Hell in the light of God's grace - Part 1

With such a title you maybe wondered what to expect! There will be no question here of universal salvation, salvation for all. This doctrine is not consistent with what we learn from the biblical scriptures. But this other widespread doctrine is equally inaccurate, that everyone will go to hell except a small handful. Not scriptural at all, either!

For centuries, religion has striven to wield terrible hell to convert its proselytes. As if it were possible that one can deeply and heartily attach oneself to a cause or a person under threat and fear!

The Bible speaks of hell, of a lake of fire and of outside darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Hell is used to refer to the lake of fire probably because it's quicker to pronounce and everyone has a vague idea of what it refers to.

Many are openly of the opinion that the other will go to hell, if (s)he does not adhere to their belief with rarely, arguments based on the Word of God and most often in total ignorance of the subject. They simply repeat and propagate a received and very simplified idea.

And what if we took the scriptures! Let's check together what the Bible says on the matter. We start from this observation that the 66 books of the Bible never contradict each other but, on the contrary, assemble, complement each other admirably to give a clear understanding on this matter of hell.

 In the light of the new covenant, in the light of what Jesus says in the gospels, the Holy Spirit through his authors in the epistles and some prophets in the Old Testament, three categories of people will unfortunately spend eternity in the lake of fire. Let's call them

The hearts of stone,

The without excuse,

The blasphemers against the Holy Spirit

A fourth category will be found in a 'place' called 'darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth'. It is neither the Hades nor the lake of fire. We'll talk about that later.

Matthew, 25:41 - “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

The lake of fire speaks of eternal flames. Jesus who does not lie teaches us that this lake does exist and that it was not prepared for man but for the devil and his angels who are the demons.

It has not been prepared for man and yet some will spend eternity there since God tells them 'depart from me into the eternal fire'.

Will there be so many as the zealous for everything except for mercy would tend to believe?

Let's start by giving up the ridiculous imagery: that of little red imps with forked tails that in the middle of the flames, spur the lost with their tridents.

Some Old Testament scriptures teach us that the evil spirits who will be in this furnace with their leader will be at the same 'hierarchical' level as the simple humans who will be there. They will have neither authority nor power to goad them as religious clichés like to portray it.

The Bible often refers to a real event or character in human history to foretell a future event or other personage of greater spiritual significance. God, who inspired the Bible, is the only author who can use the life of someone or a nation allegorically and draw prophecies from their history. One calls this a prophetic life, a life that announces and illustrates a greater truth to come.

For example, Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 prophesy about this earthly king who really existed, the king of the city of Tyre. But the reading of these texts must be read also at another level because this king of Tyre represents another, the one who today, animated by great anger, shakes the earth and thinks only of destroying the work of God:

 Isaiah, 14:9 - Sheol (Hades, the realm of the dead) beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you—all the rulers of the earth.
They will all respond to you, saying, “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us! Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.
How you have fallen from heaven,
O day star, son of the dawn!
You have been cut down to the ground,
O destroyer of nations.
You said in your heart:
“I will ascend to the heavens;
I will raise my throne above the stars of God.
I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north.
I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High. But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.

 One cannot help but think of Jesus' words:

 Luke 10:18 – He (Jesus) replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.   

 And here is the chapter of Ezekiel that prophesies about this same character. Let's keep in mind that the terrestrial king of Tyre was never in Eden and was certainly not a protective cherub with outstretched wings, covered in precious stones. He was not cast out of the mountain of God. He was certainly neither wise nor perfect in beauty.

Ezekiel 28 12 - Son of man, take up a lament concerning the king of Tyre and say to him: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: carnelian, chrysolite and emerald, topaz, onyx and jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl.
Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared.
You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones. You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you.

By assembling the two texts, we have a complete portrait. In Isaiah 14, there is no question yet of his stay in the lake of fire but we see the inspirator of the fallen world, cast out of heaven, thrown to the ground, descended into Hades where he finds himself without any more power than the great kings of the earth. His power is reduced to nothing to the point that all are astonished that he who had caused so much havoc and who seemed so powerful now finds himself without strength like the rest of those around him, thrown to the ground, in spectacle to kings who say to him with astonishment: "You too are without strength like us, You have become like us."
As it will be in the lake of fire for eternity.

Through Jesus' words, therefore, we learn that some people will join the devil in this flame.

But who are they? The whole world that has not known Jesus?

Great sinners?

Atheists?

The others who don't have our religion or do not believe what we believe?

In Matthew 25, Jesus gives a very precise and unequivocal description of who will go to hellt, the meaning of which is not veiled. There is no esoteric meaning, no mysterious symbol, no hidden double meaning. Words say exactly what they say because Jesus always spoke in simple words to be understood by all.

