The consequence of rejecting God's love and redemption is a permanent state of separation from His presence. According to 2 Thessalonians and Matthew 25, those who do not know God will face eternal punishment, while Revelation 20 describes the final judgment where the wicked are cast into the lake of fire. In contrast, John 3:16 and 1 Peter 3:18 emphasize God's desire to save humanity through Jesus Christ, who suffered to redeem believers from this fate, offering them eternal life instead. This solemn truth underscores the importance of responding to God's offer of salvation.
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They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,
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.
Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books. The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire. And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.