Forgive and Forget

Sermon, FORGIVE AND FORGET. Produced by God and presented by the Holy Ghost and by His Temple, Zach. This is a very important study of the Bible that everyone who is still alive and breathing today to read. be sure to read from start to the very last word, it could possibly save your soul from damnation in hell. The lesson is in titled, FORGIVE AND FORGET. You have heard the Words of our Lord God many times be quoted by many Pastors and many postings about forgiveness that I have shared. People in this world, especially Christians, takes the Word of God out of context, all the time. They think that all that they have to do is to forgive but, don’t have to forget. They all are dead wrong about this. When God forgives us when we repent at the Cross, He also forgets what we have done wrong. If He did not forget what we have done wrong, then their would be no Grace, which is the New Testament Law of God, it God’s Grace. Why do people in this world forgives but, don’t forget what others has done to them? Its because they are living by Law and not by Grace. They all are holding onto the Law of Moses. The Ten commandments only show’s people’s sins but, does not offer up Salvation or the Cross, which is the Only means of Salvation. People in this world would rather keep their heads safly buried in the sand and ignore the Law of Grace of God. If you forgive someone, you also need to forget, it runs hand in hand together. You are sinning in the eyes of God if you are forgiving and forgetting. You are still holding onto the bondage of sin and hatred and hatred against God. You can still remember what they have done wrong, so you can learn from their mistakes and from yours but, don’t use that as an excuse not to forget the wrong they have done to you or as a hatred type of behavior. The troubles in this world is to teach you on how to live Holy, just how as Jesus Christ is Holy and to live Holy Lives. Those who claims that they have forgiven others and don’t forget the wrong that they have done to them, is just the same as not really forgiving them. If you cannot forgive and forget others, the sin that they have done to you, just like how God forgives and forgets? You then, are not forgiven by God and God has not forgotten of your sins. It’s time to wake up world, especially the “Christian’s”. Judgment day of God is at hand and the unforgiving sinner’s and some so called “Christian’s, who claim to be Christian’s but not reborn again, hell fire is in the near future”. Lets get Started by reading Scriptures from the Word of God and I hope and pray that every soul reading this today and I hope that you will read this often and feel free to Save this to your computer or even print this off to help others to Learn the Truth about Forgiving others, I pray and hope that this all will be a True Godly Blessing to you and others. King James Expositor Study Bible Matthew 6:14-15 For if you forgive men (it must be the God kind of forgiveness) their trespasses (large sins), your Heavenly Father will also forgive you (forgiveness rests totally on the Atoning Work of Christ; it is an act of sheer Grace): 15 But if you forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses (if we want God to forgive us, we must at the same time forgive others; if not, His forgiveness for us is withheld; consequently, such a person is in jeopardy of losing their soul). Proverbs 25:21-22 If your enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: 22 For you shall heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward you. (This was quoted by the Apostle Paul in Rom. 12:20. As fire melts the hardest metal, so love melts the hardest heart.) 23 The north wind drives away rain: so does an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. (Whenever a “backbiting tongue” is rebuked, it stops. If more Christians would show displeasure at gossip and slander, there would be less of such.) 24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house. (The Holy Spirit is saying here that it is better to dwell in that small room which houses only a few Believers in the Word of God than to dwell in a “wide house” with many people and the “brawling woman” of false doctrine.) 25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. (This Proverb is similar to Verse 13. The “good news” is the Gospel being taken to a lost world.) Romans 12:20 Therefore if your enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink (we should treat our enemies with goodness): for in so doing you shall heap coals of fire on his head (coals of fire were taken from the Brazen Altar, a Type of the Cross, and placed on the Altar of Incense; the Cross diverted judgment to intercession, of which the Altar of Incense was a type; by showing kindness to an enemy, we are diverting judgment, and showing mercy which God has shown us). Proverbs 25:13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them who send him: for he refreshes the soul of his masters. (During winter, when the snow fell in Judea, some of it would be taken deep into caves where the temperature was very cool. If it were correctly stored in these certain places, it would not melt. Therefore, during the “time of harvest,” when the sun was hot, water that was cooled by “snow” was brought from the place of storage and was very refreshing. As such is refreshing, so is a “faithful messenger” bearing good news. This could be likened to the Gospel being taken to those who have not had the privilege to hear.) Psalms 140:10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. (We are told in this Passage concerning the Antichrist and his followers that “they rise not up again.”) Proverbs 19:11 The discretion of a man defers his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. (A forgiving spirit marks the true man of God under both the First and Second Covenants.) Exodus 21:22-27 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her (the pregnancy is terminated), and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. 