Revelation 20, the Great White Throne Judgement
This is John the Apostle telling us what he saw when he was in the Spirit somewhere still in our future when this blog was written.
When Yahusha Hamashia sacrificed Himself, as in the Order of Melchizedek, as a payment for our sins, He defeated the Spirit of Death, taking the keys of the Abyss.
(Revelation 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.)
Yahusha Hamashia gave the Key to this angel to deliver Satan to the Abyss.
2-3 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
During this 1000 years the Nations will be growing. Let's say that 1 billion people are alive after the Great Tribulation. At normal growth rate, the population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to 7.9 billion in 2020. That's only 220 years. At the end of the millennium, the Kingdom of Yahusha Hamashia on Earth, humans will be populating Venus, Mars and more. When Satan is let go, it will be Solar System War One.
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Yahusha, and for the Word of Elohiym, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Hamashia a thousand years.
New Jerusalem will have come down out of Heaven, another dimension. In it will be Yahusha Hamashia's Throne. Around Him 24 Elders. Antichrist, a puppet of Satan will have ordered the execution of all Christians worldwide. These people will live again in the millennium.
5-6 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy are they that have part in the first resurrection: on such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of Elohiym and of Hamashia, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.
There will be a difference between being a Priest of Elohiym or of Yahusha. The question is, are these people who lost their life after the Rapture resurrect as glorified or as flesh? In just 200 years many will have never heard the Tribulation Holocaust story and there will be a need for these people.
7-8 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Not only Satan will be loose, the wicked humans from all time. Gog and Magog is Turkey. It is a natural staging point from Europe and Asia to attack Old Jerusalem. By then Jerusalem will be a Super-City.
9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from Elohiym out of heaven, and devoured them.
This New Jerusalem is probably a quantum spaceport of sorts, having connections between Old Jerusalem and Space.
10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
At this point in time, Antichrist and the False Prophet have been in the Lake of Fire for 1,000 years.
11 And I saw a Great White Throne, and Him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
This is New Jerusalem, the Great White Throne. Earth and the Universe fled away from the face of Yahusha Hamashia.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before Elohiym; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Notice that the universe has been eliminated. This is something between the old universe, the Lake of Fire and the New Universe. Notice the wording. Elohiym in the Hebrew, God in the KJV. It's the same word as in Genesis 1, as in Elohiym created the Heaven and the Earth. Now He terminated the old universe.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and Death and Hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And Death and Hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
The sea can also be the vapors above and below the Earth. It also can be the chambers where Demons are locked up in such as the Euphrates River and Antarctica. Death and Hell are places named after the ancient spirits of Death and Hell.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of Fire.
This verse is simply said. I wonder if Death has a book, the Book of Death.
1 And I saw a New Heaven and a New Earth: for the First Heaven and the First Earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
This is the beginning view of the New Universe. Old Earth New Jerusalem is the Great White Throne. Now here it is New Jerusalem that's coming.
2 And I John saw the Holy City, new Jerusalem, coming down from Elohiym out of Heaven, prepared as a Bride adorned for her Husband.
I believe there is more to this than what is said. Somehow the Nations make it to the New Earth.
3 And I heard a Great Voice out of Heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of Elohiym is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and Elohiym Himself shall be with them, and be their Elohiym.
Notice this New Jerusalem is a tabernacle. That is to say a mobile place of worship. Elohiym the Father is a fixed location.
4 And Elohiym shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more Death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Everyone, Everything must be spiritually clean for this to happen. To gain is for someone to loose. To be prideful is for someone to be oppressed. There will be no oppression, no con artist.
5 And He that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And He said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
