A common misconception which arises from this English translation is that God will mete out a just retribution for sins in the believers life, and some measure of retributive punishment for sins will result.7. 5 But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness. Wiki User. Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the Lord;For He is coming to judge the earth. (Rom 14:10 & 2 Cor 5:10) 2) White Throne Judgment = non-believers only. The phrase Son of Man occurs 195 times in the Old and New Testaments. 20:34-38; Matt. 1:10; Rev. The crown is not eternal life which is a gift through faith alone in Christ alone (Jn. The same thing happens in the life of believers, but God brings discipline to stop the process. They were showing favoritism and hurting other believers rather than showing love and concern as it should be among believers in Christ. What then is the solution? I believe we have two books here. Both Romans 14:10 and 2 Corinthians 5:9 speak of the judgment seat. This a translation of one Greek word, the word bema. But those who are not killed by these judgments will be gathered, judged, and the rebels removed with only believers going into the millennial kingdom. This vision of the Great White Throne describes the last and final judgment of history. But this happens as a judgment from God against mans arrogant independence. (1) The first book opened will probably be the Scripture, the Word of God, which contains the revelation of Gods holy character, the moral law, the declaration of mans sinfulness, and Gods plan of salvation through faith in Christ. No amount of good living will get us to heaven or give us eternal life. The Principle. 3:11-12. At graduation there is some measure of disappointment and remorse that one did not do better and work harder. Rather, God disciplines us as a father disciplines his sons to bring us back into fellowship that we might be conformed to His Son. 6; 9:15, 18; 11:13). 4:16); (3) the resurrection of tribulation period saints (Rev. 6:18-19; Tit. This is what his work deserves. Mary is a virgin in the accounts of Matthew (1:16; 18-25) and Luke (1:26-38). The result is the one world system of the Beast as described in Revelation. 6:17). Rev. Friend, have you put your trust in the person of Christ as the God-man Savior who died for your sin? The deeds of the unbeliever are only examined to show that the person, no matter how much good they have done, falls short of Gods holy demands. 1:4). garmin vivoactive 3 vs forerunner 45 All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God. 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. Key Scriptures: Heb. The point is the Great White Throne Judgment does not occur on earth or in heaven as we know it, but somewhere beyond, perhaps in extreme outer space. I see one Judge two 2 Final Judgment Seats. All their hopes and dreams had been placed in an earth and system that was passing away (1 John 2:17), and now they see it dissolve before their very eyes. (2) Resurrection is viewed in Scripture as an event that terminates one program and initiates another, and one would not expect Israels resurrection could come until God had finished the seventy years decreed for His people, the Jews, according to Daniel 9:24-27. In the King James versionthe word - judgment - appears 294 timesthe word - (NIV). Compare Isaiah 13:6-22 = judgment; but 14:1-3 the result which is peace, Israel regathered and in blessing (Joel 1:15f 2:1f, 12-18f; 3:1f). Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were sinners, Christ died for us. But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one. (4) Loss of Opportunities. Death refers to the body now resurrected while Hades refers to the soul, the immaterial part of man. In other words, when we fail to honestly judge sin in our lives it spills over in one area after another. 3:10-15 with 9:24-27). 3 Let not him who eats regard with contempt him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him. Q. An interesting and important passage to this study is Acts 24:15-16because in this passage Paul implicitly made reference to two judgments which are closely related. 6-19). Why? Undoubtedly, then, the Scripture will be used to demonstrate the clearness of the plan of God and that man is without excuse. What becomes the issue for us today? 4:34f). Though, in this passage the Apostle does not say he would receive a crown, this is suggested, if not here certainly in other passages. This means that rather than operating by faith in Gods provision, we end up operating in the energy of the flesh. We may have confidence. Confidence is parrhesia and means courage, boldness to speak. Point: Though none of us are perfect or ever will be, still, faithfulness to abide and obey the Lord will give confidence of rewards. This means we must each come to God the same wayas a sinner who recognizes his sinfulness, repudiates any form of human works for salvation, and relies totally on Christ alone by faith alone for our salvation. 19:28; 24:45-47; 25:21, 23; Lk. But Scripture shows that even this is a manifestation of Gods wrathful judgment that He will cause to rain on the earth. 11 Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. 7:18, 22, 27. Some today refuse to distinguish between the general tribulations of this age that the church will endure, and the unique, universal, and unprecedented Tribulation that will come. Micah 7:19 He will again have compassion on us; He will tread our iniquities under foot. Will the Lord reject forever?And will He never be favorable again? In Revelation 20, John mentions a place called the Lake of Fire. This is his term of endearment for his readers as born again people. 13; 17); economically (Rev. Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out. Selfishness ought not to be defined simply as the pursuit of our own self-interest. 6-19; Zech. Eph. 1:24f, moral degeneration and the gradual breakdown in the moral fiber of men when they turn away from God. When He appears. The when points to the imminency of the return of the Lord. John 12:31 with Rev. For the Lord will execute judgment by fireAnd by His sword on all flesh,And those slain by the Lord will be many. 30:7; Dan. 18 He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 28:13). Gods wrath against mans sin and rebellion will be withheld no longer. See also Colossians 2:10-13; Galatians 2:20; and Romans 8:1-2. 1 James M. Stifler, The Epistle To The Romans, Moody Press, Chicago, 1960, p. 31. Do not judge, and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; pardon, and you will be pardoned. These and only these are accepted by God and will spend eternity with Him (cf. Will believers experience shame, grief, remorse at the Bema? 15:23); (2) the resurrection of the church age saints at the rapture (1 Thess. As it will be shown below, though it is tremendously serious with eternal ramifications, the judgment seat of Christ is not a place and time when the Lord will mete out punishment for sins committed by the child of God. The judge at the Bema bestowed rewards to the victors. 