Immortality or Resurrection (Updated) - William West (top ten ebook reader .TXT) 📗

Christ makes death be a
sleep from which all will awake, but there will be no resurrection from the second death. It will
be permanent and everlasting.
There is no room in "the day of the Lord" for one resurrection of a few when He
comes and another resurrection of most of mankind after a thousand years as is
taught by many.
"To him that overcomes, to him will I give to eat of the tree of life...He that
overcomes shall not be hurt of the second death...He that overcome shall be arrayed in
white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life" [Revelation
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2:7‐3:5]. The first resurrection is when one is born again. These are the only ones
that will not be hurt of the second death. The overcoming is in this lifetime, not as
the Premillennialists teach that the first resurrection will be at the coming of Christ.
[7] ON THE DAY OF THE LORD
DEATH WILL BE ABOLISHED
"Then comes the end, when he shall deliver up the kingdom to God, even the father;
when he shall have abolished all rule and all authority and power, for he MUST REIGN,
till he has put all his enemies under his feet. THE LAST ENEMY THAT SHALL BE
ABOLISHED IS DEATH" [1 Corinthians 15:24-16]. For all that overcomes and "shall not
be hurt of the second death" [Revelation 2:7] there will be no more death. Many
Premillennialists believe Christ is not now reigning and will not reign unto the thousand
years when He will reign on the throne of David in Jerusalem, at which time many of
them believe all the saved will be in Heaven and will not return to earth unto after the
thousand years. Is there anyway that death being abolished in the day of the Lord not be a
problem for them?
[8] THE DAY OF THE LORD
THE SAVED FOREVER WITH THE LORD
"For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen
asleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the
Lord, that we that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in no wise
precede them that are fallen asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with
a shout, the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ
shall rise first; then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up
in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord" [1
Thessalonians 4:14-17].
"When the Lord shall be revealed from heaven...when he shall come to be glorified in
his saints, and to be marveled at in all them that believed...in that day" [2 Thessalonians
1:7-10]. Both the "shall be punished" and "to be marveled at in all them that believed"
are "when the Lord shall be revealed from heaven...in that day," not two difference days
that are a thousand years apart.
[9] ON THE DAY OF THE LORD
THE KINGDOM WILL BE DELIVERED UP TO GO
"Christ the first fruits, after that those who are Christ's AT HIS COMING, THEN
COMES THE END, WHEN HE DELIVERS UP THE KINGDOM TO THE GOD AND
FATHER, when he has abolished all rule and all authority and power. For HE MUST
REIGN until He has put all His enemies under His feet. The last enemy that will be
abolished is death" [1 Corinthians 15:24-26].
1. When the Kingdom was established-- or-- When the Kingdom will be established
has been made by Premillennialists into a key question as to where the saved will
spend eternity.
2. The Kingdom has been established and will be delivered up to God in the day of
the Lord-- or-- The Kingdom will be established on earth after the day of the
Lord.
3. Will we have a "spiritual body" in Heaven with Christ-- or-- Will we have an
earthly body on earth and Christ also an earthly body and rule the earth from
Jerusalem for eternity?
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[10] ON THE DAY OF THE LORD
CHRIST WILL BRING THE LAWLESS ONE TO AN END
BY THE APPEARANCE OF HIS COMING
"Now we beseech you, brethren, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ...as
that the day of the Lord is just at hand...for it will not be, except the falling away come
first, and the man of lawlessness be revealed, the son of destruction...And then shall be
revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth,
and bring to nothing by the manifestation of his coming; even he, whose coming is
according to the working of Satan with all power" [2 Thessalonians 2:1-9]. Who or
whatever the lawless one is; he will end on the day of the Lord. Some Premillennialists
believe the lawless one to be the "Antichrist." If they were right then CHRIST WILL
BRING THE ANTICHRIST TO AN END ON THE DAY OF THE LORD, ON THE
DAY OF HIS SECOND COMING, NOT A THOUSAND YEARS AFTER THE DAY
OF THE LORD. Some believe him to be the pope. If so, Christ will bring him to and end
THAT DAY. Whatever "the lawless one" is, Christ will bring him or it to and end ON
THE DAY He comes. If "the lawless one" is the "Antichrist" as many Premillennialists
believe, the "Antichrist" will come to an end on the day of the second coming of Christ.
