How do we know who falls into the category of swine, those incapable of appreciating the truth, if we do not make certain judgments? I see one Judge two 2 Final Judgment Seats. 15:24-26). These are: (1) The Promise of Crowns. Compare also: 2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. (11) It is a time of unprecedented apostasy and blasphemy against God (Rev. Ungodliness is always the source of unrighteousness; ungodliness (turning away from God) leads to idolatry (man worshipping the products of his own mind and hands), and idolatry leads to unchained sensuality. 19:28; 24:45-47; 25:21, 23; Lk. (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. This is not the final judgment mentioned in Revelation 20:11-15 which is limited to only the unbelieving world. 11:31-32; Ps. The following verses demonstrate the basic principle of the complete and finished nature of Christs work: Hebrews 10:14 For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. 3:11-15; 2 Cor. 5:4). 9:24-25). This vision of the Great White Throne describes the last and final judgment of history. 2:12-13), but the decision to serve, and the diligence employed in doing so, are our responsibility and our contribution and God sees this as rewardable. 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. Carnal believers are occupied and controlled by their own self-centered desires (Gal. 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. It is a family matter. We should not think of discipline as punishment. Will there be great sorrow? 12:12-17; 13:7). The idea is not good in the sense of righteousness versus bad in the sense of evil or sinfulness. 12:3-4). 3:12f; 2 Cor. 5:1-14). 1 Cor. 9:6). Her blessedness is extolled by Elizabeth (Lk 1:45). 3:6-15). Revelation 20:14 And death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. 59:2). 3:9-14; 9:24-27). (3) The recompense (NASB) or the receive back (KJV) of 2 Corinthians 5:10 refers to the dispensing of rewards or their loss. 4:4-6, 22). And why does God judge believers for unconfessed sin as with Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5 and some of the believers in Corinth in 1 Corinthians 11:28f? He used the Greek katheudo in 5:10 rather than koimao, the word he used metaphorically in 4:13-14 of physical death. There used to be a sign in the registrars office at Dallas Seminary which read, Salvation is by grace Graduation is by works.. Rather, they are thankful that they have been graduated, and they are grateful for what they did achieve. Heaven and earth are seen fleeing from the face of Him who sits on this throne (20:11). This crown is a reward given for witnessing, follow-up, and ministry to others. (6) Broken Relationships and Disharmony. In the King James version. 11:30). 2:12-13). 1 Peter 2:24 and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed. 12:1-2; Matt. Further, the words awake or asleep of verse 10 refer to a spiritual or moral condition, not whether one is alive or dead when Christ returns as in 4:13-14. It is called white because it will be the supreme and undimmed display of the perfect righteousness and justice of God to all mankind. God gives us salvation. This crown is a reward promised to Elders for faithfulness in the discharge of their responsibilities in shepherding the people. Deeds is the Greek word, ergon, which refers to anything that is done, a deed, action, or work. It is used of good deeds (Matt. (2) Death, a reference to all those who were buried in graves in the ground, cremated, or destroyed in any other way on earth. 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. Key Verses on Rewards: Rom. 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. Key Scriptures: Heb. All believers will live in the millennium and in eternity with the Lord. (NIV). All who have died without faith in Jesus Christregardless of their status in human history, religiously, politically, economically, or morallymust stand before this throne of judgment. While the Bema is going on in heaven (with the church in the Lords presence) a series of terrible judgments will begin to unfold on the earth for a period of seven years to be culminated by the return and manifestation of Christ to earth as the Great White Horse Rider of Revelation 19. His work is perfect,For all His ways are just;A God of faithfulness and without injustice,Righteous and upright is He. 24:17). (b) The voice of the verb is passive. 3:10). I can do nothing on My own initiative. The clear emphasis of Scripture is that the events of Revelation 6-19 constitute a time of Gods special judgment poured out upon the earth. Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out. It will become unprecedented in its affliction as suggested by the description, the Great Tribulation (Matt. (3) The resurrection (rapture) and Bema of the church concludes this parenthesis, the church age, but Old Testament saints (the righteous dead) are not resurrected and rewarded until after the seventieth week when God concludes His program with Israel as far as the seventy weeks of Daniel are concerned. But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged. Although there is undeniably some measure of remorse or regret, this is not the overriding emotion to be experienced throughout the eternal state. (1) A Thanksgiving Dinner. 