The Judgment

1. Paul taught what three subjects concerning the faith in Christ?

"Righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come" Acts 24:24, 25

2. Must only the wicked be judged?

"God shall judge the righteous and the wicked" Ecclesiastes 3:17

"We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ" 2 Corinthians 5:10

3. How closely are our lives examined?

"God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing" Ecclesiastes 12:14

4. When Jesus comes, what will He bring with him?

"Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be" Revelation 22:12

5. Before He comes, what pronouncement will indicate that everyone's case has by then been settled?

"He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still" Revelation 22:11

6. What is the message that must be preached with a loud voice today?

"Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come" Revelation 14:7

• Paul spoke of "judgment to come" (Acts 24:25)

• Today, "judgment is come" (Revelation 14:7)

• When Jesus returns, "He hath judged" (Revelation 19:2)

7. How did Daniel describe the judgment scene in heaven?

"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. 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" Daniel 7:9, 10

Verses 11 and 12 describe continuing activities on earth at that time.

8. Who was then brought into the courtroom?

"I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him" Daniel 7:13

9. How did the prophet Malachi describe this move?

"The Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple" Malachi 3:1

In 1844, many people expected Jesus to come. Instead, He moved into the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary where the judgment convened. Paul said that God "hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world" (Acts 17:31). The 2300-day prophecy reveals "the time appointed" (Daniel 8:14, 19).

10. What will be the outcome of the judgment?

"There was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom" Daniel 7:14

11. Why did the nobleman in the parable go into a far country?

"To receive for himself a kingdom, and to return" Luke 19:12

12. Applying the parable to Jesus, what will He have achieved in heaven by the time He returns?

"When he was returned, having received the kingdom" Luke 19:15

13. What does God accomplish in the days of these kings?

"In the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom" Daniel 2:44

14. To whom does He give the kingdom?

"To the people of the saints of the most High" Daniel 7:27

15. What case is being settled in the judgment?

"The accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony" Revelation 12:10, 11

16. What is awarded to the overcomer?

"He that overcometh shall inherit all things" Revelation 21:7

17. Who is our advocate in the trial?

"If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous" 1 John 2:1

18. As our advocate, what does Jesus do for us?

"Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them" Hebrews 7:25

19. What happens to Satan's kingdom?

"But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion" Daniel 7:26

20. As another way of explaining it, the judgment culminates in what?

"The marriage of the Lamb" Revelation 19:1-8

21. From what is Jesus returning when He comes back to earth?

"And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding" Luke 12:36

22. What is to be more valued than having power over evil spirits?

"Because your names are written in heaven" Luke 10:19, 20

23. Where are the names of God’s people recorded?

"In the book of life" Philippians 4:3

24. How has God recorded our good deeds?

"A book of remembrance was written" Malachi 3:16

25. What else is marked before God?

"Thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God" Jeremiah 2:22

Some of the direct or implied references to the heavenly books of record include Nehemiah 13:14; Job 16:19; Psalm 56:8; 139:16; Hebrews 12:23; Revelation 13:8; 17:8; 21:27; and 22:19.

26. In the judgment, what are opened?

"The books were opened" Daniel 7:9, 10

27. What are the books used for in the judgment?

"The dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books" Revelation 20:12

28. What impact will our words and actions now have on the outcome of the judgment?

"Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned" Matthew 12:36, 37

29. If the books of record show that one turned back to sin, what will be his doom?

"In them shall he die" Ezekiel 18:24

30. What will be done to his name?

"Him will I blot out of my book" Exodus 32:33

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

31. In the end, what will happen to him?

"Whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire" Revelation 20:15

32. What is part of Jesus' work in the heavenly sanctuary?

"He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver" Malachi 3:3

33. What will He do for the overcomer?

"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" Revelation 3:5

34. What will be blotted from the record?

"Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out when the times of refreshing shall come" Acts 3:19

35. When the work of cleansing the heavenly sanctuary is finished, and the subjects of God's kingdom are made up, what will happen at that time?

"And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time" Daniel 12:1

"And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth" Revelation 16:1

36. What about God's people?

"And at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book" Daniel 12:1

"And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem: when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning" Isaiah 4:3, 4