DON'T JUDGE ME

“Don’t Judge Me” is a favorite phrase of those who don’t want to be told they are doing something wrong. None of us like to be told we are doing wrong, but what if we are doing something that could cost us our life? What if it could cost us eternal life? What if it could mean the difference between heaven and hell? Is warning someone of danger judging them? Is telling someone what God says judging them?

Let’s pretend for a moment that we all know this certain teenager. His name is Billy. He just got his driver’s license. Everywhere he goes he’s always speeding, even though he knows he’s breaking the law. He drives way too fast, in spite of all the warnings from his family and friends. Over the next year, he has several accidents, and several close calls, so he decides it might be best to slow down, and obey the speed limit.

As he grows older he becomes more responsible, and actually becomes a Highway Patrol officer when he is old enough. Now, it’s Billy’s duty, and responsibility to enforce the same law he once so carelessly disregarded. If he sees someone breaking the law, it is his duty to let them know there are consequences for breaking the law. Sometimes the consequence is a fine, and sometimes it may be the loss of your life or the life of someone else; Perhaps someone we love.

Billy is not the judge and making people aware of the law, and the consequences for breaking it is not judging. It’s the same with born again believers. It’s our duty, and responsibility to warn others that there are consequences for breaking God’s law. We are nobody’s judge. We are children of God who want to obey him because we love him.

People who truly know the love of God, want others to experience that love, and we don’t want anyone to have to pay the penalty for their own sins. Romans 3:23 says, “All have sinned.” Romans 6:23 says, the wages of sin is death; By sinning, we’ve all earned Death. This is not just the physical death that everybody dies, but eternal death; the second death, in hell fire (Rev. 21:8). Jesus paid the penalty for sin when he died on the cross, but we must be born again for his sacrifice to be applied to our account (John 3:16, 3:3-7). Knowing this, and keeping it to ourselves while millions are headed to hell, is not acceptable to God. He wants us who have been set free from sin to tell others the good news, that they can be set free, too.

I’ve had people tell me I had no right to tell my children not to do certain things because I did that when I was younger. I strongly disagree with that statement. Just because I did something doesn’t make it right. Just because I did it doesn’t take away my responsibility to warn others of the dangers that come with doing it. Especially my kids. Come on, now.

Likewise, just because born again believers once lived a life of sin, with no regard for God’s law, doesn’t abolish our “right” or responsibility to warn others of the dangers of sin. We’ve been there. We know what it’s like to be a slave to sin, and what a blessing it is to be delivered from sin. On top of that, God tells us to warn others.

Matthew 28:19-20
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 
20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

This is what we call the great commission. A command for us to go into all the world, and teach others what Jesus wants us all to do. That command is not just for missionaries going to other countries. It’s for any disciple, anywhere we may be. God wants us to tell others about his love, and he wants us to tell them what will happen if they refuse to follow his rules. Not because he is arrogant, or wants to be a dictator, but because he is wise, and knows that sin destroys us. God even warns us of what will happen if we don’t warn others.

Ezekiel 3:18 
18 When I say to the wicked, “You will surely die;” and you do not warn him, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; that wicked man will die in his sins, but his blood will be on your hand.

Ezekiel 3:20
20 Again, when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and sins, and I place an obstacle before him, he will die; since you have not warned him, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood will be on your hand.

Ezekiel 33:6
6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and a sword comes and takes a person from them, he is taken away in his sins; but his blood will be on the watchman’s hand.

The Bible tells us many things we should not do. Believers are told, by God, to warn the people who are doing those things so they will know and have an opportunity to stop. This includes other believers as well. If we don’t warn people their blood will be on our hands. Here’s another reason.

Rev 20:15 
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

Jesus wants everyone to go to heaven, and spend eternity with him. Contrary to popular belief though, everybody is not automatically going to heaven. You have to be born again in order to go. You have to be “SAVED” from sin. If anyone ends up in hell, because we didn’t warn them, their blood will be on our hands, and we may not get to go. Ezekiel 3:20 tells us that even a righteous man can turn away from his righteousness, and sin. We are told to warn them so they can have an opportunity to repent. Warning someone of danger is not judging. Telling someone what God says is not judging. We just need to do it with love, and not condemnation. Some will repent and turn to God, and others will not, but if we do what God has told us to do, their blood will not be on our hands.

