1. Judgment Seat of Christ |
Created Date: 25-Sep-2019 |
2. Great White Throne of Judgment |
Last updated: 19-Dec-2023 |
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1 | Preface Summary | 2 | Judgment Seat of Christ |
3 | Chronological Events | 4 | Sheep and Goat Judgment |
5 | Our New Spiritual Bodies | 6 | Great White Throne of Judgment |
7 | No Remembrance of Those Condemned |
The question and answers not realized on how can God
fairly judge all human-beings,
Fallen Angels and Demons contains two answers:
The perpetrators of sins often do NOT know that they also become the victim with up to seven times the consequences on Earth which is limited by God's Grace and Mercy. See Proverbs 1:24-29, Proverbs 6:26-32, Galatians 6:7, and others.
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There are two prominent different judgments described in the scriptures that will be occurring in the future:
Judgment Seat of Christ, which is for humans that have Salvation through the payment of sins by Jesus Christ. This is where rewards, inheritance and roles in Eternity will be given. Rewards, inheritance and roles collectively will be called rewards in this topic.
Great White Throne of Judgment, which
is for
(a) all humans that do not have Jesus Christ as their Savior,
(b) all
Fallen Angels, and
(c) all
Demons
to receive their degree of punishment and then sent to the
Lake of Fire.
Concerning both Judgments, the following summary points are the viewpoints from a few Biblical Scholars with some additions from this author that have been summarized.
Human Beings who Have Salvation will see:
Note: Jesus Christ is the sole Judge to hand out rewards to those who accepted Him as their Savior. (See 2 Timothy 4:1 and many, many others)
Those Who do NOT have Salvation:
Thoughts regarding these viewpoints just listed above:
When considering the future abilities, such as enhanced senses for all people who have Salvation
when receiving our glorified bodies, consider all of senses that humans have such as sight, smell, taste,
hearing, touch and senses the animal kingdom has such as sonar,
magnetic north positioning and others we have not discovered.
Will we, that have Salvation, receive super enhanced abilities, where the
answer is yes from many scriptural passages. As a minor comparison for understanding our potential glorified bodies and abilities, think how long it takes us to hear someone reading information from a manuscript. When we read the information, it goes faster. This demonstrates methods of receiving information as human-beings. We have no idea the new gifts, with the abilities, that God will be giving us later. There might be the ability of experiencing a instantaneous ability to absorb time periods in mere moments with a blending of sight, hearing and feelings of others which will be very helpful during God's Judgments. We will be possibly experiencing the benefits that the science of Quantum Physics theorizes about higher dimensions where those who inhabit higher dimensions have the ability to see lower dimensions of the past and future simultaneously, which God absolutely can do. J Vernon McGee, in
the late 1960s, spoke that
he imagined
"it will be like watching events on
the biggest movie screen imaginable" regarding the rewards' Judgment
Seat of Christ and Great White Thrown of Judgment. |
Judgment Seat of Christ Time Equation:
(Every Human with Salvation multiplied by their life span) |
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Great White Throne of Judgment
Time Equation: (Every Human, without Salvation, multiplied by their life span) + (Every Demon multiplied by their existence span) + (Every Fallen Angel multiplied by the existence after the rebellion) |
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a | We would be seeing the events through God's view with His commentary and showing His involvement, Work being done. This will show us all God's perfection, love and justice. It is somewhat like the "Footprints in the Sand" analogy that we all are familiar but far greater beyond our expectations. | |
b | As discussed in the point regarding Time above, we can be with God for any period of time where Time is moving differently in other places. This has to be the case regarding events occurring in Heaven during the Tribulation Period. | |
c | When we are viewing and participating in the two different Judgments, it is somewhat like the analogy of watching the best movie ever made but even better because God is showing us His awesome power, integrity, perfection on handling ALL events throughout the time period of Earth. We will be riveted in amazement, awe and excitement of the Hero God. |
1 Corinthians 6:3-4 | 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more, things that pertain to this life? 4 If then ye have to judge things pertaining to this life, do ye set them to judge who are of no account in the church? |
John 15:5 | I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. |
2 Timothy 4:1 | I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: |
Revelation 20:12 | And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. |
Revelation 21:1 | Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. |
The Judgment Seat of Christ is where the person who accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior will be rewarded with an inheritance. The Lamb's Book of Life is used. The inheritance is based on these five primary points:
Excerpt from Rewards
in Heaven topic: Everything done through faith that:
will contribute to rewards in Heaven.
