Author	: Bill Kochman
Publish	: Nov. 12, 2025
Update	: Nov. 12, 2025
Parts	: 02

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Continuing our discussion from part one, now if you, as an unbeliever, think that you can break God's Laws, and somehow still sneak into the Heavenly City in some other way like an illegal border crosser, think again, my friend, because you are in for a very major and rude awakening! As I explained a moment ago, the simple fact of the matter is that if you are so foolish as to reject Jesus Christ, God will view you as an ILLEGAL. You are a STRANGER, a FOREIGNER and an ALIEN to God, and you won't be allowed to enter into the holy city, New Jerusalem. Despite your much pleading, God will tell you to depart from Him, because you are none of His, and He does not know you. This awful truth is revealed in the following group of Bible verses:

"And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."


"Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:"


"But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out."


I truly hope that the previous verses will be enough to wake up any unbelievers who may possibly be reading this article. However, once you accept Jesus, you will then automatically acquire a brand new status. You are no longer a rejected STRANGER and a FOREIGNER to God. You in fact become a member of God's very own household, and you are adopted as His son or daughter due to your abiding faith in Jesus Christ. As a result, you WILL be given admittance to the Heavenly City of Light. All of these wonderful truths are made quite evident by the following group of Bible verses. Enjoy them!:

"Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ . . . Now therefore YE ARE NO MORE STRANGERS AND FOREIGNERS, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit."


"Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, THE LORD KNOWETH THEM THAT ARE HIS. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity."


"For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus."


"But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:"


"Having predestinated us UNTO THE ADOPTION OF CHILDREN BY JESUS CHRIST to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,"


"But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that WE MIGHT RECEIVE THE ADOPTION OF SONS. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father."


"For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but YE HAVE RECEIVED THE SPIRIT OF ADOPTION, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF GOD: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together . . . For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, WAITING FOR THE ADOPTION, to wit, the redemption of our body."


"And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection."


Oh my, but aren't those verses inspiring?! Let me bring to your attention that in the previous group of verses we find the phrase "having this seal". Exactly what is that phrase talking about? Well, in my personal view, it actually has several different meanings which are all applicable to our current discussion. For example, as I explain in my article entitled "Backsliding, Divine Chastisement and the Divine Agreement", a very long time ago, God the Father and Jesus Christ made a Holy Agreement between themselves. It in fact concerned you and I, and our eternal destiny. I am sure that some of you can already see where I am going with this line of thought.

Obviously, I am referring to the fact that Jesus willingly chose to die for our sins, so that we can be forgiven, and thus be redeemed, saved, and inherit Eternal Life. Just as ancient kings often used signet rings to approve, authorize and seal agreements and letters, this Divine Agreement was also symbolically sealed by God the Father. Jesus in fact had His Father's full approval to do what He was about to do for humanity. That is to say, die on a Roman cross.

You see, as I fully explain in my three-part series entitled "The Blood Atonement: In Jesus' Own Words" -- which you will find listed at the end of this same article -- in accordance with Divine Law, Jesus had to shed His own blood in order to seal the deal with His Father. He had to pay that ransom for our souls; and by so doing, we in fact became His purchased possessions. We became His adopted children. I don't want to go too deeply into details here, because this subject is amply covered in other articles. So, for now, following are some verses which describe how Jesus shed His blood and thus paid the price to free us from the penalty of sin:

"But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood. For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you. Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and WITHOUT SHEDDING OF BLOOD IS NO REMISSION."


"Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to GIVE HIS LIFE A RANSOM FOR MANY."


"For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to GIVE HIS LIFE A RANSOM FOR MANY."


"Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, WHICH HE HATH PURCHASED WITH HIS OWN BLOOD."


"What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For YE ARE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's."


"YE ARE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE; be not ye the servants of men."


"WHO GAVE HIMSELF A RANSOM FOR ALL, to be testified in due time."