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THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD

The resurrection of the dead is a key doctrine of Christianity, and the blessed hope for all Christians the world over (Titus 2:13, 1 Peter 1:3, Acts 24:15, Romans 8:22, 1 Thessalonians 4:13, 1 John 3:2), but this is another one of those controversial doctrines of the Bible. Even though there are many, many passages of scripture dedicated to it, there are many different teachings on the subject, but there can only be one truth. The only way to know that truth is to study God’s word with a prayerful heart and an open mind, and by putting aside ALL preconceived ideas. With that in mind let’s see what the Bible really says about this very important subject.

1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 
15. For this, we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will not prevent (precede/go before) those who are asleep. 
16. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and THE DEAD IN CHRIST WILL RISE first. 
17. Then, we who are alive and remain will be taken up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will be with the Lord for ever.

These verses tell us a few things that will happen at the second coming of Jesus. Notice carefully verse 15. Paul plainly says that what he is telling us comes from the Lord. He says the Christians who are alive at the coming of the Lord WILL NOT go up before the dead Christians. The LIVING and the DEAD Christians will all be TAKEN UP together to meet the Lord in the air, at the RESURRECTION.

2 Peter 3:10-12 
10 But THE DAY OF THE LORD will come like a THIEF IN THE NIGHT, in which the HEAVENS WILL PASS AWAY with a LOUD NOISE, and THE ELEMENTS WILL MELT with EXTREME HEAT. The EARTH ALSO and the works that are in it WILL BURN UP. 
11 Seeing then that ALL THESE THINGS WILL BE DISSOLVED, what manner of persons should you be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12 Looking for and hasting to the coming of the day of God, when THE HEAVENS BEING ON FIRE WILL BE DISSOLVED, and the elements will melt with extreme heat?

So, at the second coming, the heavens and the elements will be destroyed by fire. This means there will be no atmosphere, which means there will be no air to breathe. So no life can exist on earth after the second coming of Jesus.

Job 14:10-12
10 But man dies and wastes away. Yes, man gives up the ghost, and where is he? 
11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decays and dries up, 
12 So man lies down and rises not. UNTIL THE HEAVENS ARE NO MORE, THEY WILL NOT AWAKE NOR BE RAISED out of their sleep.

Job tells us the resurrection will not happen until the heavens “PASS AWAY.” So the resurrection happens at the END OF THE WORLD when the earth and the atmosphere are burned up.

Let’s look at the parable of the wheat and the weeds, then Jesus himself will tell us the meaning.

Matthew 13:24-30
24 Another parable he put forth to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 
25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went his way. 
26 But when the blade was sprung up and brought forth fruit, then the weeds appeared also. 
27 So the servants of the householder came and said to him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where then did these weeds come from? 
28 He said to them, An enemy has done this. The servants said to him, Then do you want us to go and gather them up? 
29 But he said, No, lest while you gather up the weeds, you also root up the wheat with them. 
30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the time of harvest, I will say to the reapers, Gather together first the weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.

Now, look what Jesus said the parable means.

Matthew 13:36-43

36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house, and his disciples came to him and said, DECLARE TO US THE PARABLE OF THE WEEDS IN THE FIELD. 
37 He answered and said to them, HE THAT SOWS the good seed is THE SON OF MAN; (Jesus) 
38 THE FIELD is THE WORLD; THE GOOD SEED are the CHILDREN OF THE KINGDOM, but THE WEEDS are THE CHILDREN OF THE WICKED ONE; 
39 THE ENEMY that sowed them is THE DEVIL; THE HARVEST is THE END OF THE WORLD, and the REAPERS are THE ANGELS.

Jesus said the harvest is the end of the world. Look what he said will happen at the end of the world.

40 Therefore, as the weeds are gathered and burned in the fire; so will it be at the END OF THE WORLD.
41 The Son of man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and those who do iniquity; (Sin) 
42 And will throw them into a furnace of fire: there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 
43 Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.

