· What is to be done to both.
o Them that know not God "Shall suffer punishment, even eternal destruction."
o His saints: "Counted worthy of the kingdom of God" Verse 5.
· When it is to be done to both.
o "At the revelation of the Lord Jesus from Heaven...when He shall come to be glorified in His saints...in that day"
There is no way this passage can be broken apart and made to be speaking of two things that will be a thousand years apart. It is speaking of what will happen to both believers and nonbelievers "in that day," not a thousand years apart. If all the Bible is to be taken literally as the Millennialists say it is, could any passage say any clearer then this one that the resurrection and judgment are simultaneously on the same day?
"Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs shall hear His voice and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment" (John 5:28-29).
"But after your hardness and unrepentant heart treasures up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; who will render to every man according to his works: to them that by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life: but unto them that are factious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, shall be wrath and indignation, tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that works evil" (Romans 2:5-6). This will be "in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my gospel, by Jesus Christ" (Romans 2:16).
"For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he had done, whether it be good or bad" (2 Corinthians 5:10). The Premillennialists timetable has the judgment a thousand years after the day of the Lord. Also Matthew 25:46; Hebrews 10:27; Romans 14:10; 2:5-16; 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3; 2 Peter 2:12; 3:7-11; 2:10; Revelation 2:11; 21:8.
If there were a judgment at death of each person it would make a second judgment on the day of the Lord of the person that had already been judged useless. If, as many teach, a sinner is judges at death, and he or she is found guilty and sent into an everlasting Hell from which he or she can never come out of, will the judgment be repeated a second time and the same sinner found guilty of the same sins a second time and be sent a second time into an everlasting Hell even when, as we are told, he or she were already in Hell from which no one will ever come out of; would a second judgment of a person already in Hell make Hell any hotter are more eternal?
The WHEN:
· At the last trump (1 Corinthians 15:51-55).
· When what is mortal is swallowed up of life (2 Corinthians 5:1-5).
· When the Lord shall descend from Heaven (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17).
· At the coming of the Lord (1 Thessalonians 2:1).
· On that day (2 Timothy 4:7-8).
(5) ON THE DAY OF THE LORD
THE TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE LOST (2 Peter 2:12; 3:7)
"For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the lord so comes as a thief in the night. When they are saying, peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes upon them...But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief; for you are all sons of light" (1 Thessalonians 5:2-3, See 2 Peter 3:10). Both “the day of the lord,” and the “sudden destruction” are on the same day.
"At the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire, rendering vengeance to then that know not God and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus; who shall suffer punishment, even eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might, when he shall come to be glorified in the saints" (2 Thessalonians 1:7-10). There is no thousand-year gap between the coming of Christ and the destruction of the wicked. Both are "in the day of the Lord."
"But when the son of man shall come in His glory, and all the angels with Him...He shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats...and these (the goats) shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous (the sheep) into eternal life" (Matthew 25:46). No thousand years between the goats and the sheep. Both are at the same time. Both are, "When the son of man shall come in His glory." Premillennialists cannot explain away this passage and many others that do not fit with their view.
(6) ON THE DAY OF THE LORD
THE SECOND DEATH
The second death is used four times only in Revelation, and is another way of saying the total destruction of the lost (See The Second Death in chapter two). Those who are buried and raised with Christ (Romans 6) in the first resurrection, "Over these the second death has no power" (Revelation 20:6).
First resurrection - Second death
"He that over comes shall not be hurt of the second death" (Revelation 2:11, 20:6). The first resurrection is when a person is "born anew...born of the water and the Spirit" (John 3:3-5). "And you did he make alive when you were dead...made us alive together with Christ (by grace have you been saved), and raised us up with him" (Ephesians 2:1-6; Galatians 2:18-19; 3:1). The first resurrection is when, "We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead" (Romans 6:3-4). “Having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also RAISED up with Him through faith in the working of God, who RAISED Him from the dead. When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, HE MADE YOU ALIVE together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgression” (Colossians 2:12-13). It being a resurrection means it is a bring back to life from the dead, not a description of the life of a soul in the intermediate state, not a description of a living soul in Heaven, Hell, or anyplace; Revelation 20 is about a resurrection, not a translation of a living soul from Earth to Heaven or Hell.
Homer Hailey: "There are only two alternatives, the crown of life–eternal life–or the second death" page 128, Revelation, Baker Book House.