So everything I just explained to you is one way in which we can understand the phrase "having this seal". However, there is a second way to understand it as well, and it is in fact directly tied to the first way. How so? Well, because we've accepted Jesus Christ by faith, we too have been sealed by God's Holy Spirit. Earlier, I spoke to you about passports, visas, credentials and paperwork, right? Well, once we have accepted Christ as our Lord and Savior, we are approved by God, and our symbolic visa is stamped, so that we're granted permission to enter the Holy City of Light, New Jerusalem. We will NOT be rejected or ordered to turn around. Why not?

Because as we read in the previous verse "The Lord knoweth them that are his." That's why! As we've already discussed, God now recognizes us as His adopted sons and daughters. We are no longer strangers and foreigners to Him. We are in fact sealed for eternity, and absolutely nothing and nobody can ever take that away from us! We will all joyfully enter into the presence of our Lord and Savior someday! I discuss this same subject in the series called "Are You Saved and Sealed and Healed and Filled?", if you would like to take the time to read it. Following is a group of Bible verses which mention the Seal of God which is reserved for those people who accept Jesus Christ:

"He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true."


"Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed."


"Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts."


"In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory."


"And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption."


"And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads."


"And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads."


Sadly, in contrast to the previous wonderful and inspiring scenario, in Matthew 22, one foolish individual did in fact suppose that he could somehow sneak into the wedding feast without wearing the proper attire. However, to his own shock and embarrassment, the foolish intruder was caught without a wedding garment. As a result, the Lord informs us that the man was tied up, and promptly cast out of the feast and into outer darkness OUTSIDE of the city walls. In Jesus' parable, the wedding garment represents the robe of righteousness -- also known as the garment of salvation -- which we obtain when we place our faith in Jesus Christ as our only Lord and Savior. We are in essence clothed in the righteousness of Christ, because we have no righteousness of our own. Please consider the following group of verses which verify these particular points:

"Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests. And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."


"I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment ‭was‭ as a robe and a diadem."


"I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels."


"He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels . . . I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see."


"And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled."


"After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands . . . And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?‭ And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."


"Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God."


As we have already clearly established, and as we also read earlier in the previous verses which are likewise found in the Book of Revelation, it is the people who are saved and "which are written in the Lamb's book of life", who alone will be permitted to enter into God's amazing and wonderful City of Light -- known as New Jerusalem -- by way of those twelve pearly gates. Either we enter the Heavenly City the LEGAL way through accepting Jesus, or else we simply do not enter at all. In similar fashion, either a person enters our country the LEGAL way by having their paperwork in proper order, or else they do not enter at all. It is as simple as that. Should they choose to go the ILLEGAL route, then as I mentioned earlier, they will get what they deserve if they are caught, due to their own stupidity. They cannot blame ICE or CBP for that, or the president, or anyone else. They gambled and lost.

I must say, it is very interesting what we find in the Bible when we actually read it in its proper context, and as it is really meant to be understood. But don't tell that to any of the "let-everyone-in" liberals. They might just blow a fuse!

So to those of you who have been condemning President Trump and his administration for rounding up and deporting the most dangerous of the illegal elements, are you likewise going to accuse God of not being compassionate and loving because He also has a very strong immigration system in place? Are you going to point your accusatory finger at Him and blame Him for maintaining a strict policy regarding admission to His wonderful Kingdom? My gosh! Can you even imagine an arrogant and haughty fool approaching God and saying "It is not fair, God! How come You made Jesus the only way? Why can't I just get into Heaven some other way? Aren't there actually many paths like Oprah Winfrey often says?" Well, for anyone who even thinks that they can get away with doing something like that, I ask you to seriously consider the following group of Bible verses:

"Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few."


"Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?"


"Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath . . . If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this mans religion is vain."


"For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:"


"For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned."


"A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards."


"He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise."


"Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee."


"Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer."


