 Hello, I'm David Digger Hernandez, and you're watching Spirit Church here on the Encounter TV Network. One day, every knee will bow, and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. All of humanity will bow before and acknowledge the Lordship of Christ. I'm continuing my Eternity series, and I'm talking about the final judgment. Before we get into that lesson, Stephen Mockezuma is here. He's going to lead you in some anointed worship, and then we're going to get right into the message here is Stephen Mockezuma. There is nothing like your love, and I just want to be with you. So to start, I just want to recap where we've been going throughout this Eternity series. And in order to do that, I need to go over with you the chronological timeline that I've laid down for you. And this chronological timeline highlights major milestones as they pertain to the afterlife and the end times. Now, when you start to study the afterlife, as I said before, you're somewhat forced into also studying the end times. So I'm just going to give you a quick recap, and then I'm going to start talking about where we are here in the lesson, which is the final judgment. So first of all, there's the creation. This is when God forms the heavens and the earth. This is the beginning of time. This is when he creates man. Then there's the giving of the law. Then there is the cross. This is where Christ sheds his blood, allowing for God to forgive the sins of man righteously or justly, because he didn't just save us in mercy. He saved us in justice. So because of the shed blood of Jesus, there was the legal payment given for the penalty of our sins. So God could give to us the righteousness of Christ. Then there is the resurrection of Jesus, the birth of the church. This is where we are right now. We are in the church age. This is where we are charged with spreading the gospel all around the world. Then there is the rapture, the tribulation, which is a seven-year period. Some say half good and half bad. Some say all chaotic. Whatever the case, it's a seven-year period after the rapture and before the return of Christ. Now at the return of Christ, the battle of Armageddon takes place. This is when Satan, the anti-Christ, the false prophet, raise an army of nations that seek to go against God, but they are struck down at the battle of Armageddon. Then after the enemy is defeated in that way, there is the judgment of nations. This is where all of those who have lived through the tribulation are judged just before the millennial reign of Christ. This is the separating of the sheep and the goats. So remember that some people are going to give their lives to Christ during the tribulation. So that separation happens at the judgment of nations, then begins the millennial reign. This is a thousand years where Christ reigns and rules with an earthly kingdom. Then for one more time, Satan is released upon the earth. This is toward the end of the millennial reign and he's released to deceive the nations again. He raises yet again an army and this is the final battle. This is where Satan is finally defeated and he is cast into the lake of fire once and for all. And then we see the final judgment. Now remember the final judgment really is the third judgment. There are three judgments, three major judgments that humanity must face. And I talked a little bit about this a couple of weeks ago when I talked about the three judgments. So there is the judgment of the righteous. Now we as believers have what I like to call a spiritual express checkout. As soon as the believer dies, we stand before God, we're judged, we receive our glorified body. Now the unbeliever doesn't have this privilege. When the unbeliever dies, they go to a holding place called hell. So the first judgment is the judgment of the believer. This is ongoing. This has been happening ever since righteous people have been dying. And so when we die, we stand before God, we receive the rewards that Christ paid for with his blood. The second judgment, the judgment of nations, again, this is the judgment of those who've lived during the tribulation. And this separates those who've received Christ from those who haven't during that seven year period. And those who've received Christ enter into that millennial reign. After the millennial reign, we of course have the final defeat of Satan, the final defeat of evil, and the final judgment. And this is where we now pick up the lesson. The scripture says in Revelation chapter 20 verses 11 through 15. And I saw a great white throne, and the one sitting on it. The earth and sky fled from his presence, but they found no place to hide. I saw the dead both great and small, standing before God's throne. And the books were opened, including the book of life. And the dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in the books. The sea gave up its dead, and death in the grave gave up their dead. And all were judged according to their deeds. Then death in the grave were thrown into the lake of fire. This lake of fire is the second death. And anyone whose name was not recorded in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire. So here we see that now those who never received Christ are receiving judgment. Imagine this, when an ungodly person dies without having received Christ, they go to this holding place called hell. And there in hell they await their resurrection, not unto life, but unto death. And they stand before a holy God with eyes like fire, a God of justice, a God of righteousness. And they know that they are being judged. The scripture tells us that all wrath was poured out upon Christ when God crucified him. And it really was the Lord. It was the Father who crucified Jesus. It was His choice to do it, and Jesus laid down His life. But for those who have not received Christ, there is no appeasement of the wrath of God. Now I know this isn't popular, and a lot of people don't like to hear this, but the truth is that on Judgment Day, God is