6:23; Eph. 12:2; Isa. 2:1-3:23). Rather, the Judgment Seat of Christ is for the body of Christ, the church. Scripture teaches that for the believer Gods justice has already been fully and forever satisfied at the Cross in relation to the believers sins. Rather, it is a place where rewards will be given or lost depending on how one has used his or her life for the Lord. How many times does judgment appear in the Bible? 28:11-19; Rev. The awesome fact is that salvation is through faith in Jesus Christ. 4:10-11). To execute on them the judgment written;This is an honor for all His godly ones.Praise the Lord! 5:19-21, 26). When He appears. The when points to the imminency of the return of the Lord. This was the victors crown, the wreath given to the victorious athlete before the judge at the Bema. But the point of Scripture is that even this is a part of Gods judgment upon a world that has sought its answers apart from the true God. Q. (4) That dispensing of rewards is in view is also evident from the Greek words in 2 Corinthians 5:10 translated good (agathosvaluable like good fruit) and bad (phaulosunacceptable like rotten or spoiled fruit). In view of his use of crown (stephanos, the victors wreath) in other places, and the fact believers will cast their crowns before the Lord (Rev. All who have scoffed at God, denied His being, rebelled at His rule, or rejected His sovereigntyand in the process, also rejected His Son, the Lord Jesus Christmust at this time stand before this throne to be condemned to eternal judgment. This is why earlier the Apostle called them fleshly (the Greek sarkikos, adapted to, controlled by the flesh) (3:3). This is the good news of the Bible, the message of the gospel. See answer (1) Best Answer. But this will only be momentary or short-lived at best in view of passages like Revelation 7:17; 21:4 and Isaiah 65:17. He would just be delighted to be there and do what he was doing. 4:13-18). But he also shows us that the same applies to the good person and moral person as well as the religious person (Rom. The Bible teaches us that God loves all people and wants to bring them into a harmonious relationship with Himself. In fact, the Greek word appears 146 times in the New Testament, but it is 14 If any mans work which he has built upon it remains, he shall receive a reward. Undoubtedly then, one book is the book of works which contains a record of every persons deeds as a witness of the true nature of their spiritual condition. (8) The Day of the Lord (Joel 1:15; 2:1; 1 Thess. And not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming (presence). Please note several things here. According to Romans 1:18-32, when men turn away from the knowledge of God revealed so vividly in creation, God, as an expression of His holy wrath, turns men over to their own devices and foolish imaginations. John 3:18 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. It means to remain in Him from the standpoint of drawing on His life as the source of ours and then to obey Him out of that relationship of dependence. 4:13-18), the Tribulation begins with only unbelievers. 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. 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. 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 Revelation 4:2 John beheld a throne set in heaven from which the Tribulation judgments proceeded. 2 Lewis Sperry Chafer Systematic Theology, Vol. 12:7). Because of His love, grace and mercy He has not left us without hope and a solution. 16 In view of this, I also do my best to maintain always a blameless conscience both before God and before men. Gods discipline is patterned after the principles of Proverbs 13:24 which read: He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him diligently. Discipline is an evidence of love. (2) Diadem. Romans 3:24-26 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; 25 whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. For instance, many do not understand that instead of one final judgment, the Bible teaches that there are a series of five to seven future judgments (depending on how they are categorized) that differ in respect to time, purpose, subjects, and circumstances. (4) The Great Day, the one of their wrath (Rev. As the victorious Grecian athlete appeared before the Bema to receive his perishable award, so the Christian will appear before Christs Bema to receive his imperishable award. Is it only for rewards or their loss? This time he calls it simply, the day of Christ. The context suggests that Paul has in mind the return of Christ for the churchthe rapture (1 Thess. 