"He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him." -Jesus (John 3:36)
The Greek word translated here as "abides" (the transliterated word "meno") can be understood as meaning: to remain; to not depart; to continue to be present; to continue to be.
"He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil." -Jesus (John 3:18-19)
It seems here that on "Judgment Day" it will not be so much an action or judgment that God will do that will result in final separation from Himself, as it will be a final acquittal that will occur to remove that wrath which would have otherwise remained. It's not as much that we have to be careful when walking around to not catch a cold (wearing masks and gloves and taking injections), as it is that we've already got the bug and need a dose of meds.
We don't need to wait for it to come: it's on.
When did things get like this?
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