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The Advent will take place immediately after the end of the Seven-year Great Tribulation; this is to say
the Advent will take place before the beginning of the Millennium. For the purpose of the Advent lies in
the realization of the Millennium, at the time of Our Lord’s Advent Satan will be bound and confined to
the abyss for a thousand years. In other words, the time of the Advent will be just prior to the
beginning of the Millennium. In order for the Millennium to be realized, Satan must be bound. |
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Prior to the Lord’s Advent, He will appear in the air, drive out the devil ? “the prince of the power of
the air” ? and make room in the air for the Seven-year Wedding Banquet.
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In judging people who had not lived during the era of the gospel ? much less the law ? God will not
hold them responsible for failing to keep the law or believe in the gospel. Instead, He will make their conscience and disposition the standards of judgment. |
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People who lived during the era of the law will be judged according to the law. |
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| People who lived during the era of the gospel will be judged with the gospel as the standard of
judgment, and the Bible is clear on this: “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten
Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the
Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through Him. He who
believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not
believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” (John 3:16-18).
People who face death in the era of the Gospel will be judged according to the standards of faith in Jesus Christ before the Throne of God.
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Before God’s White Throne, all people are subject to judgment. However, while there are people to be
condemned, there are those who will not face condemnation. People whose names are recorded in
the book of life will not be condemned but those whose names are not found in the book of life shall be condemned. |
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Hell is a dwelling place God has prepared for the wicked. The concept of “the wicked” people here
include all those non-Christians who do not believe in God and those who have become corrupt and fallen away from His grace. |
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In the Four Gospel of the New Testament, the expressions “the kingdom of heaven” and “the kingdom
of God” appear. Therefore, “the kingdom of heaven” and “the kingdom of God” can be interpreted as one and the same. |
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Heaven is described in Revelation 21:2 as “as a bride adorned for her husband.” This will be
understood easily if one remembers what the Christ has told us, “I go to prepare a place for you.” It
can also be thought as a beautiful place God has prepared and ornamented for His brides, the
believers.
“And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride
adorned for her husband” (Revelation 21:2).
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While musing over a new creation, Prophet Isaiah confessed as follows: “For behold, I create new
heavens and a new earth; And the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind. But be
glad and rejoice forever in what I create; For behold, I create Jerusalem [for] rejoicing, And her people
[for] gladness” (Isaiah 65:17-18).
Peter’s descriptions on the impending changes and new order were very vivid: “But the day of the
Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be
destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up … But according to His
promise we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells” (2 Peter
3:10-13).
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