Real Hope for Your Loved Ones Who Have Died - Conclusion of "ALL THOSE IN THE MEMOIAL TOMBS"

What about all the people who did not serve or obey Jehovah because they never knew about him?? These  billions of "unrighteous" ones will not be forgotten.  They too will be resurrected and given time to learn about the true God and to serve him. During a period of a thousand years dead will be resurrected and given an opportunity to join faithful humans on earth in serving Jehovah. It will be a wonderful time. This period is what the Bible refers to as Judgment Day.

Does this mean that every human who ever lived will be resurrected?  No.  The Bible says that some of the dead are in "Gehenna" (Luke 12:5)  Gehenna got its name from a garbage dump located outside the ancient city of Jerusalem.  Dead bodies and garbage were burned there. The dead whose bodies were thrown there were considered by the Jews to be unworthy of a burial and a resurrection. So Gehenna is a fitting  symbol of everlasting destruction. Although Jesus will have a role in judging the living and the dead. Jehovah is the final Judg. (Acts 10:42) He will never resurrect those whom he judges to be wicked and unwilling to change. 

Next time: Real Hope for Your Loved Ones Who Have Died - THE HEAVENLY RESURRECTION

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