going to pour out His wrath on those who have not received Christ. On that final day, they finally receive in full the penalty of their sins. Why? Because they've not been covered in the blood. They've not received God's free gift of salvation. At this point, all the mercy is gone. And they stand before a holy God with perfect memory of what they've done in the past life. And God judges them. And the scripture says they're thrown into the lake of fire. Now, the ungodly, after they're resurrected and they face judgment, experience the terror of a righteous God. 2 Peter chapter 2 verses 9 through 10 say, So you see the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials, even while keeping the wicked under punishment until what? The day of final judgment. He is especially hard on those who follow their twisted sexual desire and who despise authority. These people are proud and arrogant, daring even to scoff at supernatural beings without so much as trembling. In other words, they were in a holding place and he keeps them under that holding until the day of final judgment. That is the third and final judgment. Now, the Bible says in Revelation chapter 21 verse 8, But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshippers, and all liars, their fate is in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death. Now again, we read that hell is thrown into the lake of fire. The sea gave up its dead and death in the grave or Hades gave up their dead and all were judged according to their deeds. Then death in the grave or Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This lake of fire is the second death. Now this is forever. This is eternity. This is not something that ceases after a certain period of time. Revelation chapter 4 verse 10 says, There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. So this truly is both a great and a terrible day. The righteous rejoice in the holiness of God being vindicated. But the wicked are terrified the day of final judgment. I want you to consider this question. If you were to stand before God right now and face him in judgment, how would he judge you? Could you say with confidence, can you say with confidence that you know where you're going when you die? Are your sins forgiven? Are you prepared to meet your Creator? God is a God of love. We've gone over this. God is also a God of justice. Because he is a good God, because he is a loving God, he must judge wickedness. Here's the glorious truth. Revelation 211 says, Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared and the sea was also gone. In other words, God recreates all things. All things can become new. So after this day of final judgment, after all things have come to pass that the Scripture prophesies and everyone has faced their judgment, either you'll spend an eternity in the lake of fire, tormented day and night, or you will spend an eternity in the new heaven and the new earth. Now what I love about this, this new heaven and this new earth, I think this is the way that God originally intended creation to be. Because you know Adam, I believe, had access to the Father. I believe he had this unprecedented communion and connection with his Creator. And you and I will have that once again. The cosmos will be restored. The universe will be balanced again. Sin will be dealt with. Death will have been dealt with. And you and I can stand with confidence for all of eternity in the love, in the peace, and in the joy that is the presence of God. This new heaven, this new earth that we will receive cannot be described, cannot be comprehended with what we know now. Right now we're looking at all of this as the Scripture describes it and we don't fully understand it. But it's beyond anything that we could ever imagine. And it's glorious. But that one question remains. Where do you stand? When you stand before God, will you say, I have confidence because I'm not standing before God. Jesus will stand in on my behalf. Because I've surrendered. I've accepted this free gift of salvation. Or are you one who has stubbornly refused and rebelled? On that day of final judgment everything comes to an end. And there's a new heaven and a new earth. Will you experience that new life? Will you experience that new heaven, that new earth? Are you ready? This is eternity. I heard a saying and I wish I knew who said it. But I heard someone say that if you can get someone to consider eternity and contemplate eternity and all of the implications that come with it, if you can get someone to contemplate eternity for just 15 minutes, you can likely get them saved. I want you to understand the finality of this judgment. It is truly forever and ever and ever. That is a great thing and a terrible thing. The only difference between it being great or it being terrible depends upon whether or not you've received Christ. So if you haven't received Christ, I want to tell you, now is the time. When you finally surrender your life to Jesus, your only regret will be that you didn't do it sooner. I want to pray with you now. Whether you're a believer or an unbeliever, I want to pray that God would continue to open your eyes and help you to understand what the Scripture says about eternity and the judgment of God. So Father in Jesus' name, I pray for that one receiving this prayer now. I ask you, Lord, send your Holy Spirit, convict every heart, speak to both your children and those who don't yet know you. And I pray, Holy Spirit, that you would help us to consider eternity the light of your truth in the name of Jesus we pray. I want you to say it because you believe it, say, I know this is a very heavy topic and it's something we do need to consider. That is it for the lesson, though. Now remember, next week I'm taking your questions. This is a Q&A segment of the Eternity series that we're doing. So next week I'll be taking your questions. If you haven't already submitted your questions, it's already too late. We've already got all the questions in that we're going to be addressing. But be sure to watch next week because there may be some questions that you want to ask that haven't been addressed yet. But I want to welcome now the new members of Spirit Church. There you are up on the screen. 