Revelation and
Human Reality
Session 56
A-level Amphitheater
LLUMC
Feb 26, 2011, 10:30-11:30 AM
Judgment – 1
 Rev 20:11 Then I saw a great white
throne and the one who sat on it; the
earth and the heaven fled from his
presence, and no place was found for
them.
Judgment – 2
 Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead,
great and small, standing before the
throne, and books were opened. Also
another book was opened, the book of
life. And the dead were judged
according to their works, as recorded in
the books.
Judgment – 3
 Revelation 20:13 And the sea gave up
the dead that were in it, Death and
Hades gave up the dead that were in
them, and all were judged according to
what they had done.
Judgment – 4
 Revelation 20:14-15 Then Death and
Hades were thrown into the lake of fire.
This is the second death, the lake of
fire; and anyone whose name was not
found written in the book of life was
thrown into the lake of fire.
Sequence of Events
 The modern reader will also wonder how it is
possible to narrate the final judgment of the
dead in v 12 though their “resurrection” is not
mentioned until v 13. While it is possible that
all of v 13 is a later insertion by the author, it is
also possible that this is yet another instance
of his use of hysteron-proteron, i.e., the
arrangement of events in the reverse of their
logical order (see 3:3, 17; 5:5; 6:4; 10:4, 9;
22:14). - Aune , Revelation, 1102.
Before and After
‘the Millennium’
BEFORE
 Satan bound
 First
resurrection
AFTER
 Satan released
 Second
resurrection
 Judgment
 Battle
‘1000 YEARS’
After the Thousand Years
 Rev 20:9-10 They marched up over the
breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp
of the saints and the beloved city. And fire
came down from heaven and consumed them.
And the devil who had deceived them was
thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where
the beast and the false prophet were, and they
will be tormented day and night forever and
ever.
Battle and Judgment
in Revelation 20
BATTLE
(20:1-10)
 Satan released
 Second
resurrection
 Battle
 Fire
= thrown into the lake
of fire and sulfur v. 10
JUDGMENT (20:11-15)
 Great white throne
 Second
resurrection
 Books opened
 Fire
= thrown into the lake
of fire v. 15
Resurrection
and Second Death
 Rev 20:5 (The rest of the dead did not come
to life until the thousand years were ended.)
 Rev 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead that
were in it, Death and Hades gave up the
dead that were in them…
 Rev 20:14 Then Death and Hades were
thrown into the lake of fire. This is the
second death, the lake of fire…
Battle and Judgment
in Revelation 20
BATTLE
(20:1-10)
 Satan released
 Second
resurrection
 Battle
 Fire
= thrown into the lake
of fire and sulfur v. 10
JUDGMENT (20:11-15)
 Great white throne
 Second
resurrection
 Books opened
 Fire
= thrown into the lake
of fire v. 15
Retributive
vs. Non-Arbitrary
 Rev 2:23 I will give to each of you according to
your works.
 Rev 18:6 Render to her as she herself has
rendered, and repay her double for her works;
mix a double draught for her in the cup she
mixed.
 Rev 20:12 And the dead were judged according
to their works, as recorded in the books.
 Rev 20:13 And all were judged according to their
works.
Revelation as Judgment
 Second resurrection
 Preparation for battle (‘up they go’)
 Revelation [judgment]
 Battle
 Second death
‘Death Be Not Proud’
 Rev 1:18 I was dead, and see, I am alive forever
and ever; and I have the keys of Death and of
Hades.
 Rev 6:8 Its rider's name was Death, and Hades
followed with him.
 Rev 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead that
were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead
that were in them.
 Rev 20:14 Then Death and Hades were thrown
into the lake of fire.
Reading Funeral Poetry - 1
How you are fallen from heaven,
O Shining one, son of Dawn!
How you are cut down to the ground,
you who laid the nations low!
Reading Funeral Poetry - 2
You said in your heart,
"I will ascend to heaven;
I will raise my throne above the
stars of God;
I will sit on the mount of assembly on the
heights of Zaphon;
I will ascend to the tops of the clouds,
I will make myself like the Most High.”
Reading Funeral Poetry - 3
But you are brought down to Sheol,
to the depths of the Abyss.
Reading Funeral Poetry - 4
Those who see you will stare at you,
and ponder over you:
“Is this the man
who made the earth tremble,
who shook kingdoms,
who made the world like a desert
and overthrew its cities,
who would not let his prisoners go home?”
Reading Funeral Poetry - 5
All the kings of the nations lie in glory, each
in his own tomb;
but you are cast out,
away from your grave,
like loathsome carrion,
clothed with the dead,
those pierced by the sword,
who go down to the stones of the Pit, like
a corpse trampled underfoot.
Reading Funeral Poetry - 6
You will not be joined with them in burial,
because
you have destroyed your land,
you have killed your people.