The all that “overcomes shall not be hurt of the second death,” is all that are that have been saved, and all that will be saved and remains faithful, not just some of the saved in a literal 1,000 years. The second death will be for all that does not “have part in the first resurrection” (buried in baptism and raised up with Christ) (Revelation 20:6; 20:15; 21:8).
Death and hades, and any not found written in the book of life are cast into the Lake of Fire; which is the second death (Revelation 20:14-15).
Lake of Fire, which is the second death
Those that overcome shall inherit and be God's children. For all other, "Their part shall be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone; which is the second death" (Revelation 21:8).
If, as some teach, the first resurrection is the resurrection is a soul waking up in hades, Heaven or Hell, then the first resurrection would be everyone, saved and lost, and it would take place at death. They believe both the good and bad wake up in hades immediately after death; therefore, according to what they believe, all, both the saved and the lost would “have part in the first resurrection,” even all that do not believe in Christ would have “have part in the first resurrection.”
FIRST DEATH is the end of life. All will die. “For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive” (1 Corinthians 15:21-22). "It is appointed unto man once to die, and after this comes judgment" (Hebrews 9:27).
THE RESURRECTION: “For the hour comes in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, and shall come forth” (John 5:28-29). All that are in the tombs have died the first death; they have no life unto they hear the voice of Christ and are resurrected from the dead, they are dead, not alive before the resurrection. After the appointed death that comes to all, all will be raised from the first death for the judgment at the coming of Christ.
SECOND DEATH: Those who are born again, made alive by being raised with Christ through Baptism, and live faithful shall not be hurt of the second death after the judgment. Christ paid the wages of sin for them. All others will pay their own wages of sin, which is death (Romans 6:23). "But the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone; which is the second death" (Revelation 21:8). From this death there will never be a resurrection. The results will be eternal.
The Dark Age doctrine of an endless life of torment is not a second death. It is eternal life with torment. It bears no resemblance to a death. To feel pain, those in Hell would have to be just as alive as those in Heaven are. Eternal death is not any kind of life.
"As there is a second higher life, so there is also a second and deeper death. And as after that life there is no more death, so after that death there is no more life" Afford, quoted by Homer Hailey in "Revelation." The resurrection of all at the coming of Christ makes death be a sleep from which all will awake, but there will be no resurrection from the second death; it will be permanent and everlasting death.
There is no room in "the day of the Lord" for one resurrection of a few when He comes, and another resurrection of most of mankind after a thousand years as is taught by many. It makes both be resurrected in "the day of the Lord."
"To him that overcomes, to him will I give to eat of the tree of life...He that overcomes shall not be hurt of the second death...He that overcome shall be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life" (Revelation 2:7-3:5). The first resurrection is when a person is born again; the persons that are born again are the only persons that will not be hurt of the second death. The overcoming is in this lifetime, not as the Premillennialists teach that the first resurrection will be at the coming of Christ. Not all persons will eat of the tree of life, not all persons will not be hurt of the second death, not all persons will not have their names blotted out of the book of life.
Wayne Jackson in the Christian Courier said if you substitute “annihilation” for “second death” (Revelation 2:11) you would see that “the second annihilation” is an absurdity (Why did he change the first “death” to “annihilation?). An absurdity is his changing “death” to “life,” and taking out the resurrection that is between the first and second death, and calling the first death that all die “annihilation;” if the first death that all die were “annihilation” no one would be resurrected, all would have been annihilated. According to him, “Over these the second life has no power” (Revelation 20:6), and “He that over comes shall not be hurt to the second life” (Revelation 2:11). What is an absurdity is his doctrine that after the second death a “soul” will have life of any kind separated (without) God being the source of that life; that a “soul” will exist someplace without God who is the only source of life. Death is the absence of life, death is not life anyplace separated from God. In death there is no life, those that are dead are not alive. For a “soul” to be separated from God would be to for that “soul” to be no place, not to exist.
(7) ON THE DAY OF THE LORD
DEATH WILL BE ABOLISHED
"Then comes the end, when he shall deliver up the kingdom to God, even the father; when he shall have abolished all rule and all authority and power, for he must reign, till he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be abolished is death" (1 Corinthians 15:24-16). For all that overcomes and "shall not be hurt of the second death" (Revelation 2:7), there will be no more death. Many Premillennialists believe Christ is not now reigning, and will not reign unto the thousand years when He will reign on the throne of David in Jerusalem, at which time many of them believe all the saved will be in Heaven, and they will not return to earth unto after the thousand years are over. Is there anyway that death being abolished on the day of the Lord is not a problem for them?
