. God prepared him to be a son of God in His Kingdom created for Taysir and his brothers Arabs.
Why did God forgive him countless number of sins and murders?
Because God is LOVE.
The Son of God took all sins of Taysir on the cross. The Son of God suffered instead of Taysir. The Holy Son of God was killed instead of Taysir.
That�s why Taysir will live forever and ever.
God granted him salvation, forgiveness of all his sins, and imputed the righteousness of His Son Jesus. That�s why Taysir and all ex-killers, who turned from their sins and murders, are welcomed to the Family of God and God considers them today as the holy people.
The Holy Son of God gave them His holiness.
He took their sins on the cross.
God said: �The punishment for sin is death�.
Taysir should die according to this law of God. But he is alive forevermore because the Holy Son of God took the sins of Taysir to His holy body on the cross to die instead of Taysir.
Through FAITH in the Son of God Jesus, you will get forgiveness of all your sins like Taysir did it.
Repent of your sins! Confess your sins to God in a prayer! Ask the Son of God Jesus to forgive you! And believe in Him!
This is the Way of salvation for everyone ..for every Arab, Palestinian and Egyptian.
Jesus Testifies to the Churches:
12 �And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.�
14 Blessed are those who do His commandments:bow:, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. 15 But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie:devil:.
16 �I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches.
I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.�
17 And the Spirit and the bride say, �Come!� And let him who hears say, �Come!� And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.
A Warning
18 For[ I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book:
If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book;
19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
I Am Coming Quickly
20 He who testifies to these things says, �Surely I am coming quickly.�
Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
The Time Is Near:
6 Then he said to me, �These words are faithful and true.� And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent His angel to show His servants the things which must shortly take place.
7 �Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps :bow:the words of the prophecy of this book.�
8 Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things.
9 Then he said to me, �See that you do not do that. For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.� 10 And he said to me, �Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand.
11 He who is unjust:angeldevil:, let him be unjust:devil: still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still:devil:;
he who is righteous:angel:, let him be righteous still; he who is holy:angel:, let him be holy still.�
1 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. 2 Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, �Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. 4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.�
5 Then He who sat on the throne said, �Behold, I make all things new.� And He said to me, �Write, for these words are true and faithful.�
6 And He said to me, �It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. 7 He who overcomes shall inherit all things:angel:, and I will be his God and he shall be My son. 8 But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars:devil: shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.�
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy:angel: conduct and godliness:purpleangel:, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells:angel::bow:.
Be Steadfast
Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace:hearts:, without spot and blameless:bow:; and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation�as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.
You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked:angeldevil:; but grow in the grace :hearts:and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. :applause:Amen.
I Corinthians 15:22-24: �For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all:rolleyes: will be made alive. But each in his own turn: Christ the firstfruits, then when He comes, those who belong to Him. Then the **END** will come, when He hands over the Kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority and power.� And so when Jesus comes again at the *END OF THE AGE* He will hand over the Kingdom to God the Father!
2 Peter 7,10,13: �The present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the Day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men... But the DAY OF THE LORD {See I Cor 1:7,8} will come like a thief.{To unbelievers-I Thess 5:4,5} The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be burned up... But in keeping with His promise we are looking forward to a NEW HEAVEN and a NEW EARTH, the Home of righteousness.�
Rev 21 1:1-3: Then I saw a NEW HEAVEN and a NEW EARTH, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was *NO LONGER ANY SEA*. {THEN} I saw the NEW JERUSALEM, coming down out of heaven from God...,And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, �Now the dwelling of God is with men, and He will live with them!! They:rolleyes: will be his people and God Himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes:rolleyes:. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away. He who was on the Throne, said. "I am making EVERYTHING NEW!!"
You will note that the New Jerusalem will come only *AFTER the present heaven and earth have passed away on the DAY OF THE LORD! Read Hebrews 11:10, 14-16 & John 14:1-3. The pre-tribbers wrongly believe that THE DAY OF THE LORD is the entire Great Tribulation period.
Stadia is the plural of stadium . The ancient Greek stadiums were always exactly 606 feet long; and so 12.000 stadia will be just over 1377 miles long wide and high and will rest on the New Earth which will come on the same day as the second coming of Jesus when the present heavens and earth will be completely destroyed as per 2 Peter 3:7,10,13 above.
The present earth which will be COMPLETELY destroyed at the second coming of Jesus has about 70 % water and seas but the New earth will not have any seas {As per Rev 21:1b above}. The only water will be the amazing River of Life in the New Jerusalem 1377 miles long and wide. Rev 22:1: Then the angel showed me the river of the Water of Life, as clear as crystal flowing the throne of God {The Father} and of the Lamb {Jesus}
These 2 thrones will be the only 2 thrones in the New Jerusalem: Rev 3:21: Jesus says, "To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne."
Revelation 21:15-17: "The angel who talked to me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the City {The New Jerusalem}, its gates and its walls. The City was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the City with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia in length, and as wide and high as it is long.
2 Thess 1:1,6-10: �To the *CHURCH* of the Thessalonians�God is just; He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen *WHEN* the Lord Jesus is *REVEALED* {See I Peter 1:13} from heaven in blazing fire�. He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus {Which will include ALL THE DOGS in Rev 22:15}. They will be punished with everlasting *DESTRUCTION* and shut out from the presence of the Lord *ON THE DAY HE COMES* to be glorified in His holy people!!�:applause::angel::peace:
Which definitely shows that the pre-trib IMMINENT return of Jesus before the beginning of the 1260-day Great Tribulation is a Satanic heresy.
I love you my sister Donna and brother Richard.:hearts:
Our churches are full of thorns. Our God Jesus said that it will be until the Judgement day.
That's why our enemies are even christians in churches.
Amazing.
Donna, be ready to see it.
They are part of the local churches, but they have never belonged to the Church of God that's why they will be judged by God and cast out to the lake of fire.
What is the difference between thorns, goats, dogs and the sheep of God?
Jusus will judge us all. But dogs will be outside of the New Jerusalem. Because they were not born of God!!!!!
That's why Donna be FAITHFUL to our Lord Jesus obeying Him and loving people. Those who love people:hearts:, are born of God.
