30-The Destruction of the Wicked - NKJ

1. God's Character Is One of Love.
Jeremiah 31:3 The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying: "Yes, I have loved you with an _everlasting_ love; Therefore with _lovingkindness_ I have drawn you.

2. God Does Not Want Anyone to Perish.
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is _longsuffering_ toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to _repentance_.

3. Our God Is a Consuming Fire. This Means Sin and Sinners Cannot Exist in His Presence.
Hebrews 12:29 For our God is a _consuming_ _fire_.

4. Sinners Will Ultimately Be Burned Up, Or Turned to Ash.
Malachi 4:1-3 "For behold, the day is coming, Burning like an oven, And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be _stubble_. And the day which is coming shall burn them up," Says the Lord of hosts, "That will leave them _neither_ root nor branch. [2] But to you who fear My name The Sun of _Righteousness_ shall arise With _healing_ in His wings; And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-fed _calves_. [3] You shall _trample_ the wicked, For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet On the day that I do this," Says the Lord of hosts.

5. The Wicked Shall Not Be.
Psalms 37:10 For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; _Indeed_, you will look _carefully_ for his place, But it shall be no more.

6. The Wicked Shall Perish, They Shall Be Consumed Away.
Psalms 37:20 But the wicked shall perish; And the enemies of the Lord, Like the _splendor_ of the _meadows_, shall vanish. Into smoke they shall vanish away.

7. The Wicked Will Not Be Found.
Psalms 37:36 Yet he _passed_ away, and behold, he was no more; Indeed I _sought_ him, but he could not be found.

8. There Will Not Be One Punishment Whose Effects Last Forever. There Will Be One Punishment Whose Effects Last Forever.
Matthew 25:46 And these will go away into _everlasting_ _punishment_, but the righteous into eternal life."

9. Sodom and Gomorrah Are Examples of Everlasting Punishment.
these Cities Have Ceased to Exist.
Jude 1:7 As Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given _themselves_ over to sexual _immorality_ and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

10. The Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah Are Turned into Ash.
2 Peter 2:6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to _destruction_, making them an example to those who _afterward_ would live ungodly;

11. The Fire Cannot Be Quenched Or Put Out Until Sin Is Totally Eradicated From the Universe.
Matthew 3:11-12 I indeed baptize you with water unto _repentance_, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. [12] His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will _thoroughly_ clean out His _threshing_ floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with _unquenchable_ fire."

12. Jerusalem Was Destroyed by An Unquenchable Fire Which Humans Could Not Put Out. The Fire's Work Was Complete and Jerusalem Is Not Burning Today.
Jeremiah 17:19-27 Thus the Lord said to me: "Go and stand in the gate of the _children_ of the people, by which the kings of Judah come in and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; [20] and say to them, 'Hear the word of the Lord, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who enter by these gates. [21] Thus says the Lord: "Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; [22] nor carry a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day, nor do any work, but hallow the Sabbath day, as I _commanded_ your _fathers_. [23] But they did not obey nor incline their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear nor _receive_ _instruction_. [24] "And it shall be, if you heed Me _carefully_," says the Lord, "to bring no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work in it, [25] then shall enter the gates of this city kings and princes _sitting_ on the throne of David, riding in _chariots_ and on horses, they and their princes, accompanied by the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city shall remain _forever_. [26] And they shall come from the cities of Judah and from the places around Jerusalem, from the land of _Benjamin_ and from the _lowland_, from the _mountains_ and from the South, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and incense, bringing sacrifices of _praise_ to the house of the Lord. [27] But if you will not heed Me to hallow the Sabbath day, such as not _carrying_ a burden when _entering_ the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will _kindle_ a fire in its gates, and it shall _devour_ the _palaces_ of Jerusalem, and it shall not be _quenched_." ' "

13. The Wicked Shall Be Destroyed Forever. Forever Does Not Always Mean Endless Existence But Is Literally Translated "Until the End of the Age. ".".
Revelation 20:10 The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and _brimstone_ where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be _tormented_ day and night forever and ever.

14. A Slave Shall Serve His Master Forever Or As Long As He Lives.
Exodus 21:6 Then his master shall bring him to the judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the _doorpost_, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him _forever_.

15. Hannah Presented Samuel Before the Lord Forever Or As Long As He Would Live.
1 Samuel 1:22 But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her _husband_, Not until the child is weaned; then I will take him, that he may appear before the LORD and remain there _forever_.

1 Samuel 1:28 Therefore I also have lent him to the LORD; as long as he lives he _shall_ be lent to the LORD. So they _worshiped_ the LORD there

16. The Evil Angels and All the Wicked Are Reserved Unto Judgment.
hell Is Not Burning Now.
2 Peter 2:4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and _delivered_ them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for _judgment_;

Revelation 20:9 They went up on the breadth of the earth and _surrounded_ the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and _devoured_ them.

17. Satan Himself Will Be Consumed to Ashes.
Ezekiel 28:17-18 "Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You _corrupted_ your wisdom for the sake of your splendor; I cast you to the ground, I laid you before kings, That they might gaze at you. [18] "You defiled your _sanctuaries_ By the _multitude_ of your iniquities, By the _iniquity_ of your trading; Therefore I brought fire from your midst; It _devoured_ you, And I turned you to ashes upon the earth In the sight of all who saw you.

18. The Fire Will Burn Itself Out and There Will Not Be Even a Coal Left.
Isaiah 47:14 Behold, they shall be as stubble, The fire shall burn them; They shall not _deliver_ _themselves_ From the power of the flame; It shall not be a coal to be warmed by, Nor a fire to sit before!

19. The Wicked Shall Be As If They Had Never Been.
Obadiah 1:16 For as you drank on my holy _mountain_, So shall all the nations drink _continually_; Yes, they shall drink, and swallow, And they shall be as though they had never been.

20. The World Shall Be Dissolved and Afterwards God Will Create a New Heavens and a New Earth.
2 Peter 3:12-13 Looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be _dissolved_, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? [13] _Nevertheless_ we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which _righteousness_ dwells.

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