9. Who will be the last ones ever to die? Revelation 21:8; Revelation 20:10.
NOTE: ‘In the cleansing flames the wicked are at last destroyed, root and branch, Satan the root, his followers the branches. The full penalty of the law has been visited; the demands of justice have been met; and heaven and earth, beholding, declare the righteousness of Jehovah.’ Great Controversy, page 673.
10. Why must anyone die? Romans 6:23; Romans 1:28-32. Consider Ezekiel 33:11; Ezekiel 18:30-32.
NOTE: ‘God does not desire the destruction of any. “As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die?” Ezekiel 33:11. Throughout the period of probationary time His Spirit is entreating men to accept the gift of life. It is only those who reject His pleading that will be left to perish. God has declared that sin must be destroyed as an evil ruinous to the universe. Those who cling to sin will perish in its destruction.’ Christ’s Object Lessons, page 123.