1 Cor. 2:5). Mary is a virgin in the accounts of Matthew (1:16; 18-25) and Luke (1:26-38). Paul teaches us that the varied forms of the awful sinfulness of man have their beginnings in the rejection of the revelation of God in creation. (4) The Promises to Overcomers. But the fact still remains that the Bible promises us rewards. (7) Loss of Physical Health and Vitality. This would be somewhat punitive and does not fit the concept of the Bema nor the promises of the Lord that we will not come into judgment. Eph. This is further confirmed by the message of the book of Romans where the Apostle shows Israels problem to be one of seeking to establish her own righteousness by keeping the Law rather than accept Gods righteousness by faith in Christ (Rom. also 1 John 5:16-17). So we read in Hebrews: Hebrews 12:4-11 You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin; 5 and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons, My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, Nor faint when you are reproved by Him; 6 For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines, And He scourges every son whom He receives. 7 It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? The very desire to escape eternal damnation is a legitimate and urgent self-interest. We are all sinners. (5) Loss of Desire and Motivation for Service. 4:1). 26:19).5. 12:1-3 with Rev. 15 If any mans work is burned up, he shall suffer loss; but he himself shall be saved, yet so as through fire. WebThe number forty is mentioned 157 times in Scripture. Therefore, as the Scripture says, And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment (Hebrews 9:27). This was the royal crown, the crown of a king. Will any punishment be meted out? (5) The hour of testing which shall try the whole earth (Rev. Rev. This is what his work deserves. There will be no need for forensic punishment, for Christ has forever borne all of Gods wrath toward the believers sins.11. 29 For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself, if he does not judge the body rightly. 8:13; 1 Cor. 20:12b, 13b, 15a). (1) To evaluate the quality of every believers work whether it is good or bad, i.e., acceptable and thus worthy of rewards, or unacceptable, to be rejected and unworthy of rewards. 8:18-25). Then why do we have to confess sin in this life? Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. If the world is judged by you, are you not competent to constitute the smallest law courts? Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a stricter judgment. After our glorification, there will be no sinful nature to produce envy, or jealousy, or resentment, or feelings of dissatisfaction. Scripture teaches that Christs death was all-sufficient, completely satisfying Gods wrath toward sin in the believer. For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil. Matthew 24-25 set the chronology and thus the time. 24 and 25). A spirit of justice for him who sits in judgment,A strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate. While people are saying peace and safety, then sudden destruction will come as birth pains upon a woman in travail. Terms used of this period. Explain the nature of Gods judgment of believers in this life. Rom. We will each be enthralled with God and our glorified state. The Book of Life contains the names of believers, those justified by faith and who have a righteousness from God imputed to their account. This book also reveals that even when men do not have the written Word, they have the law of God written in their hearts (Rom. For those ideas Paul would have most likely used kalos, good, and kakos, evil. For good works, those valuable like good fruit, we will receive back rewards, but for bad works, those rotten and worthless, we will receive no rewards or the loss of rewards. 8:1, 13-17), they are subject to judgment at the Judgment seat of Christ in relation to their works. Matt. 1:4). Rev. Rom. Daily forgiveness of those who are within the family of God is distinguished from judicial and positional forgiveness which was applied forensically to all of a persons sins the moment he believed in the Lord Jesus Christ.14 We need to distinguish between fellowship forgiveness and legal or forensic forgiveness that justifies us and gives us a standing before God through Christ. The overwhelming emotion is joyfulness and gratefulness. The judgment of Genesis 3 included the loss of the perfect Edenic conditions and in its place, the curse of the earth with its often extreme weather conditions, disease, thorns, and the warfare with Satan and his hosts (cf. Paul shows us in Romans that all categories of peoplethe good, the bad, and the uglyare really in the same boat and on their way to eternal separation from God. Before the Last Supper, Judas is said to have gone to the chief priests and agreed to hand over Jesus in exchange for 30 silver coins, and to have attempted to return the money afterwards, filled with Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the. 12:4-11; John 15:1-7). However, Scripture does call us to show what we might call critical discernment on certain matters. Why is possession of Gods Son necessary to have eternal life? When we are in charge of our lives rather than the Lord, we become insensitive to people and opportunities of ministrywe lack vision. 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. (8) It is a time of utter negative volition and rebellion (2 Thess. Charles Lee Feingberg [Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1968], p. 29). 