SIMPLE QUESTIONS ON RESURRECTION AND JUDGMENT

SIMPLE QUESTIONS ON RESURRECTION AND JUDGMENT

(For Unbelievers)

1. Will the dead bodies of the wicked ever be raised from the grave? "ALL that are in the tombs shall hear His voice, and shall come forth . . . THEY THAT HAVE DONE EVIL, unto the resurrection of judgment" —John 5:28-29 ARV.

2. When will the resurrection of the wicked take place? "The rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished"—Rev. 20:5.

3. How does the Bible describe the res­urrection of the wicked?

"And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them"—Rev. 20:13a.

4. How will the wicked be judged when they are raised from the dead? "And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were writ­ten in the books, ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS"—Rev. 20:12.

(Acts 17:81, Rom. 2:2, 5-6, 16)

5. Can any person be saved if judged according to works?

"By the WORKS of the law shall no flesh be justified"—Gal. 2:16b.

(Rom. 3:20, 4:4-7, Eph. 2:8-9)

6. What will become of the wicked and unbelieving after they are judged according to their works?

"But the fearful, AND UNBELIEV­ING, and the abominable, and mur­derers, and whoremongers, and sor­cerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brim­stone: which is the second death"—Rev. 21:8.

(Matt. 22:13, Mark 9:43-43, Heb. 12:29, 2 Pet. 3:7, Rev. 20:10, 15)

7. How long will the punishment of the unsaved continue?

"He that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the WRATH OF GOD ABIDETH ON HIM"—John 3: 36b.

(Mark 9:44, 48, 48, 2 Thess. 1:9, Jude 13, Rev. 14:11, Mark 3:29 ARV, Matt. 25:46)

8. Will all the unsaved suffer the same degree of punishment?

"And that servant, which knew his Lord's will, and prepared not him­self, neither did according to His will, shall be beaten with MANY STRIPES. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with FEW STRIPES. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required"—Luke 12:47-48.

(Matt. 11:22, 24, Rom. 2:5-6, Acts 1:25)

9. How can the saved be happy in heaven if they know that others are lost forever?

"And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes"—Rev. 21:4.

(Isa. 65:11 ARV)

10. What promise do we have that God will do right?

"The Lord is righteous in all His ways, and holy in all His works"— Psa. 145:17.

(Gen. 18:25b, 2 Pet. 3:9)