1/ The hearts of stone

Matthew 25:41 - Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,
I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.
“They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
“He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

It is at the Last Judgment that God separates those who are called goats and sheep. Everyone is judged according to his works. Of the goats, the Lord Jesus says they will go into the eternal fire. Why will they go? What reason will lead them there? Is Jesus talking mentioning sin?

 Not here. The goats will go into the eternal fire for never giving food to the hungry or never giving drink to those who were thirsty or never clothing the one who was naked or never welcoming the stranger, or visiting a sick person or a prisoner.

 Like the rich man, of whom we are going to speak, they will have lived their entire lives until their last breath in a selfishness and a hardness of heart that is difficult to imagine.

At the Last Judgment, these hearts of stone will be judged according to their works, not according to their sins.

To those who think that the whole world that does not know Jesus or that others will roast in the fire and in the light of these words of Jesus himself, I ask you a question:

'In your opinion, will there be many, except for reasons of interest, who have NEVER given food to someone who was hungry, never given a drink to anyone who needed it or given a garment to those who lacked it, or visited a sick person or a prisoner or welcomed a stranger??

Will there be so many of these hearts of stone that go into the eternal fire? 

As we have just said, Jesus does not speak of sin but of having failed to practice the basic of the universal law of love: 

Galatians, 5:14 - For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”. 

They will have loved only themselves. And those who have sinned without the law, without the religious law, the commandments, since they did not know it, they will not be judged with this law but according to the way they have followed the voice of their conscience. We'll see that in a few moments. Conscience is where the God of love and justice speaks to every human being, believer or not. 

Romans 2:12 - All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.
For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous.

Have you noticed when this separation between goats and sheep occurs? This is unequivocally the last judgment because in all biblical scriptures the moment that all nations are assembled before God to be judged refer to it.

Matthew, 25:31 - When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.
All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat,
I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink,
I was a stranger and you invited me in,
I needed clothes and you clothed me,
I was sick and you looked after me,
I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?
When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
“The King will reply,
‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’  

They also take possession of the kingdom because of their works. This does not contradict the text of Romans which says that pagans who naturally practice the law of love will be justified, made righteous, on that day. All the texts overlap, enrich each other and we can therefore compare these words of the Lord with the reference text about Last Judgment in Revelation 20.  

Revelation 20:11 - Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books.
The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death.
Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire

We said that the scriptures of the Bible complement each other. The two texts obviously speak of the same event.

Those who are called the dead in Revelation 20 are called sheep and goats in Matthew 25. They are judged according to what they have done as recorded in the books.

Those whose names are found in the book of life in Revelation 20 are the sheep of Matthew 25 to whom Jesus, the King of kings, will say, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world', judged also according to their works but not only, as we are going to see. 

Those who go into the eternal fire are therefore not those who do not know Jesus or who have never heard the gospel but those who have also been judged by their works, not having their names in the book of life, recognized in the category of goats, the hearts of stone. They never followed the voice of their conscience and practiced elementary deeds of love.

This is confirmed by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of the apostle Paul: 

Romans, 2:14 - Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law.
They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.)
This will take place on the day when God judges people’s secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.

What will appear visibly on that day when God judges people’s secrets, is that the law is well written in all hearts and that everyone hears the voice of conscience. The day when God judges people’s secrets, this is the day of judgment, and the apostle Paul teaches us an amazing truth : on that day, God will judge the secret actions of sheep and goats through Jesus Christ based on their secret actions recorded in the open books. 

God will judge them THROUGH Jesus Christ. The Greek word διά is correctly translated in English bibles : through, by means of.

God will judge them through Jesus Christ, that is, by putting them to the benefit of the redemptive work of the One who atoned and paid for the sins of the whole world. Judged through Jesus, all will be put to benefit the saving effects of the atoning blood of the Blood of the Lamb, all except the goats. 

The sheep are in the book of life, because of the Lord Jesus. This is what emerges from the texts of Revelation 20 and Romans 2:14. Judged according to their works but saved by the same grace that saved us all, saved from their sins through the crucified lamb and his redeeming blood. God imputes righteousness to them in Christ. That's why they're in the book of life. This is what Paul means when he says that God will judge these people THROUGH Jesus Christ.

 I repeat my question to the merciful Sunday service hearts who think that everyone will go to hell: will you ignore these texts and persist in thinking so? Do you still believe that so many people will be goats, having been closing their hearts for their entire life to the needs and pain of others? Of course, not, I hope. This greatly reduces the number of lost and to anyone who would be embarrassed by this idea, I suggest meditating this:

Matthew, 12:7 If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

And here is another verse of the gospel dedicated to zealous vigilantes who, animated by the same spirit as James and John, would like the fire of heaven to strike down all sinners:

Luke 9:53 - And as they went, they entered a village of the Samaritans, to prepare for Him. But they did not receive Him, because His face was set for the journey to Jerusalem. And when His disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, just as Elijah did?” But He turned and rebuked them, and said, “You do not know what manner of spirit you are of. For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them.”

