It turns out that if you don't accept Jesus in this lifetime there is some chance that you will have a thousand year period to get it right, this is called the millennium. Now the Bible doesn't specifically say that everyone that flunks the test now gets to go into the millennium, but there is some chance. Then there is one last big problem that occurs at the end of the millennium where people surround Jerusalem and fire falls from heaven and destroys them all. It's reasonable to assume that those people don't have their names in The book of Life. At the end of the millennium God will go through the book of Life and put all those people into a new heaven and a new Earth. Anyone whose name is not in the book of Life at that time goes into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is a horrible place that you never come out of. So let's not go there okay? If you become a Christian now then our belief is that you'll be resurrected in the first resurrection, you won't have to go through the millennium, and you won't have to risk getting burned up at the end of the millennium by fire from heaven. And most importantly your name will be in the book of Life for all of eternity. Having your name in The book of Life is the only thing that matters. Nothing else matters but having your name in The book of Life. Yes rewards are nice, but if your name is not in the book of Life rewards aren't going to be very helpful in the lake of fire.
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