going to unfold His prearranged plan for His glory. Let’s pull back the curtain on the future and see what role you will play in glorifying God.
Then I looked again, and I heard the singing of thousands and millions of angels around the throne and the living beings and the elders.
And they sang in mighty chorus, “The Lamb is worthy — the Lamb who was killed . He is worthy to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing.”
And then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea. They also sang: “Blessing and honor and glory and power belong to the one sitting on the throne and to the Lamb forever and ever.”
And the four living beings said, “Amen!” And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped God and the Lamb (Rev. 5:11–14; NLT).
We don’t need “trip to heaven” books. We have an actual God-ordained vision of heaven and future events. In the future, Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, will receive the praises of all the creatures in heaven, and then the end of time will come.
I watched as the Lamb broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became as dark as black cloth, and the moon became as red as blood. The stars of the sky fell to the earth like green figs falling from trees shaken by mighty winds.
And the sky was rolled up like a scroll and taken away . And all of the mountains and all of the islands disappeared. Then the kings of the earth, the rulers, the generals, the wealthy people, the people with great power, and every slave and every free person — all hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
And they cried to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb . For the great day of their wrath has come, and who will be able to survive?” (Rev. 6:12–17; NLT).
When Jesus returns to this earth, He will judge the world in righteousness. Remember, God’s character demands that justice is satisfied and every single evil deed punished. This is what judgment day will look like for unforgiven sinners, and there is nothing shadowy about this.
And I saw a great white throne , and I saw the one who was 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 the things written in the books, according to what they had done. The sea gave up the dead in it. . . .
They were all judged according to their deeds. And death and the grave were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death — the lake of fire. And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire (Rev. 20:11–15; NLT).
Jesus warned that the majority of people will find themselves thrown to hell for their sins (Matt. 7:13–14). When He returns, He will stand as judge of those whose sins are not forgiven. Every sin will be accounted for. Every blasphemous word will be punished. Every filthy deed will receive its due.
Notice that unforgiven sinners will not “fall” to hell, they will be thrown. Can you guess who does the throwing? There will not be a trap door with a chute that leads sinners to hell like a waterpark slide. God Himself will cast them to eternal damnation.
Once sinners arrive at the lake of sulfur, they will suffer eternal, conscious torment glorifying God as He pours out His wrath on sinners.
Then He will also say to those on His left, “Depart from Me, accursed ones , into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels (Matt. 25:41).
Hell didn’t evolve, it was prepared. By God. The flames of hell do not stay lit by themselves,