12:1-2; Matt. The Bible describes one judgment that takes place at the return of Jesus and 1-2; 1 Cor. 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. Unfortunately, this condition had continued because some of these believers had failed to examine their hearts and judge their sin by honest confession followed by a commitment to deal with it in the power of the Spirit (11:28, 31). 4 Or how can you say to your brother, Let me take the speck out of your eye, and behold, the log is in your own eye? Matthew 7:1-5 Do not judge lest you be judged. There the laurel wreath was placed on his head as a symbol of victory (cf. The visible return of Jesus Christ (Matt. 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. (2) The second book will be the book of works or deeds. 2:5). Therefore do not pronounce He would just be delighted to be there and do what he was doing. How then do we receive Gods Son that we may have the eternal life God has promised us? Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. Confession of sin restores us to fellowship and to the Spirits control. Appears refers to the rapture which leads quickly into the Bema. As a result, Bible students have spoken of a time called the Tribulation as that specific future time of trouble as a judgment from God that will come upon the entire world. 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. 14:10-11; 1 Cor. 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. It is called great because of the awesome intensity and the degree of its importance. 2:2). 4:8; Rev. Commenting on this Samuel Hoyt writes: Within the church today there exists considerable confusion and debate regarding the exact nature of the examination at the judgment seat of Christ. It is particularly a time of judgment on those who dwell upon the earth which seems to be a technical term in Revelation meaning earth dweller, a reference to those who have no interest in the things of God (cf. 4:10-11). God banished the first couple from the Garden of Eden for violating His clear command not to eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 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. (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. As I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you, declares the Lord God. 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. It is a doctrine often ignored or, when taught, it is misrepresented because of the term judgment that is used in translating the Greek text. 27:19; John 19:13), its use in the epistles by Paul, because of his many allusions to the Greek athletic contests, is more in keeping with its original use among the Greeks. 2:19; Phil. 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. Copy. 13:8-9). 20:34-38; Matt. 1:6; Rev. 1:13; Isa. Colossians 2:10 and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority; These verses state the complete results or conclusion: Hebrews 8:12 For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And I will remember their sins no more. The instinct to preserve our lives is the same. 2:10f; Rev. 8:13; 1 Cor. While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, Have nothing to do with that righteous Man; for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of Him.. In order to be accepted by God, we must be as good as God is. 28:11-19; 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. At this resurrection the soul and body are reunited and the person is brought before the throne. His work is perfect,For all His ways are just;A God of faithfulness and without injustice,Righteous and upright is He. When we fail to deal with our sinful ways through honest confession, we grieve the Spirits person and quench His power in our lives. 5 One man regards one day above another, another regards every day alike. (1) A Thanksgiving Dinner. 28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup. Matt. 5:15; Heb. Still others today see only the very tail end of the events of Revelation to be the outpouring of the judgment of God and assert that the rest of the events constitute only the wrath or wickedness of man. 12:15b). Similarly, Paul tells rich people that God gives us richly all things to enjoy. (1 Tim. (5) The Crown of Righteousness (2 Tim. When God put Adam and Eve in the garden, He furnished them with every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food (Gen. 2:9). Yet Ryries Notes Say Otherwise. Since the church is gone, caught up to be with the Lord (1 Thess. The rebels of unbelief must be removed so that only believing Israel will enter into the kingdom (cf. Key Scriptures (Matt. Why? The principle here is that Jesus Christ died for their sins no matter how evil that He might forgive them and give them a righteousness from God that they may have a perfect standing before God. 4:10, 11). In all of these passages, Paul was picturing the believer as a competitor in a spiritual contest. 3:14-15). Dan. 5 Dwight Pentecost, Things to Come, Dunham Publishing Co., Findlay, OH, 1958, p. 411. The text reads: Acts 24:15-16 having a hope in God, which these men cherish themselves, that there shall certainly be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be Verses 13 and 14 state that the unbelieving dead will be judged according to their deeds (works). This is what his work deserves. Nevertheless, as mentioned earlier concerning the judgment of Satan, God has manifested His power by defeating Satan and his hordes. Other Bible teachers espouse a mediating position. God graciously supplies the means by which we may serve Him. 24:27-30). This is no more a punishment than when a student turns in a worthless assignment and receives an F or a D. His poor work results in a just grade or recompense. Throughout history God has revealed Himself in creation (Rom. Without the abiding life, the life of faith and obedience to the Savior, we can do nothing (John 15:1-7). This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed; 26 for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. 