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The Bible defines two body types, natural and spiritual. God and the angels are spiritual bodied beings, while all other beings are physical. The main difference between the two types is longevity. Spiritual bodies are immortal, while natural bodies will perish. Also, pain is necessary for natural bodies to recognize when they're in harm's way. Spirits are indestructible, and thus need no pain.
2) Two separate and distinct physical deaths may befall mankind, but only the first death is a certainty. Every human will die the first death. And every human who suffers their first death will be resurrected. Those whose names are written in the Book of Life will be resurrected to everlasting life. 3) But there will be an order to the resurrections. Christ was resurrected first. All dead believers will be resurrected at the second Coming of Christ, and all nonbelievers will be resurrected a thousand years after the Second Coming. 4) All Christians living at the time of the Second Coming will be changed into spiritual beings and meet Christ in the air. 5) At this time, there will be no living human Christians. All will have been born again of the Spirit as spiritual children of God. They will then spend the thousand year Millennium with Christ. 6) Following the Millennium, all dead nonbelievers will be resurrected as humans and face judgment. Following their judgment, those whose names are not written in the Book of Life are cast into the lake of fire and instantly perish -- being human. This is their second and everlasting death. They have opted out of life for all eternity. 7) But their names were not written into the Book of Life prior to their judgment! Everyone with their names written in the Book of Life were born again into the spiritual Kingdom of God at the Second Coming. The Book of Life was cleared at that time. 8) The only possibility is that nonbelievers will have the opportunity to accept salvation during the judgment process. The blank Book of Life is reopened at the beginning of judgment so that names may be written into it. The names written into it will be names of nonbeliever who repent and accept Jesus as their Savior during their judgment. |
True Christian theology will be supported by the Holy Bible. Theology which cannot be supported by the Bible is simply some man's opinions or false interpretations:
The following is what the Holy Bible states as to the fate of nonbelievers:
All mankind are like the first man Adam in that all die. Likewise, every human who ever died shall be resurrected or made alive again. Jesus was resurrected first:
The resurrection which we presently await is the one at which "they that are Christ's" will be resurrected. "They that are Christ's" refers to Christians. This resurrection for all Christians occurs at the Second Coming of Jesus to the earth, or "at his coming." The Second Coming is described in Revelation chapter nineteen:
Christians who are alive on the earth when Jesus returns will be born again as spirits and meet Him in the air:
At this point after the first resurrection, all Christians (dead or alive) have been born again as spiritual beings. They will then enjoy the millennium with Jesus:
After the millennium, all dead nonbelievers are resurrected from their graves and face judgment:
Note that after the judgment of nonbelievers resurrected in the second resurrection, whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire. But absolutely none of those resurrected at the second resurrection had their names written in the Book of Life when resurrected! Every single human, dead or alive, with their names written in the Book of Life (believers) were born again into everlasting spiritual life at the first resurrection! So why are they checking the book again? Why check the book again if there were no names in it prior to the second resurrection, and everyone resurrected at the second resurrection was headed for the second death? Would God raise these people again as physical bodies only to humiliate them during their judgment before casting them into the lake of fire? Why bother raising them from the dead only to inflict another painful physical death upon them? This flies in the face of "God is love." If the nonbelievers are being resurrected to be humiliated by judgment before being killed a second time, why not simply allow them to remain dead? Something obviously occurred after these nonbelievers were resurrected to cause the Book of Life to be changed. Otherwise, there would be no reason to check the book again for their names. What happened? Satan is locked away during this time, the scriptures are unsealed, and these nonbelievers are preached the true good news of the scriptures! These resurrected nonbelievers will then make an educated choice regarding their salvation at that time! If they were not given an educated choice on earth prior to their death, they will be given their choice after their resurrection as mortal humans in the second resurrection. From the New International Version of The Holy Bible:
Their choice will be based on being preached the true gospel message for the first time. It will be preached at this time in the entire world, before the end of the age of man can occur:
The Book of Life was reopened at the start of judgment so that new names could be written into it:
Those who accept Jesus as their Savior during judgment will have their names written into the Book of Life at that time. That is why they check the book again. Billions or trillions of people have died never having the opportunity to accept Jesus as their Savior. These nonbelievers are raised again as mortals during the second resurrection and given that opportunity! The majority of all people who have ever lived have never, ever, heard the true message of the Holy Scriptures, even in the United States. Remember that the scriptures have been very successfully sealed until the end of time! At this time these people will hear the true message for the first time from angels, including Christians born again as spirits in the first resurrection, with Satan and all of his myths and lies totally defeated. Most people have never been given a choice based on Biblical truth! Their choice was based on myths and fear. Those times will be over! Children who die in their innocent years will make this decision after being resurrected as mortals and reaching maturity following the Second Coming of Jesus. We are taught that innocent children go immediately to heaven upon their death. This is not the case. The true gospel message that every individual chooses his or her personal fate regardless of their age at death must replace the false message that murdered children go immediately to heaven for eternity. |