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NASB | Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the Book of Life; and the dead were judged according to what they had done as written in the books [that is, everything done while on earth]. [Jer 17:10; Rom 2:6] |
Bible Question: In Rev 20:11-15, who are the supposed "dead"? Are the people in heaven "dead"? Are the people in hell "dead"? Are the people currently living on earth "dead"? |
Bible Answer: 11 "And I saw a Great White Throne " (proclaims the final Judgement of the unredeemed, which will take place at theend of the Kingdom Age), "and Him Who sat on it (proclaims none other than God: however, we must understand that it is the Person of the Godhead, the Lord Jesus Christ [Mat. 25:31]; he is the saviour today; He will be the Judge tomorrow), "from Whose face the Earth and the Heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 9This means a New Heaven and Earth are in the offing.) 12 "And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God"(pertains to the second Resurrection, the Resurrection of Damnation [I Cor., Chpt. 15; I Thess. 4:13-18; Jn. 5:29[);"and the Books were opened: and another Book of Life: and the daed were Judged out of those things which were written in the Books, according to their works (proclaims the manner of Judgement). 13 "And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and Nell delivered up the dead which were in them (points to the fact that every unredeemed person who has ever lived will face the Great White Throne Judgement; none will be exempted): and they were Judged every man according to their works (records the fact that this Judgement is not arbitrary, but is based on absolute Justice). 14 "And death and Hell were cast into the Lake of Fire" (combined, includes the wicked of all ages). "This is the second death" (Eternal separation from God and the Lake of Fire). 15 "And whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life" (refers to the record of all the unredeemed) was cast into the Lake of Fire." (This includes every single individual who isn't Redeemed, beginning with Adam and Eve. That is, if they didn't come back to God.) |