Perhaps the passage in Daniel signifies that Antichrist is able to tempt those saints who already have died to act in self-will, just as Satan acted in self-will while he was a guardian cherub that sheltered the very Throne of God with his wings.

Or it may be true that the reference is only to living saints who are tempted to leave the Presence of God and live in the passions of the flesh. However, if this is the case, what is to be done with the saints who died before being thoroughly tested in the area of obedience? Either they were perfected in obedience before they died; or they will be perfected in obedience while in Heaven at God's right hand; or else they will not appear with Jesus Christ as a member of the governing priesthood.

No matter what position one takes concerning the above concepts, one thing is certain: there will be no one riding behind Jesus Christ on a white war stallion who in any manner is disobedient to God. I think we all can agree with this.

All shall be shaken in the last days. The purpose of the shaking is to remove from the governing priesthood everything in them that has not become part of the Lord Jesus Christ, that does not live by His body and blood. All rebellion shall be removed.

God never before has fully avenged Himself concerning the original self-will of Satan. God has permitted it to spread throughout mankind. Then God has made Christ, the obedient One, available to the elect so they might have the opportunity through Christ to overcome all worldliness, bodily lust, and self-will.

Those who succeed in choosing Christ over worldliness, lust, and self-will, those who have been called, chosen because of their choosing Jesus over all, and faithful throughout every imprisonment, will inherit the "all things" of God. They will shine as the stars forever. They will govern all the creation of God, insuring that never again will a rebel approach the Throne.

There is a firstfruits to God and the Lamb. They have the Lamb's name written on their forehead because they are part of the Lamb. They have the Father's name written on their forehead because they are sternly obedient to the Father.

There will be multitudes in the Kingdom who have not had to drink from the cup the firstfruits were required to drink from, who have not been required to be baptized with the baptism wherewith they were baptized. Yet these saved people will be totally joyous in their assigned place in the new world.

The Lake of Fire was not prepared for man but for the devil and his angels.

Then he will say to those on his left, "Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels." (Matthew 25:41—NIV)

The only human beings in the Lake of Fire will be those who have chosen the way of Satan over God. They have refused the deliverance that comes only through Jesus Christ because they are self-willed. They are not going to turn their will over to Christ. Therefore they are another satan in the universe and will be confined for eternity where they cannot bring misery and death back into the Paradise of God.

To be continued.