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THE LAKE OF FIRE
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what he had done. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Rev 20:12-15
The above highlights the most AWESOME part of God’s Plan for rebellious man as well as for Lucifer’s host. But because of its being still at a distant day, it gives TIME for countless multitudes to come to repentance and enter the 60-fold estate.
As to the balance whose ‘names are not written in the Book of Life: their fate is precisely as quoted above from God’s Revelation to man. And it needs little elaboration aside from pointing out that all such (who have previously lived here on earth yet willfully persisted in paths of error are destined to become resurrected, or LIVE AGAIN by the time of the cataclysmic event mentioned in Revelation 20:9. As they LIVED AGAIN in physical bodies, their SOUL-bodies again re-form. THEN the Gog-led hordes conceive to “march on the camp of the Holy Ones.” By then, the scientists will have their super H-bomb perfected (presumably a Proton bomb; at any rate the 3rd stage development of the present) THIS they will use to disintegrate Jerusalem, and to fully do away with the YOKE which the ‘Holy Ones’ have placed upon them. And they are destined to succeed gloriously – beyond their fondest expectation. For, God Almighty shall permit them then to ‘trigger’ ignition of the earth’s entire atmosphere envelope. BLAZE then shall the earth’s elements into incandescent heat. Gone forever shall be Jerusalem (such as man has known it), and gone shall be the Kremlin and all the Gog-lead hosts – near and far away. Also gone shall be the present world (such as we know it); for, there ‘shall be no more sea’ (Rev 21:1)
Factually, it will not be the sea which shall be picked up by the hand of God to be cast into the Lake of Fire; nor yet the UNseen world to be cast off into a caldron. But when our earth itself lights up with incandescent heat, then will the sea (multitudes of people will then be living in ocean depths (Rev. 20:13) as well as all the UNsaved on earth, find themselves in “the lake of fire.” Yet this deals but with the PHYSICAL body, the archetype for which will then be FULLY DESTROYED. Any ‘resurrection’ for them would thereafter be impossible – even for the power of God. Their physical bodies reduce to atomic dust in but a moment of time. How long, or what degree of heat is required for the final dissolution of the body’s archetypal form, has not been revealed to me; though I surmise it is comparatively brief. But their SOULS are not affected by earthly fire! As their ‘souls’ are instantly released, they find themselves in “the lake of fire” (which God activates for the entire ‘UNseen’ world).
Here AGAIN the ‘souls’ enter into suffering, but this time for a twofold purpose. When their souls were previously lost in ‘Hades,’ it was but the natural consequence of broken law – even as death eventually results for the physical body. But in the “Lake of Fire” God sears home the lesson (for keeps)! The slow disintegrating process again commences, but drawn out over a far vaster period of time – running into thousands of years for some. Here, what we could term the seed-atom of the soul unfolds its register so that the encased spirit RE-lives its earth-life. It SEES, and then UNDERSTANDS! DEEP – etched is its remorse into the mind of the spirit! CORRECTED are its brattish proclivities! KILLED becomes its willfulness and DEAD its soul (eventually)! Thus at long last it again the borderline – now a DENUDED spirit fully humbled, repentant and meek, with an unquenchable fiery zeal within TO DO THE FATHER’S WILL!
Members of Lucifer’s host have also their portion in the lake of fire (Revelation 20:10; 12:9). Although they have never lived on earth, they have acquired a ‘vestment’, or vehicle, through which to operate. Back through the misty eons of time they too have lived their life (on the spirit plane of being). But they are “cast down” (from spirit to soul-plane whereon undulates the Lake of Fire). Hence from the time of their acquiring their “UNclean” vestment, their time in the Lake of Fire takes on the inverse ratio of 10 to 100. For many of them, their sojourn in ‘Gehenna’ will be much longer than for the ‘souls’ acquired through earth-life. But neither will their pain be as intense. (God equalizes.) And still the OBJECTIVE for them is precisely the same as that for rebellious mortals: to sear into the spirit-mind A ZEAL FOR THE FATHER’S WILL and to fully destroy their soulish ‘vestments’ – SIN-cored! They too eventually emerge, and will be approximately on par with their earth-brethren-spirits (as to zeal for righteousness, and fitness for service in the Father’s vineyard).Lusts Unrest
Whether it be in Hades for the individual, or in the Lake of Fire following the time of Judgement, the lusts common to earthlings, helps to make their ‘Hell’ realistic! For, it is through the ‘soul’-body that the lusts of the flesh do course; in fact it is their seat. Without the ‘soul’ we would not know lust.
In the unregenerate where lusts are rampant, here on earth a measure of satiation can be found. But in Hades, or in the Lake of Fire, there is no possible satiation for any of these. Wherefore, those who have not grasped the grand objective of earth-life and become reoriented to God’s Plan, neither accepted their Lord and Redeemer, find themselves in the Beyond in a ‘hell’- like situation. The HATE-filled soul finds no satisfying outlet for its venom; the vain and proud are without admirers. The ones accustomed to ‘bangs’ through habitual liquor or dope (and included here are smokers), are utterly helpless to secure such stimuli. Because thereof, we find far more raving ‘maniacs ‘in ‘Hell’ than here on earth.
SEX seems to be the sum and substance of life for so many here on earth: without it, – to such – life loses its drive. But on the ‘other side,’ there is no trace of ‘sex life’ – such as mortals know it. Man can dive into the water – yet be glad to get out of it. ‘Soul’- bodies approximate the density of water: they can interpenetrate, but with discomfort rather than any satisfaction. So, their sex-free hades is ‘Hell’ indeed – until the soul burns out!
By Mikkel Dahl
