Revelation 20.11-15 - Ultimately Unmasked

Revelation 20.11-15 - Ultimately Unmasked

“We...have a hopeful attitude toward even the most terrible sinner. We pray and hope for repentance...love our enemies. This is appropriate during this age, but it does not fit the arena of the Second Coming...during the present age we love and admire many things about pagans because, even in their rebellion, they display many admirable reflections of God's goodness...but that will change when we see undiluted wickedness in all its ugliness and hideousness. The Second Coming brings a separation between good and evil...Goodness will remain only with God and those who enjoy his blessing... We must let God be God. He knows what he is doing when he displays mercy and when he displays justice. We must therefore take the teaching in Revelation seriously... Only by repenting and turning to Christ can one escape from hell."

Vern S. Poythress, "The Returning King"

(This excellent simple commentary on Revelation is available free of charge at: http://www.frame-poythress.org/ebooks/the-returning-king/)