Page 24 - Prophetic Word Newsletter Archive 2010

“NOW YOU SHALL SAY TO THIS PEOPLE,
“THUS SAYS THE LORD:

‘BEHOLD, I HAVE SET BEFORE YOU
THE WAY OF LIFE AND THE WAY OF DEATH.’ ”

Jer. 21:8

Jesus is
the Righteous Judge

of all mankind

( 2 Tim. 4:8, Heb. 10:30, Rev. 19:11).

As the Righteous Judge, He will preside over both of these Judgment seats. As stated previously, one
judgment is for believers and one for unbelievers. One leads to various degrees of eternal ecstasy, but
the other leads to various degrees of eternal agony. All of saved mankind in heaven will not be
rewarded the same, and neither will all who end up in the Lake of Fire be punished the same.

Consider carefully what is written on the previous page. it is plainly stated that both judgments are
based on the recorded works of the individual being judged. Believers will have their good works
blessed with various degrees of eternal rewards-forever! However, unbelievers will receive various
degrees of punishment according to the level of their wicked works. A believer’s works can be “burned
up” (good deeds with the wrong motive) and they will suffer loss of rewards, but they still remain saved
because of their foundational relationship to Jesus Christ as the Lamb of God. Believers are saved by
grace, but rewarded by their works! However, there is no such salvation for the unbeliever. His life-long
record of wicked works will determine the level of punishment he will receive in the Lake of Fire-
forever!

There have been many wicked people on the earth who have died in their wickedness. They are all
presently in Hell. However, Hell is not the Lake of Fire! Hell is a temporary jail cell for those waiting for
their day of judgment in court. Although in torment in Hell (Luke 16:23), judgment is yet to be measured
out according to the level of their wicked deeds on earth. The likes of butchers such as Adolph Hitler,
Saddam Hussein and Nero of Rome, all have a special place of torment in the Lake of Fire waiting for
them that will be according to their works. The same is true for child molesters/murderers, sex-slave
traders, rapists and robbers that prey on the defenseless. It is important to make the distinction that
God will not be determining the LENGTH of their sentence as in an earthly court, but rather the
SEVERITY of the punishment they will receive. The length is FOREVER and the severity is
FOREVER! There is no chance of pardon in the future of any individual that ends up in the Lake of
Fire,

If you are reading this newsletter as an unbeliever in Christ, you may be thinking, “I am no Hitler,
Hussein, or Nero. I am not a molester, murderer, rapist or robber.” Great! However, unless you
become saved by means of trust in the shed Blood of Jesus Christ, (“you must be born again” Jn. 3:3-5),
you too will die in your (lesser-than-Hitler) sins and will eventually end up in the same Lake of Fire-
forever! The least place in the Lake of Fire will still be a place of agony and torment that will last for all
eternity! No reprieve, no pardon, no ability to repent and change your mind once you die! Hell will hold
you in jail until the day of the Great White Throne Judgment. You may not be beside Hitler in the lower
depths of this place of torment, but you will suffer forever in this awful place, none the less!

“BEHOLD, NOW IS THE ACCEPTED TIME… NOW IS THE DAY OF SALVATION.” 2 Cor.6:2