babyys, as promised:
Revelations 20: 11 Then I saw a great white throne
and him who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence,
and there was no place for them. 12 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. 13 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 he had done. 14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake
of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. 15 If anyone's name
was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the
lake of fire.
Matthew Henry's commentaries on
Revelations 20:11-15 After the events just foretold, the end will
speedily come; and there is no mention of any thing else, before
the appearing of Christ to judge the world. This will be the great
day: the Judge, the Lord Jesus Christ, will then put on majesty and
terror. The persons to be judged are the dead, small and great;
young and old, low and high, poor and rich. None are so mean, but
they have some talents to account for; and none so great, as to
avoid having to account for them. Not only those alive at the
coming of Christ, but all the dead. There is a book of remembrance
both for good and bad: and the book of the sinner's conscience,
though formerly secret, will then be opened. Every man will
recollect all his past actions, though he had long forgotten many
of them. Another book shall be opened, the book of the Scriptures,
the rule of life; it represents the Lord's knowledge of his people,
and his declaring their repentance, faith, and good works; showing
the blessings of the new covenant. By their works men shall be
justified or condemned; he will try their principles by their
practices. Those justified and acquitted by the gospel, shall be
justified and acquitted by the Judge, and shall enter into eternal
life, having nothing more to fear from death, or hell, or wicked
men; for these are all destroyed together. This is the second
death; it is the final separation of sinners from God. Let it be
our great concern to see whether our Bibles justify or condemn us
now; for Christ will judge the secrets of all men according to the
gospel. Who shall dwell with devouring flames?
CE's layman's explanation: apparently the persons appearing in this
scenario does not seem to have salvation, otherwise, they'd be in
heaven already. these people seem to have died, or perished, or
buried. Yet their bodies are resurrected to face the judge to
account for their lifes. I'd say babies and those who have not
heard the gospel will fall into this category. Whether in this
modern times of high technology that it is possible for people NOT
to have heard the gospel is another issue.
I need to state that Bible
commentaries are written by scholars, but human nontheless, the
issue of whether unsaved ignorant individuals have been discussed
substantially in various church and apologetics websites and there
is no universal answer.