Notice the SAVED and the WICKED both are still here together at the END OF THE WORLD. They are separated AT the END OF THE WORLD. Not Pre-Trib, not Mid-Trib. Not before the end, but AT THE END OF THE WORLD. The Second Coming and the Rapture is the same event; the end of the world.

When did the sister of Lazarus think the resurrection would be?

John 11:23-24
23 Jesus saith to her, Your brother will rise again.
24 Martha saith to him, I know that he will rise again in THE resurrection at the last day.

Martha believed this because it’s what Jesus taught. (John 6:39, 40; John 6:44, 54; John 12:48)

1 Corinthians 15:51-55
51 Behold, I show you a mystery; We will not all sleep (die), but we will all be changed, 
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, AT THE LAST TRUMPET: for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed. 
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 
54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, THEN will be brought to pass the saying that is written, DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY.
55 O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory?

1 Corinthians 15:26
26 The last enemy that will be destroyed is death.

Compare 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 with the last two passages we just read, 1 Corinthians 15:51-55 and 1 Corinthians 15:26, and you will see something interesting. DEATH is destroyed at the second coming. Add Rev. 20:12-15 and we get a pretty clear picture. This means no one can die seven years later, and no one can die a thousand years later. This is the end. There’s no more death after the second coming, which is the end of the world.

Look at these next few passages carefully.

Luke 14:13-14
13 But when you make a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
14 And you will be blessed; for they cannot repay you: for you will be repaid at THE resurrection of the just.

Acts 24:15
15 And I have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there will be A resurrection of the dead, BOTH of the JUST and UNJUST.

Daniel 12:2
2 And many of them that SLEEP IN THE DUST of the earth will wake up, SOME TO EVERLASTING LIFE, and SOME TO SHAME AND EVERLASTING CONTEMPT.

These few verses have been used by some as proof texts to say there will be two resurrections from the dead. One where the Children of God rise and another where the wicked dead will rise a thousand years later. The Bible does mention the First and Second Resurrection in Revelation chapter 20. In the article called “First and Second Death, First and Second Resurrection” we saw from the Bible that we are all dead in sin, and the First Resurrection is when we are BURIED with Christ in baptism and RAISED as a new creature from the First Death, which Adam brought upon the world by disobeying God. Please read that short study at the link below, to understand this study more clearly.

First and Second Death, First, and Second Resurrection

Seeing that the First Resurrection is Spiritual, then there can only be One Physical Resurrection. As we look at the following verses carefully, we’ll see the last three verses we looked at do not show two separate resurrections, but one resurrection with two different classes of people: the Saved and the Lost.

John 5:28-29
28 Marvel not at this: for THE hour is coming, in which ALL that are in the graves will hear his voice, 
29 And ALL will come forth. They that have done good, unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

Notice carefully that Jesus said THE hour is coming when ALL will come up out of their graves. Again, this is not two resurrections. It is one resurrection with two different classes of people being raised at the same time; The Saved and the Lost. Read Luke 14:13-14, Acts 24:15, Dan. 12:2 again. Then look at the next verse.

Revelation 1:7
7 Behold, he will come with clouds, and EVERY EYE will see him: even those who pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth will wail before him, Even so, Amen.

Every Eye means every eye. Everyone on earth. Even the dead. This is not a special resurrection for those who killed Jesus, this is the Second Coming when both the Saved and Lost will be resurrected to join the Saved and the Lost who are still alive, and we ALL will witness the return of Jesus in the clouds with power and great glory. (Luke 21:27; Matthew 24:30; Mark 13:26)

Look what else Jesus said about THE Resurrection.

Matthew 12:41
41 The men of Nineveh WILL RISE in judgment WITH this generation and WILL CONDEMN IT because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and, behold, One greater than Jonah is here.

Nineveh repented and was Saved. Jesus said they would be resurrected WITH that generation, and condemn it because they had not repented. More proof that the Saved and the Lost rise at the same time. ONE RESURRECTION, TWO CLASSES OF PEOPLE.

Let's look at one more verse to tie it all together.

