Good Morning Friends,
Revelation 20 is about justice. The beast and
the false prophet have already received justice. They have been thrown into the
lake of fire. Now, Satan receives his justice and joins them in eternal
torment. He was given every opportunity to repent. For a thousand years he was
bound while Christ reigned on the earth and at the end of the thousand years he
was released from his bondage. There was no change in him, no repentance. He
went right back to his deceptive ways, turning nations against the Lord and
justice came upon him.
And justice came to all the dead -- that is
all except those whose names are written in the book of life.
“Then I saw a great white throne and him who
was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence, and there was no place
for them. 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.” (Revelation 20:11-15)
The dead were judged according to what they
had done. Their sins were revealed and they received justice for the sins they
had committed. Justice for sin is the lake of fire, the place of eternal
torment.
Thank God that not everyone receives justice.
I don’t want justice. Justice would put me in the lake of fire, too, because of
my sins. My sins are no less than the sins of the rest of mankind. The one way
to escape justice is to have your name written in the book of life. And the one
and only way to have your name written in the book of life is through a
relationship with Jesus Christ.
Because of Jesus Christ we won’t receive justice
in the judgment of God. In Christ we’ll receive mercy and grace! And we get a
glimpse of the extent of that grace in the final two chapters of Revelation.
His, by Grace,
Steve
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