5:1-14). Understanding these various judgments will give insight into Gods program, but the goal here is not just information. 17). Again, for the church this means the event of 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. 12 Zane Hodges, Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society, Autumn, 1991, p. 7. After discussing the immoral man, the moral man, and the religious man in Romans 1:18-3:8, the Apostle Paul declares that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin, that there is none righteous, not even one, and all have sinned and come short of the glory of God (Rom. The word throne is used more than 30 times in Revelation, but this throne, the great white one, is to be distinguished from all others as the most significant one of all. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many. 2:7; 2:11, 17, 26. 20:34-35a). 14:10-12; 1 Cor. The resurrection program and the thus the reward of Old Testament saints occurs after the tribulation, after church age saints are already seen in heaven and rewarded and returning with the Lord to judge the earth (cf. 13:8-9). II, Abridged Edition, John F. Walvoord, Editor, Donald K. Campbell, Roy B. Zuck, Consulting Editors, Victor Books, Wheaton, 1988, p. 501. Psalm 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil. As seen in the above section dealing with self-judgment, the New Testament clearly teaches us that one of the ministries of our heavenly Father is the ministry of loving discipline. If God were to punish the believer judicially for his sins for which Christ has already rendered payment, He would be requiring two payments for sin and would therefore be unjust. 4:10), Paul may also have in mind a personal crown or reward that he will receive because of their presence at the return of the Lord. Instead, it should be defined as the pursuit of our self-interest in our own way, rather than in Gods way. Titus 3:5-7: He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that being justified by His grace we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. Unconfessed sin stands as a barrier to fellowship with the Lord and His control over ones life. This passage teaches: (a) that God has given us eternal life and this life is in His Son, Jesus Christ, and (b) that the way to possess eternal life is to possess Gods Son. (4) It is a day of destruction and global catastrophes (Joel 1:15; 2:3; 1 Thess. Eph. It is not to judge believers for sin of any kind, confessed or unconfessed. 11 All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness. 19:17; 1 Cor. The main point to see here is that this entire period is the expression of Gods wrath in increasing degrees of judgment to be poured out on the world. Rather, they are thankful that they have been graduated, and they are grateful for what they did achieve. 31 But if we judged ourselves rightly, we should not be judged. 1:30; Eph. If the world is judged by you, are you not competent to constitute the smallest law courts? WebThe Archangel* Gabriel is mentioned in the Holy Bible at least four explicit and possibly two implicit times: Daniel 8:1527. A God of faithfulness and without injustice. WebEditor - KJV Only, Dispensational, Bible believer Author has 62 answers and 23.3K answer views 1 y There are three different judgments for people: the judgment seat of Christ the judgment of the nations the great white throne judgment Judgement seat of Christ Saved Christians will not go through any other judgment apart from this one. As a child of God, you are, however, a babe in Christ and you need to grow and be spiritually nourished and built up in the things of Christ. We may rule over galaxies, celestial bodies, the heavens, and definitely over angels, and the world (cf. 17:22; 14:30). 5:19-21, 26). 3:23; Hab. In Revelation 20, John mentions a place called the Lake of Fire. He said to the judges, Consider what you are doing, for you do not judge for man but for the, but a terrifying expectation of judgment and, the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries. The judge at the Bema bestowed rewards to the victors. the word - judge - appears 191 times. (2) A Bat Boy at the World Series. Do Those Who Commit Suicide Go To Hell? Condemned along with the world in 1 Corinthians 11:32 most likely refers to the judgment of Rom. (1) Loss of Fellowship With the Lord. His work is perfect,For all His ways are just;A God of faithfulness and without injustice,Righteous and upright is He. 3:10-15 with 9:24-27). This is Gods judgment to cast Satan down from his position in heaven as the anointed cherub with all those angels who followed him to this earth and its atmosphere as the primary abode of their operations (cf. These are: (1) The Promise of Crowns. The result of this judgment will be that each Christian will be grateful for the reward which he receives, and he will have little or no shame. 15 If any mans work is burned up, he shall suffer loss; but he himself shall be saved, yet so as through fire.. The goal, however, is always to bring us back to Him (Heb. Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were sinners, Christ died for us. 2:7), of evil deeds (Col. 1:21; 2 John 11), of dead works (Heb. Friend, have you put your trust in the person of Christ as the God-man Savior who died for your sin? A strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate. 6:1; 9:14), of unfruitful deeds (Eph. 22:12 Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man according to what he has done. Romans 14:1-5 Now accept the one who is weak in faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his opinions. Sin always has its consequences and the Doctrine of the Judgments calls our attention to both the reality and nature of the consequences of sin. 14 If any mans work which he has built upon it remains, he shall receive a reward. (3) It is an expression and a proof of Gods love (Heb. (4) The Great Day, the one of their wrath (Rev. Revelation 20:11-15 And I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them. The Scripture teaches that before Messiah can begin to reign, there must be a judgment to determine who will enter into Messiahs kingdom since they are not all Israel (spiritually regenerated believers who put their trust in Jesus Christ as their Messiah) who are Israel (physical descendants only) (Rom. (4) It is designed to produce obedience and to protect them against untimely physical death (Heb. (2) The Incorruptible Crown (1 Cor. Daniel 9:24-27 shows us that the Tribulation, Daniels Seventieth week, is seven years. Matt. How then do we receive Gods Son that we may have the eternal life God has promised us? Any young man who loves baseball would probably be thrilled to be a bat boy in the World Series, but he would not be jealous or resentful because he was not one of the stars of the game. 1 Corinthians 4:5 ESV / 106 helpful votesHelpfulNot Helpful. So that points us to the purpose, the return of the Savior and what it will mean. It will begin with an apparent time of prosperity and peace created by this one world government under the deceptions of the man of lawlessness. Both body and soul are eternally separated from God in the eternal Lake of Fire, a very real, literal, and eternal place according the Scripture. The sea and death (i.e., the ground) contain the bodies and Hades contains the souls. Q. According to the King James Bible, hell is mentioned over 100 timesbut that This crown is a reward given for witnessing, follow-up, and ministry to others. Following are those six judgments: The judgment of the cross Jesus said in John 12:31-33, "Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. It is literally if He appears. The conditional clause does not question the reality of Christs coming, only the time of it and thereby points to its imminency. Some Bible teachers view the judgment seat as a place of intense sorrow, a place of terror, and a place where Christ display all the believers sins (or at least those unconfessed) before the entire resurrected and raptured church. How Many Times Is The Virgin Mary Mentioned In The Bible? Eph. It is called a throne because here the Lord Jesus Christ will sit in absolute majesty and sovereign authority to consign a Christ-rejecting world to the eternal Lake of Fire. (8) The Day of the Lord (Joel 1:15; 2:1; 1 Thess. Isaiah 44:22 I have wiped out your transgressions like a thick cloud, And your sins like a heavy mist. The Lords return and what this means not only to the world but to us individually is a very prominent subject of the New Testament. This was the victors crown, the wreath given to the victorious athlete before the judge at the Bema. (2) The disqualification mentioned in 1 Corinthians 9:27 means disqualified from rewards, not loss of salvation. While the following is not exhaustive, it demonstrates that sin in the life of a believer is not a small issue. 6:17; I Thess. This will be answered as we consider the basis on which rewards are given or lost. Isaiah 38:17 Lo, for my own welfare I had great bitterness; It is Thou who hast kept my soul from the pit of nothingness, For Thou hast cast all my sins behind Thy back. 3:13-15: each mans work will become evident; for the day will show it, because it is to be revealed with fire; and the fire itself will test the quality of each mans work. How many times does judgment appear in the Bible? This indication is also clear that it does occur in the new heavens and earth which are not created until after this event (cf. 12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds. It is called white because it will be the supreme and undimmed display of the perfect righteousness and justice of God to all mankind. (2) The believer who fails to abide experiences shame by the revelatory nature of Christs presence at the Bema. After our glorification, there will be no sinful nature to produce envy, or jealousy, or resentment, or feelings of dissatisfaction. (3) In 2 Timothy 4:8 and 1 Corinthians 4:5, rewards are associated with that day and with the Lords coming. All sinful deeds, thoughts, and motives, as well as all good deeds done in the energy of the flesh will be consumed like wood, hay, and stubble before a fire because they are unworthy of reward. The next prophetic event in Gods timetable will be the rapture or the catching up of the body of Christ, the church, as described in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. 