Bucket List Legacy; (No.2)

 

2. Add someone’s name – and life – to your bucket list.

Instead of making your bucket list all about what you want to accomplish, think of at least one or two people whose lives you’d like to pour into before you die, so that you leave a lasting imprint on them and possibly impact their lives for eternity.

Who do you know that might be unnoticed by everyone else? Who doesn’t have family around and would be changed by your love and service toward them? You can begin pouring into that person’s life by showing God’s grace to them, helping them turn from a life of sin, sharing the plan of salvation with them, or just being a friend in the name of Jesus.

Such investments are spiritual and often cannot be displayed here on earth. In fact, the more we let God do the accounting and displaying for eternal investments like that, the more we have that we probably didn’t realize! Make part of your bucket list something God can reward and your legacy will turn into eternal rewards stored up in heaven.       

Revelation 20:11

11 I saw a large, white throne and the one who was sitting on it. The earth and the sky fled from his presence, but no place was found for them.

Revelation 20:11 describes the “Great White Throne” judgment, a final, universal courtroom scene where Jesus Christ sits in perfect purity and authority, and the present heaven and earth dissolve before His unveiled holiness.

Overview

Revelation 20:11 marks the beginning of the final judgment following the defeat of Satan (Revelation 20:7–10). John sees a “great white throne” symbolizing absolute authority (“great”) and perfect justice (“white”). Bible Hub

The Great White Throne

• Great: Indicates unmatched magnitude and universal jurisdiction. Bible Hub
• White: Symbolizes purity, righteousness, and incorruptible justice. Bible Hub
• Throne: Represents sovereign rule and final verdicts in biblical imagery. Bible Hub

The One Seated on the Throne

• Scripture teaches that the Father entrusts all judgment to the Son, so the enthroned Judge is understood to be Jesus Christ. Bible Hub
• Early Christian writers also interpreted this figure as Christ acting in divine authority. Bible Hub

“Earth and heaven fled away”

• This phrase depicts the dissolution of the present universe, unable to withstand God’s revealed holiness. Bible Hub
• It echoes prophetic imagery of cosmic un‑creation (Isaiah 34:4; 2 Peter 3:10–12). Bible Hub
• The disappearance of the old creation prepares for the new heaven and new earth in Revelation 21:1. Bible Hub

“No place was found for them”

• Indicates the complete removal of the old order—nothing of the former creation remains or can hide from judgment. Bible Hub
• Mirrors Daniel 2:35, where remnants of earthly kingdoms vanish without trace. Bible Hub

Context in Revelation

• Revelation 20:11 introduces the final judgment of all the dead (20:12–15).
• Those not written in the Book of Life face condemnation in the lake of fire. Bible Hub
• The redeemed, already raised earlier (20:4–6), are not subject to this judgment.

Summary

Revelation 20:11 presents the ultimate courtroom of history: Christ seated on a radiant throne, His holiness dissolving the old creation, and His authority initiating the final judgment before the new creation appears. Bible Hub

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