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torment and wait for rest of the living-dead whoare yet to be judged and, like you, have theirnames written in the book of death anddamnation.”I realize my words are slightly caustic; but Iam not the author of such stories nor have Ipainted these pictures. I am merely drawing ourattention to the absurdity of the serpent’sreligious mind-set, and we see a good exampleof this in the fresco of Jesus in Michelangelo's"The Last Judgment." The Son of God who diedfor the world was certainly not painted as theloving Christ we know and read about in theBible. Although more picturesque, Jesus is thegrim reaper of a sinful world. He appears as anintimidating giant whose mighty right arm islifted in a gesture of damnation so broad andfierce as to suggest He might destroy all ofcreation.Frankly, with such miscarriages of theGreat White Throne Judgment, it is amazingthat today’s Christian churches have anymembers at all, and to gain new converts issimply amazing. The fact is, these ingeniouscaricatures, and other misrepresentations of theGreat White Throne Judgment, have so repulsedmany that it has turned their hearts and mindstotally away from God and toward atheism,agnosticism, and new age mysticism of selfattainedhuman godhood. It is no small wonderthat the thought of God’s great judgment andrefining lake of fire have turned them away; forGod’s holy acts of salvation have been sotwisted by the spirit of religion’s serpent thatthey appear intolerably horrible, unreal,unbelievable, and scripturally insane.We were very brief in our previous articleabout the infamous lake of fire that men built,but hopefully, it was enough that we were ableto grasp fairly well how grotesquely they havedefamed and disfigured our Father and Hisjudgments to unprecedented measures.Hopefully, we will be able to open in plain viewthe truth of this matter, as well as the truecharacter of God and our Lord Jesus Christ,who are truly the God and Lord of LOVE andLIFE. We also hope to unfold the truth aboutthe Great White Throne Judgment and THELAKE OF FIRE THAT GOD BUILT, and todo so, it will be good to see how theresurrection of damnation fits into thisbeautiful picture of God’s lake.Resurrection of Damnation“And shall come forth; they that have donegood, unto the resurrection of life; and they thathave done evil, unto the resurrection ofdamnation.” John 5:29The resurrection of damnation, as with theGreat White Throne Judgment, strikes a certainamount of foreboding angst in many minds, andrightly so; for with the plethora of sermons,broadcasts, books, and literature depicting thehorror of its flames for the lost sinners, it wouldbe unusual for the average person to reactotherwise.However, there is no just reason for thatfalse projection to remain in anyone’s mind.The truth is, rather than the lake of fire being aforeboding dread, creation groans for thatglorious day of damnation. Damnation, ofcourse, is the word the King James Versionuses. If it were only known, the judgment dayof damnation is the fiery day of themanifestation of the sons of God, the redeemingday. That day is when Christ Jesus sits uponthat great throne of righteousness and judges allthings in justice, as He hears every soul’s cryfor life.Have we not known that imprisoned inevery man is a seed that cries for the release ofits life? And the key to this release comes in theform Jesus Christ who made it possible by threetestimonies: his death, resurrection, andascension.There is a spark in every man that begsrelease, and this seed yearns for the time to befreed from the bondage of corruption and death.Mortal affliction came upon all, not willingly ontheir part, yet by reason of God who subjectedthem to this stroke of death, but in hope. Andthis latent desire will not remain a hope forever.It will become a fulfilled reality by the fire thatGod kindles together with that spark.

We are blessed beyond measure to knowthat God’s assured hope of healing was muchgreater than the temporal wound of death. If ithad not been, He would certainly have neversubjected creation to sin and death. And werejoice that the Life of the ages for every man isthat indefinable hope. This is the liberty forwhich every soul longs, the liberty of releasefrom the passions of the flesh and its bitter fruitof death (rf. Rom. 8:19-21). From the depth oftheir yearning souls they echo the anointedwords of Paul: "Because He hath appointed aday, in the which He will judge the world inrighteousness by that man whom He hathordained; whereof He hath given assuranceunto all men, in that He hath raised Himfrom the dead.” Acts 17:31.When Jesus sits upon the Great WhiteThrone, it is not a day of gloom and eternaltorment for the teeming billions of unluckysinners, but a blessed day of assurance for allmen! And this, dear friends, is not a potentialassurance. It is an absolute assurance for allmen, and there is good reason for this. He whosits upon this throne is the same one who notonly paid the ultimate price for every man byHis death, but He was victoriously raised fromdeath on behalf of every man. We are assured ofthis; for as our forerunner said, “ I am He thatlives. I was dead, and behold I am alive”Revelation 1:18. No other sage or prophet cansay the same. For myself, I will remain with theOne Who made good on what He claimed.Since Jesus overcame and transcended sinand death, He was able assure all men that theytoo would live. He made a way for every soulfor which He died by laying down His life, andthen taking it up again. Among the manyassurances of this fact, here are some additionalwords of promise: "For God so loved theworld, that He gave His only begotten Son, thatwhosoever believeth in Him should not perish,but have everlasting life" John 3:16. And Paulassured us that all will believe, saying that God,“...will have all men to be saved, and to comeunto the knowledge of the truth.” 1 Timothy2:4. He also wrote in 1 Corinthians 13:8 thatlove never fails. In other words, there willalways be assured success in whatever is thepassion of God's Love, and the lost world is oneof those passions. For God so loved the world,and His love will not fail to draw all back intoHimself from where every soul came Romans11:36.Simply put, if God wills it, God will do it!And did He not will for all men to be saved andcome to the knowledge of the truth? Indeed, Hedid, and He sent His love to the world in theform of His Son. He placed all that was lost inthe scope of that triumphant love. It was, nodoubt, the virtue and passion of heaven’s lovethat moved Jesus to take upon Himself the sinand death of the whole world. That is why itcould be said that He was the Savior of not justa few, but the world (rf. John 4:41 & 1 John4:14).His death testified that the whole ofhumanity was forgiven. Salvation, which isdeliverance from sin and death, would be forall. His resurrection sealed every man's destiny,declaring that they too would live. Paul alsospoke of this truth in the 5 th chapter of Romans.He said that in the death of the first Adam alldied; even so, in the life of the last Adam, allshall be made alive! (rf. Rom. 5:7-20). Thefirst man lived and then died, taking the livingworld with him. The last Man died and thenlived, and He is taking the dead world withHim. His love will not fail. It always prevails!It prevails not only over sin but also over death.With the love of God permeating the universe,it is impossible for death to grip anyone forever.It will eventually give way to the higher power.During the three hours prior to the death ofthe Lord of Life, the world’s darkness of sin anddeath hovered over the cross and the land. Itwas the last vestige of the last enemy, death,rising victoriously over life, so it seemed. Therewas a great earthquake that dark day, so darkand heavy that the veil of the Temple was rent.Humanity's veil of separation was torn that day,and a way was made into the sanctuary ofholiness, of joy, of peace, and of righteousness.

