A
depiction of the Great White Throne Judgment (see image reference
below)
Today,
reply is on the listing of sins in the Bible that carry a death
penalty, the final annihilation of sinners, and the elimination of
sin accomplished as the second
death. Death is now an
aspect of the life process for men on the earth, and occurs as a
condition of mortality. The
second death is a divine
response to permanently remove sin and sinners from the Creation of
GOD. In accordance with sacred law observed among the Jews, Jesus
Christ was accused and condemned of blasphemy by the High Priest of
the Temple and the Sanhedrin court; Jesus was to be punished by those
from the community who would gather to execute a penalty of stoning.
Jesus violated no Roman law, yet, to preserve the integrity of Roman
rule, the Governor, Pontius Pilate, insisted that the duty and
privilege of imposing a death penalty belonged only to the secular
Roman government, and the death of Jesus would have to be in the form
of crucifixion. One
of the fighters in the “Yahoo! Answers” public forum on Religion
and Spirituality who uses the ID “Anonymous”
(no profile is shared) posted the following:
In
the Bible, which offenses does it say shall be punished with death?
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and
judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were
beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which
had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received
his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and
reigned with Christ a thousand years. But the rest of the dead lived
not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first
resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first
resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall
be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand
years. (Revelation 20: 4-6, King James Version, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: The Solutions From GOD (04/03/2019); The Elimination
of Death? (05/13/2018); Incurring “The Second Death”
(04/02/2018); Temporal and Eternal Judgment (02/15/2017); Making and
Keeping Justice? (05/25/2017); Reflections on Existence (12/19/2016);
The Death Penalty? (10/08/2015); The Death Penalty for Sins?
(11/30/2014); A Dispensation To Benefit (12/01/2014)
“Anonymous”,
the holy writings do not present a list of all the sins
(transgressions of divine law) whereby offenders incur a death
penalty so much as it establishes consciousness of the many
principles believers are to acknowledge for continuing in
relationship with divinity. Sinners who turn to GOD through Jesus
Christ often are surprised to find that completing their mortality by
aging, becoming mature, and dying will continue as a life condition
for mankind governed by patterns and sequences ruled by natural law,
and includes having to acknowledge carnal, material, and social
consequences to their own life choices and decisions. As part of
their transformation from developing to mature Christians they will
take on the sacred knowledge that enables believers to
avoid the final penalty for sin proclaimed through final judgment and
carried out by other sacred events that is called the second
death. Consider the following that uses language from the Bible:
1.
Ezekiel 18: 4, King James Version (KJV): 4 Behold, all souls are
mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine:
the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
2.
Galatians 5: 19-25, KJV: 19 Now the works of the flesh are
manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness,
lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance,
emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders,
drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you
before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such
things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the
Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness,
faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 24
And they that are Christ’s have
crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If we live in
the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
3.
Revelation 21: 7-8, KJV: 7 He that overcometh shall inherit all
things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 8 But the
fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and
whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have
their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which
is the second death.
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended. (For example, 4. Revelation 20: 11-15, KJV: 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. 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. 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. 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire.
This is the second death. 15 And whosoever was not found written in
the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.) Even
so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according
to your faith.
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