Prophecy - 31

Judgment.


Dan 7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
Dan 7:10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the JUDGMENT was set, and the books were opened.


Rev 14:7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his JUDGMENT is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.


Dan 8:14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.


Judgment was set.
The books were opened.
What books?


Psa 69:28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.


Mal 3:16 ...and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.


Php 4:3 ...whose names are in the book of life.


Rev 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.


Rev 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.


Rev 17:8 ...whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.


Rev 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.


Rev 20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.


Rev 21:27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.


Rev 22:19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.


The book of life.
Books of judgment- books people will be judged out of.
Book of remembrance.


Record books, we all know what they are don't we? Records are kept of transactions, of events. A diary is like a record book isn't is? A record is being made of events in a person's life. If we are going to be judged out of books they have to be books recording events of our lives. They have to be records that affect our eternal life. What sort of things do you imagine affect our eternal life? Sin. Salvation. Sin affects our eternal life, right? If there is proof of our sins- sins we have not sought and received forgiveness for- then we are guilty of that sin and the punishment of sin is …death.


Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death


Everyone left out of the book of life will find the record of their sins, a record of why their name was not written in the book of life.


Too many believe that everyone will be found in the book of life, everyone except the really bad sinning people. This draws us right back to these verses we've talked about many times--


Mat 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Mat 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.


Many people will be shocked when they realize their names are NOT written in the book of life. I pray I'm not one of them!


Workers of iniquity - are workers of sin, and at the same time many of these workers of sin believe they are working for the Lord. None will be left to wonder at their fate. A record is being made. Out of those books people will be judged. There will be a record that will explain why a person doesn't have their name in the book of life. Not one single person will be able to say they were judged wrongly, the proof will be right there.


We want our names in the book of life and they must be written there before our Savior returns. Everyone that will be saved will be saved BEFORE our Savior returns. Everyone that will be saved will have been judged worthy of salvation through Christ. This judgment is something we ALL face. This judgment is something that every single human being faces.


Truth-Ecc 3:17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.


Truth-Act 17:31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.


We can't imagine the number of people that there are to judge. All the dead from Abel onwards, and then all the living, as well as the evil angels. Millions and millions, and milllions, billions and billions of people. While this number seems amazing high there is NO doubt that every single person will be judged no matter how many have ever or will ever live.


Rom 14:12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.


Every single one of us will give account of ourselves to God. No one escapes this, no one can escape it.


And there is an order to the judgment. There is…


The righteous will judge the wicked, and the righteous must be judged as well- these are facts, Biblical facts.


1Co 6:2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
1Co 6:3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?


Rev 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.


Dan 7:21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
Dan 7:22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.


The saints shall judge the world.
Judgment was given unto them.
Judgment was given to the saints of the most High.


Obviously if the saints are to judge the wicked, even wicked angels, at some point they have to already have been judged themselves and found worthy to be the saints of God, right? Right. The Bible says this very thing.


1Co 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
1Co 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
1Co 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
1Co 15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.


Rev 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.


1Th 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
1Th 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.


There is a first resurrection.
The dead in Christ shall rise first.


The Saints will judge the wicked, this is Biblical fact.


The Saints will be judged prior to their judging the wicked.


The Saints are changed to immortality when Christ comes but the wicked are not.


Those that are Christ's go with Him at His second coming so… by default that leaves who? The dead in Christ, the living in Christ go with Him! They aren't left behind! So many are caught up on this LEFT BEHIND nonsense, and yes, I'll call it nonsense because I believe it is nonsense. They've taken a figurative verse in the Bible and blown it up to give second chances to people that DO NOT exist! There is a judgment and by the time Christ comes it's all decided. The fact that we judge the wicked is if you really think about it- for our benefit. They've already been judged wicked and will never be saints. What happens when we are judging is we are given the opportunity to understand fully the course the wicked have taken to get them where they are. We are allowed to understand where they have not accepted Christ's righteousness, Christ's forgiveness and this makes sense! God would NEVER ever allow any question as to why a person was not chosen as a saint, we will know. We will understand why the judging that deemed the wicked as such was done.


Enough for today, more tomorrow. We are discussing the judgment because before a full cleansing, a complete judging will take place. Guilty, not Guilty- there are only TWO verdicts for all of us to choose from. The sin of the not guilty will be placed upon the scapegoat, the sin of the guilty will remain upon them.


By the grace of our God, by the grace and mercy of our Lord and Savior now and forever! In His love, in His righteousness alone.


Amen.