You have a choice....what will you decide?

This is a Huge question which I think keeps people awake at night both if you are a believer and even some of those who claim they aren't.

The Best way to answer any question we have regarding the Holy word or the Bible is to go straight to the Bible for the answers.

One must keep in mind a very famous scripture that everyone knows or has at least heard of. John 3:16  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."
Romans 6:23 makes it pretty clear that the "Wages of sin are death" It does not say the wages of sin are torture.  We have one life to make a decision  and in life we have one of two choices to make. We can live eternal life or we can choose eternal death. It really is that simple!
Going back to  John 3:16 No where is the term "everlasting punishment" used. The word used is "perish"
The full truth is this....If you choose not to accept Jesus you will die and will not have eternal life. That is the choice you will have made.  But if you choose to walk with Jesus here on earth during your lifetime you will walk with Jesus for the first 1000 years in the end as well.
Jesus died on the cross to receive our sins so through his sacrifice we can be saved.  You can choose to accept Jesus and be forgiven or you can choose to reject Jesus and then you will stand alone and receive judgement for all of your sins without forgiveness.

Now in saying that Let's  break this down for a moment as there are a few parts of scripture which seem to fully confuse some denominations in this area.  Even slight confusion on this topic has lead to serious false teachings of scripture here. Lets recap for a moment.  Upon the Last Great Day or the End of the world as some refer to it, Unbelievers will lie dead and believers  will be blessed with walking with Jesus at this time for 1000 YEARS!!!, We will learn HIS ways, We will hold weekly Sabbath on the true day and we will all honour the Holy Days of the Bible not the pagan traditions followed today.  It will be a wonderous time. After the 1000 years is up Then the day of Judgement or  "Judgement Day". will come... EVERYONE will be judged on this day. It needs to be clear that there is only one judgement day and that everyone will be there. This helps you to understand the scriptures when HE says no one is in heaven except my father. Does it rationally make logical sense to say that there are people in Heaven right now but after judgement day will then have to pack up and go to the "other place"??? This is not scripture. We lie asleep in our graves until the day of Judgement day unless you died believing in Christ and then any and all children of Christ will be raised on the last great day to walk with Jesus for the 1000 years. If you didnt believe you simply lie dead. Your next waking thoughts however will be of Judgement Day as that will be your next stop  That should terrify people. It terrifies me and I'm not lost.;( ....

Keep in mind there are 4 groups of people on the earth mentioned in the Bible. The Dead who are Saved, The Alive who are saved, the The Dead who are not saved and the Alive who are not saved.  Everyone will be  judged on ONE day- good and bad alike.  Everyone found guilty of their sins by not choosing to follow Christ will be thrown into the lake of fire and will cease to exist...there will be no eternal life for them and no eternal torment as some Christian denominations teach.  The alive who didnt follow Christ will also face judgement as we all do and then will also cease to exist.  For Believers the good news just gets better. Even though everyone is judged on the same day, Not only do we walk with Jesus for a 1000 years and learn his ways but judgement day comes AFTER we have had the opportunity to walk with Jesus for that 1000 years! THAT IS INCREDIBLE TO ME!!! And should be to you as well.  We will ALL be judged Yes this is true, but what a comforting feeling to know that our first waking moment after death is to walk with Jesus while the rest will not be woken until the day of judgement is upon us.

Doesn't that make more sense? Our God is ever forgiving and loving!How could you enjoy your eternal life and salvation if you thought that everyone who ever lived were burning eternally and being tortured forever?

This is where it gets a little harsh for some to hear.  God is loving but He is also Just and fair.  In saying that, there are two very important things that need to be mentioned at this point.  The Bible is very clear what happens to all in the end depending on how you chose to live your life. It is also clear that there are certain players who will be treated more harshly than the rest.  Revelation 16:3, 17:8 make it very clear that these key players who live  in the time of Great Tribulation  will burn in the lake of fire for eternity but it is clear these beings are not human. 

So we now understand that there is no Hell where everyone is going to be sitting for eternity screaming and writhing in pain or agony of any kind. It is very clear that the unbelievers will in deed be cast into the lake of fire and then the second death will happen for all eternity. That will be it for those who have chosen this path.  The Anti Christ, False prophet and the Beast it is clear will be cast into the fire to be tormented day and night but is there anything else that scripture is VERY CLEAR about?

There is ONE BIG difference in the Bible with reference to a specific group of people. We all know that the Bible uses parallels throughout to show us what the future holds at the time of the end.  In Isaiah34:8-10 just as the Bible typically does  it parallels what will happen to the group of people who take the mark of the beast.  
"For it is the day of the Lord’s vengeance,
and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
⁹ And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch,
and the dust thereof into brimstone,
and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
¹⁰ It shall not be quenched night nor day;
the smoke thereof shall go up for ever:
from generation to generation it shall lie waste;
none shall pass through it for ever and ever. "
People have been handpicked to live at this wonderous time in history! God doesn't make mistakes and everything He does has a purpose. You were meant to be here for this great time however; in this great time will also come knowledge, all things hidden will be revealed and this generation will have the most opportunity to make the right decision. Because of this the ones who do not choose properly WILL BE DEALT WITH DIFFERENTLY as they will have made a conscious choice to follow the Beast and to take the mark we have been warned about. People will take this mark rather than die  in order to continue to be part of the Anti Christ system as opposed to following Gods ways and trusting Him.  These people the Bible is very clear will pay a dear price ;(  Im not sure if that means they will be punished as harshly as the three key players but I know I wouldn't want to be them. It doesn't sound good

Revelation 14:9-11

Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

⁹ And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, ¹⁰ the same 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: ¹¹ and the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. 

God Bless xoxoxoxo