THE DISCHARGE OF PUNISHMENT WILL BE EFFECTED UPON THE WORLD AT THE APPOINTED TIME

THE DISCHARGE OF PUNISHMENT WILL BE EFFECTED UPON THE WORLD AT THE APPOINTED TIME

• The Prime Minister and the False Prophet will be Dealt with First. Rev. 19:20

"And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone."

 

 

This is final for them. There seems to be no formal hearing for the evaluation of deeds.

This may indicate that their deeds are so flagrant and so well known, that no such evaluation is necessary. 

The infliction of wrath comes from the Lord Jesus Christ himself.

  

• The Prince of this Entire World System first Experiences a Three-fold Judgment

 He is cast out of the heavenly regions into the earth (Rev. 12:12).

"Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time."

 

At conclusion of a war (vs. 7-9).

"And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."

 

 

He is Cast into the Bottomless Pit for a 1000 Years (Rev. 20:1-2).

God still wants to make use of him.

 "And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years."

 

He is finally cast into the lake of fire forever (Rev. 20:7-10). Hell was prepared for him.

 "And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever."

 

 

• The Principalities and Powers of this World System are also Judged at this Time

 The sentence has already been passed upon them. Matt. 25:41

 "Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels."

 

 They have been reserved for judgment under punishment. 2 Peter 2:4

 "For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment."

 

 The great day is the time for the infliction of the sentence. Jude 6

 "And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day."

 

 Conclusion:

 

 At last, every knee in the universe of created intelligence will have bowed to the Lord Jesus Christ and will acknowledge him as Lord. Phil. 2:9-11

"Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."