The concepts of eternity.
Scripture: Rev. 20:10-15
Text: one thought. :10 For Ever!
Rev 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Rev 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
Rev 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Rev 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
Rev 20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
Rev 20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire
This verse breaks into the story after Satan has been loosed from the bottomless pit, after 1000 yrs. of confinement. He gathers his nations and attacks the Kingdom of Christ. But he never even gets to sound the charge, before Christ, by the power of his word, cast Satan and his host into the lake of fire for ever and ever!
After that, all the dead are judged, and anyone o was not found in the lamb’s book of life was also cast into the lake of fire for ever and ever!
Rev 10:5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
Rev 10:6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
Eternity is not the measurement of enduring time. Eternity is the absence of time!
For example; should you be cast into the lake of fire at exactly 2pm, on Jan 1st, 2025. After (what we would think to be,) 10,000 yrs., you would still be in the lake of fire. Let us suppose, there was some kind of office in hell. You go there and see what the date and time is now. you would find not one minuet would have passed! The date would still be Jan 1st, 2025, 1 PM! That is why the angel said “that there should be time no longer! Eternity is the absence of time.
Time represents seasons, change and growth. In Eternity, there are seasons, no change, and no growth. Whatever spiritual state or condition you died in, you will remain in, for eternity. Forever and forever!
Death, SEALS your fate! There are no changes after death.
Rev 22:11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
There are no measurements of time in heaven, for heaven is in eternity! Only on this earth, is time measured!