Some for everlasting life and others to eternal damnation.
Eventually yes. The resurrection of the unrighteous is due to the fact that not everyone who has ever been born has had the privilege of being introduced to the good news. They lived in a time or place where it wasn't available, so they are resurrected and given the chance to decide whether they want to be on God's side and receive everlasting life or Satan's side receiving everlasting destruction. That is why Satan is sent to the Abys in the book or Revelation and then released. Once the unrighteous are instructed on God's purpose and promise Satan is allowed to give them the alternative, which many will prefer.
Those people will have the unique possibility of a second death, from which there is no resurrection. That's why the symbolic lake of fire is called the second death. It symbolises everlasting destruction.
High Theoretical Skeptic...I'm more interested in those who are volunteering for eternal damnation at the moment.
Eternal destruction. That is their choice and one to be respected. God gives us a choice and both are acceptable to him.
I enjoyed reading through some of your points...especially about the Jehovah's Witnesses...I am a great fan of theirs.
I see. Keep in mind that I don't speak on their behalf, I don't represent them.
Now, on the point of the stars falling to the Earth...in the Holy Bible there are many points made that have tandem references and this may be one, but the meaning to which I refer is at the end of the Great Tribulations which will result in a particular way and indicates that the planet Earth will be impacted in a specific way.
Yes. The stars (angels) are hurled to earth with Satan, and this impacts earth in a specific way. Bad. The JWs say this happened in 1914, but that isn't necessarily accurate. They've had a few false prophecies spring from that conclusion.
This planet, along with the Sun and all of the Milky Way are proceeding through the universe at high-speed. If, by impact of some rogue celestial body, as indicated by the reference to Wormwood and the fiery lake of sulphur, this planet stalls...separated from that high-speed motion, then the stars will all appear to be coming towards us...but worse than this, all the elements would dissolve, in an instant, all at the same time, now don't ask me about the science that tells me this, it's all in the Holy Bible, and no one can understand it all anyway...but we had better be ready.
Wormwood or absinthe is a woody plant that has an extremely bitter taste. In the Bible it is used to represent immorality (Proverbs 5:4), and bitter experiences like that of Jerusalem's destruction by the Babylonians (Jeremiah 9:15; 23:15). It can also represent injustice and unrighteousness (Amos 5:7; 6:12) Apostacy (Deuteronomy 29:18) and in the case of Revelation 8:11, the poisonous absinthe.
Revelation 8:10-11 uses Wormwood to represent the teachings of false religion. A large portion of the life giving fresh water of Jehovah's true word (Revelation 1:16, 20; 3:1) is turned to bitter poison by false religion causing the spiritual death of a large portion of people.
A new heaven and new earth represents the destruction of the world. Satan's system. Governments, commerce, false religion. Jehovah's kingdom replaces all of that and the meek live forever upon the earth. So the chaos and destruction represented by celestial phenomenon isn't literal. Stars are huge. They don't fall to earth without destroying it literally.
