Bound For Damnation
- From: "Raktizer Omheit" <cequka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 10:49:10 +1100
According to Matthew 18:18, Jesus Christ said that whatever we bind on earth
will be bound in heaven, and whatever we loose on earth will be loosed in
heaven. I take this to refer to the sincere forgiveness of sins, because
when Matthew 18:15-35 is read all together, Jesus Christ taught by way of a
parable that if we do not sincerely forgive the sins of others, neither will
God forgive us our sins. It is true that it is possible for a person to say
that they forgive someone who has trespassed against them, but if they do
not mean it, then it does not really count as sincere or genuine
forgiveness. Nonetheless, it is better to go to everlasting hell to prevent
someone who has sinned against you from reaching heaven, then to spend an
eternity in heaven with someone who you really do not genuinely forgive. See
also Matthew 6:14-15, Matthew 5:25-26, Luke 12:58-59, and Luke 17:3-4. Jesus
Christ taught His disciples according to John 20:19-23 that those sins which
they forgive others are forgiven, and those sins which others have committed
against them and which they retain against them are retained. According to I
Peter 2, verses 5 and 9-10, all those who sincerely believe that Jesus
Christ is the Messiah are members of the priesthood of all believers.
Consciousness does not end with the physical death of the body, and the soul
remains very much conscious once it is separated from a dead body, according
to Revelation 6:9-11:
9 When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those
who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they
held.
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and
true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?"
11 Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that
they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their
fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was
completed.
No doubt that some of the above mentioned souls are those of early Christian
martyrs killed by the persecutions which the pagan or polytheist Romans used
to launch against the Christians from time to time because of their
religious beliefs.
At the Battle of Armageddon, which according to Revelation 16:16 and
Revelation 19:19-21 will be fought in a place called Har Megiddo [ Hill of
Megiddo ], which is located in the valley of Jezreel in Israel, Jesus
Christ, leading the loyal angels of God, defeats the antichrist, the false
prophet, and the armies led by earthly kings. The antichrist and the false
prophet are thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone, in
other words hell, while the earthly kings and their armies are killed by the
sword which proceeded from the mouth of Jesus Christ. Revelation chapter 20
says that after the Battle of Armageddon, Satan, the fallen angel [ see
Revelation 12:7-9 ], will be locked up in the bottomless pit or abyss for a
thousand years in order to stop him from deceiving the nations of the Earth
until the thousand years are finished. The souls of those who were beheaded
for their Christian faith will live and reign with Jesus Christ for a
thousand years. The rest of the dead will not come to life again until the
thousand years are finished. The reigning saints will participate in the
first resurrection, and over them the second death will have no power,
because they shall be priests of God and Jesus Christ, and will reign with
Him for a thousand years. After the thousand years are finished, Satan will
be released from his prison, and he will go out to deceive the nations which
are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, in order to attack the
camp of the saints and the city of Jerusalem. But they will not succeed in
their attack, because fire will come down from God out of heaven to devour
them. After this occurs, Satan will be thrown alive into the lake of fire
and brimstone where the antichrist and the false prophet have been since The
Battle of Armageddon, in other words, in everlasting hell. On the Last Day
of Judgement, the dead will come back to life, because the sea, Death, and
Hades [ i.e. the world of the dead ] will give up their dead, and each of
them will be judged according to their works. Those of them whose names are
not written in the Book of Life will be thrown into the lake of fire, and
Death and Hades will also be thrown into the lake of fire, in other words,
everlasting hell, which is the second death. If you look at Revelation
9:1-12 and I Corinthians 15:55-56, the abyss, Death, and Hades are quite
painful, as is the lake of fire and brimstone too.
According to Psalm 69:26-28, it is very dangerous to persecute those whom
God punishes in this earthly life, because those who persecute such people
will end up in everlasting hell. According to I Corinthians 4:1-5, we should
not judge anyone until the Last Day of Judgement, because only God knows for
certain all the evidence and motives involved. In the meantime, we should be
very careful to make sure that we achieve good motives with good methods,
otherwise if we use bad methods to achieve good motives we run the risk of
disqualification, i.e. eternal hell. See I Corinthians 9:24-27. Neither
should we try to gain revenge, because vengeance solely belongs to God,
according to Romans 12:17-21. II Timothy 3:16 says that all of the Bible is
inspired by God. Most of all, remember what is written in Psalm 89:48:
What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his life from the power
of the grave? Selah
Only God can bring back a skeleton to physical life, and restore its soul
back to its resurrected and restored body. Only God can truly roll back the
arrow or passage of time, as it passes by with each ticking second, tachyons
notwithstanding.
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