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tsâphâh

Apr 09, 2022

Edited: Apr 09, 2022

Judgement time - are you ready?

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PART 1

WHO WILL BE JUDGED?

PSALMS 7:11 [11], God judges the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

ECCLESIASTES 3:17 [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.

ROMANS 14:10 [10], But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

2 CORINTHIANS 5:10 [10] For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

ACT 10:42 [42], And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick [living] and dead.

2 TIMOTHY 4:1 [1], I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick [living] and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

HEBREWS 9:27 [27], And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

HEBREWS 12:23 [23], To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

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CONCLUSION: Everyone, both the righteous and wicked, the living and dead, will be judged.

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WHAT WILL BE THE STANDARD IN THE JUDGEMENT?

1 JOHN 3:4-6 [4], Whosoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. [5], And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. [6] Whosoever abides in him sins not: whosoever sins hath not seen him, neither known him.

JAMES 2:8-12 [9], But if you have respect to persons, you commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. [10], For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. [11], For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if you commit no adultery, yet if you kill, you are become a transgressor of the law. [12], So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. If you fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well

ECCLESIASTES 12:13-14 [13], Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. [14] For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

1 JOHN 2:3-5 [3], And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.[4] He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.[5] But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

ROMANS 3:20 [20], Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

ROMANS 7:7 [7], What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. No, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, You shall not covet.

1 CORINTHIANS 5:10 [10], For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he has done, whether it be good or bad.

ROMANS 2:12[12], For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law

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CONCLUSION: The 10 commandments of God are the standard of judgment.

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WHO IS JUDGED FIRST, THE RIGHTEOUS OR THE WICKED?

EZEKIEL 9:4-7 [4] And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. [5] And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: [a judgment without mercy, the Wrath of God. [6] Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house. [7] And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.

This ties into Revelation:

REVELATION 7:2-3 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, [3] Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the tress, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

1 PETER 4:17 [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?

1 TIMOTHY 5:24 [24], Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.

1 TIMOTHY 5:25 [25], Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.

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CONCLUSION: The righteous believers are judged first and rewarded, and then later the wicked are sentenced and condemned.

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WHO IS THE JUDGE?

The courtroom in Daniel:

DANIEL 7:9 [9], I beheld till the thrones were cast down [set in place], 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.

DANIEL 7:10 [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: ...

A similar scene in Revelation:

REVELATION 4:2 [2], And immediately I was in the spirit; and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

REVELATION 4:3 [3], And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.

REVELATION 5:6 [6], And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

REVELATION 5:7 [7], And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.

REVELATION 5:11 [11], And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands

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CONCLUSION: The Ancient of Days (God the Father). Jesus is the Lamb who takes the book from the hand of Father on the throne.

to be continued

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13 Comments

tsâphâh

Apr 09, 2022

That PowerPoint slide looks awesome with a lot of detailed scriptures but all the colors make it hard to read for me. Do you have one with plain text? Also, I think that is a good point to bring out and that is that the Judgement in heaven now is in fulfillment of the Great day of atonement of Leviticus 16; 23 etc. It would be great to do another thread dedicated solely to this topic in my view.

God bless

Unknown member

Apr 09, 2022

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Just remade them for you. Emailed it. It is also all of the material posted above.

tsâphâh

Apr 09, 2022

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@Aaron Earnest awesome! Many thanks!

God bless

Unknown member

Apr 09, 2022

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@tsâphâh No worries. Anything else just message me. :)

tsâphâh

Apr 09, 2022

Always good to have other resources for detailed topic studies. Many thanks Aaron 😊

God bless

Unknown member

Apr 09, 2022

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Always welcome.

tsâphâh

Apr 09, 2022

Hey thanks brother! Yes I know these scriptures and should add them into the OP. Nice one! I added them in. Many thanks. God bless!

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Apr 09, 2022

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Mayhap these be useful also:

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Chronological Order of Time in Daniel 7:

[1.] Babylon (606/5-539/8 BC) (Daniel 7:4)

[2.] Medo-Persia (539/8-331 BC) (Daniel 7:5)

[3.] Greece (331-168 BC) (Daniel 7:6)

[4a.] Rome (Pagan) (168 BC - AD 508) (Daniel 7:7a)

[4b.] Rome (Pagan Divided) (10) (AD 476) (Daniel 7:7b)

[5.] Rome (Papal; Religious Humanism) (AD 508,538-1798) (Daniel 7:8)

[6.] Secular Humanism (Atheistic France, etc) (AD 1793-1797/8) (Daniel 11:40(a); Revelation 11:8,9,11, 13:3(a))

