PART 21 THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT REVELATION 20

TEXT- REVELATION 20:7-15

INTRODUCTION

SINCE WE HAVE BEEN STUDYING THE BOOK OF REVELATION, WE HAVE SEEN MANY TIMES HOW THAT THE TIME ELEMENT CONCERNING A CERTAIN VERSE PLAYED A VERY IMPORTANT PART IN THE INTERPRETATION OF THAT VERSE,

IN THESE VERSES THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO STUDY, ONCE AGAIN THE TIME ELEMENT HAS CHANGED.

THE GREAT TRIBULATION HAS PASSED, JESUS HAS RETURNED TO THE EARTH THE SECOND TIME, HE HAS DEFEATED THE ANTI-CHRIST AND HIS ARMY, AND JESUS HAS RULED FROM THE EARTHLY CITY JERUSALEM FOR 1000 YEARS WITH HIS SAINTS.

NO LONGER ARE WE DEALING WITH THE MILLENNIAL REIGN OF CHRIST, BUT WITH THINGS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE JUST AFTER THE MILLENNIUM ENDS.

DURING THE MILLENNIUM, SATAN HAS BEEN BOUND IN THE ABYSS, WAITING FOR THE 1000 YEARS TO END.

ON THE EARTH THE ENVIRONMENT HAS DRASTICALLY CHANGED.

THERE IS NO WAR, THERE IS NO INJUSTICE; ONLY RIGHTEOUSNESS, JUSTICE AND PEACE ARE THE PREVAILING CHARACTERISTICS UPON THE EARTH.

TRULY THE EARTH IS ALMOST A NEAR PERFECT ENVIRONMENT TO LIVE IN.

THE REASON WHY I BRING THIS UP IS BECAUSE MANY TODAY BLAME MAN'S EVIL NATURE UPON THE ENVIRONMENT THAT HE LIVES IN.

THEY SEEM TO THINK THAT THE REASON WHY MAN DOES THE THINGS HE DOES IS BECAUSE OF HIS ENVIRONMENT.

THE ENVIRONMENT A MAN LIVES IN DOES NOT MAKE THE MAN WHAT HE IS, BUT RATHER THE MAN MAKES THE ENVIRONMENT THAT HE LIVES IN.

AS WE LOOK AT  THESE FIRST FEW VERSES, WE WILL SEE HOW THAT EVEN AFTER LIVING IN A NEAR PERFECT ENVIRONMENT FOR 1000 YEARS WITHOUT ANY INTERFERENCE FROM SATAN, MAN STILL IS TOTALLY DEPRAVED BY NATURE.