hello friends. this recently has been on my mind. in the verses i post below its saying heaven and earth flee away, and then st.john sees the dead small and great stand before God. my question is where are they standing if the earth is already destroyed and the new one hasnt been created yet? btw this looks like it refutes amillennialism completely because they say rev 20:11 is second coming, that would mean God has to destroy earth before rapture happens, that would be crazy we would all be crisp.
Rev 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
Rev 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
new heaven and earth are only created after this in revelation 21.
what do you say friends?
This heaven and earth is of the physical, and temporary, and will pass away one day.
Which God said that He will make a new heaven and a new earth, and the former shall not be remembered, nor come to mind.
Which Jesus said He goes away to make a place for the saints that where He is at they may be also, which is the new heaven and earth, the New Jerusalem.
Which the new heaven and earth is a place wherein dwells righteousness, which is a place where sin has never been, and sin will never be.
Which this earth shall burn up and all the works of it, and be dissolved, and the heavens shall melt with fervent heat, and dissolve, which all sin must be purged with fire, and this heaven and earth have to be purged with fire, and pass away for they have been tainted with sin, which Lucifer tainted heaven when he rebelled, and people tainted earth when they rebelled.
Which the wicked shall go in to the lower parts of the earth, which is hell and death, and hell and death shall be cast in to the lake of fire, so the earth shall be cast in to the lake of fire.
Jesus said not one jot or tittle shall in no wise pass from the law until all is fulfilled, which Jesus fulfilled the law for He is a sinless man, and all of the roles of Israel pertaining to their operation, for He is the perfect King, perfect High Priest, Prophet, Saint, temple, and sacrifice, and whatever else He had to fulfill.
But He has not fulfilled the role of perfect King on earth yet for He came as a humble servant, and the law must be fulfilled on earth.
Which is what the millennial reign of Christ is about when Jesus fulfills the role of perfect King on earth, which the LORD shall be King over all the earth, and in that day there shall be one LORD, and His name one, which the heathen shall not acknowledge any god, or religious figure but Jesus, which are the people that God spared when He fought the world at the battle of Armageddon so Jesus and the saints can rule over them.
When the millennial reign is over heaven and earth shall pass away, and be no more for they are physical, and tainted with sin and cannot be redone.
Then the dead shall rise to be judged at the great white throne judgment, and because heaven and earth passed away does not mean they do not have a place to stand, and they will not be in the flesh.
Then the saints will go to the New Jerusalem their final destination, where sin has never been, and sin will never be, and rebellion will never come up again, and the former heaven and earth shall not be remembered, nor come to mind for they are associated with sin and rebellion, and the angels and saints will remember nothing prior to the New Jerusalem, but believe they have always been there and nowhere else.