This is the final judgment of the unsaved, non-believers, of all of the ages. These are resurrected for this event and they are judged before God. This occurs after the final rebellion at the end of the millennial period.
Immediately prior to this, at the close of the millennium, Satan was cast into the Lake of Fire where the Antichrist and the False Prophet have already been for 1000 years.
Now, before the Great White Throne are arraigned all of the unrepentant sinners of all ages. This throne is different than the throne of the tribulation period. That throne had a rainbow around it (Revelation 4:3) indicating God would show mercy and many would be saved during the tribulation period (Revelation 7).
But the Great white Throne has no rainbow. No more mercy will be extended. The God of love is now a God of JUDGMENT and WRATH. The whiteness of the throne stands for God's unspotted holiness. This holiness condemns all of the unrepentent sinners of all of the ages. Not only do the living unbelievers face this judgment but all the lost dead of all the ages are raised from the dead to face the same judgment. Here is the saddest roll call in history! All these unbelievers are then cast in the Lake of Fire (Revelation 20:15). Thus ends...and begins...the most tragic moment in history...a moment that for the unbeliever will begin at eternity in constant torment and eternal separation from God, called ini the bible, the SECOND DEATH" (Revelation 20:14). That is why the bible says, "Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years." (Revelation 20:6)
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