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The process of the judgment for rewards is summarized in 1 Corinthians 3:12-15, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, and many others. Many Christians identify 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 as pertaining to those who will not be in Heaven with God, but the implication of "inherit" has implications according to some Biblical Scholars and this author to mean that also Christians who participate in the following areas along with never over coming them, will lose or not have inheritance in Heaven even when going there. This is also the implication of the Wedding Supper of the Lamb, so the strong advisement for all of us to stop participating in any of the areas listed in 1 Corinthians 6:9-11:
1 Corinthians 3:12-15 | 12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.15 If anyone s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire. |
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 | 9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. |
The list, of what is known, of our inheritance is explained in the Rewards in Heaven topic. Many Christians seem to be unaware:
The Judgment Seat is an evaluation of life taken from the positive point of view on accomplishments where we all will see a moment-by-moment perspective of how God was there in our lives along with our service to Him.
There will not be a negative critique of anyone's lives as the Jesus Christ paid for everyone's sins.
There will be a sense of understanding of disappointment within ourselves that requires "God to wipe away our tears" (Revelation 21:4 listed below) for the loss of opportunities, bad choices and bad behavior.
Romans 8:1 | There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. |
Ephesians 1:7-10 | 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8 which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight 9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ 10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. |
The Judgment Seat is like a rewards ceremony where there will be some people who will not have anything to show for their earthly life service to our God and King, but there will be God always involved giving Grace and Mercy.
The Judgment Seat of Christ is not the same thing as the Wedding Supper of the Lamb. The Wedding Supper of the Lamb is an invitation only dinner for those excelled in their relationship with God in their life. This is also explained in the topic on Rewards in Heaven.
Note: The question often asked is how can it be a judgment without anything negative mentioned because of Romans 8:1 and other scriptures. The answer has been described as we will see lost opportunities to act righteously, but God was still involved in our life unto God's Glory. |
All of us will experience a joy that surpasses our understanding to comprehend when we learn of the reality of getting to be with God in Paradise for Eternity. There will be an initial period also of reflection and realization of what opportunities that we all have missed in the five points above.
God exists outside of our Time Domain where a period of time in Heaven can occur while zero time on earth or a small time on earth has transpired if God so desires it. Revelation 21:4's event is obviously concerning the New Heavens and New Earth, but in this author's opinion, it also reflects the event of the Judgment Seat of Christ where we all will have regrets that causes tears. This is why Revelation 21:4 states that God will wipe our tears of sadness for the lost opportunities we had in our lives to be better than we were and most likely to have not influenced other people to be Saved which we cared about.
Revelation 21:4 | He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away. |
All of our good actions, that are deserving of inheritance in Eternity, cannot be judged until after the end of Tribulation Period and Second Coming of Jesus Christ to the Earth, because the full ramifications of our merits cannot be realized with their full extent of the love, happiness and to the glory to God until the last person affected by them has had their life completed. The Judgment Seat of Christ occurs before the 1000 Year Millennium Kingdom of Jesus Christ.
The people who will live during the 1000 Year Millennial Kingdom of Christ will come from those who survived and born after the Tribulation Period. They will have a new direct understanding and knowledge of God because of Jesus Christ will be ruling during that period as read in Hebrews 8:1, and not influenced by our lives that were before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. That is the first reason why the Judgment Seat of Christ is before the Millennial Kingdom and the second reason has to do with who attends the Wedding Supper of the Lamb, as the attendees with be going back to Earth to reign with Jesus Christ in the Millennial Kingdom as read in Revelation 2:25-26.
Hebrews 8:1 | And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, Know the Lord, for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest. |
Revelation 2:25-26 | 25 Nevertheless what you have, hold firmly until I come. 26 The one who overcomes, and the one who keeps My deeds until the end, I will give him authority over the nations; |
As a beautiful example of rewards accumulating over time, is the Thief on the Cross who asked Jesus Christ on the Cross to remember him when Jesus Christ comes into His Kingdom. Jesus Christ told the thief that on that very day that the thief would be with Him in Paradise. Ever since that event, there have been people who were near death or even have lived debaucherous lives, and who remember the story of the thief where they also gave their life to Jesus Christ unto their Salvation potentially at the last moments of their life. The Thief on the Cross, since that time has been earning future payments of rewards because of the action, deed and words spoken while the Thief was near death on the cross with Jesus Christ. The final tally of those who had and will have part of their inspiration because of the thief will not be known until the time of the end.
Luke 23: 39-43 | 39 One of the criminals who were hanged there was hurling abuse at Him, saying, "Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us!" 40 But the other answered, and rebuking him said, "Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 41 "And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving what we deserve for our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong." 42 And he was saying, "Jesus, remember me when You come in Your kingdom!" 43 And He said to him, "Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise." |
There are many Biblical Scholars who have different opinions on when the Judgment Seat of Christ occurs. Many opinions are based on a human's perspective of how much time is allowed to get a task done in Heaven while other events are happening on earth. As pointed out above, God is not limited by earthly time as God exists outside of our Time Domain, and this author believes time between Heaven and Earth is totally different. Additionally, we will be getting new bodies with enhanced abilities to:
As mentioned above in this topic, those who attend the Wedding Supper of the Lamb will be going back to Earth with Christ for any assignments, duties and tasks during the 1000 Year Millennial Kingdom of Christ. Also, all of us will be getting tasks and responsibilities in eternity.