23 And if any mischief follow, then you shall give life for life, 24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. (The order of retaliation, as it referred to here, was seldom carried out under Jewish Law, but was rather settled by the giving of money or labor, etc.; however, let it ever be understood, the Scripture also says: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord” [Lev. 19:18; Deut. 32:35]. Jesus said, “With what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again” [Mat. 7:2]. The Word of God, in one way or the other, will always be carried out.) 26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake. 27 And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake. Levicus 19:18 You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbour as yourself: I am the LORD (fulfills the second half of the entirety of the Ten Commandments). Deuteronomy 32:35 To Me belongs vengeance and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste (the coming Great Tribulation [Mat. 24:21]). Matthew 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation (the last three and one half years), such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be (the worst the world has ever known, and will be so bad that it will never be repeated). Matthew 7:2 This verse is talking about the “heart, we are to judge bad fruit only”. For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged (whatever “motive” we ascribe to others, such motive will ultimately be ascribed to us): and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again (a double emphasis is given here in order to proclaim the seriousness of the Words of our Lord; when we judge others, we are judging ourselves). RETALIATION Matthew 5:38-41 You have heard that it has been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth ([Ex. 21:24; Lev. 24:20; Deut. 19:21]; the letter of the Law was that which God would carry out in His Own way [Mat. 7:2] man was not to resort to such, even as Jesus will now say): 39 But I say unto you, That you resist not evil (do not reward evil with evil): but whosoever shall smite you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also (once again, the language is figurative, for the Lord when smitten on the cheek [Jn. 18:22-23] did not turn the other cheek but with dignity rebuked the assailant). 40 And if any man will sue you at the law, and take away your coat, let him have your cloak also (this does not refer to righteous action, which is sometimes necessary, but rather to a contentious spirit, which demands one’s rights, down to the minute detail). 41 And whosoever shall compel you to go a mile, go with him two (the entirety of the idea has to do with the heart of man, not so much his outward actions, but which most surely would guide his actions accordingly). Levitcus 24:20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he has caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again (actually, these Laws were seldom carried out; most of the time, a value in money was placed upon the infraction, with it being paid to the victim, that is, if wrong had actually been done). Deuteronomy 19:21 And your eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot (most of the time, this was never carried out, but, instead, certain amounts of money were given to satisfy the situation). John 18:22-23 And when He had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand (probably did this in order to curry favor with the High Priest), saying, Answerest Thou the High Priest so? (This answers the fact that they were looking for a reason to strike Him.) 23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil (in essence says, “if I have spoken or committed some type of evil, tell Me what it is!): but if well, why do you smite Me? (What have I said or done to deserve this?) THE LAW OF LOVE Matthew 5:43-48 43 You have heard that it has been said, You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy (once again, Christ is correcting the perversion of Scripture; the “hating of the enemy” was probably derived from Deut. 7:1-6; but nowhere in that Passage does it say to hate the enemy; while we are to hate the sin, we are not to hate the sinner [Jn. 3:16]). 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them who curse you, do good to them who hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you (the actions of the enemies of goodness and of righteousness are to be “hated” with a holy hatred; but personal hatred is to be met by love); 45 That you may be the Children of your Father which is in Heaven: for He makes His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust (we are to imitate our Heavenly Father). 