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What does it mean to be declared righteous?

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Romans 3:20 - Righteous through Christ, not through the works of the law

Faith in Jesus as our Savior

Me, me, me! call the ego-centered people. I don’t want to lust anymore. I don’t want to lie anymore. I don’t want to get angry and jealous anymore. – And fail again.

On the other hand, those who know the truth, say Jesus, I cannot do it. Take over. – And they will be reconciled with God forever. And get more and more necessary power to sin less and less

“for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.”(Romans 3:23-24; NIV)

How do we become righteous before God? While it is natural to want to live a good life according to God’s commandments, it is clear that no one has ever lived up to God’s commandments. Why not? Because no man can keep all commandments. Therefore, in God’s Word, it says: “For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.”(Romans 3:28; NIV)

Righteous before God

Righteous before God, and thus reconciled with God, according to God’s Word, are only those who believe in Jesus as their Savior: “But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile” (Romans 3:21-22; NIV)

It’s easy

God and Jesus don’t make things complicated; the devil confuses and complicates everything. But the divine simple truth about Jesus is this: “There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son.” (Jesus in John 3:18; NLT)

Take this warning to heart: “For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse” (Galatians 3:10; KJV) Such people will spend eternity in hell and not in the literally paradisiacal presence of God.

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Will the Antichrist and False Prophet go to hell before the devil?

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Will the Antichrist and False Prophet be sent to hell before the devil?

After the second coming of Jesus at the Battle of Armageddon, the Antichrist (called the beast in Revelation), along with his religious counterpart, the False Prophet, is taken by God and cast into hell (Lake of Fire):

“But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who had performed the signs on its behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.” (Revelation 19:20; NIV)

The Antichrist and False Prophet are defeated by Jesus.

But “only” the Antichrist and False Prophet are first banished to hell (fiery lake). The devil will follow them later. 1,000 years later.

Jesus has his seat of reign in Jerusalem

After defeating the forces of evil at the Battle of Armageddon, Jesus (based in Jerusalem) builds his 1,000-year kingdom. During that time, we humans are freed from demonic attacks by the devil, because the devil is locked away for the duration of the 1,000-year kingdom (Revelation 20:1-3): “to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore…” (Revelation 20:3; NIV)

The final locking up of the devil

But when the thousand years are up, Satan will be released from his prison: “When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison” (Revelation 20:7; NIV)

Immediately, the devil again gathers people hostile toward Jesus. These armies are on their way to Jerusalem to attack Jesus and the Jesus-believers. But they are quickly defeated: “But fire came down from heaven and devoured them.” (Revelation 20:9; NIV)

At the beginning of the millennial kingdom of Jesus, the Antichrist and his religious counterpart, the False Prophet, were banished to the lake of fire (hell). Well, at the end of the Thousand-Year reign, when the devil has been defeated in his renewed effort to defeat Jesus, the devil too will be banished into the lake of fire for all eternity: “And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.” (Revelation 20:10; NIV) He will never again have the opportunity to lure people with his confusing disinformation and lies on the wrong path.

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