Revelation 2:25-26 | 25 Nevertheless what you have, hold firmly until I come. 26 The one who overcomes, and the one who keeps My deeds until the end, I will give him authority over the nations; |
Matthew 25:20-21 | 20 The one who had received the five talents came up and brought five more talents, saying, Master, you entrusted five talents to me. See, I have earned five more talents. 21 His master said to him, Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter the joy of your master. |
Revelation 20:4 (Christians that die in the Tribulation Period) |
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw
the souls of
them that had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as
worshipped not
the beast, neither his image, and received not the
mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they
lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years. Note: The Mark is the Mark of the Beast. |
It is several Biblical Scholars and this author's opinion that the Judgment Seat of Jesus Christ occurs in a mere moment of Earth's time. When the event is occurring in Heaven, the location is in a different Time Domain, which is the reference "1c" in this list. It is this author's opinion, that I haven't read or heard from any source, that because God's handling of time can have everyone who will have lived participate at the Judgment Seat of Christ even when specific groups will be going back to reign in the 1000 Year Millennial Kingdom of Christ after the Wedding Supper of the Lamb. This is explained more in the "Time Domain regarding the Judgment Seat of Christ" section further down in this topic.
Three points on the events:
1 | The Judgment Seat has to occur: (a) After the Rapture of the Believers, (b) Before the Wedding Supper of the Lamb, (c) Moments before the Tribulation Period ends (Rev 20:4), and (d) Before the 1000 Year Millennial Kingdom of Christ |
2 | Those who die in the
1000 Year Millennial Kingdom of Christ
period, will have known Jesus Christ personally
as Jesus rules the world during that time. The earthly lives of people, during the Millennial Kingdom, are extended,
Isaiah 65:20, where
there are those who will never die. If someone dies, they still have
to have asked Jesus Christ to be their
Savior before death to have
Salvation.
(a) If they had not accepted Jesus as their Savior, then they will be sent to Sheol, waiting on the Great White Throne of Judgment. (b) Otherwise, they will go to Heaven. Note: Towards the end of the 1000 Year Millennial Kingdom of Christ period, there will be one final rebellion on earth by those who have not asked Jesus Christ to be their Savior. They are led by Lucifer, who is released from chains in Sheol, Revelation 20:7, and they all will be dealt with quickly by Jesus Christ. This is described in Psalm 2, where this scriptural passage, has a dual meaning. (c) After the Millennial Kingdom ends, the Great White Throne of Judgment occurs which is discussed below. |
3 | Those who live through the Millennial Kingdom, that have accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior, will continue to live on the future New Earth as described in Revelation 21:1. |
Isaiah 65:20 | "No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, Or an old man who does not live out his days; For the youth will die at the age of one hundred And the one who does not reach the age of one hundred Will be thought accursed. |
Revelation 20:7 | And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison |
Revelation 21:1 | Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. |
Time Domain regarding the Judgment Seat of Christ Note that this is a high level summary explanation of the theory mentioned above about Judgment Seat of Christ is a one-time only event that in Earth's calendar is before the Millennial Kingdom, but in Heaven it is before Eternity Starts.
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This is an excerpt from the
Dispensations Topic: There is a scriptural passage, Matthew 25:31-46, that is given as a parable on how Jesus Christ will judge when He comes back to Earth, which is known as the "Sheep and Goat Judgment" at the Second Coming. The Second Coming event occurs at the end of the Tribulation Period. In order for Jesus Christ to come back then Israel would have had to recognize Jesus Christ as their Savior whom they pierced (killed), Zechariah 12:10, where many Biblical Scholars state that the primary purpose of the Tribulation Period is for Israel to recognize their Messiah.
Note that Jesus Christ will be ruling during the 1000-year Millennial Kingdom of Christ so He will have already returned, which confirms the passage is dealing with the Second Coming at the end of the Tribulation Period. This passage in the Sheep and Goat Judgment Parable informs us that those who took care of others were also thus doing it unto Jesus Christ.
This passage in the Sheep and Goat Judgment Parable informs us that those who did not take care of others were not taking care of Jesus Christ.
There are some Biblical Commentaries that state incorrectly that the Sheep and Goat Judgment means that Jesus Christ is judging differently during the Tribulation Period based on a person's works in life that were good or bad towards Israel. This cannot be the correct interpretation because it would contradict other scriptures. A person has to accept Jesus Christ as their Savior to receive the inheritance mentioned in the passage. Additionally no one is good according to Romans 3:10. Throughout the history of the classic Dispensations, Jesus Christ has always been the requirement for Salvation.