46 For if you love them which love you, what reward have you? do not even the publicans the same? (Only those who have the true Love of God in their hearts can love those who do not love them.) 47 And if you salute your Brethren only, what do you more than others? do not even the publicans so? (If our love is of no greater definition than that of the world, then our claims are empty.) 48 Be you therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in Heaven is perfect (Jesus is not teaching sinless perfection, for the Bible does not teach such; He is teaching that our imitation of our Heavenly Father must be as perfect as possible; the Holy Spirit Alone can help us do these things, which He does according to our Faith in Christ and the Cross [Rom. 8:1-2, 11]). SEPARATION Dueteronomy 7:1-6 When the LORD your God shall bring you into the land where you go to possess it, and has cast out many nations before you, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you (the Lord could easily have destroyed these nations, exactly as He did Sodom and Gomorrah, etc., but He deemed it desirable that Israel dispel them in order that Israel might learn trust and faith; faith comes by hearing the Word; however, faith put to practice can only come about by experience; it is the same with us presently; the Holy Spirit “helps us,” which means that we have a part to play ourselves; that part is Faith in Christ and the Cross [Rom. 8:26]); 2 And when the LORD your God shall deliver them before you; you shall smite them, and utterly destroy them; you shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them (the wickedness of these Tribes had reached such a state that there was nothing left but extermination; but God made that decision, not man, even though man was the instrument in carrying it out; likewise, anything and everything in our lives which isn’t Christlike must be “smitten” and “destroyed”): 3 Neither shall you make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give unto his son, nor his daughter shall you take unto your son. 4 For they will turn away your son from following Me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy you suddenly. (When we join the world, thinking to win the world, the world instead wins us. The unredeemed are brought to the Lord God’s Way. Any other way has the opposite effect. God’s Way is the Word being preached and anointed by the Spirit, with conviction seizing the heart of the unredeemed [Jn. 16:7-14; I Cor. 2:2.]) 5 But thus shall you deal with them; you shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire (there can be no compromise with sin). 6 For you are an holy people unto the LORD your God: the LORD your God has chosen you to be a special people unto Himself, above all people who are upon the face of the Earth (Israel, God’s chosen People!). John 3:16 For God so loved the world (presents the God kind of love), that He gave His Only Begotten Son (gave Him up to the Cross, for that’s what it took to redeem humanity), that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have Everlasting Life. LIFE IN THE SPIRIT Romans 8:1-2, 11 There is therefore now no condemnation (guilt) to them which are in Christ Jesus (refers back to Rom. 6:3-5 and our being baptized into His Death, which speaks of the Crucifixion), who walk not after the flesh (depending on one’s personal strength and ability or great religious efforts in order to overcome sin), but after the Spirit (the Holy Spirit works exclusively within the legal confines of the Finished Work of Christ; our Faith in that Finished Work, i.e., “the Cross,” guarantees the help of the Holy Spirit, which guarantees Victory). 2 For the Law (that which we are about to give is a Law of God, devised by the Godhead in eternity past [I Pet. 1:18-20]; this Law, in fact, is “God’s Prescribed Order of Victory”) of the Spirit (Holy Spirit, i.e., “the way the Spirit works”) of Life (all life comes from Christ, but through the Holy Spirit [Jn. 16:13-14]) in Christ Jesus (any time Paul uses this term or one of its derivatives, he is, without fail, referring to what Christ did at the Cross, which makes this “life” possible) has made me free (given me total Victory) from the Law of Sin and Death (these are the two most powerful Laws in the Universe; the “Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus” alone is stronger than the “Law of Sin and Death”; this means that if the Believer attempts to live for God by any manner other than Faith in Christ and the Cross, he is doomed to failure). 11 But if the Spirit (Holy Spirit) of Him (from God) Who raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you (and He definitely does), He Who raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies (give us power in our mortal bodies that we might live a victorious life) by His Spirit Who dwells in you (we have the same Power in us, through the Spirit, that raised Christ from the dead, and is available to us only on the premise of the Cross and our Faith in that Sacrifice). Romans 8:26 Likewise the Spirit (Holy Spirit) also helps our infirmities (the help given to us by the Holy Spirit is made possible in its entirety by and through what Jesus did at the Cross): for we know not what we should pray for as we ought (signals the significance of prayer, but also that without the Holy Spirit, all is to no avail): but the Spirit itself (Himself) makes intercession for us (He petitions or intercedes on our behalf) with groanings which cannot be uttered (not groanings on the part of the Holy Spirit, but rather on our part, which pertains to that which comes from the heart and cannot properly be put into words). John 16:7-14, 1 Corinthians 2:2. 