That said, there will be goats. Jesus described the prototype in one of his parables or perhaps it was the description of a real person.  

Luke 16:19-21 - There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day. But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate, desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, the dogs came and licked his sores.

A poor man, named Lazarus, was lying at his door, covered with sores, and eager to satiate himself with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table.  

Here is a true hardened egoist who closed his heart to extreme misery crawling on his doorstep. During his entire life, not once did he invite to his table, this unfortunate man who lived before his eyes and dreamed of feeding even the crumbs falling from the abundance of his table. Not once in his life did he help this poor man relieve his sores, as the Samaritan had done for the traveler found injured on the road. The dogs were more merciful than he was. They, at least, relieved the poor man's sores by licking them.

No, he led a joyful and brilliant life, a whole existence dedicated exclusively to his personal pleasure, a whole life, without compassion, resolutely ignoring the need of his neighbor! It is hard to believe that this can exist, but if Jesus mentions it, it is because there have been and will still be goats.   

There will surely be a certain number if we consider the multitude who have lived since Adam but still, in all that we see here, don't you find believe that we are really far, very far from this widespread belief that the whole world not knowing Jesus will go to hell! This 'doctrine' is totally erroneous and unfounded!

The Hades

It is important to specify that only those who have not heard of Christ and believed in Him will be among this multitude judged according to its works at Last Judgment, sheep or goats. 

When their bodies died, they found themselves in a waiting place that the Bible calls Hades, the realm of deads, in anticipation of the final judgment of which we have just spoken. 

The Hades is a waiting plave with no imp armed with trident. How may we say that?

Because Jesus Himself holds the keys of death and Hades and controls access to it. On the Cross, He stripped evil spiritual powers of their authority and power, including that of death.  

Revelation, 1:18 - I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.

Colossians, 2:15 - And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

Hades is the first place to which Jesus went in spirit just after His resurrection. We learn from the letter of the apostle Peter that He went to preach the good news of reconciliation with God to those who had died before and during the flood in Noah's time, those who are called here the spirits in prison who once disobeyed God.

1 Peter 3:18 - Christ suffered for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit. So, he went and preached to the spirits in prison— those who disobeyed God long ago when God waited patiently while Noah was building his boat. Only eight people were saved from drowning in that terrible flood.

It's amazing, isn't it? The Son of God came down to visit them in Hades. They too had a chance to meet and hear the Savior who took away the sin of the world, and they were not altar boys. Genesis describes them as having their thoughts turned every day only to evil.  ONLY to evil.

Genesis 6:5 - The LORD saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled.
So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.”
But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.

However, another scripture suggests that many of these spirits in prison totally perverted by evil have believed, they have found grace and returned with Jesus to     paradise, like the robber crucified at the same time as the Lord.

Luke 23:33 - When they had arrived at the place called Skull, they crucified him there, as well as the two evildoers, one on the right, the other on the left.

Luke 23:39 - One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: ‘Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!’
But the other criminal rebuked him. ‘Don’t you fear God,’ he said, ‘since you are under the same sentence? We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.
Then he said, ‘Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.
Jesus answered him, ‘Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.’

Hearts were wicked in Noah's day, continually drawn to evil, but it seems that men of those ancient times would have received the Lord Jesus promptly and favorably, if they had seen and heard Him. Even Sodom would not have been destroyed if they had lived in Jesus' time. 

Matthew, 11:21 - Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.
Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.
And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades. For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.
But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.’

Jesus, the wonderful Saviour, tirelessly continued his mission after resurrection, to the point of going into Hades to save souls! We see with admiration that the Savior truly came to save what was lost and that He is doing everything to achieve it. May He be praised forever! 

Hades is not at all a place of punishment since the judgment has not yet taken place. It is a waiting place. A place of torment for some, assailed by their memories. Their bad conscience agitates them in this solitude stripped of all earthly pleasure where conscience burns like a flame that nothing can make forget or distract. This is what the parable of the rich man teaches us. 

Luke 16:22 - The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.
In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.
So he called to him, “Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.”   

He was suffering from thirst and his guilty conscience even made him want to be an evangelist. He begged Abraham to send Lazarus to go to earth and testify to his brothers of this place.

‘He answered, “Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment. Abraham replied, “They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.”

Hades is a waiting place but not necessary a place of torment.

In the 1^st book of Samuel, the prophet also was resting there until King Saul came to disturb his rest, bringing him up by way of spiritualism. This text does not legitimize spiritualism, quite the contrary. It objectively shows the bewilderment of King Saul who puts the finishing touch to his disobedience by practicing spiritism that God had made him forbid under his reign.