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. Other Bible teachers espouse a mediating position. In Romans 14:10 the Apostle called this examining time the Bema of God while in 2 Corinthians 5:10 he called it the Bema of Christ. Actually an evaluation is going on every day by the Lord (cf. Though some of them were not living as they should, looking ahead and seeing them in glory brought joy and would bring great rejoicing. In the universal anti-Semitism of the Great Tribulation one who befriends Jews will by this evidence manifest his salvation.6. The elements of remorse, regret, and shame cannot be avoided in an examination of the judgment seat of Christ. (3) A Graduate at Commencement. gimp add alpha channel to selection. Bring to light is photizo, to bring to light, make visible. Disclose is phaneroo, to manifest, reveal. The issue should be extremely clear from these two verses: The Lord will evaluate the quality and nature of every persons work. 17). 11:29-30; 1 John 5:16-17; Prov. Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city. (3) In 2 Timothy 4:8 and 1 Corinthians 4:5, rewards are associated with that day and with the Lords coming. (2) The disqualification mentioned in 1 Corinthians 9:27 means disqualified from rewards, not loss of salvation. Throughout the centuries as anticipated in the enmity mentioned in Genesis 3:15, there has been constant warfare between the holy angels who minister to Gods people and Satan and his unholy angels, the demonic spirits. 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 same thing happens in the life of believers, but God brings discipline to stop the process. 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. (2) The believer who fails to abide experiences shame by the revelatory nature of Christs presence at the Bema. So that points us to the purpose, the return of the Savior and what it will mean. Though believers are saved and justified by faith in Christ as the crucified Saviour, the Scriptures assume that Christians will battle with sin and will not always be victorious. Some of the Christians at Corinth were being externally religious. 19:8 with Dan. It is a gift through faith, but He rewards us for good works. But, to stress that Christ is King of Kings, this word is also used of the many diadems the Lord will wear at His return (Rev. The sins of some men are quite evident, going before them to judgment; for others, their sins follow after. The world seeks to find answers to its problems through the one world movement of the last days and apart from the true God as He has revealed Himself in Christ. It is discipline designed to train and bring believers back to a walk with God. 6:9; 7:14f). The Principle. Chafer and Walvoord have an excellent word on this view: With reference to sin, Scripture teaches that the child of God under grace shall not come into judgment (John 3:18; 5:24; 6:37; Rom. 2:4; Jude 6; 1 Cor. Some crucial questions are: Why are we brought before the Bema? (5) The Promise of Special Responsibilities and Authority of the Lords Possessions (cf. 7:15-24), the believers union with Christ in His death provides for divine forgiveness for the fact of the sin nature and for victory over its reigning power. You are now one of Gods children by faith in the Savior. For a summary of three major views, let me quote Samuel L. Hoyt from Bibliotheca Sacra. A Christian believes in a God they have never seen through faith. Is it sin, good works, or just what? But even this will be Gods judgment and the expression of His wrath. Therefore it should be each believers impelling desire to be well-pleasing to the Lord in all things. They, therefore, have no righteousness and cannot be accepted before God, but must be cast into the eternal Lake of Fire. 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. A strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate. Unconfessed sin stands as a barrier to fellowship with the Lord and His control over ones life. 19:17-19; and Dan. They are described in terms of generalities. The verb used is komizo and means to carry off safe, to carry off as booty. In the middle voice as here, it meant to bear for oneself,16 or to receive back what is ones own.17 Compare Matthew 25:27 and Ephesians 6:8. See Appendix C for an overview of the Tribulation. Physical death became a certainty for their future because they took of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. This may indicate something of our authority. The abundant in years may not be wise,Nor may elders understand justice. 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. It is used of the seven diadems of the Beast in Revelation 12:3 and 13:1. 1:6; Rev. 15:17; Jn. Therefore you have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things. He did not whip the losers.3 We might add, neither did he sentence them to hard labor. They were assembling themselves with other believers and partaking of the Lords supper, but they were out of fellowship with the Lord and were controlled by the sinful nature, the flesh, rather than by the Holy Spirit. 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