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away (the Mission and Ministry of the Holy Spirit to the Body of Christ depended upon the return of Christ to the Father): for if I go not away, the Comforter (Holy Spirit) will not come unto you (concerns the respective Office Work of Both Jesus and the Holy Spirit —Jesus as the Saviour of men, and the Holy Spirit as the Power of the Church); but if I depart, I will send Him unto you (a Finished Work on the Cross was demanded of Christ, before the Holy Spirit could be sent). 8 And when He (the Holy Spirit) is come, He will reprove (convict) the world of sin (the supreme sin of rejecting Christ), and of Righteousness (Jesus is Righteousness, and declared so by the Resurrection), and of Judgment (Satan was judged at Calvary, and all who follow him are likewise judged): 9 Of sin, because they believe not on Me (to reject Christ and the Cross is to reject Salvation); 10 Of Righteousness, because I go to My Father (Jesus presented a spotless Righteousness to the Father, namely Himself, which pertained to His Sacrifice at Calvary, that was accepted by God; consequently, that Righteousness is imputed to all who will believe in Him and His Work on the Cross), and you see me no more (meaning that His Work was Finished); 11 Of Judgment, because the Prince of this world is judged (Satan was completely defeated at Calvary and, thereby, judged as eternally condemned; all who follow him will suffer his fate, the Lake of Fire, and that fate will be forever and forever [Rev. 20:12-15]). 12 I have yet many things to say unto you (pertained to the entirety of the New Covenant that would be given to the Apostle Paul, and which foundation had already been laid by Christ), but ye cannot bear them now. 13 Howbeit when He, the Spirit of Truth, is come (which He did on the Day of Pentecost), He will guide you into all Truth (if our Faith is properly placed in Christ and the Cross, the Holy Spirit can then bring forth Truth to us; He doesn’t guide into some truth, but rather “all Truth”): for He shall not speak of Himself (tells us not only What He does, but Whom He represents); but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak (doesn’t refer to lack of knowledge, for the Holy Spirit is God, but rather He will proclaim the Work of Christ only): and He will show you things to come (pertains to the New Covenant, which would shortly be given). 14 He shall glorify Me (will portray Christ and what Christ did at the Cross for dying humanity): for He shall receive of Mine (the benefits of the Cross), and shall show it unto you (which He did, when He gave these great Truths to the Apostle Paul [Rom., Chpts. 6-8, etc.]). 2 For I determined not to know any thing among you (with purpose and design, Paul did not resort to the knowledge or philosophy of the world regarding the preaching of the Gospel), save Jesus Christ, and Him Crucified (that and that alone is the Message, which will save the sinner, set the captive free, and give the Believer perpetual Victory). Romans 6:3-5 3 Know you not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ (plainly says that this Baptism is into Christ and not water [I Cor. 1:17; 12:13; Gal. 3:27; Eph. 4:5; Col. 2:11-13]) were baptized into His Death? (When Christ died on the Cross, in the Mind of God, we died with Him; in other words, He became our Substitute, and our identification with Him in His Death gives us all the benefits for which He died; the idea is that He did it all for us!) 4 Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death (not only did we die with Him, but we were buried with Him as well, which means that all the sin and transgression of the past were buried; when they put Him in the Tomb, they put all of our sins into that Tomb as well): that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the Glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life (we died with Him, we were buried with Him, and His Resurrection was our Resurrection to a “Newness of Life”). 5 For if we have been planted together (with Christ) in the likeness of His Death (Paul proclaims the Cross as the instrument through which all Blessings come; consequently, the Cross must ever be the Object of our Faith, which gives the Holy Spirit latitude to work within our lives), we shall be also in the likeness of His Resurrection (we can have the “likeness of His Resurrection,” i.e., “live this Resurrection Life,” only as long as we understand the “likeness of His Death,” which refers to the Cross as the Means by which all of this is done): 6 Knowing this, that our old man is Crucified with Him (all that we were before conversion), that the body of sin might be destroyed (the power of the sin nature made ineffective), that henceforth we should not serve sin (the guilt of sin is removed at conversion, because the sin nature no longer rules within our hearts and lives). REDEMPTION 1 Peter 1:18 Forasmuch as you know that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold (presents the fact that the most precious commodities [silver and gold] could not redeem fallen man), from your vain conversation (vain lifestyle) received by tradition from your fathers (speaks of original sin that is passed on from father to child at conception); Revelation 20:12-15 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God (pertains to the second Resurrection, the Resurrection of Damnation [I Cor., Chpt. 15; I Thess. 