Those of the Nations and those Outside

By Mark Farquharson

Those of the Nations and those Outside of the nations

At the time of The Great White Throne Judgement {Rev 20:11} all the dead are raised.

Rev 20:12-13 And I perceived the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. And the scrolls were opened. And another scroll was opened which is the scroll of life. And the dead were judged by that which is written in the scrolls in accord with their acts." And the sea gives up the dead in it, and death and the unseen give up the dead in them. And they were condemned, each in accord with their acts."

The dead have bodies but they are still classified as dead. For those who do not follow Jesus are dead even if they life, for He is life.

Rev 20:15 And if anyone was not found written in the scroll of life, he was cast into the lake of fire."

Those not on the scroll of life are cast into the lake of fire. This is a spiritual lake of fire, it will not burn the person physically.

Rev 21:2 I perceived the holy city, new Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband."

Descending to the new earth {Rev 21.1}.

Rev 21:8 Yet the timid, and unbelievers, and the abominable, and murderers, and paramours, and enchanters, and idolaters, and all the false-their part is in the lake burning with fire and sulphur, which is the second death."

All these are still in the lake of fire.

New Jerusalem is described in the following verses Rev 21:9-23. The nations are mentioned in Rev 21:24-26. These nations are on the new earth.

Who are in the nations, for those on the scroll of life are in the city, and the ones mentioned in Revelation 21:8 are still in the lake of fire. The nations are Not in the Lake of Fire. One could think they are because those not on the scroll where cast into the lake of fire. So who are these ones that are in the nations? They must have already past through the lake of fire. However they have not been add to the scroll of life, and therefore can not enter the city at time the new earth is created and the people are place in the nations.

There are still people in the lake of fire as mentioned in Revelation 21:8. But the ones in the nations have passed through the lake of fire, which means that those still in the lake of fire can also come out in time.

Water of Life:

Rev 22:1-2 And he shows me a river of water of life, resplendent as crystal, issuing out of the throne of God and the Lambkin." In the center of its square, and on either side of the river, is the log of life, producing twelve fruits, rendering its fruit in accord with each month. And the leaves of the log are for the cure of the nations."

Here in Revelation 22:1-2 we have the river of water of life, this is the Holy Spirit. Ezekiel 47:1-12 also describes this same river.

Eze 47:7-8 In my turning back, then, lo, at the edge of the stream are very many trees, on this side and on that side. And he saith unto me, 'These waters are going forth unto the east circuit, and have gone down unto the desert, and have entered the sea; unto the sea they are brought forth, and the waters have been healed. {YLT}

The sea here is the dead sea as these people are still dead, not physically dead as they have a body.

Eze 47:9-10 And it hath come to pass, every living creature that teemeth, whithersoever the streams come, doth live: and there hath been great abundance of fish, for these waters have come thither, and they are healed; and every thing whither the stream cometh hath lived. And it hath come to pass, fishers do stand by it, from En-Gedi even unto En-Eglaim; a spreading place of nets they are; according to their own kind is their fish, as the fish of the great sea, very many.{YLT}

The dead in the nations are given life, they live. The people are described as fish in Matthew 4:18-19 and the nets are placed in the waters. Thus the fish, the people are pulled out.

Rev 22:14 Happy are those who are rinsing their robes, that it will be their license to the log of life, and they may be entering the portals into the city."

This is still the same city, the New Jerusalem, here we see that the rinsing of their robes gains them licence to the log of life, that is there names are added to the scroll of life.

Those outside:

Rev 22:15 Outside are curs, and enchanters, and paramours, and murderers, and idolaters, and everyone fabricating and fondling falsehood."

These are the same to groups of people, now they are describe as being outside. John does not go back to the present time of his day. These are the same ones mentioned in Luke 13:28 as being outside.

Luke 13:28 There will be lamentation and gnashing of teeth, whenever you should be seeing Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, yet you cast outside." {CLV}

They are described in Matthew 8:11-12 as being in outer darkness. The outer darkness is also mentioned in Matthew 22:13 & 25:30.

Matthew 8:11-12 Now I am saying to you that many from the east and the west shall be arriving and reclining with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens, yet the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness. There shall be lamentation and gnashing of teeth."

These are not outside or in outer darkness during the millennium reign. While there are nations that raise up towards the end of the millennium reign against the beloved city these are not them {Rev 20:8-9}. This Kingdom of the heavens is on the new earth, for the city descends from heaven {Rev 21:2}. The nations are inside of the kingdom, they are kingdom nations.

There is misunderstanding because people confuse and intermingle these things which are happening after the millennium reign on the new earth with those things that are happening during the millennium.

Those outside or in outer darkness are not part of the kingdom, they are not in the kingdom nations. The people in the outer darkness will not stay there, they will become part of the nations.

Note: All New Testament verses CLV