WHAT EVER OR WHO EVER THE LAWLESS ONE IS, CHRIST WILL BRING
IT TO AN END ON THE DAY OF HIS COMING. IT OR HE WILL NOT EXIST
FOR A THOUSAND YEARS AFTER THE COMING OF CHRIST. IF THERE
WERE A MILLENNIUM, THE LAWLESS ONE COULD NOT BE IN IT.
[11] ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT
WRATH OF GOD
A day of wrath, not seven years or a thousand years of wrath. "And to you that are
afflicted rest with us, AT THE REVELATION OF THE LORD JESUS FORM HEAVEN
with the angels of His power in flaming fire, RENDERING VENGEANCE TO THEM
THAT KNOW NOT GOD, AND TO THEM THAT OBEY NOT THE GOSPEL OF OUR
LORD JESUS; WHO SHALL SUFFER PUNISHMENT EVEN ETERNAL
DESTRUCTION from the face of the Lord and from the glory of His might, WHEN HE
SHALL COME TO BE GLORIFIED IN HIS SAINTS, and to be marveled at in all them
that believe...IN THAT DAY" [2 Thessalonians 1:7-10]. "Eternal destruction" for the lost
is "in that day," and is the same day "when he shall come to be marveled at by them that
believed."
"Wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God...but unto
them that are factious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, shall be wrath
and indignation, tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that worked evil...in the
day when God shall judge the secrets of man" [Romans 2:5-16 American Standard
Version].
"For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there
remains no more a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a
fierceness of fire which shall devour the adversaries. A man that has set at naught Moses
law died without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses: of how much sorer
punishment, think you, shall he be judged worthy, who has trodden underfoot the Son of
God, and has counted the blood of the covenant wherewith he was sanctified and unholy
thing, and has done despite unto the Spirit of grace? For we know him that said,
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vengeance belongs unto me, I will recompense, and again, The Lord shall judge his
people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God" [Hebrews 10:26-31].
"And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this comes judgment"
[Hebrews 9:27].
"But I would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that
you sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and
rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For
this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we that are alive, that are left unto the
coming of the Lord, shall in no will precede them that are fallen asleep, For the Lord
himself shall descend from heaven, and with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and
with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first; then we that are alive, that
are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air;
and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that anything be
written unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a
thief in the night. When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes
open them, as travail upon a woman with child: and they shall in no wise escape. But you
brethren, are not in darkness, that day should overtake you as a thief" [1 Thessalonians
4:13-5:5].
IN THIS PASSAGE THE DAY OF THE LORD IS CALLED:
1. The day of the Lord coming
2. The day the living saints being caught up
3. The day of the resurrection of those that are fallen asleep
4. The day the judgment all take place
5. The day of the Lord
6. The day when "the Lord himself shall descend from Heaven"
"Where is the promise of His coming...But the heavens that now are, and the earth, by
the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment
and destruction of ungodly men...But the day of the Lord will come as a thief: in the
which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved
with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up" [2
Peter 3:4-13]. All on the same day, there is no thousand years [365,000 days] or seven
years after any of the above. They are all on "that day." "Inasmuch as he has appointed a
day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained"
[Acts 17:31]. Those who believe and teach Premillennial doctrines must deny the clear
teaching on the Bible on the day of the Lord.
[12] ON THE DAY OF THE LORD
THE TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE EARTH AND THE HEAVENS
WHICH WERE MADE FROM NOTHING AND WILL RETURN TO NOTHING
"Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away" [Matthew
24:35; Psalms 102:25-27]. "By which means the world that then was, being overflowed
with water, perished, but the day of the Lord will come as a thief: in which the heavens
that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being
reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men...But the day of the
Lord will come as a thief; IN THE WHICH THE HEAVENS SHALL PASS AWAY
WITH A GREAT NOISE, AND THE ELEMENTS SHALL BE DISSOLVED WITH
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FERVENT HEAT (The elements are all the things of which the earth is made, the air,
the water, etc. These shall be dissolved, burned up), AND THE EARTH AND WORKS
THAT ARE THEREIN SHALL BE BURNED UP. SEEING THAT THESE THINGS
ARE THUS ALL TO BE DISSOLVED" [2 Peter 3:7-11].
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PART TWO
The Interpretation Of Figurative Language
Metaphors And Symbolic Passages
THE INTERMEDIATE