4:13-18; Jn. 5:29]); 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 (proclaims the manner of Judgment). 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and Hell delivered up the dead which were in them (points to the fact that every unredeemed person who has ever lived will face the Great White Throne Judgment; none will be exempted): and they were Judged every man according to their works (records the fact that this Judgment is not arbitrary, but is based on absolute Justice). 14 And death and Hell were cast into the Lake of Fire (combined, includes the wicked of all ages). This is the second death (Eternal separation from God and the Lake of Fire). 15 And whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life (refers to the record of all the unredeemed) was cast into the Lake of Fire. (This includes every single individual who isn’t Redeemed, beginning with Adam and Eve. That is, if they didn’t come back to God.) 1 Corthians 1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize (presents to us a Cardinal Truth), but to preach the Gospel (the manner in which one may be Saved from sin): not with wisdom of words (intellectualism is not the Gospel), lest the Cross of Christ should be made of none effect. (This tells us in no uncertain terms that the Cross of Christ must always be the emphasis of the Message.) 13 For by one Spirit (the Holy Spirit Alone does this) are we all baptized into one Body (at Salvation, the Holy Spirit Baptizes the Believing sinner into the Body of Christ, which is the Born-Again experience; it doesn’t refer to Water Baptism), whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free (all must come in the same manner, “by and through Jesus Christ and what He did for us at the Cross”); and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. (The Holy Spirit is the agent Who affects the work of Redemption carried out in our lives, which is made possible by the Death, Burial, Resurrection, Ascension, and Exaltation of Christ.) Galatians 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ (refers to the Baptism into His Death at Calvary [Rom. 6:3-5]; the reference is not to Water Baptism) have put on Christ (means to be clothed with Him [Jn. 14:20]). Ephesians 4:5 One Lord (Jesus Christ), one Faith (what He did at the Cross), one Baptism (our Salvation, referring to Believers Baptized into Christ, which was done at the Cross; it has nothing to do with Water Baptism [Rom. 6:3-5]), Colossians 2:11-13 In Whom also you are circumcised with the Circumcision made without hands (that which is brought about by the Cross [Rom. 6:3-5]), in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the Circumcision of Christ (refers to the old carnal nature that is defeated by the Believer placing his Faith totally in the Cross, which gives the Holy Spirit latitude to work): 12 Buried with Him in Baptism (does not refer to Water Baptism, but rather to the Believer baptized into the death of Christ, which refers to the Crucifixion and Christ as our substitute [Rom. 6:3-4]), wherein also you are risen with Him through the Faith of the operation of God, Who has raised Him from the dead. (This does not refer to our future physical Resurrection, but to that spiritual Resurrection from a sinful state into Divine Life. We died with Him, we are buried with Him, and we rose with Him [Rom. 6:3-5], and herein lies the secret to all Spiritual Victory.) 13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh (speaks of spiritual death [i.e., “separation from God”], which sin does!), has He quickened together with Him (refers to being made spiritually alive, which is done through being “Born-Again”), having forgiven you all trespasses (the Cross made it possible for all manner of sins to be forgiven and taken away); 1 Thesslonians 4:13-18 But I would not have you to be ignorant, Brethren, concerning them which are asleep (refers to Believers who have died), that you sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. (This concerns those who do not know the Lord who will have no part in the First Resurrection of Life and, therefore, no hope for Heaven.) 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again (the very Foundation of Christianity is the Death and Resurrection of Christ; it is the proof of life after death in a glorified state for all Saints in that life, which incidentally will never end), even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him. (This refers to the Rapture of the Church, or the Resurrection of all Believers, with both phrases meaning the same thing, even as Paul describes in I Cor., Chpt. 15. At death, the soul and the spirit of the Child of God instantly go to be with Jesus [Phil. 1:23], while the physical body goes back to dust. At the Rapture, God will replace what was the physical body with a Glorified Body, united with the soul and the spirit. In fact, the soul and the spirit of each individual will accompany the Lord down close to this Earth to be united with a Glorified Body, which will then make the Believer whole.) 