Page 68 - The Road from Babylon to Zion

first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. And I saw the
holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made
ready as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from
the throne, saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and
He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God
Himself will be among them, and He will wipe away every tear from
their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be
any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away."
And He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things
new." And He said, "Write, for these words are faithful and true." Then
He said to me, "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning
and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the
water of life without cost. He who overcomes will inherit these things,
and I will be his God and he will be My son.”

Please note that these promises are all for the Overcomer. It does not say that
everyone who confesses the name of Christ will receive these promises. It does not
say that everyone who has at some time in their life followed Christ will partake of
these things. It says, “He who overcomes.” These promises are for the Overcomer,
only. Many are the children of God who will fail to attain to these things and there
will be weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth among multitudes of those who
filled the pews of their local church building week after week and year after year.

Did you note that Revelation 2:11 stated that “He who overcomes will not be hurt by
the second death”? Revelation 21:8 clearly identifies the second death as the lake of
fire.

Revelation 21:8
"But for the cowardly and unbelieving..., their part will be in the lake
that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."

How many of the saints have been falsely taught that the lake of fire is only for those
who never confessed faith in Christ? It is only the Overcomer who has been promised
to be spared from the second death which is the lake of fire. Many who are of the
household of God will share a place with the unbeliever, and that place is in the lake
of fire. Yahshua spoke of servants in His household who acknowledged Him as Lord,
but who acted in a wicked and unbelieving manner. He stated that they would share
the following punishment.

Luke 12:46
The Lord of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him
and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces, and assign
him a place with the unbelievers.