The naming in Biblical Commentaries of this passage as the Sheep and Goat Judgment is because of Matthew 25:31 reference of sheep and goats. The passage in this author's opinion is conveying these important truths:
People who are alive at the end of the Tribulation Period or die during the Tribulation Period will fall into one these five categories:
The Antichrist and the False Prophet are the exception of how they are handled, where they will be thrown alive into the Lake of Fire. Many Biblical Scholars state that they are the first two humans to be cast there. There is a debate between Biblical Scholars if these two men will be brought out of the Lake of Fire to have their Judgment by Jesus Christ at the Great White Throne of Judgment. This author believes that will happen to the two of them. As mentioned, there are some differences of opinions in some scriptural commentaries regarding Mathew 25:31, that somehow the "sheep" can be righteous without Faith in Jesus Christ because they helped or protected Israel during the Tribulation Period. During the Tribulation Period there will be many Jewish people saved, and if they are being helped by Gentiles, then the Gentiles will be told about Jesus Christ so that they can make a decision to believe on Jesus Christ or not. Jewish people alive at the end of the Tribulation Period, will have been told about Jesus Christ which is why they made to the end of the Tribulation Period alive. Scriptures do not contradict scriptures. Based on the entirety of scriptures, regarding righteousness, the sheep group has to be those who have Faith in Jesus Christ or those who are under the Age of Accountability. Those who have Faith in Jesus Christ will be made up those in Israel along with many Gentiles on the Earth. |
As discussed above in this topic, there will be some Believers who will not be rulers with Jesus Christ in the 1000-year Millennial Kingdom of Christ as described in many scriptures such as Revelation 20. When the Believers who come back to Earth after the Tribulation Period, with Jesus Christ, they will have new Spirit Bodies, and those still remaining in Heaven will also have new Spiritual Bodies.
For more information and an explanation, see the section called "Wrong wedding garment being cast out..." and other sections in the Rewards in Heaven topic. These people still have Salvation and will be with God in Eternity, but just not participating in some events.
Several Biblical Commentaries, state that those who were still alive on Earth, at the end of the 1000-year Millennial Kingdom of Christ, who also accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior, will remain on Earth but be given a new perfected Human Body as human beings who cannot die. Those who died will be in a new Heavenly Body living in the New Jerusalem.
Revelation 21:1-4 | 1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, Look! God s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away. |
Revelation 21:16 | The city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the rod, fifteen hundred miles; its length and width and height are equal. |
John 14:1-3 | 1 Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. 3 If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also. |
This is the judgment destiny for:
Note that the Antichrist and the False Prophet were already cast into the Lake of Fire alive before the 1000-year Millennial Kingdom of Christ.
Here are some points regarding this Judgment:
Revelation 20:7 | And when the thousand years are ended, Lucifer will be released from his prison. |
Revelation 21:11-15 | 11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done. 14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. 15 Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire. |
We know from the scriptures, that everyone who has Salvation will participate, with Jesus Christ, in the judgment of the Fallen Angels, which infers Demons also as read in 1 Corinthians 6:3. Jesus Christ alone will judge humans that do not have Salvation. This all occurs at the Great White Throne of Judgment.
1 Corinthians 6:3 | Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life! |
It is the opinion of this author that we will see every single point of sinful actions of those without Salvation. Some readers may disagree as this as it would lead to an almost infinite amount of time as expressed below in the equation.
Great White Throne of
Judgment
Time
Equation: (Every Human, without Salvation, multiplied by their life span) + (Every Demon multiplied by their existence span) + (Every Fallen Angel multiplied by the existence after the rebellion) |
The reasoning for this, by this author, is it will accomplish these four important goals:
The full suffering for those who will go to the Lake of Fire, in this author's opinion, will contain 12 Areas of Suffering.
In order for all of us to enjoy the presence God and each other in Eternity located in all the future Heavens (plural intended) that God has in store for us who love Him, then the memory of anyone we loved and cared about that went to the Eternal Lake of Fire will be gone. This will be a gift from God which is part of the prophecy of Revelation 21:4, Isaiah 65:17 and part of Psalm 103:12.
Revelation 21:4 | He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away. |
Isaiah 65:17 | For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind. |
Psalm 103:12 | as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. |
The following is an excerpt from the 12 Areas of Suffering
in the Lake of Fire: The twelfth and final greatest pain is knowing
that no one in Heaven will remember anyone condemned to the
Eternal Lake of Fire. after the Great White
Throne of Judgment Part of the Revelation 21:4's "wiping
away of tears" for those in Heaven, will be God removing any pain
of: |
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