15 For this we say unto you by the Word of the Lord (presents the Doctrine of the Rapture of the Church as the “Word of the Lord”), that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord (all Believers who are alive at the Rapture) shall not prevent them which are asleep. (This refers to the fact that the living Saints will not precede or go before the dead Saints.) 16 For the Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout (refers to “the same Jesus” which the Angels proclaimed in Acts 1:11), with the voice of the Archangel (refers to Michael, the only one referred to as such [Jude, Vs. 9]), and with the Trump of God (doesn’t exactly say God will personally blow this Trumpet, but that it definitely does belong to Him, whoever does signal the blast): and the dead in Christ shall rise first (the criteria for being ready for the Rapture is to be “in Christ,” which means that all who are truly Born-Again will definitely go in the Rapture): 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up (Raptured) together with them (the Resurrected dead) in the clouds (clouds of Saints, not clouds as we normally think of such), to meet the Lord in the air (the Greek word for “air” is “aer,” and refers to the lower atmosphere, or from about 6,000 feet down; so, the Lord will come at least within 6,000 feet of the Earth, perhaps even lower, with all the Saints meeting Him there; but He, at that time, will not come all the way to the Earth, that awaiting the Second Coming, which will be seven or more years later): and so shall we ever be with the Lord. (This presents the greatest meeting humanity will have ever known.) 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words. (This pertains to the future of the Child of God, which is Glorious indeed!) John 5:28-29 28 Marvel not at this (these statements, as given by Christ, left the religious leaders of Israel speechless): for the hour is coming, in the which all who are in the graves shall hear His Voice (speaks of the Resurrection of Life and the Resurrection of Damnation; again, these statements proclaim Christ as the Lord of both life and death), 29 And shall come forth (portrays both Resurrections as we shall see, and according to His “Voice”); they who have done good, unto the Resurrection of Life (pertains to the First Resurrection, or as commonly referred, “The Rapture” [I Thess. 4:13-18]); and they who have done evil, unto the Resurrection of Damnation (this last Resurrection will take place approximately a thousand years after the First Resurrection of Life [Dan. 12:2; Rev., Chpt. 20]). John 14:20 At that day (after the Resurrection, and the coming of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost) you shall know that I am in My Father (speaks of Deity; Jesus is God!), and you in Me (has to do with our Salvation by Faith), and I in you (enables us to live a victorious life [Gal. 2:20]). Daniel 12:2 Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house. (The idea, as given by the Holy Spirit, is that they had “spiritual eyes,” but refused to see, and “spiritual ears,” but refused to hear.) Acts 1:11 Which also said, You men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into Heaven? (This does not mean that it was only men who were present, but rather that this was a common term used for both men and women.) this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into Heaven (refers to the same Human Body with the nail prints in His Hands and Feet, etc.), shall so come in like manner as you have seen Him go into Heaven (refers to the same place, which is the Mount of Olivet). Jude 1:9 Yet Michael the Archangel (no other Angel bears the title of Archangel, as recorded; there are others who are Chief Angels, and Michael is only one of them [Dan. 10:13]), when contending with the Devil he disputed about the body of Moses (after the death of Moses, Satan demanded the body of the Lawgiver which was denied him by Michael, the Archangel), did not bring against him (against Satan) a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke you (a “railing accusation” would have placed Michael on the same level with the Devil to which the great Archangel would not stoop, and rightly so!). Philippians 1:23 For I am in a strait betwixt two (refers to equal pressure being exerted from both sides; he is speaking here of his personal desires, and not necessarily that which the Lord would desire; however, he has already made it clear his personal will is to be swallowed up in the sweet Will of God), having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better (the centerpiece of all of this is Christ; if one draws any other conclusions, one misses the point entirely): Galatians 2:20 I am Crucified with Christ (as the Foundation of all Victory; Paul, here, takes us back to Rom. 6:3-5): nevertheless I live (have new life); yet not I (not by my own strength and ability), but Christ lives in me (by virtue of me dying with Him on the Cross, and being raised with Him in Newness of Life): and the life which I now live in the flesh (my daily walk before God) I live by the Faith of the Son of God (the Cross is ever the Object of my Faith), Who loved me, and gave Himself for me (which is the only way that I could be Saved). Rvelation 20:3, 5-6, 11-15. 