[7.] Apostate Protestantism (USA ,etc.) (AD 1776-Present) (Revelation 13:11-18)

*** Investigative Judgment (AD 1844) (Daniel 7:9-10,13,22(b* “Ancient of Days came”), 8:13-14,26, 12:1; Revelation 9:13-15, 10:6, 14:6-12) (Antitypical Day Of Atonement)

(Judgment of the Dead Professing) (Hebrews 9:27)

(Judgment of the Living Professing) (Revelation 3:10, 17:12)

[8.] Great Babylon (Papacy revived) (Rev. 13:3,12, 17:11)

Feasts of the LORD in their Type & Antitype & Timing, the 7 Branch Candlestick (Psalms 77:13):

[1.] Passover – [Type; 14th day, 1st Month (Abib/Nisan), Even]; Leviticus 23:4-5; [Antitype; AD 31, 14th day, 1st Month (Abib/Nisan); 6th day of Week, circa 9AM Jesus hung (crucified), 3PM Jesus died] 1 Corinthians 5:7; John 1:29,36

[2.] Unleavened Bread – [Type; 15th – 21st days, 1st Month (Abib/Nisan)] Leviticus 23:6-8; [Antitype; AD 31, 15th day, 1st Month (Abib/Nisan), 7th day of the week, Feast and Weekly (Exodus 20:8-11) Sabbath combine, High Sabbath;; John 19:31; Jesus resting on Sabbath in Tomb, Creation/Redemption combine in the 7th day] 1 Corinthians 5:6-8

[3.] Firstfruits/Wavesheaf – [Type; Morrow after the Sabbath, 1st Month (Abib/Nisan)] Leviticus 23:9-14; [Antitype; AD 31, 16th day of the Month (Abib/Nisan), the first [day] of the week before sunrise, Jesus Resurrected; Joshua 3:1; Mark 1:35, 16:9] 1 Corinthians 1:20,23

[4.] Pentecost/Weeks – [Type; 50th day from Firstfruits/Wavesheaf, 3rd Month (Sivan)] Leviticus 23:15-22; [Antitype; AD 31, 50th day from Firstfruits/Wavesheaf, 3rd Month (Sivan), first [day] of the week, Outpouring of Holy Spirit, Early Rain] Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4-5,8, 2:1-4,16-18,33; Psalms 133:1-3; Revelation 5:6

[5.] Trumpets – [Type; 1st day, 7th Month (Ethanim)]; Leviticus 23:23-25; [Antitype; 1st day, 7th Month (Ethanim), AD 1833/34, 10 day/years before Day of Atonement (October 22, 1844); 5 months from Pentecost (3rd-7th); Great Awakening, Millerite/Advent movement] Revelation 9:5,6,10, 10:1-6

[6.] Day of Atonement – [Type; 10th day, 7th Month (Ethanim)] Leviticus 23:26-32; [Antitype; AD 1844 (end of 2,300, beginning from 457 BC), 10th day (22nd), 7th Month (Ethanim/October), Hour of His Judgment is come] Daniel 7:9-10,13,22(b)* “Ancient of Days came”, 8:13-14,26, 12:1,12; Revelation 9:13-15, 10:6, 14:6-12

[7.] Tabernacles/Booths/Ingathering – [Type; 15th–21st, 22nd days, 7th Month (Ethanim)] Leviticus 16:1-34, 23:33-44; [Antitype; Soon, and Very Soon, with Jesus in Heaven, New Heavens/Earth] Revelation 7:9, 15:2

Investigative Judgment throughout the Bible (KJB):

OT (Investigation types):

[01.] Genesis 2-3:24 (God investigates the crime of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil; Adam, Eve & Serpent (Devil)); Genesis 2:17, 3:9 (“where”), 3:11 (“Who”, “hast”), 3:24 (witnesses present in judgment)

[02.] Genesis 4:9-12 (God investigates the crime of Cain, for murdering Abel); Genesis 4:9 (“where”); Jude 1:11; Matthew 12:34; Luke 6:45

[03.] Genesis 5:22-24 (God investigates the life of Enoch); Hebrews 11:5 (“had this testimony, that he pleased God”)

[04.] Genesis 6-9 (God investigates the world & Noah); Genesis 6:5,12 (“saw…every imagination”, “looked upon”)

[05.] Genesis 10-11 (God investigates Tower of Babel); Genesis 1:28, 11:5 (“to see”)

[06.] Genesis 17-19; Genesis 18:20-21 (“see … know”)

