As with the first resurrection, certain events must take place before the second resurrection can occur. In this section, we will briefly outline the three primary events that must precede the resurrection of condemnation. These events are: 1.       Armageddon 2.      The millennial reign of Christ 3.      The destruction of Gog and Magog   1           Armageddon   And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast

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Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth-- those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. (John 5:28-29)   In an earlier section, we discussed the first of the two resurrections—namely, the resurrection of the saints. In the passage quoted above, Jesus refers to both resurrections: the first He calls the resurrection of life, an

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1 Corinthians 10:27-29 “If any of those who do not believe invites you to dinner, and you desire to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no question for conscience' sake.  (28)  But if anyone says to you, "This was offered to idols," do not eat it for the sake of the one who told you, and for conscience' sake; for "the earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness."  (29)  "Conscience," I say, not your own, but that of the other. For why is my liberty judged by another man'

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John 16:8-9 “And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: (9) of sin, because they do not believe in Me.”    There is one other far more important aspect that the conscience plays in the life of the unbeliever in this current dispensation, which is the role the conscience plays in their response to the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ. As we have already seen, the conscience will always convict a person to choose to do

1 Timothy 4:2 “speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron.”          We have seen that everyman has a conscience, believer and unbeliever alike. We have also seen that the conscience only plays one role in the lives of men, howbeit a very important role, which is to convict them to do that which is good and reject that which is evil. So how does the conscience impact the lives of unbelievers? To the extent that the unbeliever chooses to ei

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2 Corinthians 4:2 “But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.”   Every person is born into this earth with a conscience. In the above quoted passage of scripture the Holy Spirit through the apostle Paul talks about how he and his fellow ministers in the gospel commended themselves to every man’s consc

1 Corinthians 8:7-13 “However, there is not in everyone that knowledge; for some, with consciousness of the idol, until now eat it as a thing offered to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.  (8)  But food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are we the better, nor if we do not eat are we the worse.  (9)  But beware lest somehow this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to those who are weak.  (10)  For if anyone sees you who have knowledge

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1 Corinthians 8:12 “But when you thus sin against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.”     A Christian with a weak conscience will remain in that state, and grow weaker if they continue to ignore their conscience. Once we are born-again and our consciences are washed clean in the blood of the lamb, it is still possible for the believer to disobey their conscience by committing sin and thus continue to weaken their conscience. We all still ha

Romans 2:14-15 “for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves, (15) who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them.”   Just as the mind of the Christian needs to be renewed once we come into the kingdom of God (Romans 12:2), so the conscience of believers needs to be st

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1 Peter 3:15-16 “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear; (16) having a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.”   Everyone has a conscience, for as we have already seen the conscience of man in an integral part of the inward man. As I have already stated, it is only in the

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Romans 2:15 “who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them.”    And so we see that from the moment that Adam sinned, that man’s conscience became an integral part of man’s being. We have seen that when they ate the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil that the eyes of their consciences were opened. The eyes of man’s conscience were not opened to be able to s

Hebrews 12:22-23 “But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,  (23)  to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect.”   Knowing that the conscience of man is located in the physical organ of the brain helps us to understand a number of important truths about the conscience. One of the first trut

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