2 Timothy 4:1
1 So I urge you in the sight of God, and the Lord Jesus, Christ, who will judge the LIVING and the DEAD at his appearing and his kingdom;

It will all take place at the same time: the Second Coming/Rapture. The atmosphere will be destroyed, and both the Saved and the Lost will be resurrected. The Saved will get new bodies. The earth will be destroyed, and the Lost will burn up with the earth. This is Hell Fire. It all happens at The End Of The World.

First and Second Death, First, and Second Resurrection

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FIRST AND SECOND DEATH, FIRST AND SECOND RESURRECTION

“If you’ve been born twice you’ll only die once, but if you’ve been born only once, you will die twice.” Have you ever heard that expression? The Bible mentions two deaths and two resurrections. Everyone is born once, to a mother, when we enter this world as a baby. This is the FIRST BIRTH. When we accept Jesus as our Savior, we are born again. This is the SECOND BIRTH. In Revelation 20:14, we read about the SECOND DEATH. John tells us here that the SECOND DEATH is hell fire. So what about the FIRST DEATH? There are differences of opinion on this subject, so what’s the answer? The Bible doesn’t mention the FIRST DEATH by those exact words, so how can we know, without speculating, what the FIRST DEATH really is? There’s only one way. Let’s see what God says it is.

Romans 5:8 
8. But God commended his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

2 Corinthians 5:14
14. For the love of Christ constrains us, because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then all were dead:

Ephesians 2:5
5. Even when we were dead in sins, God has made us alive together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;)

We were ALL DEAD. Dead in sin. Many say, “When Adam sinned in the garden of Eden, he didn’t die that day like God said he would.” Yes, he did. He died spiritually. Adam was made in the sinless image of God. Then he sinned, and his son, Cain was born in the sinful image of Adam. He was born spiritually dead, and that condition has been passed down to all of Adam’s descendants. Since then, every person who is born on planet earth is born spiritually dead. This is the First Death. Keep reading.

Romans 5:12 
12. Wherefore, as by one man, sin entered into the world, and death by sin, and so death passed upon all men because all have sinned:

1 Corinthians 15:22 
22. For as in Adam ALL DIE, even so, in Christ all will be made alive.

Like Adam, everyone dies physically when the body wears out or is damaged beyond repair, but the Bible refers to this as sleep. But, this verse is not referring to physical death, because the contrast is, being MADE ALIVE IN CHRIST. This death is SPIRITUAL DEATH. We are all born with a sinful nature. We are all born Spiritually Dead, and we need the sacrifice of Jesus to make us alive again. (See Ephesians 2:1-13)

What we call death, the bible refers to as sleep. That’s why Jesus said, “Whoever believes in me will never die.” (John 11:26) 
When Lazarus died Jesus said, he was asleep. (John 11:11)

When they told Jairus, the synagogue ruler, that his daughter was dead, Jesus said, “she is not dead, she is sleeping.” (Matthew 9:24, Mark 5:39, Luke 8:52)
Now, look at these verses.

Psalm 13:3 
3. Consider and hear me, O LORD my God. Lighten mine eyes, lest I SLEEP the SLEEP of death;

1 Corinthians 15:51 
51. Behold, I show you a mystery. We shall not all SLEEP, but we shall all be changed,

1 Thessalonians 4:14 
14. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, those also who SLEEP in Jesus will God bring with him.

So God’s word says that we are all DEAD in sin because of Adam. This is the FIRST DEATH. We are born again when we accept Jesus as our Savior. This is the SECOND BIRTH.

1st BIRTH ---- Born into the world.
2nd BIRTH --- Born into Christ. (Born again)
1st DEATH --- Dead in sin (Because of Adam)
2nd DEATH -- Hell Fire

Now The Resurrection

Ephesians 2:5-6 
5. Even when we were dead in sins, [God] has made us alive together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;) 
6. And has RAISED US UP together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

Romans 6:4 
Therefore we are BURIED with him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so, we also should walk in NEWNESS OF LIFE.

Colossians 2:12 
BURIED with him in baptism, wherein also you have RISEN with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath RAISED him from the dead.

