Death of the Righteous/ Death of the Unrighteous
Joyce Webb 2010
Most of these verses are given from King James Version.
Death for the Righteous:
John 3:15 Jesus talking: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
John 3:16 Jesus talking: For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life.
John 3:36 Jesus talking: He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Matthew 10:32,33 Jesus talking: Whosoever therefore that confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. Also, Luke 12:8,9
John 6:40 Jesus talking: And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up in the last day.
John 17: 3 Jesus talking: And this is eternal life, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou has sent.
Revelation 22: 5.…..for the Lord God giveth them light; and they shall reign forever and ever.
Revelation 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Death for the Unrighteous: Eternal (Forever) in a Place of Fire
Matthew 13: 41, 42 Jesus talking:
And the Son of Man shall send forth his angels and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend (do not please) ,
and them which do iniquity (sin),
and shall cast (throw) them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing (crying) and gnashing (grinding) of teeth.
Matthew 13: 49, 50 Jesus talking:
So shall it be at the end of the world:
The angels shall come forth and sever (cut off) the wicked (sinful) from among the just (righteous),
and cast (throw) them into the furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 25: 31-46 Jesus talking:
Vs. 41 Then he shall say also unto them on the left hand, Depart (leave) from me, you cursed into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
Vs. 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
The story of Lazarus told by Jesus. Real people’s names are used so we believe this is a story of a real thing. Luke 16:19-31 The rich man is in torment and wants water for his tongue.
II Thessalonians 1:8,9 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power.
Matthew 25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Matthew 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
Matthew 10: 28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both the soul and body in hell.
Revelation 14: 10,11 The shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation: and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.
And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever: and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and who receive the mark of his name. (These two verses are talking about those who worship the Beast and take his mark during the tribulation.)
Revelation 19: 20 (Talking about the Beast and his prophet ) These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Revelation 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the Beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever.
Revelation 21: 8
This verse in modern English: John talking:
But the fearful (those who are afraid to be true to their faith in Jesus–usually because of what others will do to them),
and unbelieving (not believing in Jesus, God’s son, because He has said He is the only way to God),
the abominable (very bad sin),
and murderers,
whoremongers (sexual sin),
and sorcerers (magic, spirit worship),
and idolaters (worship idols) ,
and all liars (do not tell the truth) ,
shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone (sulfur): which is the second death.
I Corinthians 6: 9, 10 (This verse in modern English)
Paul talking:
Know you not that the unrighteous shall not inherit (receive) the kingdom of God?
Be not deceived (fooled):
No fornicators (sexual sin),
no idolaters (worship idols),
no adulterers (people who have sex with someone they are not married to),
no effeminate (a man who tries to be like a woman),
no abusers of themselves with mankind (sexual sin between men, or between women),
no thieves (stealing),
no covetous (to want things that belong to others–great desire–that you may try to get it from them),
no drunkards (people who get drunk),
No revelers (parties of drinking, sex, sin),
no extortioners (people who get what they want by using other people, or make the price for something very high–more than it should be),
Shall inherit (receive) the kingdom of God.
Galatians 5:19 (This verse in modern English)
Paul talking:
Now the works of the flesh are manifest (shown),
Which are these:
Adultery (sex with someone you are not married to),
fornication (sexual sin between unmarried persons),
uncleanness (sexual sin of any kind–in your thoughts–sex pictures), lasciviousness (doing things, looking at things that make for sexual desire–for someone not your married mate),
Idolatry (worship idols),
witchcraft (devil worship, magic, spirit worship, contact with evil spirits), hate,
variance (person who gives himself to fighting, arguing, making trouble for others),
emulations (to try to copy or be like someone trying to be better than them because of much jealousy),
wrath (great anger),
strife (making upset between people),
seditions (to make upset against leaders, government, rebellion),
heresy (teachings that are against what the Bible teaches),
envy (jealous so much as to make problems for another or try to get what they have),
murder,
drunken,
revelling (parties of drinking, sex, sin),
and such like:
Of which I tell you before, as I have also told you in times past, that they which do these things shall not inherit (receive) the kingdom of God.
Jesus is the only way to God
John 3: 16 Jesus talking:
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life.
John 3: 18 Jesus talking:
He that believeth on him is not condemned (blamed, dammed): but he that believeth not in condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
John 3: 36 Jesus talking:
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth (stays) on him.
John 14: 6 Jesus talking:
I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Believers must stay believing and obeying in Jesus.
If they break away from Jesus they are put in the fire.
John 15: 1-6 Jesus talking:
I am the true vine….abide in me, and I in you.
As the branch can not bear (have) fruit of itself, except ye abide in the vine; no more can you, except you abide (stay) in me…..
if a man abide (stay) not in me, he is cast (thrown) forth as a branch,
and is withered (dry up, die);
and men gather them, and cast (throw) them into the fire, and they are burned.
Revelation 2:7 John telling what the angel of God is saying to him:
To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst (middle) of the paradise (heaven) of God.
Revelation 2: 10
Be thou (you) faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
Revelation 2:11
He that overcometh shall not be hurt by the second death.
Revelation 3:5
He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment (robe, clothes); and I will not blot out (mark out, erase) his name out of the book of life, but I will confess (say) his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Revelation 3:11
Behold, I come quickly; hold that fast (sure, firm) which thou (you) hast (have) , that no man take thy (your) crown.
Revelation 3: 12
To him that overcometh will I make a pillar (post) in the temple (building of worship) of my God, and he shall go no more out; and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of God, which is the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven…..
Revelation 3: 21
To him that overcometh will I grant (allow) to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.