[07.] Exodus 16; Numbers 15:32-36; 1 Corinthians 10:1-12 (God tests and Investigates Israel about Sabbath and Commandment keeping, as a type for the end times); Exodus 16:28 (“How long”); Numbers 15:34-35 (“what should be done”)

[08.] Leviticus 16 & 23 (Typical Day of Atonement); Exodus 28:15,29-30 (“breast plate of judgment”); Leviticus 23:29

[09.] 1 Kings 3 (Solomon (type of Christ) investigating, sits upon his throne and judges a case between two women (types of churches) over a dead and living child (types of Christ); 1 Kings 3:28 (“judgment”)

[10.] Ezra 2 (Investigation of Priests); Ezra 2:59,61-63; Nehemiah 7:61,63-65

[11.] Job (God on Trial, investigation of Job); Job 1:8 (“Hast thou considered”)

[12.] Ezekiel 8-9 (God investigates two kinds in Jerusalem)

[13.] Daniel 7 (Investigative Judgment by God and Angels); Daniel 7:9-10,13,22(b), 12:1,12 (“found”))

[14.] Zechariah 3 (Typical Day of Atonement); Zechariah 3:1-3 (“clothed”)

[15.] Malachi 3 (God refines, searches); Malachi 3:3,5

NT:

[16.] Gospels (Jesus comes seeking/investigating for fruit, personal investigation of Peter and Disciples); Luke 13:7; Matthew 26:70,72,74; Luke 22:61-62

[17.] Matthew 18; (Investigation of unmerciful debtor) Matthew 18:23 (“take account of”)

[18.] Matthew 22 (The King comes in to see wedding guests); Matthew 22:11 (“to see”)

[19.] Mark 11 (Jesus comes seeking/investigating for fruit); Mark 11:13 (“seeing … afar off”)

[20.] Romans 2:13-16 (speaking of the judgment by the Gospel)

[21.] 2 Corinthians 5:10 (appearing before judgment seat, good and bad)

[22.] Hebrews 9 (Investigating the ‘dead’ in Christ); Hebrews 9:27 (judgment of the dead comes first, before living)

[23.] 1 Peter 4 (giving an account in judgment); 1 Peter 4:5 (“ready to judge”, judgment was not yet then)

[24.] Jude 1:15 (Execution of Judgment already gone before)

[25.] Revelation 3:10, 17:12 (Time (“hour”) of the Investigation of the Living, only professing in Christ Jesus)

[26.] Revelation 3 (Laodicea; ‘Judging of the people'); Revelation 3:14 (“true witness”)

[27.] Revelation 11 (Judgment began after 1,260 years, after AD 1798); Revelation 11:1-2 (“measure”, “worship”)

[28.] Revelation 14 (Investigative Judgment, while Gospel still goes to the world, time of probation and mercy, just before the 7 Last Plagues, a time without Mercy, Wrath); Revelation 14:6-12 (“hour”, “judgment”, “worship”, “Gospel”)

This “judgment” taking place (first for ‘dead’ professing (Hebrews 9:27), then after, for living professing (Revelation 3:10, 17:12)) does not involve itself with the lost in general or those not professing, as those who do not profess are already “condemned” (John 3:18).

The Bible (KJB) speaks about the Books (of Record/Witness) Of Heaven that are used in the Investigative Judgment, and Great White Throne Judgment:

Daniel 7:9-10 - “(9) I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit … (10) thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books books were opened.”

Daniel 12:1 - “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: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.”

God and Heaven records/witnesses:

Deuteronomy 30:19 - “I call heaven and earth to record this day against you …”

Deuteronomy 31:28 - “… and call heaven and earth to record against them.”

Job 16:19 - “… behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.”

2 Corinthians 1:23 - “Moreover I call God for a record …”

Philippians 1:8 - “For God is my record …”

Books which record sin:

Exodus 32:32-33 - “(32) Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. (33) And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.”

Isaiah 65:6-7 - “(6) Behold, it is written before me … (7) Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together …”

Jeremiah 2:22 - “… thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.”

See where sins are to be “blotted out” just before Jesus comes the 2nd time, when He comes out of the Most Holy Place in heaven, sending the latter rain, nearing the end of the Antitypical Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16:1-34, 23:26-32; Zechariah 3:1-7; Revelation 8:5, 18:1, 20:1-2):

Acts 3:19 - “Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;”

See also: Psalms 51:1,9, 109:13-14; Nehemiah 4:5; Jeremiah 18:23

Books of Remembering/Remembrance:

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

Ezekiel 18:24 - “But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.”

Books which record our sorrows and trials:

Psalms 56:9 - “Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?”

Psalms 139:16 - “… in thy book all my members were written …”

Ezekiel 2:10 - “And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.”