Colossians 2:13 
And being DEAD in your sins and the uncircumcised of your flesh, he has MADE YOU ALIVE together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

2 Corinthians 5:17 
Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature. Old things are passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

John 11:25 
Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. He that believes in me, though he were dead, yet he shall live,

John 11:26 
And whoever lives and believes in me will never die…

Again, we are all DEAD in sin before we meet Jesus. When we are converted and baptized, we are BURIED with him, then RAISED UP or RESURRECTED as a new person. Spiritual Resurrection from Spiritual Death. This is the FIRST RESURRECTION.

DEAD, BURIED, AND RESURRECTED.

1st BIRTH --- Physical Birth (Born to a mother)
2nd BIRTH -- Spiritual Birth (Resurrection from Spiritual Death)
1st DEATH -- Spiritual Death (Born dead in sin, because of Adam)
2nd DEATH-- Physical Death (Hell Fire) Revelation 21:8

For more on 2nd death read Eternal Life Or Eternal Death

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ETERNAL LIFE OR ETERNAL DEATH?

Eternal Life: Have you heard of it? Sure you have. Basically, it means living forever? Does it really exist? If so, are we born with it? If not, how do we receive it?

Have you ever heard that we all have an immortal soul? Well, the bible says only God is immortal (1 Tim. 1:17), and humans are mortal, not immortal (Job 4:17). The Bible tells us in several places that we can live forever with Jesus. If God is immortal and humans are not, then how can we live forever? To answer that question we must first answer a few other questions.

1) WHAT IS DEATH?

John 11:11-14
11. …[Jesus] said to them, Our friend Lazarus is sleeping, but I go, that I may wake him out of sleep.
12. Then his disciples said, Lord, if he sleeps, he will do well.
13. But, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that he was speaking of taking rest in sleep.
14. Then Jesus said to them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

Psalm 13:3
3. Consider and hear me, O Lord my God. Lighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death.

ANSWER:
The Bible says Death is a Sleep. The dead are asleep in their graves. So what does that do to the theory that people go to heaven, or hell, or purgatory when they die?

2) WHERE DO PEOPLE GO WHEN THEY DIE?

Job 14:10-12
10. But man dies and wastes away. Yes, man gives up the ghost (H1478), and where is he?
11. As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decays and dries up,
12. So man lies down and rises not. Until the heavens are no more, they will not wake up, nor be raised out of their sleep.

Job 7:9-10
9. As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he that goes down to the grave will come up no more.
10. He will return no more to his house, neither will his place know him anymore.

Daniel 12:2
2. And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will wake up, some to eternal life, and some to shame and eternal contempt.

John 5:28-29
28. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves will hear his voice,
29. And will come forth; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of damnation.

Acts 2:29, 34
29. Men and brethren, let me freely speak to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us unto this day.

34. For David is NOT ascended into the heavens:

ANSWER: 
People go to the grave at death, NOT heaven, NOT hell, NOT purgatory, NOR limbo, and they don’t come back to their homes to visit loved ones or to haunt their house. They are asleep. They are Unconscious. They are Dead.

3) WHAT ARE THE DEAD DOING RIGHT NOW?

Ecclesiastes 9:5-6
5. For the living know that they will die: but the dead do not know anything, neither do they have any more reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
6. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy have now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in anything that is done under the sun.

Psalm 146:3-4
3. Do not put your trust in princes, nor in the sons of men, in whom there is no help.
4. His breath goes forth, he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish. (We stop thinking the moment we die)

Psalm 30:9
9. What profit is there in my blood when I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it declare your truth? (God’s Truth)

Psalm 6:5
5. For in death there is no remembrance of you. In the grave who will give you thanks? (Talking to God)

Psalm 115:17
17. The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any that go down into silence.

ANSWER: 
The dead are not doing anything. They don’t know anything at all. The day they die, they stop thinking. They don’t remember anything. They don’t praise God. If they were in heaven, they would be thinking AND praising God. They are asleep in the grave. Unconscious. Dead.

4) KING DAVID AND THE REST OF GOD’S PEOPLE ARE ASLEEP IN THE GRAVE. WHEN WILL THEY GO TO HEAVEN?

1 Corinthians 15:51-52
51. Behold, I show you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,
52. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet: for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.

Job 14:13-15
13. O that you would hide me in the grave, that you would keep me secret until your wrath passes, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14. If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my appointed time I will wait until my change comes.
15. You will call, and I will answer you. You will have a desire to the work of your hands.

