Books of the White Throne Judgement

Revelation 20:11-15 

11 Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. 14 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.

After the Deceiver is thrown forevermore into the torment of the lake of fire which never dies, then the great white throne of God will reveal Him to all creation.  The mere gaze of the Holy One will make heaven and earth vanish from sight, for there is no more place for them when the Lord makes all things new.  Every dead person who ever lived will face God and have the books of their lives revealed to all, for He has seen everything we have thought, said, and done in life, and we will be called to account (1 Corinthians 3:12-14).  Yet the Lamb’s Book of Life will also be consulted to identify all who are His from the foundation of the world (Psalm 139:16, Ephesians 1:4).  Every dead one raised up here will be judged by what they have done in life, but only those not recorded in the Book of Life will follow the devil into the eternal torment of the burning lake of fire.  Not only that, but death itself and the realm of those who die will also be permanently thrown into that fire that burns but does not consume.  There is no annihilation, but eternal suffering of unquenchable fire (Mark 9:43-44) for all who are not Christ’s by His hand which recorded them before they were born.  This death is far worse than the first physical death which we all face (Hebrews 9:27-28), and the only escape from God’s wrath of judgement on our sin is in the Lamb of God, Jesus the Christ.  These last things John recorded for us here are not to be feared for eternal punishment for His elect (1 John 4:17-18), but is a warning to His own to hate and avoid sin to bring glory to the One calling us out of it (Ephesians 4:17-24).  Let we who know we have been called out of sin live no longer therein, and let those who do not have this certainly soberly and intently consider the gospel message and allow their hearts and minds be opened to the truth of deliverance from this terrible end.