understand what judgment in the truest sensemeans, we will know that it is a good thing. It isgood to make decisions. The truth is, we allmake many decisions every day, some good andsome bad, and these decisions are judgments.When we analyze a situation and make adecision due to the information we have, wehave judged the matter and acted upon it. Agood example of this is when we buy a new car,or anything else. Decisions are a part of ourdaily life, and we never call them damnations.Judgment, whether in the Greek, Hebrew,or English, carries the thought of a decision foror against, and when its action is applied, itbrings about a turning point. When a judgmentis in a person's favor, rewards are generallygiven due to their good works; but it can be tothe contrary.Upon looking at the evidence of an accusedman, judgment can come as an acquittal, andthe turning point frees him. But when thesituation constitutes it, judgment is leviedagainst a person in the form of remedial(corrective) punishment. After the time ofrefining incarceration has worked its purpose,the man is also freed. It is in this context thatthe word is most often used in the NewTestament. The other translators of the Biblecommonly used judgment for the word krisis,depending on the degree they were influencedby church dogma or how daring they mighthave been to stray from the Authorized KingJames Version.The King James Version is not the onlyBible containing discrepancies. The fact is,there are errors in all the translations of theBible, and the masses of Christianity are basingtheir lives on their supposed infallibility. Eventhough it is true our Bibles contain errors,should we stop reading them? Not at all! It isgood to read the Bible, for it is the greatest bookever written, including the errors, which are apart of the mysterious veil over its hiddentruths. And without changing anything, we canfind countless treasures of truth recorded in theBible. Generally most translations aresufficient, and treasures are to be found in all ofthem, with golden nuggets and precious gemsscattered over the surface of its pages, such as,“For God so loved the world,” and, “The son ofman came to save that which was lost.” Suchwords of truth are plain and easily grasped bythose whose minds have not been blinded by thegod of this world. Other parts of these treasuresare buried deep within and must be sought out,as it states in Proverbs 25:2, “It is the glory ofGod to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings isto search out a matter.” And hopefully, we canstand honorably today and search out thismatter of the lake of fire that God built.Another verse where krisis is used isHebrews 9:27: "And as it is appointed unto menonce to die, but after this the judgment (krisis)."If we stand on the premise that krisis meansdamnation, and damnation speaks of eternalpunishment, all mankind would be in serioustrouble. For the above verse would betranslated: "It is appointed unto men(humanity) once to die, but after thisdamnation." It would be deplorable to eventhink that God would do such a thing to thewhole of mankind; but religion continues todeclare it, nonetheless.The translators, of course, could see therewas no way they could translate the krisis inthis verse as damnation . It just wouldn’t work,and they, no doubt, knew it, so they renderedthe word properly. However, with damnationbeing a substantial part of the Church ofEngland’s doctrine, they used damnation inreference to the resurrection of which Jesusspoke. Apparently, when those to be judgedseemed to be the more hardened sinners, suchas the scribes and Pharisees, the translators tooktheir liberty and used the harsher damnation asthe word for krisis.The Church of England may have beendelivered from the womb of RomanCatholicism; but like the others, this churchkept many of her old doctrines, especially thatof eternal hellfire and damnation of the lost.Sadly, this has been erroneously carried down

to our day and said to be the nature of the Godof love and the Great White Throne Judgment.Moreover, this perception will remain until theenlightening word comes down from the throneand chains this dragon, revealing the lie forwhat it is, and setting men free from that whichhas never had a foundation, except for when itis believed.When the shroud of man’s darkness is liftedfrom this lake of fire that burns with brimstone,a breath of fresh air fills one’s sense of beingand brings overflowing joy to the heart. It issuch a wonder that the dark facade of the lakeof fire that men built could stand for so long andbe portrayed as the final act of a loving God.Although it has remained an integral part ofman’s religion, it will not stand when the truelake of fire, the lake of fire God has built isseen blazing brightly upon the horizon ofreality. If you cannot see it, keep looking to theeast within yourself, eastward in Eden, fromparadise where the Truth of Jesus rises momentby moment and brings the Day. When the lightof His day awakens and opens the eyes that thegod of the world (religion par excellence) hadblinded, they too will rejoice and praise Godthat there is a true lake of fire, a lake that blazeswith redemption and everlasting deliverance —the Lake of Fire that God built!To be continued...Elwin R. RoachThe Pathfinder, PO Box 4004, Alamogordo, NM 88311-4004