6:14f; 9:20; 11:10, 18). (Rev 20:11-13) The people at the White Throne Judgment have rejected Christ's Sin Atonement & are judged according to the Law. 5 For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection, 6 knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, that our body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin; 7 for he who has died is freed from sin. 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. As with all Christians, you need fellowship with other believers in a Bible teaching church, personal time daily in Gods Word and regularly with other believers in a Bible teaching setting during the week. The judgment of the antediluvian world (Genesis 7:1724). 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. For example, Moses lived forty years in Egypt and forty years in the desert. 3:23; Hab. 8 But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. The use of the term judgment seat in most translations, ignorance of the historical and cultural background concerning the Bema, and foggy theology regarding the finished work of Christ have all contributed to several common misconceptions which, in one way or another, see God as giving out just retribution to believers for sin, or at least for our unconfessed sin. What are they and how are they described in Scripture? 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. 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. See answer (1) Best Answer. The awesome fact is that salvation is through faith in Jesus Christ. 1:9-16; Gal. (7) The Casting of Crowns (Rev. 18 Samuel Hoyt, The Judgment Seat of Christ in Theological Perspective, Part 2, Bibliotheca Sacra, electronic media. 32:3-4). 14:7, 10; 19:2). 6:1; 9:14), of unfruitful deeds (Eph. 8:24f). (2) To destroy and remove unacceptable production portrayed in the symbols of wood, hay, and stubble. 25:31-46). (5) Loss of Desire and Motivation for Service. It is not to judge believers for sin of any kind, confessed or unconfessed. The Lord Jesus is the victor, and our victory is really His victory which is appropriated by faith. (8) The Day of the Lord (Joel 1:15; 2:1; 1 Thess. 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. 1:13a). 12:1-3 with Rev. 1:9; 2:9, 10). (3) A time of trouble or distress (Daniel 12:1). Scripture teaches that for the believer Gods justice has already been fully and forever satisfied at the Cross in relation to the believers sins. 9 Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of spirits, and live? Crowns are given as rewards for faithfulness to appropriate Gods grace and Christs victory in the Christian life. 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. (3) It is a day of utter darkness, gloom, and extreme cloudiness (Joel 2:2; Zeph. (4) Our Spiritual Gifts. The basis of the judgment is what is found in the two sets of booksthe books which are opened, and the other book, the Book of Life (Rev. The phrase Son of Man occurs 195 times in the Old and New Testaments. Known sin in ones life causes a loss of intimate fellowship with the Lord with the consequent loss of His joy and peace (Ps. 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. Romans 14:1-5 Now accept the one who is weak in faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his opinions. 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. 5:11), and of works of the Law (Rom. Why did Christ have to die for us? Therefore, as the Scripture says, And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment (Hebrews 9:27). For a summary of three major views, let me quote Samuel L. Hoyt from Bibliotheca Sacra. 2010-11-16 12:05:45. Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day, And Jesus said, For judgment I came into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind., Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.. And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment. No amount of human goodness is as good as God. Matthew 25:1-30 shows that God will judge living Israel to separate the saved from the unsaved. This is clear from the context and the analogy to the Greek athletic games. 7:18, 22, 27. We are all sinners. 9 Lewis Sperry Chafer, Major Bible Themes: 52 Vital Doctrines of the Scripture Simplified and Explained, rev. Compare also Romans 16:20; Ephesians 1:20-21; Colossians 2:14-15; Hebrews 2:14-17. But Scripture shows that even this is a manifestation of Gods wrathful judgment that He will cause to rain on the earth. It is great because it is the final judgment and puts an end to all judgment for all time. The Tribulation judgments (Matt. But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one. 2:12-14 [note the emphasis on good works]). 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. Hoyt has a good summary of what this passage is talking about and involves: The Bible suggests that there will be shame at the judgment seat of Christ to a greater or lesser degree, depending on the measure of unfaithfulness of each individual believer. Added to this are the declarations of the following verses of Scripture: Ephesians 2:8-9: For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast. This is his term of endearment for his readers as born again people. This is further verified by the time periods of Revelation which divide the tribulation into two periods of three and one-half years (Rev. How much more matters of this life? 12:9; Rom. (8) It is a time of utter negative volition and rebellion (2 Thess. The Queen of the South will rise up with this generation at the judgment and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here. This is the good news of the Bible, the message of the gospel. It occurs 107 times in the Old Testament, but 93 times in the book of Ezekiel. Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the. 4:16); (3) the resurrection of tribulation period saints (Rev. As the Shepherd who lays down His life for the sheep, Jesus said, I have come that they (all mankind) may have life, and have it abundantly, a life with meaning and purpose. 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. The same thing happens in the life of believers, but God brings discipline to stop the process. These are: (1) The Promise of Crowns. (b) The voice of the verb is passive. Some crucial questions are: Why are we brought before the Bema? A few verses after Phil 1:6, Paul mentions the day of Jesus Christ again. 20:34-35a). Two things: (a) This describes all the crowns. (5) The hour of testing which shall try the whole earth (Rev. 32:3-5). 12:3-4). 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. The Point: Jesus who is God is our examiner and rewarder. 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. This is none other than the Lord Jesus who is even now examining our lives and will bring to light the true nature of our walk and works when we stand before Him at the Bema (Rev. While bema is used in the gospels and Acts of the raised platform where a Roman magistrate or ruler sat to make decisions and pass sentence (Matt. 65:17). Everything about this time will be unprecedented (Zeph. See Appendix B for more on the Judgment Seat (Bema) of Christ. 20:12b, 13b, 15a). 22:3; 21:4; Isa. They often see any future tribulation as merely the Devils wrath poured out against Christians. 17:22; 14:30). Since the Savior has died for the sin of the world (1 John 2:2), the ultimate issue is the sin of unbelief or rejection of Christ. 9:25). A God of faithfulness and without injustice. This crown is given for enduring testings (trials) and temptation. Of course all sickness, weakness, or suffering is not a product of sin, but it can be and often is (1 Cor. Remember that all of our crowns will be cast at the feet of Christ, for only He is worthy (Rev. 19:17-19; and Dan. Speaks of Christs work on the cross and stands for His victory over sin, Satan, and death. God gives us salvation. The Tribulation will witness Satans wrath and the persecutions of his man, the Beast (Rev. 11:29-30; 1 John 5:16-17; Prov. (2) It is part of the training process by which Gods children are brought into the experience of Gods holiness (Heb. 3:9-14; 9:24-27). 16 In view of this, I also do my best to maintain always a blameless conscience both before God and before men. (3) Loss of Power and Production. 2:19-20; 1 Tim. 24:14). 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. Moses was on Mount Sinai for forty days and nights receiving Gods laws. 1 Peter 3:18: For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, in order that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit. Because Christ has born our judgment by being made a curse in our place: Romans 5:1 Therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1:18-3:9, 23). Revelation 7:14 shows us that salvation in the Tribulation (as in the church age) is through faith in the person and work of Jesus Christ as the Lamb of God. WebThirty pieces of silver was the price for which Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus, according to an account in the Gospel of Matthew 26:15 in the New Testament. Because Christ alone is worthy and because we can only be fruitful when we abide in Him allowing His life to fills ours, we will all cast our crowns before Him in recognition that all we have done is by His grace. This vision of the Great White Throne describes the last and final judgment of history. 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. 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. God has resolved that problem through the person of Jesus Christ. This last view I believe to be the one that is in accord with Scripture. Condemned along with the world in 1 Corinthians 11:32 most likely refers to the judgment of Rom. These verses show we cannot come into judgment. The only exception is the person of Jesus Christ who, through the virgin birth, escaped the sin problem that is normally passed down from generation to generation. We should not think of discipline as punishment. (2) The Incorruptible Crown (1 Cor. (3) The Promise of Accolades or Commendations. A number of things occur at this time. Heaven and earth are seen fleeing from the face of Him who sits on this throne (20:11). This is the second death, the lake of fire. 10:1-4; Phil. And not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming (presence). Please note several things here. Do Those Who Commit Suicide Go To Hell? (1) All the passages dealing with the Bema or rewards are addressed to believers or pertain to believers of the church (Rom. 39:28). 4:5b). If you prayed this prayer and truly trusted in the person of Jesus Christ and His death for your sin, then you have been born anew into the family of God. (1) In Luke 14:12-14, reward is associated with the resurrection and the rapture is when the church is resurrected. There are a number of passages that refer to the negative aspects of the Bema which need to be mentioned and explained. 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. In the King James versionthe word - judgment - appears 294 timesthe word - (4) It is designed to produce obedience and to protect them against untimely physical death (Heb. In the King James version. What follows below is a fuller explanation of both terms. The purpose and the basis is the most critical issue of all and brings us face to face with the practical aspects of the Bema. For instance, Matthew 7 which tells us not to judge, is immediately followed with the command, Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces (Matt. See Rev. (3) The Crown of Exultation or Rejoicing (1 Thess. Related Topics: Dispensational / Covenantal Theology, Eschatology (Things to Come), J. Hampton Keathley III, Th.M. 