[ZNPaaneah]

It is generally accepted that the Great White Throne is where unbelievers are judged and sent to the Lake of Fire.

The verse prior to this judgement, v10, is where Satan is bound and cast into the Lake of Fire.

However, in this same verse it says that the False prophet and the beast are already in the Lake of Fire.

One possible explanation, which Witness Lee seems to have taught without explicitly spelling it out, is that the False prophet is cast into the Lake of Fire 1,000 years earlier. Although WL doesn't say this, it would suggest that the False prophet was sent to the Lake of Fire during the Judgement Seat of Christ.

That is shocking since we have also been taught that this judgement is for believers and that once you become a believer the Lake of Fire is no longer an option.

Therefore how do you reconcile that in Rev 19:10 the False prophet and the Beast are already in the Lake of Fire, before Satan is cast in and before the Great White Throne judgement?

Strangely, the explanation that I currently hold is one that agrees with our basic teachings:

1. Only unbelievers get sent to the Lake of Fire
2. Unbelievers are judged at the Great White Throne
3. Believers are judged at the Judgement seat of Christ
4. Believers are not sent to the Lake of Fire.

I explain this as the False prophet has deceived himself. Just like those in Matthew that come to the Lord and say "Lord, Lord, did we not do these works of power in your name?" It is the False prophet that wants to be judged at the judgement seat of Christ, so the Lord says "fine" -- so the False prophet is the exception that confirms the rule. The only reason the False prophet is judged at the judgement seat of Christ instead of the Great White Throne is that he has deceived himself.