Book of the Living:

Psalms 69:28 - “… blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.”

Book of Life of the Lamb: Philippians 4:3; Revelation 13:8, 17:8, 20:12,15, 21:27, 22:19

Other mentions of Books: Revelation 5:1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9

[1.] There are Books of Heaven, in which things are written, which may be retained, or blotted out.

[2.] God, has His mind, in which things are ‘remembered’ or ‘forgotten’.

[3.] Forgiven Sin is Sin which is “covered” (Leviticus 4:20,26,31,35; Psalms 32:1, 51:9(a), 85:2; Nehemiah 4:5(a); Isaiah 44:22* (modification: “as a thick cloud” (see: Exodus 24:15-16, 40:34; also see: job 36:32, 38:9; Psalms 105:39; Lamentations 3:44; Ezekiel 32:7)); Jeremiah 18:23(a); Micah 7:19; Romans 4:7) by the blood of Jesus until it is blotted out; See ”cover” (Genesis 7:19-20, 38:15; Exodus 33:22; Deuteronomy 33:12; Psalms 91:4, 104:6,9).

[4.] Blotted Out Sin (Leviticus 16:1-34, 23:26-32; Nehemiah 4:5(b); Psalms 51:1,9;(b); Jeremiah 18:23(b); Acts 3:19) is Sin which is gone forever, not written or remembered, whereas the opposite is also true (Psalms 69:28, 109:13-14).

The “Investigative Judgment” will show whether our profession of Christ (Jesus) was genuine and true before all the Heavenly universe, or whether we are still hiding from God and attempting to cover our sins by our own works, which rejects the salvation and redemption offered in Christ Jesus.

As a person accepts the offer of God in Christ Jesus and continues believing, they are truly passed from death to life, but this does not eliminate the possibility (not necessity) of loss once more (Matthew 18:21-35) (of ceasing to believe, or abusing that relationship), for any may later choose to walk away from the relationship for ever (see Hebrews 6:4-8 KJB for example, or King Saul of the OT (1 Samuel 19-28; 1 Chronicles 10:13) or Ananias and Sapphira of the NT (Acts 4-5)).

Are we as the self-righteous Pharisee?, still in our sins, yet in a much worse condition, not acknowledging our condition? Laodicea (Judging of the people) (Revelation 3:15-18) is in that condition, as Saul of Tarsus (Romans 7:24), before also.

Will God find the “blood” of others on your hands and garments? Or will God find that the “blood” of Jesus has cleansed us from all sin instead? Investigate yourself by scripture, and with others be ye merciful:

The words “Investigative” “Judgment” as found in various English Bible translations:

In Daniel 7:9-10, notice other translations:

[MSG] “… The courtroom was called to order, and the books were opened. …”

[NOG] “… The court convened, and the books were opened …”

[ISV] “… The court sat in judgment, and record books were unsealed …”

[GNT] “… The court began its session, and the books were opened …”

God gave us a type of how God operates in Heaven:

Deuteronomy 13:14 KJB (context, men going after other gods, Belial, vs. 13) - “Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;”

Deuteronomy 13:14, other English translations:

[AMP] “… then you shall investigate and search out [witnesses] and ask thorough questions …”

[CSB] “… you are to inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly…”

[HCSB] “… you are to inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly …”

God gave us another type:

Deuteronomy 19:18 KJB (context, a controversy between two persons, see vs. 17) - “And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;”

Deuteronomy 19:18, other English translations:

[AMP] “… The judges shall investigate thoroughly …”

[CSB] “… The judges are to make a careful investigation …”

[CJB] “… The judges are to investigate carefully …”

[HCB] “… The judges are to make a careful investigation …”

There is even a translation which uses the direct word “investigative”:

[OJB] Luke 1:3 - “thought it expedient also, having done an iyun (investigative research), accurately and carefully being meayen (engaged in research) in every source and making a medakdeke (pain-stakingly thorough) investigation of every aspect from HaReshit (the Beginning), …”

Search Me & Try Me:

Psalms 7:11 - “God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.”

Psalms 37:33 - “The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.”

Ecclesiastes 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.

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 - “(13) Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. (14) For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.”

Psalms 139:23-24 - “(23) Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: (24) And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”

Jeremiah 17:10 - “I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.”

Zephaniah 1:12 - “And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.”

Lamentations 3:40 - “Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.”

Psalms 9:12 - “When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.”

1 Corinthians 11:31 - “For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.”

James 2:12-13 - “(12) So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. (13) For he [God] shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.”

What about Matthew 7:1; Luke 6:37 & John 5:24?