1 Samuel, 28:8 - So Saul disguised himself, putting on other clothes, and at night he and two men went to the woman. ‘Consult a spirit for me,’ he said, ‘and bring up for me the one I name.
But the woman said to him, ‘Surely you know what Saul has done. He has cut off the mediums and spiritists from the land. Why have you set a trap for my life to bring about my death?’
Saul swore to her by the Lord, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, you will not be punished for this. Then the woman asked, ‘Whom shall I bring up for you? 'Bring up Samuel,’ he said.

(...) Samuel said to Saul, ‘Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?’

If Saul dusturbed him, it was because Samuel was in a position of rest in Hades. Hades was not a place of torment for the prophet. 

Christians and Hades

John 3:17 - For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

Those who have received Christ, who have believed in Him, those who are born again are not judged and do not go to Hades or pass the Final Judgment.

No Last Judgment, because you have just read it, whoever believes in Jesus, is not judged. Jesus was judged and condemned in our place. There is no more judgment for who believes it. There will be no double jeopardy.

No Hades either for the Christian, and why?

Because a Christian awakens not in Hades but in Christ, at the moment death separates him/her from his/her dead body. How do we know? Here:

Ephesians, 2:6 - he raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places, in Jesus Christ, 

Or here:

Colossians, 2:12 - having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

During the earthly life, God's children are already resurrected and are sitting in spirit with Christ in heavenly places. The soul and body on earth prevent them from perceiving the full reality of their spirit united to Jesus as through the Spirit of God they are already with Him, one spirit.  

1 Corinthians 6:17 - But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.

It is an extraordinary truth which only faith strengthened and enlightened by the Holy Spirit can fully capture, to our greatest joy and triumph. We must ask for this revelation, this type of faith in the Lord, that of the effective dwelling of Jesus Christ in our hearts!

Ephesians, 3:16 - I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.

Whether we are aware of it or not, it is a position, a glorious privilege, flowing straight from the grace of the Lord. When the Holy Spirit opens our eyes, this enlightened faith strengthens our walk with Him, makes us invulnerable and swells our hearts with overlapping and lasting joy and hope. 

As soon as the body dies, the Christian, the dwelling of Christ in Spirit awakens in his true home, where he had always been without really perceiving it unless having the eyes of faith open. Our (true) life is hidden with Christ in God. 

Colossians, 3:3 - or you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

In Daniel 7:10, yet another great truth is cross-checked!

As I looked, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His clothing was as white as snow; the hair of his head was white like wool.
His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze.
A river of fire was flowing, coming out from before him. Thousands upon thousands attended him; ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The court was seated, and the books were opened..

Who are these thousand thousands who are already serving God on the Day of Judgment? Because here again, we are talking about this day when books are open. It is indeed this day of judgment.

These thousand thousands (one million – 10 million in French Bible versions) are the resurrected ones who have begun to reign with Jesus. They are not part of the ten thousands times ten thousands (100 million – 10 billion in French versions) assembled before the throne, which we already mentioned and who will be judged according to their works written in open books.

The Christians, those having Christ in them and who lived by and with Him during their earthly walk, are now with Him and serve Him. They will witness the great judgment.

Ten million, ten billion; I took the calculator, but the figures given by the prophet Daniel are not to be taken as an exact count. It is just a proportion that is given to us. I had often wondered: if everyone is king in the kingdom of God, called to reign with Jesus, over whom do these kings reign? Here we have an answer. 1 million, 100 million (Ten million, ten billion), that's on average leaders of one hundred (1 thousand according to French versions) under the leadership of a supreme King : Jesus the King of kings.

We talked about the dead in Christ. But some (the privileged!) will not even experience the death of their mortal body that will be transformed into a body of glory at the universally awaited return of Jesus Christ. (Yes, universally because several other religions are waiting for the Messiah!)

1 Corinthians, 15:51 - Listen, I tell you a mystery: we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed – in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.

When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: ‘Death has been swallowed up in victory     . 

1 Thessalonians, 4:16 - For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.

When it is said that the dead in Christ, the deceased Christians, will rise again, we understand that as they already are alive in spirit with Christ in heavenly places, to rise means here that they will recover their body or more exactly a new glorified body, and not the one they had sown in some way and which had returned to dust. They recover a body like the risen body of Jesus, an incorruptible body, eternally young, no longer knowing sickness, weakness nor death.

1 Corinthians, 15:35 - But someone will ask, ‘How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?’ How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else. But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.

1 Corinthians 15:42 - So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.

To sum up, those who have never heard of Jesus and therefore have not had the opportunity to believe properly (we are not talking about simple belief but faith) will be judged by their works. And all those who are not of the category of goats will benefit from the grace of God like all of us, for they will be judged by, through Jesus Christ and will be found in the book of life.

Part 2 : the no-excuse