John 5:28-29
28. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves will hear his voice,
29. And will come forth; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of damnation.

1 Thessalonians 4:15-16
15. For this, we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will not precede those who are asleep.
16. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first:

ANSWER: 
The dead in Christ, those who have been born again, who are asleep in the grave, will be raised from death and will meet Jesus in the air at his second coming.

5) WHAT ABOUT THE SOUL? DOESN’T THE SOUL LIVE FOREVER, EITHER IN HEAVEN OR HELL?

Ezekiel 18:20
20. The soul that sins, it will die. (A soul can die)

Ezekiel 18:4
4. Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sins, it will die.

Revelation 16:3
3. And the second angel poured out his vial on the sea, and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.

Jeremiah 2:34
34. Also in your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: (A soul has blood)

Revelation 18:11-13
11. And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her; for no one buys their merchandise anymore:
12. The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all kinds of vessels of ivory, and all kinds of vessels of most precious wood, and brass, and iron, and marble,
13. And cinnamon, and odors, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.

ANSWER: 
A soul is alive. (Revelation 16:3) 
A soul can die. (Ezekiel 18:4, 20) 
A soul can be bought and sold. (Revelation 18:11-13) 
A soul has blood. (Jeremiah 2:34)
A soul is not immortal. (Job 4:17)
Only God is immortal. (1 Timothy 1:17)

6) SO WHAT EXACTLY IS A SOUL?

Genesis 2:7
7. And the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul. (Man IS a soul)

Psalm 104:29-30
29. You hide your face, they are troubled. You take away their breath, they die and return to the dust.
30. You send forth your spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the earth.

Job 33:4 
4. The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

Job 27:3 
3. All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit (breath) of God is in my nostrils; (spirit = breath in this verse)

Isaiah 2:22 
22. Cease from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

ANSWER:
Man does not “HAVE” a soul, Man “IS” a soul. The Body plus the Breath of Life equals a LIVING SOUL. Humans are MORTAL. That means we do not have eternal life. No one will live forever unless God gives us Immortality. He only gives immortality to the faithful who have been born again, then we will live forever. That is our reward for being faithful and following him. Those who are not saved CAN NOT live forever. That brings up another question.

7) WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE UNSAVED SOULS AT THE SECOND COMING?

John 3:16
16. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Romans 6:23 
23. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Ezekiel 18:20
20. The soul that sins, it will die.

ANSWER:
These verses tell us there are only 2 choices. LIVE FOREVER or DIE. ETERNAL LIFE or DEATH. Strong’s Concordance says the word “PERISH” means to DIE, or BE DESTROYED, TO BE NO MORE (No Longer Exist). We’ve already seen that ONLY GOD is IMMORTAL. He only gives IMMORTALITY to the righteous, not the wicked, and if our sins are not forgiven we will DIE. This death is the second death from which there is no resurrection. Not just eternal separation from God, but eternal DEATH.

8) WHAT ABOUT THE SECOND DEATH?

Revelation 2:11 
11. He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He that overcomes will not be hurt by the second death.

Revelation 20:6
6. Blessed and holy is he that has part in the first resurrection. On such the second death hath no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him a thousand years.

Revelation 20:14 
14. And death and hell (the grave) were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

Revelation 21:8 
8. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whore-mongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars will have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

ANSWER:
The Bible is clear. We are not immortal. Only God is. Eternal life is a gift from God to those who follow Him.

So, at the second coming of Jesus, the saved who have died will be resurrected with new bodies. The bodies of the saved who are still alive at that time will be changed and made new. This is the reward of the faithful. Eternal Life.

Those who are not saved will receive their reward at this time. They will DIE in hell fire. Not burn forever, as some believe, but DIE. Malachi 4:1 says they will be burned up. Destroyed. In verse 3 Malachi says they will be ashes. Jesus took the penalty for our sins. He DIED. The wages of sin is DEATH, not burning forever. Hell fire is not the penalty for sin. Death is. Hell fire is just the means that God will use to destroy sin. There are only two choices. We will either live forever, or we will be destroyed.

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