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“The Resurrections and Judgments” Vlog Series Now Available
For twenty weeks ReturningKing.com has been releasing the author’s The Spirit World book one chapter at a time. Very soon this book will be complete in its online free distribution. The Spirit World systematically traces the abodes of the departed spirits of men and angels throughout scripture. It examines the nature of Sheol/Hades, the Abyss, the Lake of Fire and numerous other spiritual “containers” which are referenced and described in scripture.
The second half of the spirit world is concerned with the transference of people from one spiritual abode to another. In short, it is primarily concerned with the resurrections and the judgments of all mankind as detailed in scripture.
The author recently completed a sermon series at his home church entitled The Resurrections and Judgments which is an oral presentation of the same general material as the second half of The Spirit World.
That series has since been uploaded (unedited) and is now available as a vlog series on our Video Courses page where this video teaching series and others are being regularly added to ReturningKing.com as a extension of our teaching ministries.
The scripture teaches a fascinating journey, separate for the believer and the unbeliever, involving a very methodical and procedural resurrection and judgment for every human being throughout history. The scriptures teach that all who have ever lived will one day reconstitute and rise from the dead; some to everlasting life, and some to shame and contempt. The Resurrections and Judgments series details that process in six sermons which are designed to be heard in order. We hope you will have an opportunity to listen.
The Spirit World: Ch. 19 (The Judgment of Believers)
The Judgment of Believers
(This is a continuation of The Spirit World book series. This post assumes the prerequisite reading of earlier posts in the series.)
It was noted earlier that the process of resurrection is always followed by a judgment for the group which has been raised. Judgments are of two general categories in scripture. There is a type of judgment for the righteous and a type of judgment for the unrighteous, each having different criteria and characteristics. Continue reading
The Spirit World: Ch. 18 (Resurrection of Believers)
The Resurrection of Believers
(This is a continuation of The Spirit World book series. This post assumes the prerequisite reading of earlier posts in the series.)
The First Resurrection
The resurrection of the dead is to be a future universal reality, for believers and non-believers alike. All who ever lived will one day rise physically, each in their proper order. The resurrections are categorized generally in scripture as a “first” resurrection and a second resurrection. The first resurrection, categorically, includes the raising of all believers from the whole of history. It is not, however a resurrection which happens simultaneously for all of the righteous dead, but rather is a process extending over a significant period of history. Continue reading
The Spirit World: Introduction
Introduction
(This is a continuation of The Spirit World book series. This post assumes the prerequisite reading of earlier posts in the series.)
Numerous are the terms used in scripture to reference the other-worldly spiritual abodes which remain unseen to the human eye. Some biblical students are content to quickly categorize these many terms into two simple categories: Heaven and Hell. However upon a thorough examination of scripture it becomes exceptionally clear that many of the abodes of spiritual existence in scripture are not synonymous with either Heaven or Hell. Hades, is often considered synonymous with Hell, for example, yet numerous Godly men, including Jesus himself, are noted in scripture to have entered Hades upon their deaths. While there are some who erroneously teach that Jesus went to “Hell” when he died (meaning “the eternal lake of fire”), scripture is unwavering in its clear assertion that in fact, Hell is not yet occupied. Continue reading
The Second Resurrection & Judgment
The Judgment of the Lost: The Great White Throne
Revelation 20:11-15
11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what he had done. 14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. 15 If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. Continue reading
The Judgments of Believers
The Judgments of Believers
The first question one would ask when discussing the “judgment” of saints is, “for what?” Clearly scripture teaches that believers are not judged for their sin[1]. Christ alone received the judgment for sin on the cross. Yet, scripture teaches that believers will undergo judgment. The purpose of judgment for believers will be demonstrated in this section to be a judgment for reward rather than a judgment for punishment. Continue reading
The First Resurrection
The Resurrections
For Believers: (The First Resurrection)
The resurrection of the dead is a global occurrence, for believers and non-believers alike. The resurrections, however, are conducted in a particular order and at different historical times. Continue reading
New Jerusalem
New Jerusalem
The terms
For purposes of this study, this name will be rendered “New Jerusalem,” but it is rendered that exact way only once. There are, however, three renderings of “Jerusalem” in a spiritual and metaphorical useage. Continue reading
Heaven
Heaven
The Term
In Hebrew, the term translated “heaven” or “heavens” is shamayim, which is used about four hundred times in the Old Testament. “Heaven” is likewise translated into English from the Greek term ouranos or derivatives of it in the New Testament. Ouranos and shamayim have three distinct meanings in scripture. In both Greek and Hebrew culture and language, heaven was distinguished contextually to be one of three places: Continue reading
The Demonic Confinement of Jude 6
No term is associated with this text other than a description: “kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.”
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