So again, if you are not going to judge and condemn God due the admission policies He has set in place for His righteous and holy Kingdom, then why do you condemn those government authorities who are simply following our Heavenly Father's very own example by maintaining a strong border? Aren't you being hypocritical? Or maybe it is because you like all of that cheap labor where you can legally get away with giving all the ILLEGALS part-time work with minimum wages, and with zero benefits such as health and dental. Or perhaps you just want to increase your Democratic base by handing out so many freebies so that the ILLEGALS will be sure to vote for you in local elections. How about it?

On a related note, as some of you will already know, due to the Trump administration's hard push to remove dangerous and criminal illegal alien elements from within the U.S., there has been -- according to ICE -- a 300% uptick in the level of violence being committed against ICE officers. Yet these people are simply trying to lawfully fulfill the president's immigration enforcement agenda, which he views as a national security priority. These incidents have occurred in various areas of the country. But what really makes my jaw drop is that this rise in violence against ICE officers is not only being supported and encouraged by certain governors and city mayors, but it is being instigated at least in part by some immigrant advocates who deliver know-your-rights briefings to the ILLEGAL ALIENS.

What?! Is not aiding and abetting ILLEGAL ALIENS a crime in itself? Yet, sadly, this is occurring in a number of blue states -- the so-called sanctuary states -- where state and local officials are actually protecting ILLEGAL ALIENS from ICE officers. My friends, there is something seriously wrong when not only are liberals advising ILLEGAL ALIENS regarding how to avoid being detected and captured by the immigration officers, but they are also outright protecting them from ICE by refusing to reveal their location. That governors and mayors are encouraging this kind of activity is downright shameful and disgraceful! I say kick them all out of office!

I read about one incident where several ILLEGAL ALIENS in a car were stopped by immigration officers. The illegal aliens then demanded that the ICE officers present a search warrant before they would exit the vehicle. The situation got rough, and the ILLEGALS were eventually dragged out of the car. I am not a lawyer, and I know extremely little regarding U.S. immigration laws. But I am having a hard time understanding how aliens who are in this country ILLEGALLY, can even use American law against immigration officers who are simply trying to enforce laws which were made to protect American citizens from all manner of danger and threats originating from such ILLEGAL ALIENS.

This is just really messed up in my view! Why should ILLEGAL ALIENS even have any rights at all when they are knowingly breaking U.S. laws, and are NOT bona fide American citizens? If they have the same rights and privileges as we do, then does it not make being an American citizen rather pointless and meaningless? If they can work at American jobs, benefit from various American public assistance programs, receive free health care, even vote in local elections, then folks, I really just don't get it! What is the advantage of even being a natural-born American citizen who obeys the laws, works hard at our jobs, pays our taxes, etc., while those ILLEGALS enjoy the very same things? Well, as an American citizen, I dare you to try going down to Mexico and seeing if you can do the exact same things. Have fun with that!

With these thoughts, I will bring this article to a close. It is my hope that you've found it informative and enlightening, and I pray that it has been a blessing in your life as well. If you have an account with Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr or with any other social network, I would really appreciate if you'd take the time to click or tap on the corresponding link that is found on this page. Thanks so much, and may God bless you abundantly!

For additional information and further study, you may want to refer to the list of reading resources below which were either mentioned in this article, or which contain topics which are related to this article. All of these articles are likewise located on the Bill's Bible Basics web server. To read these articles, simply click or tap on any link you see below.

2024 US Presidential Election: Into the Darkness
A Treasure in Earthen Vessels: God's Promise of the Spirit
Apostasy of Oprah Winfrey: America's False Prophetess?
Are You Committing Adultery?
Are You Saved and Sealed and Healed and Filled?
Backsliding, Divine Chastisement and the Divine Agreement
New Jerusalem: Heavenly City and Mountain of the Lord's House
Not Everyone is a Child of God
One From Beyond: Hebrew of Hebrews
Strangers and Pilgrims: Are You an Alien?
The Blood Atonement: In Jesus' Own Words
The Fall of Masada
To Vote, or Not to Vote? That Is the Question
Vespasian, Titus and the Fall of Jerusalem
What About the Poor?
What About the Wall?
What is Meant by Outer Darkness in the Bible?

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