The Great White Throne Is Coming, the Books Will Be Opened, and Every Sinner Without Jesus Christ Will Face the Second Death With No Hope of Deliverance or Escape

The Great White Throne Judgment is the last courtroom, the final reckoning and the ultimate point of no return for the unsaved dead. Everyone standing there has already rejected God’s salvation, and no one will leave that throne justified. The books will be opened, every hidden work exposed and every excuse stripped away as sinners are judged according to their works. Death and hell will surrender their prisoners, proving that hell is not the final destination but the temporary holding place of the lost until judgment. After sentencing, they will be cast into the lake of fire, which the Bible calls the second death. There will be no advocate, no appeal, no repentance and no second chance—only the righteous judgment of a HOLY God. This will be the point of no return.

“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.” Revelation 20:11 (KJB)

This terrifying reality is why we preach the gospel of the grace of God with urgency. During this present Church Age, salvation is freely offered to every sinner who will place his faith in the shed blood, death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We are not attempting merely to improve society, reform human behavior or make people more religious; we are warning souls to flee from the wrath to come. Every gospel tract, street sermon, missionary journey and personal witness is an opportunity to reach someone before death closes the door forever. The Great White Throne reminds the saved that evangelism is not optional religious activity—it is an urgent rescue mission. The time to believe is now, because there will be no gospel invitation given when the books are opened.

The Bible Believers Sunday Service: The Point Of No Return

The Point Of No Return

I. This Is the Final Judgment of the Unsaved Dead

The Great White Throne takes place after the thousand-year reign of Jesus Christ. It must not be confused with the Judgment Seat of Christ, where saved members of the Body of Christ have their service examined for reward.

“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.” 2 Corinthians 5:10 (KJB)

The people standing before the Great White Throne are called “the dead.” These are the lost dead of every generation, resurrected to receive their final judgment.

• “Small and great” means that earthly position will mean nothing.
• Kings will stand beside beggars.
• Religious leaders will stand beside atheists.
• The famous will stand beside the forgotten.
• Every Christ-rejecting sinner will stand personally before God.

Death is not the end. Every lost person will eventually stand before the Lord Jesus Christ. This doctrine is declared in both Testaments.

“Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.” Isaiah 45:22,23 (KJB)

“Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” Philippians 2:9-11 (KJB)

II. There Will Be No Place to Hide

The earth and heaven flee from the face of the One sitting upon the throne. The condemned sinner will have nowhere to run, nowhere to hide and no one behind whom he can conceal himself.

“The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.” Proverbs 15:3 (KJB)

“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.” Hebrews 4:11,12 (KJB)

At this judgment there will be:

• No defense attorney.
• No excuse accepted.
• No plea bargain offered.
• No opportunity for repentance.
• No second chance to believe the gospel.
• No appeal from the sentence.

The Great White Throne is the final point of no return.

III. The Books Will Be Opened

“And the books were opened” shows that God maintains a perfect and complete record. Nothing has been forgotten, overlooked or erased. None of it.

Those books contain the record of every:

• Sin committed.
• Lie spoken.
• Evil thought entertained.
• Opportunity rejected.
• Gospel invitation refused.
• Work performed in rebellion against God.

People may hide their sins from family, government, employers and churches, but no one can hide anything from God. All their sin will be paid for, and must be paid for, by themselves for eternity in the Lake of Fire.

IV. The Book of Life Will Be Opened

Alongside the books of works, God opens “the book of life.” This book settles the eternal question. The books demonstrate the sinner’s guilt. The book of life reveals that the sinner never received God’s salvation. The final issue is not whether someone performed religious works, joined a church, received baptism or tried to live a moral life. The determining issue is whether that person belonged to Jesus Christ.

“And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” Revelation 20:15 (KJB)

No one standing at the Great White Throne will be justified by works. Their works will determine the measure of their judgment, but works cannot produce salvation. We are all born in the image of Adam, and only the New Birth can, and will, fix that!

“And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:” Genesis 5:3 (KJB)

“Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.” John 3:7 (KJB)

V. Hell Will Deliver Up Its Dead

“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.” Revelation 20:13 (KJB)

Hell is not the final destination of the lost. It is the present place of conscious punishment where the lost dead await final judgment. At the Great White Throne, hell will surrender its inhabitants. They will be bodily resurrected, brought before God, judged and cast into the lake of fire.

The biblical order is:

1. The lost person dies.
2. The soul goes to hell.
3. The lost dead are resurrected.
4. They stand before the Great White Throne.
5. They are judged according to their works.
6. They are cast into the lake of fire.

