“Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the sky fled away, and there was no place for them. Then 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 by the things which were written in the books, according to their works. The sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them. Each person was judged according to his works. Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.” (Revelation 20:11-15)
At the Great White Throne Judgment, all those who did not believe in God and the Word of God after Adam’s sin, and all those who did not believe in Jesus Christ during the New Testament era and were not saved, will be resurrected. All unbelievers who lived on this earth after Adam and before the Millennium, and those who belonged to Satan when Satan was released again at the end of the Millennium and started the war of Gog and Magog, will be killed by fire coming down from heaven. This is the time when the bodies of all these unbelievers will be resurrected so that they can be judged. The bodies of all mankind, except for the saints who participated in the first resurrection, will be resurrected. This resurrection is called the resurrection of judgment in John 5:29.
The Judge Jesus Christ has only one thing to do. It is the souls of the unbelievers who have not yet been dealt with. These souls will also be resurrected. In John 5:29, it says, “Those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned.” It says that those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned. Here, good works refer to those who have believed in God and Jesus Christ and have been saved. And Revelation 20:11-15 says that the resurrection of the wicked is to be judged. The resurrection of the wicked is a resurrection for judgment.
Here, good works refer to those who have believed in God and Jesus Christ and have been saved. And Revelation 20:11-15 says that the resurrection of the wicked is to be judged. The resurrection of the wicked is a resurrection for judgment.
The wicked are called the dead (the saints who died believing in Jesus are called the sleeping ones). Revelation 20:12-14 shows the scene of their resurrection of judgment. Please do not overlook the words, “The sea gave up the dead that were in it.” This is very important. The “dead” here refers to corpses. How does the sea give up corpses? It is the result of the tremendous power of God’s resurrection that was at work in the sea until they appeared as corpses. Think about it. Of course, those who have been dead for an hour or three or four days may still be corpses without decay. However, if those who have died in the sea have been dead for 100 or 200 years or more, all the elements that belonged to that person will be scattered across the five oceans. They will come together to form a corpse, and the sea will give up that corpse.
In verse 14, those who die on earth and are buried in the earth are called death, and the earth gives up the corpses of those who died in the grave or on the earth. And when a person dies, the soul and the body are separated, the soul is confined to Hades, and the body returns to the dust. These souls, who were imprisoned in Hades, are released at this time and enter their respective corpses, becoming resurrected bodies and standing before the judgment seat. As resurrected bodies, they stand before the judgment seat and are judged according to the book of deeds and are thrown into the lake of fire. Therefore, since death and Hades are no longer necessary, they are also thrown into the lake of fire, and all things in this world come to an end. The great history of redemption, which has been the history of redemption for mankind since Adam’s sin, is completely concluded here.
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