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him (speaks of the abyss being sealed to keep him there), that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. (At the end of the thousand-year period, Satan will be loosed out of his prison. He will make another attempt to deceive the nations, in which he will not succeed. We aren’t told how long this “little season” will be.) Revelation 5-6 5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. (Thispertains to all the unsaved, in fact, all those who lived and died since the dawn of time. The souls and spirits of these people are now in Hell [Lk. 16:19-31].) This is the First Resurrection (proclaims the fact that these two Resurrections, the Resurrection of the Just and the Resurrection of the Unjust, will be separated by 1,000 years). 6 Blessed and Holy is he who has part in the First Resurrection (this is the Resurrection of Life, which will include every Saint of God who has ever lived from Abel to the last Tribulation Saint; all will be given glorified bodies): on such the second death has no power (the “second death” is to be cast into the Lake of Fire, and to be there forever and forever [Rev. 21:8]; all who are washed in the Blood of the Lamb need not fear the second death), but they shall be Priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years. (All Believers who have part in the First Resurrection will at the same time serve as mediators, so to speak, between the population of the world and God and Christ. The “thousand years” portrays the Kingdom Age, when Christ will reign supreme over the entire Earth.) GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT Revelation 11-15 11 And I saw a Great White Throne (proclaims the final Judgment of the unredeemed, which will take place at the end of the Kingdom Age), and Him Who sat on it (proclaims none other than God; however, we must understand that it is the Person of the Godhead, the Lord Jesus Christ [Mat. 25:31]; He is the Saviour today; He will be the Judge tomorrow), from Whose face the Earth and the Heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. (This means a New Heaven and New Earth are in the offing.) 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God (pertains to the second Resurrection, the Resurrection of Damnation [I Cor., Chpt. 15; I Thess. 4:13-18; Jn. 5:29]); 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 (proclaims the manner of Judgment). 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and Hell delivered up the dead which were in them (points to the fact that every unredeemed person who has ever lived will face the Great White Throne Judgment; none will be exempted): and they were Judged every man according to their works (records the fact that this Judgment is not arbitrary, but is based on absolute Justice). 14 And death and Hell were cast into the Lake of Fire (combined, includes the wicked of all ages). This is the second death (Eternal separation from God and the Lake of Fire). 15 And whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life (refers to the record of all the unredeemed) was cast into the Lake of Fire. (This includes every single individual who isn’t Redeemed, beginning with Adam and Eve. That is, if they didn’t come back to God.) This is a perfect part to stop at. As you have just read, it is a big sin if you don not forgive, just as God has forgiven you and forgets your past sins when you repent at the Cross. When you say sorry to someone, you are at the same time, repenting and admitting that you were wrong to the other person. If he or she excepts their apology, he or she needs to not just forgive for their wrong but, also needs to forget what they have done wrong, that is called, Godly forgiveness and that is what God has been trying to teach all nations to live by but, they all, including most Churches. They all would rather play and be God, instead living godly and let God, be God. They would rather play God and that all is spiritual adultery and will lead their souls to hell. God will never play favoritism to any soul, no way, shape or form. This life is to be lived God’s way and not your ways. Your ways is what got your souls in trouble. Now, is the Time to come to the Cross in Repentance, so you can be Saved from your sins. God is knocking at your hearts door and wants to come in, to give you a brand new heart, mind, soul and to provide you with a brand new Life, for you to live on this side of the grave. Come to the Cross today in Repentance and God will Baptize you with His Spirit and you will then be Saved but, you must turn away from sin and if you mess up, just come back to the Cross and repent, live your life in Repentance. This still does not give you the rights to sin freely at all. You must die to the sin nature so, the Holy Spirit of God will gain the latitude to Work in your lives. May God be with your souls my friends, Brothers, Sisters in Christ Jesus and family.