VI. The Lake of Fire Is the Second Death

“And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.” Revelation 20:14 (KJB)

The first death separates the soul from the body. The second death is eternal separation from God in the lake of fire.

The second death is:

• Conscious.
• Final.
• Irreversible.
• Eternal.
• The righteous judgment of God against sin.

The lake of fire was not invented by medieval religion. It is the unmistakable teaching of the word of God. Jesus Christ warned about it, and Revelation identifies it as the final destination of everyone whose name is not found in the book of life. In our day, Laodiceans like Kirk Cameron, Rob Bell, John Stott, Brandan Robertson, David Bentley Hart and many others all preach either a universalism salvation or annihilationism, instead of what the word of God so clearly proclaims to be true about the place called Hell.

“We think of God as a just God, he is a just God and we believe that the punishment should fit the crime. Exactly, and so, if the punishment was cruel and unusual punishment that went far beyond the severity of the crime, that would no longer be just. After 10,000 years of anguish and pain and torment and darkness, you’re not one day closer to finding relief. You’re not even one second closer after a billion years. You’re not one second closer to the end.” – Kirk Cameron

What Cameron overlooks is that the sinner has sinned against a righteous and holy ETERNAL God who never dies, so the punishment must be eternal. Cameron’s estimation of who God is is far too small, so he rejects eternal conscious torment as the Bible teaches.

VII. This Is Why We Preach the Gospel of Grace

The Great White Throne explains the urgency of evangelism. We do not preach merely to improve people’s temporary lives. We preach because lost souls are heading toward an eternal judgment from which there will be no escape.

The gospel for the Church Age is the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ:

“For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:” 1 Corinthians 15:3,4 (KJB)

Salvation is not found through human works, religious rituals or personal goodness. It is received by believing the gospel and trusting the finished work of Jesus Christ.

This is the ministry committed to the apostle Paul:

“But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.” Acts 20:24 (KJB)

Death will no longer threaten us:

“The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.” 1 Corinthians 15:26 (KJB)

“Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians 15:51-57 (KJB)

Application

To the Saved

• Remember what Jesus Christ saved you from. Keep it personal.
• Stop treating salvation casually, it’s literally life or death.
• Pray for lost family members and friends.
• Support missionaries and gospel-preaching ministries.
• Hand out tracts, witness publicly and preach the gospel plainly.
• Never substitute politics, social reform or religious activity for the gospel.

To the Preacher

Preach the whole counsel of God. Tell people about the love of God, but do not hide the wrath of God. Preach heaven, but also warn about hell and the lake of fire. A preacher who refuses to warn sinners about judgment is not showing compassion. Biblical compassion tells people the truth while there is still time to be saved.

“Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.” Hebrews 13:17 (KJB)

“My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.” James 3:1 (KJB)

To the Lost

You are not promised another opportunity. You may dismiss the gospel today, but you will not dismiss the Judge at the Great White Throne.

“For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.” 2 Corinthians 6:2 (KJB)

Do not trust your works, church membership, baptism, morality or sincerity. Trust the shed blood and finished work of Jesus Christ.

Closing Challenge

The Great White Throne is coming. The books will be opened. Every lost sinner will be found guilty, and everyone whose name is not found in the book of life will be cast into the lake of fire.

For the saved, the question is: Whom are you warning?

For the preacher, the question is: Are you still preaching the gospel plainly?

For the lost, the question is: Will you trust Jesus Christ now, or meet Him later as your Judge?

There will be no gospel invitation at the Great White Throne. There will be no altar call, no opportunity to repent and no second chance to believe. The time to be saved is now.

The war is REAL, the battle HOT, and the time is SHORT…to the FIGHT!!!

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Could The Five Thousand-Year-Old Stargazer Be An Ancient Portrait Of Alien Visitors Who Descended From The Heavens And Were Worshipped By Early Civilizations As Gods?

What if the face we have come to associate with space aliens is not a modern invention at all? What if it is a memory? Carved from white marble thousands of years ago, the mysterious figure known as The Stargazer possesses one of the most immediately recognizable silhouettes imaginable: an enormous hairless head, a long narrow neck, a small angular body and a face that looks startlingly similar to modern depictions of extraterrestrial visitors.

“And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.” Zechariah 5:2 (KJB)

The Cleveland Museum of Art dates its Stargazer to approximately 3000 BC and identifies it as a female figure from ancient Anatolia. The deeply incised pubic triangle identifies the figure as female, but everything above the waist looks strikingly unlike an ordinary human being. Its maker deliberately exaggerated the head, minimized the body and tilted the face upward toward the heavens. That upward gaze gave the figure its modern name, but it may also contain the key to its ancient identity. The Stargazer appears to be looking toward the place from which its subject came. Similar figures belong to what archaeologists call the Kilia type, named after the Turkish village where examples were discovered. Archaeological work at Kulaksızlar in western Anatolia uncovered evidence that these strange marble figures were being manufactured between approximately 4500 and 4250 BC. That places the tradition long before the great monuments of dynastic Egypt and deep within the shadowy opening chapters of recorded human civilization. Imagine what that possibility means.