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. As they refused to follow the light, they were brought to folly in their thoughtsbecame vain in their [corrupt] reasonings, and their foolish [senseless] heart was darkened. The intellectual revolt against what they knew to be right was attended by a darkening of the whole understanding. In this passage and in Malachi 3:2-3, 5, and Ezekiel 20:37-38, the individuals works will be brought into judgment, but not because they are saved by their works, but because their works demonstrate they are rebels who have failed to trust in Jesus. It contrasts our crowns with the temporal and temporary treasure of this life. the word - Matt. Actually an evaluation is going on every day by the Lord (cf. Emotion proceeds from the realization of facts in personal experience. They teach us the basic cause of discipline is failure to examine and confess known sins because that hinders our fellowship with God. 2:7), of evil deeds (Col. 1:21; 2 John 11), of dead works (Heb. 1 Cor. 5:11), of ungodly deeds (Jude 15), of deeds of darkness (Rom. But this happens as a judgment from God against mans arrogant independence. This is a serious matter with consequences both for time and eternity since the failure to do so leads not only to the loss of rewards, but the judgment of Gods discipline of His believing children as a loving Father and as the Vine Dresser who must prune the vine for production (Heb. 12:5-11). 19:17; 1 Cor. 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. 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. 1:13), that all have sinned and come short of Gods glory (Rom. May the reality of this judgment cause us to carefully reflect on the serious consequences of this passage on a Christ-rejecting world. For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil. Scripture teaches that Christs death was all-sufficient, completely satisfying Gods wrath toward sin in the believer. 19:12). (5) It is a day of extreme lawlessness, sin, and demonic activity (Rev. And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness. 4 Now to the one who works, his wage is not reckoned as a favor, but as what is due. Now these facts will become evident to each individual and proven without question. The regathering of those Israelites who were left after the tribulation judgments, both believing and unbelieving Jews (Matt. But what did Paul mean by this? 3:1-13; Tit. God can therefore find no cause for accusing the Christian judicially any more than He can find cause for accusing Jesus Christ. 6:23; Eph. 17 Fritz Rienecker, Linguistic Key to the Greek New Testament, Cleon L. Rogers, Jr., editor, Zondervan, Grand Rapids, 1980, p. 468. 6:17). 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. 18); militarily (Joel 3:2, 9-14; Rev. Will the Lord reject forever?And will He never be favorable again? 1 Cor. In 1 Thessalonians 2:19-20, the Apostle Paul drew courage and was motivated by the fact of rewards at the return of the Lord for the church which he mentions in every chapter in this epistle and becomes the primary subject of 2 Thessalonians. 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. They may include galaxies of the universe. 12:12-17; 13:7). 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. 59:2). 5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brothers eye. But we need to understand the nature of these rewards to understand the nature of the motivation. The victor of a given event, who had participated according to the rules, was led by the judge to the platform called the Bema. The penalty for the believers sins has been fully paid for by Christ, the believers substitute. 2:12-13). Sometimes this comes in the form of various kinds of testing, trials, failure, and predicaments which He uses to correct us, to train us, and, if we have been going our own stubborn way, to increase our misery. 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. The believer is seen by the Father as clothed in the righteousness of Christ. English strikes a proper balance on this subject. 2:9-12; Rev. 17); politically (Rev. 27:19; John 19:13), its use in the epistles by Paul, because of his many allusions to the Greek athletic contests, is more in keeping with its original use among the Greeks. 12; Matthew 24:9, 13f). Because Scripture declares all men to be sinful. 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 judgment of God is also described in the Bible as a process, not strictly the rendering of a verdict or passing of a sentence. For example, Peter tells us that "the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God" ( 1 Peter 4:17 1 Peter 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? In Revelation 4:2 John beheld a throne set in heaven from which the Tribulation judgments proceeded. 20:10). 1 Corinthians 4:5 ESV / 106 helpful votesHelpfulNot Helpful. Eph. The judgment of the Nation of Israel (Matt. 10:14) and loved of God as Christ is loved (John 17:23).9, Again, Chafer writes concerning the Bema, It cannot be too strongly emphasized that the judgment is unrelated to the problem of sin, that it is more for the bestowing of rewards than the rejection of failure.10. 2:2 the ruler of the kingdom of the air, NIV [air is the Greek, aer, the atmospheric heavens]). The idea is not good in the sense of righteousness versus bad in the sense of evil or sinfulness. At the other end of the spectrum another group, which holds to the same eschatological chronology, views this event as an awards ceremony. This is why earlier the Apostle called them fleshly (the Greek sarkikos, adapted to, controlled by the flesh) (3:3). 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