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Well, thank you for watching all the way from Greece. We love you all the way here from Southern California. Ivy Kissy writes, Your teaching has made things clearer to me. I was wrong. As I thought, we all sleep after death until judgment. Thank you. You know, actually Ivy, I actually believed that at one point. But after studying the scripture, it became clear to me that there is consciousness immediately after death for both the believer and the unbeliever. So thank you for writing that comment. And by the way, what she means by this clearing everything up is once you realize that there are three judgments and two resurrections that the Bible describes, it actually helps the timeline to start making sense. Because sometimes when we go through scripture, it starts to become confusing, especially as it pertains to end times in the afterlife. And we'll say things like, Well, I thought this goes here, but this says it happens after that. It really makes it difficult if you don't understand that. So go watch that lesson. It will really help to clarify both of those topics. Sinen Tang Shu writes, I can't wait for the channel to reach one million subscribers. Well, I can't either, but right now we're actually approaching the 100,000 subscriber mark. So keep telling your friends about our channel. Jesus Loves Me Forevermore says, Thank you Pastor David D. Hernandez. The knowledge and revelation in this teaching comes from the Holy Spirit. And the final commenter, Nathaniel Mensa writes, God bless you and give you the financial assistance to be able to reach out to the world with your ministry for more souls. Well, that's actually Nathaniel where our viewers come in. And if you've been watching Spirit Church here on the Encounter TV Network and any of the content here on the Encounter TV Network, then you know a couple things. You know, number one, we want to win souls. You know, number two, we're very spirit-led. This, I like to say, is the Holy Spirit's channel. It belongs to him, whatever he wants to do with it, he can do. And so when you support this ministry, you're actually helping us to win souls all around the world. Our ministry reaches about two million people every 28 days, which is really effective, but we want to see that effectiveness go even further. And so this is where you come in. I'm asking you, if you're watching this, and don't turn the video off yet, you're not watching this by accident, if you're watching this, I want you to consider today making a one-time gift or a monthly gift into our ministry to help us to continue winning souls and building the believers. And we do it through two simple things. We win souls and we build believers through events and media. And as this ministry expands, you're going to see God do bigger things with it. But I also believe that as you refresh this ministry, as you sow into the vision of another, that God will cause others to sow into your vision. As you bring relief and miraculous help to other people, God will bring it to you. Be the miracle for someone else that you're praying God would be for you. And as you do that, God is going to take notice. God himself, I don't have to see it. No one from my staff has to see it. God will take notice and he will see your giving. And when you put the gospel first, God begins to focus on your needs. Matthew 633 says, But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness. And then all these things shall be added unto you. That scripture is telling us that if we put the kingdom first, God will meet our needs. In other words, you build God's house, he'll build yours. You build God's house, he'll build your business. You build God's house, he'll build your ministry. When you put God first, he begins to meet your needs and also cause there to be an abundance and an overflow that you might also be there for others. Don't wait for the perfect opportunity. Don't wait for all the settings to be just how you want them to be. Don't wait for the ideal situation. Don't wait for the job promotion. Don't wait until you get out of debt. Don't wait until everything in your finances looks exactly how you want it to look. You see, we say, God, bless me and I'll give. But God says, no, faith first. You need to give and then I will bless you. So I want to challenge you, those of you who can, do a one-time gift today. Do a gift of a hundred, do a gift of five hundred, do a gift of a thousand. Some of you watching and many of you watching actually have sown large gifts into the ministry and some of you watching, some of you wealthier individuals. You can sow a $25,000 gift. You can sow a $50,000, a $100,000 gift and help us win souls. And I have no issues with challenging you for the sake of the gospel. If the world can challenge you to give for their wicked causes, why can't a man of God stand before people and challenge them to give that souls might be saved? It's for a good cause. We're not squandering the money. We're not living in luxury. We put it toward the gospel. So I challenge you today, both the wealthy and the average giver, to give your best gift. And I want to challenge you to do something you've never done before. Do an amount you've never done before and really stretch your faith. You can give a one-time gift or you can become a monthly ministry supporter. Now, if you'll partner with us, that's a monthly gift, not a one-time gift, a monthly gift for $30 or more a month. I'll send you either carriers of the glory, 25 truths about demons and spiritual warfare or encountering the Holy Spirit in every book of the Bible. That'll be our gift to you. I'll sign the book, send it to you. 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