Matthew 7:1 - “Judge not, that ye be not judged.”

Luke 6:37 - “Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:”

John 5:24 - “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”

As for Matthew 7:1, notice the context, which then affects Matthew 7:1; Luke 6:37; John 5:24, being conditional:

Matthew 7:2 - “For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.”

Therefore, live & judge in God’s mercy (Matthew 18), and we shall be shown mercy, and not come into condemnation.

Psalms 44:20-21 - “(20) If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; (21) “Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.”

Proverbs 28:5 - “Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.”

Unknown member

Apr 09, 2022

The part where you said, and quoted:

"WHO IS JUDGED FIRST, THE RIGHTEOUS OR THE WICKED?

1 PETER 4:17 [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?

1 TIMOTHY 5:24 [24], Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.

1 TIMOTHY 5:25 [25], Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid."

That part reminds me of an earlier example in Ezekiel 9:

Ezekiel 9:4 KJB - And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.

Ezekiel 9:5 KJB - And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: [a judgment without mercy, the Wrath of God]

Ezekiel 9:6 KJB - Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.

Ezekiel 9:7 KJB - And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.

This ties into Revelation:

Revelation 7:2 KJB - And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,

Revelation 7:3 KJB - Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the tress, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

Three groups, the three parts of mankind.

[1] Having the Seal of God in foreheads in the city (New Jerusalem, Luke 10:20; Galatians 4:26; Hebrews 12:23), who are the professors of religion, and doers also.

[2] Without the Seal of God in forehead in the city (professors of religion, but no corresponding works of faith, LORD, LORD, but do not the things which Jesus said; Luke 6:46)

Those two groups judged first. Later the third group at another time, already being condemned (John 3:18).

[3] Without the Seal of God in forehead outside of the city (Revelation 22:15; never professed to believe, spiritually uncircumcised in heart).

tsâphâh

Apr 09, 2022

JUDGEMENT TIME AND THE INVESTIGATIVE JUDGMENT - ARE YOU READY?

PART 5

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE JUDGEMENT OF THE WICKED BY THE SAINTS?

REVELATION 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,

REVELATION 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

REVELATION 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

REVELATION 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

REVELATION 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

REVELATION 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 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

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CONCLUSIONS: At the end of the 1000 years, the wicked will all be resurrected, and will be persuaded by Satan to attack the New Jerusalem (camp of the saints), to take it by force, so that they might gain access to the tree of life and thereby live forever. Instead, they will face Executive Judgment before the great white throne of Jesus Christ.

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WHO WILL EXECUTE JUDGEMENT ON THE WICKED?

JUDE 1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his saints,

JUDE 1:15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

JOHN 5:22 For the Father judges no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

JOHN 5:26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;

JOHN 5:27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

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CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ will execute the judgment of the heavenly court upon the wicked.

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WHAT IS THE PENALTY IMPOSED ON THE WICKED?

MALACHI 4:1 For, behold, the day comes, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that comes shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

MALACHI 4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

MALACHI 4:3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.

ROMANS 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

REVELATION 20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

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

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CONCLUSION: The penalty imposed on the wicked is eternal death.

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WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE WICKED ARE DESTROYED IN THE LAKE OF FIRE?

REVELATION 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

REVELATION 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

REVELATION 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

REVELATION 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

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CONCLUSIONS: It is JUDGEMENT TIME when God will bring every secret thing into judgement whether good or evil. Will you be ready to meet God's Judgement? Judgement time is NOW! Seek the LORD while he may be found call upon him while he is near. Tomorrow may be too late.

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SIN is the breaking of God's Commandments (James 2:9-11; Romans 7:7; 1 John 3:4)

Those who CONTINUE in UNREPENTANT SIN will NOT enter into the KINGDOM of HEAVEN.

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God's 4th commandment is one of the ten (Exodus 20:8-11) If we knowingly break it when God asks us not to we stand guilty before God of committing sin (James 2:8-12). If we do not seek him in repentance and forgiveness we are in danger of the Judgement (Hebrews 10:26-27). Sunday worship is a tradition and teaching of man that has led many to break the commandments of God. Jesus says that if we follow the traditions of man that break the commandments of God we are not following God (Matthew 15:3-9)

There is not one scripture in all of God's Word that says that God's 4th Commandment is now ABOLISHED and we are now commanded to KEEP Sunday as a Holy day. Who should we follow the teachings and traditions of men or the Word of God? Who should we believe the Words of men or the Word of God? In times of ignorance God winks at but now ,<when a KNOWLEDGE of the truth has come> calls all men everywhere to REPENT (FOLLOW) (Acts 17:30-31).

God bless