Jesus Appearance (8) - Last Judgment

John saw the same events when heaven was opened.

Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them (Rev 20:11.

When the glory of Jesus is revealed, the earth and sky shrink into insignificance.

The appearance of Jesus leads to the last judgment.

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 they had done (Rev 20:12-13).

When the last judgment is complete, death is destroyed forever.

Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death(Rev 20:14).

Paul described the same event in his letter to the Corinthians.

The last enemy to be destroyed is death (1 Cor 15:28).

When heaven and earth merge, Christians will fulfil their hope and experience the joy of eternal life in the presence of Jesus.

For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you (1 Thes 2:19)?

May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus appears with all his holy ones (1 Thes 3:13).

Those who have rejected Jesus, will go to eternal destruction.

They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might on the day he appears to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed (2 Thes 1:9-10).