30 For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep. 4:8; Rev. 2 Corinthians 5:21 He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. But do you suppose this, O man, when you pass judgment on those who practice such things and do the same yourself, that you will escape the judgment of God? 19:17-19; and Dan. Awards are handed out to every Christian. Biblically, the word tribulation comes from the Greek word thlipsis which means affliction, distress. In the Bible it is used (1) in general of any kind of testing or affliction or distress which people experience throughout life, and especially of the church and her problems in this world (John 16:33; Rom. When the Bible speaks of the last judgment, it is not similar to taking a final test to see whether we pass or fail. That type of judgment has already taken place. This last judgment is the public recognition of decisions long-since made. The last judgment is also known as the Great White Throne judgment. The question of sin in regard to Gods justice has been forever satisfied in the mind of God by the all-sufficient sacrifice of His Son. The victor of a given event, who had participated according to the rules, was led by the judge to the platform called the Bema. Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. He said to the judges, Consider what you are doing, for you do not judge for man but for the Lord who is with you when you render judgment. The order is: At the end of the Tribulation, the Lord Jesus will return personally to earth (Zech. Though the death of Christ does not obliterate the presence of the sin nature and though it is still a powerful enemy (Rom. 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. Rewards become one of the great motives of the Christians life or should. Because of what Jesus Christ accomplished for us on the cross, the Bible states that He that has the Son has life and we can receive the Son, Jesus Christ, as our Savior by personal faith, by trusting in the person of Christ and His death for our sins. 4:10; Rom. 1:9-16; Gal. It is so important to note the emphasis here. 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. (4) The Crown of Life (Jam. (b) The voice of the verb is passive. Some will reign with Him, but, because of loss of rewards, evidently some will not. But (2) Scripture also uses it of a very special and future time of tribulation that is to come upon the whole earth (Matt. This word was taken from Isthmian games where the contestants would compete for the prize under the careful scrutiny of judges who would make sure that every rule of the contest was obeyed (cf. (2) All believers, regardless of their spiritual state, will be raptured and will stand before the Bema to give an account of their lives and will either receive rewards or lose rewards. This is a plain indication of Gods righteous judgment so that you will be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which indeed you are suffering. It will become unprecedented in its affliction as suggested by the description, the Great Tribulation (Matt. (3) To reward the believer for all the good he or she has done as portrayed by the symbols of gold, silver, and precious stones, that which is valuable and can stand the test of fire without being consumed. In Revelation 4:2 John beheld a throne set in heaven from which the Tribulation judgments proceeded. In Scripture, the Day of the Lord is often associated with this time of great judgment which God will pour out on earth against Israel and the nations, but it is also associated with the time of millennial blessings which follow when the Lord will rule on earth. However, Scripture does call us to show what we might call critical discernment on certain matters. All believers will live in the millennium and in eternity with the Lord. 9:6). 11:1f; 13:1f; 2 Thess. The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment, and will condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here. Compare the following passages: 1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. 18 Now where there is forgiveness of these things, there is no longer any offering for sin. 12:4-11; John 15:1-7). The resurrection of the just mentioned in verse 15 will be followed by the Judgment Seat of Christ or the Bema, the place and time when believers will be examined for rewards or their loss (see discussion below). 12 Zane Hodges, Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society, Autumn, 1991, p. 7. Again, for the church this means the event of 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. 11:30). Though ones primary focus might be on the future judgments, this study will also cover the judgments of the past and the present because they are related and form a part of the total picture revealed in Scripture. 6:10-12; 1 Pet. We may rule over galaxies, celestial bodies, the heavens, and definitely over angels, and the world (cf. 15:17; Jn. (5) 1 John 2:28. 2:2 the ruler of the kingdom of the air, NIV [air is the Greek, aer, the atmospheric heavens]). 24:4-26). (3) A time of trouble or distress (Daniel 12:1). But this sorrow must be somewhat relative because even for the finest of Christians there will be some things worthy of unceasing remorse in the light of Gods unapproachable holiness. When they enjoyed each other and the fruit trees and blessings of the garden, they acted in their self-interest but they did so in dependence on and in obedience to the Lord. gimp add alpha channel to selection. 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. Psalm 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. (See Appendix A for an explanation of how to become a Christian.). Matt. For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you. Moses was on Mount Sinai for forty days and nights receiving Gods laws. (1) All the passages dealing with the Bema or rewards are addressed to believers or pertain to believers of the church (Rom. the word - the word - judge - appears 191 times. Our rewards seem to primarily be a matter of responsibility and maybe opportunities, but they will not be like badges or medals we wear as in the military. Obviously, most see that the immoral person deserves the wrath of God, as the Apostle describes in Romans 1:18-32. Note that these two things go together. 3:14-15). 2 Tim. The Judgment Seat of Christ is not a place and time when the Lord will mete out punishment for sins committed by the child of God. 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