7:25; Rev. Awards are handed out to every Christian. Her reward is described as fine linen, the righteous acts of the saintsundoubtedly the result of rewards. (3) A Graduate at Commencement. The Bible declares, we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory (the perfect holiness) of God. In other words, our sin separates us from God who is perfect holiness (righteousness and justice) and who must therefore judge sinful man (Rom. Scripture also teaches us that no amount of human goodness or human works or human morality or religious activity can gain acceptance with God or get anyone into heaven. 22:3; 21:4; Isa. You are now one of Gods children by faith in the Savior. 9:24-25). (1) In Luke 14:12-14, reward is associated with the resurrection and the rapture is when the church is resurrected. But we shall rejoice also as we realize that the rewards given will be another example of the grace of our Lord; for at best we are unprofitable servants (E. Schuyler English, The Church At the Tribunal, in Prophetic Truth Unfolding Today, ed. 5:11), of ungodly deeds (Jude 15), of deeds of darkness (Rom. Because Scripture declares all men to be sinful. They emphasize the importance and necessity of faithful living today but reject any thought of forensic punishment at the Bema. This in no way suggests a permanent condition. 17 For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through Him. What then is the solution? 1:18; Revelation 6:16-17; 11:18; 14:7, 10, 19; 15:4, 7; 16:1, 7, 19; 19:1-2. Although there is undeniably some measure of remorse or regret, this is not the overriding emotion to be experienced throughout the eternal state. Nevertheless, as mentioned earlier concerning the judgment of Satan, God has manifested His power by defeating Satan and his hordes. Her blessedness is extolled by Elizabeth (Lk 1:45). Why is possession of Gods Son necessary to have eternal life? (7) It is a time of death (Rev. Romans 6:4-11 Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. 8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, 9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him. The moral man, the religious man, and the immoral and non-religious are all in the same boatthey all fall short of the glory of God (Gods perfect righteousness). 12:11). It is so important to note the emphasis here. 59:2). Revelation 20:14 And death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. By this, love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, so also are we in this world. Elimination of the curse, pain and death will also remove sorrow, tears and crying (Rev. The overwhelming emotion is joyfulness and gratefulness. 12; Matthew 24:9, 13f). At the Judgment Seat of Christ believers works will be evaluated to demonstrate whether they are good or bad, and rewards will be conferred (2 Cor. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be But to me it is a very small thing that I may be examined by you, or by any human court; in fact, I do not even examine myself. 2:5). What we know about rewards is given in terms that are more general than specific. The Judgment Seat of Christ is not related to salvation but to the bestowal of rewards, and every Christian is assured that he will receive some reward (1 Cor. However, Scripture does call us to show what we might call critical discernment on certain matters. 8:18-25). In other words, God has removed Satan and his demons, the False Prophet and the Beast, and is about to judge the rest of the unbelieving dead. Is Divorce And Remarriage After Abuse, Neglect, Financial, Or Emotional Issues Okay? It is the purpose of this study to cover all the major judgments (past, present, and future) that we find in Scripture to help resolve this confusion. (1) Though the Tribulation begins as a time of peace, it soon becomes a time of unprecedented troubleJoel 2:2; Matt. 1 Cor. If so, how do we reconcile this with passages like Revelation 7:17, God shall wipe away every tear from their eye, and Revelation 21:4, and He shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there shall no longer be any death; there shall no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away, or with Isaiah 65:17, For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind? 3:24; 5:15-17; 6:23; Eph. (5) It is a day of extreme lawlessness, sin, and demonic activity (Rev. Reasons for this will be set forth and developed as we study the nature, purpose, and basis for the Bema. (4) The Promises to Overcomers. 9:25). Behold, the days are coming when I will break your strength and the strength of your fathers house so that there will not be an old man in your house. 13; 17); economically (Rev. Knowing and having the hope of the resurrection and all that this means to the Christian, the Apostle spoke of his commitment to maintain a clear conscience, one cleared by confession and the forsaking of all known sin (1 John 1:9; Prov. In the King James versionthe word - judgment - appears 294 timesthe word - (1) A Thanksgiving Dinner. Scripture teaches that all sins, both confessed and unconfessed, have been forgiven and taken care of by the work of Christ on the Cross so the Christian will never face those sins again at the judgment. They remind us of our responsibility to abide in the vine. 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