"The wicked are not so, but they are like chaff which the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners stand in the assembly of the righteous. For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish." ~NASB
This passage begins with, "The wicked are not so..." The wicked are not firmly planted; they do not prosper in whatever they do. I am reminded of big CEOs who have the world at their feet, but they aren't happy or satisfied with what they have. Or all of the scandals, suicides, and things that happen in the celebrity world. Despite everything they have, they (or maybe more appropriately, it) is insubstantial, and the least little thing can make it blow away.
I will admit the next section confuses me a little bit. My interpretation is that only those whose names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life, only those who have accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior will appear before Him at the end of this world, to receive the rewards or lack thereof they sowed in life. Wickedness cannot exist in the presence of God.
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