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But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, 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, to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel. (Hebrews 12:22-24)   Heaven is presently populated by three distinct classes of God’

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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 the previous section, we saw that the last major event before the second resurrection is the battle of Gog and Magog. Although Scripture does not reveal exactly how long after this event the second resurrection will occ

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3          Destruction of Gog and Magog   Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea. They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. The devil, who deceive

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1.1         Populations in the Millennium   We have thus far estimated that approximately one million saints will return with the Lord Jesus to reign with Him during the millennium. There are several reasons why this number fits well within the scriptural narrative. Earlier, we estimated that at the battle of Armageddon the Antichrist’s army would number approximately 1.5 million men. Throughout Scripture, the Lord consistently fields a smaller army than His enemies, thereby

1           The millennial reign of Christ   And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. (Revelation 20:4)   After the battle of Armageddon, the Lord Jesus will begin

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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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