Thousands of years before science-fiction movies, television programs, flying-saucer magazines or alleged alien-abduction accounts, ancient craftsmen were carving pale, hairless humanoids with oversized heads, elongated necks and strange faces. The resemblance to the beings now called “Greys” is not hidden in some obscure detail. It is the first thing the modern observer notices. Perhaps the familiar alien image was not invented in the twentieth century. Perhaps it was rediscovered.

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Ancient artists did not always create fantasy. They also recorded kings, warriors, animals, gods and important events from the world around them. If early people encountered beings descending from the sky, they would not have possessed words such as “extraterrestrial,” “interdimensional” or “advanced nonhuman intelligence.” They would have called them gods, messengers or visitors from the heavens. They would have feared them. They would have obeyed them. They may even have worshipped them. The Stargazer could represent one of those visitors.

Its tiny body and enormous head suggest a being whose intelligence, rather than physical strength, was its defining characteristic. Its upward-turned face connects it visually with the sky. Its female form may indicate that these beings appeared in more than one sex—or that the ancient sculptor was representing a particular visitor remembered by the surrounding community. Most intriguing of all, these figures were apparently important enough to be reproduced, transported and deliberately preserved. This was not a momentary doodle scratched into a wall. Marble required labor, skill and purpose. Whoever carved The Stargazer intended its likeness to survive. And survive it did.

The modern world looks at this ancient face and immediately sees an alien because, on some deep cultural level, we already recognize the form. That recognition raises an extraordinary possibility: humanity may have encountered such beings before, and the strange visitors appearing in modern UFO accounts may be returning actors in a drama that began near the dawn of civilization. The King James Bible provides a framework for understanding how such encounters could occur. Scripture never teaches that human beings are the only intelligent creatures in existence. It describes angels, cherubim, principalities, powers, spiritual rulers and sons of God operating beyond the ordinary human realm.

Some could appear so completely human that their true identity remained hidden.

“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” Hebrews 13:2 (KJB)

Genesis records something even more astonishing. Before the Flood, beings identified as the sons of God entered the human world and produced offspring with the daughters of men:

“There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.” Genesis 6:4 (KJB)

The Bible therefore presents direct interaction between human beings and nonhuman intelligences as historical reality. It describes a populated supernatural realm capable of entering, influencing and even physically interfering with conditions upon the earth. What modern culture calls “outer space,” the Bible calls the heavens and high places.

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Ephesians 6:12 (KJB)

If beings descended from those high places in antiquity, early civilizations would naturally have interpreted them as gods. Their knowledge would have appeared supernatural. Their ability to travel through the heavens would have looked divine. Their arrival could have given birth to entire systems of idolatry built around the worship of beings that were powerful, ancient and nonhuman—but were not God. The Stargazer may be the preserved face of one of those beings.

That possibility also casts the modern UFO phenomenon in a radically different light. Perhaps humanity is not approaching its first contact with intelligent visitors. Perhaps we are being prepared for renewed contact with beings that have interacted with mankind before. Their return could be presented as the greatest revelation in human history. They may claim to have created mankind, guided ancient civilizations, inspired world religions and returned at this decisive moment to lead humanity into its next stage of evolution. The world would fall at their feet almost overnight.

The Bible warns that supernatural appearance is not proof of divine authority:

“And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.” 2 Corinthians 11:14 (KJB)

The apostle Paul went even further, warning Christians to reject any messenger from heaven who attempts to replace the gospel of Jesus Christ:

“But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.” Galatians 1:8 (KJB)

The Stargazer may therefore be far more than an enigmatic piece of prehistoric art. It may represent an ancient encounter, a visitor from the heavens and the face of a being remembered as a god by people who possessed no other language with which to describe it. Its head is turned upward. Its eyes are fixed upon the heavens. Its strange body resembles the alien visitors of modern imagination with uncanny precision. Perhaps The Stargazer was never looking at the stars, perhaps it was looking home.