(8) THE DAY OF THE LORD
THE SAVED FOREVER WITH THE LORD
"For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in no wise precede them that are fallen asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first; then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord" (1 Thessalonians 4:14-17).
"When the Lord shall be revealed from heaven...when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at in all them that believed...in that day" (2 Thessalonians 1:7-10). Both the "shall be punished" and "to be marveled at in all them that believed" are "when the Lord shall be revealed from heaven...in that day," not two difference days that are a thousand years apart.
“And this is the will of him that sent me, that of al that which he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that every one that beholds the Son, and believes on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day…No man can come to me, except the Father that sent me draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day…He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day” (John 6:39-55). Being raised on the last day cannot be anything but the resurrection at the coming of Christ on the day of the Lord; all the saved will be resurrected and have life with the Lord for all the coming ages. “I am the resurrection, and the life; he that believes on me, even if he dies, yet shall he live” (John 11:25).
(9) ON THE DAY OF THE LORD
THE KINGDOM WILL BE DELIVERED UP TO GOD
"Christ the first fruits, after that those who are Christ's at His coming, then comes the end, when He delivers up the kingdom to the God and father, when he has abolished all rule and all authority and power. For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. The last enemy that will be abolished is death" (1 Corinthians 15:24-26).
· Not the Kingdom will be established on earth after the day of the Lord.
o Not we will have an earthly body on earth, and Christ will also have an earthly body and rule the earth from Jerusalem for eternally?
(10) ON THE DAY OF THE LORD
CHRIST WILL BRING THE LAWLESS ONE TO AN END
BY THE APPEARANCE OF HIS COMING
"Now we beseech you, brethren, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ...as that the day of the Lord is just at hand...for it will not be, except the falling away come first, and the man of lawlessness be revealed, the son of destruction...And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nothing by the manifestation of his coming; even he, whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power" (2 Thessalonians 2:1-9). Who or whatever the lawless one is, he will end on the day of the Lord. Some Premillennialists believe the lawless one to be the "Antichrist." If they were right, then Christ will bring the antichrist to an end on the day of the Lord, on the day of his second coming, not a thousand years after the day of the Lord. Some believe him to be the pope. If so, Christ will bring him to and end that day. Whatever "the lawless one" is, Christ will bring him or it to and end on the day He comes. If "the lawless one" is the "Antichrist" as many Premillennialists believe, the "Antichrist" will come to an end on the day of the second coming of Christ. What ever or who ever the lawless one is, Christ will bring it to an end on the day of His coming. It or he will not exist for a thousand years after the coming of Christ. If there were a millennium, the lawless one could not be in it.
(11) ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT
WRATH OF GOD
A day of wrath, not seven-years or a thousand-years of wrath. "And to you that are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from Heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire, rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus; who shall suffer punishment even eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of His might, when He shall come to be glorified in His saints, and to be marveled at in all them that believe...in that day" (2 Thessalonians 1:7-10). "Eternal destruction" for the lost is "in that day," and is the same day "when he shall come to be marveled at by them that believed."
"Wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God...but unto them that are factious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, shall be wrath and indignation, tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that worked evil...in the day when God shall judge the secrets of man" (Romans 2:5-16 American Standard Version).
"For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which shall devour the adversaries. A man that has set at naught Moses law died without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses: of how much sorer punishment, think you, shall he be judged worthy, who has trodden underfoot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant wherewith he was sanctified and unholy thing, and has done despite unto the Spirit of grace? For we know him that said, vengeance belongs unto me, I will recompense, and again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God" (Hebrews 10:26-31).
"And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this comes judgment" (Hebrews 9:27).
"But I would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that you sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in no will precede them that are fallen asleep, For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, and with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first; then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words. But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that anything be written unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes open them, as travail upon a woman with child: and they shall in no wise escape. But you brethren, are not in darkness, that day should overtake you as a thief" (1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:5). In this passage the day of the Lord is:
"Where is the promise of His coming...But the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men...But the day of the Lord will come as a thief: in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up" (2 Peter 3:4-13). All on the same day, there is no thousand years (365,000 days), or no seven years after any of the above. They are all on "that day." "Inasmuch as he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained" (Acts 17:31). Those who believe and teach Premillennial doctrines must deny the clear teaching on the Bible on the day of the Lord.
(12) ON THE DAY OF THE LORD
The total destruction of the earth and the heavens
Which were made from nothing and will return to nothing.
"Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away" (Matthew 24:35; Psalm 102:25-27). "By which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished, but the day of the Lord will come as a thief: in which the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungod