REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Forty One - Who Are Raised and Judged?

 John adds: "But another scroll was opened; it is the scroll of life.  And the dead were judged our of those things written in the scrolls according to their deeds.  And the sea gave up those dead in it, and death and Hades gave up those dead in them and they were judged individually according to their deeds." (Revelation 20:12b, 13) A breathtaking spectacle indeed! 'The sea, death and Hades' each plays a part, but note that these terms are not mutually exclusive. Jona, when in the belly of the fish and therefore in the midst of the sea, spoke of himself as being in Sheol, or Hades.  (Jonah 2:2) If a person is held in the grip of Adamic death, then likely  he is also in Hades. These prophetic words give strong assurance that no one will be overlooked. 

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