Now The End Begins is your front line defense against the rising tide of darkness in the last Days before the Rapture of the Church

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When you contribute to this fundraising effort, you are helping us to do what the Lord called us to do. The money you send in goes primarily to the overall daily operations of this site. When people ask for Bibles, we send them out at no charge. When people write in and say how much they would like gospel tracts but cannot afford them, we send them a box at no cost to them for either the tracts or the shipping, no matter where they are in the world. We have a Gospel Billboard program. We are now broadcasting Bible studies, Podcasts and a Sunday Service 5 times a week, thanks to your generous donations. All this is possible because YOU pray for us, YOU support us, and YOU give so we can continue growing.

But whatever you do, don’t do nothing. Time is short and we need your help right now. The Lord has given us an open door with a tremendous ‘course’ for us to fulfill that will create an excellent experience at the Judgement Seat of Christ. Please pray for our efforts, and if the Lord leads you to donate, be as generous as possible. The war is REAL, the battle HOT and the time is SHORT…TO THE FIGHT!!!

“Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;” Titus 2:13 (KJB)

“Thank you very much!” – Geoffrey, editor-in-chief, NTEB

President Trump started a war with Iran that remains wholly unfinished, and that is allowing Tehran to turn defeat into a resounding victory that is energizing them

The fact that Iran’s top military commander Ahmad Vahidi can stand before the Islamic world and boast that Tehran has brought the United States “to its knees” tells you everything you need to know about President Trump’s claim that America had “finished the job.” The job was not finished. Iran was hit, Iran was damaged and Iran was bloodied, but the Islamic regime was left standing—and now it is transforming survival into victory. President Trump has put America in a very dangerous position by not eliminating the Iranian regime, and it is already coming back to haunt him.

“And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.” Zechariah 14:9 (KJB)

Ahmad Vahidi is not speaking like the commander of a defeated nation, he is speaking like the leader of an emboldened Islamic revolution. He is openly declaring that Iran’s battlefield performance proves “Islam can be made to rule the world.” Those are not the words of a government that has been neutralized. Those are the words of a regime that believes it endured America’s best shot and lived to continue the war. Trump attacked Iran’s military machinery but left the revolutionary engine running. The IRGC still commands, the missiles are still flying, and the Strait of Hormuz remains a battlefield. American forces and Gulf infrastructure remain under attack. Tehran’s Islamic leadership remains in power, issuing threats, preaching conquest and promising the arrival of worldwide Islamic government. That is not mission accomplished, that’s an unfinished war.

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Iran does not need to defeat the United States conventionally to claim victory. It only needs to survive. Every additional day the regime remains standing allows Tehran to tell the Muslim world that the Great Satan attacked with everything it had and failed to destroy the Islamic Republic. Vahidi is already turning that survival into a recruiting message for jihadists, militias and Islamic revolutionaries around the world. This is the price of fighting a war halfway. Infrastructure can be rebuilt. Missile launchers can be replaced. Nuclear facilities can be reconstructed underground. Commanders can be promoted to replace those who were killed. As long as the Islamic regime and the IRGC remain intact, the threat remains intact. From a military persepctive, that spells potential disaster for America.

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Iran’s leaders are not hiding their objective, they are proclaiming it before the entire world. Islamic rule, Islamic conquest and the overthrow of the existing world order. Tehran believes this war has opened the gates for a global Islamic uprising. America’s political leaders should listen carefully, because Iran is telling us exactly what it intends to do. Trump did not finish the job, he postponed the next phase of it. Iran will rebuild, rearm and return unless the Islamic Republic is permanently dismantled. Anything less merely gives Tehran time to prepare for the next round while presenting its survival as proof that Allah has delivered America into its hands. President Trump, do your job and finish this war with military victory. Anything less is unacceptable, and unAmerican.

Now The End Begins is your front line defense against the rising tide of darkness in the last Days before the Rapture of the Church

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When you contribute to this fundraising effort, you are helping us to do what the Lord called us to do. The money you send in goes primarily to the overall daily operations of this site. When people ask for Bibles, we send them out at no charge. When people write in and say how much they would like gospel tracts but cannot afford them, we send them a box at no cost to them for either the tracts or the shipping, no matter where they are in the world. We have a Gospel Billboard program. We are now broadcasting Bible studies, Podcasts and a Sunday Service 5 times a week, thanks to your generous donations. All this is possible because YOU pray for us, YOU support us, and YOU give so we can continue growing.

But whatever you do, don’t do nothing. Time is short and we need your help right now. The Lord has given us an open door with a tremendous ‘course’ for us to fulfill that will create an excellent experience at the Judgement Seat of Christ. Please pray for our efforts, and if the Lord leads you to donate, be as generous as possible. The war is REAL, the battle HOT and the time is SHORT…TO THE FIGHT!!!

“Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;” Titus 2:13 (KJB)

“Thank you very much!” – Geoffrey, editor-in-chief, NTEB