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“And there shall be no night there…and they shall reign for ever and ever” (Revelation 22:5).
“And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever” (Revelation 14:11).
Today, as I write this in January, 2024, we are sitting in a hotel lobby in Sydney, Australia. A man passed us wearing a T-shirt bearing the logo, “Extinction is forever.” We knew what it meant. He was concerned about various animals that are becoming extinct, for when this happens, there is no human means of bringing them back.
However, there are other things that will last forever—things that many people do not think about. According to our first verse today, those who reign with Christ will reign with Him forever. What a wonderful thought! But those who reject Him will be tormented in hell forever too. This is a most awful thought, and ought to concern us more than the extinction of some animals in this world. Yes, man has not done a very good job of looking after this world, but God is able to restore those extinct animals. He may well do so during the millennium, although I am not aware that Scripture says so clearly. But those who go into a lost eternity will never be released. I cannot think of anything more serious.
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