{"id":90631,"date":"2021-03-10T06:26:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T11:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keriritenour.com\/grace\/judgments-of-the-bible\/"},"modified":"2023-10-30T01:07:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T05:07:31","slug":"judgments-of-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keriritenour.com\/grace\/judgments-of-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Judgments of the Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">There are\nseveral judgments mentioned in the Bible. Our God is a God of justice, as the\npsalmist says, \u201cA scepter of justice will be the\nscepter of your kingdom\u201d (Psalm 45:6). It is the Lord Jesus Himself who\nis the Judge of all the earth: \u201cThe Father judges no\none, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son\u201d (John 5:22). Jesus alone\nis worthy to open the scroll (Revelation 5:5).\nHere is a list of significant judgments in their likely chronological sequence:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Judgments that have already occurred:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><li><strong>The judgment of\n     Adam and Eve<\/strong> (Genesis 3:14\u201324). God\n     banished the first couple from the Garden of Eden for violating His clear\n     command not to eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and\n     evil. This judgment affected all of creation (Genesis\n     3:17\u201318; Romans 8:20\u201322).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><li><strong>The judgment of the\n     antediluvian (pre-flood) world<\/strong> (Genesis 7:17\u201324).\n     God sent a worldwide flood in judgment of mankind\u2019s sin in Noah\u2019s time.\n     The flood destroyed all of mankind and the animal world, except for Noah\n     and his family, whose faith led them to obey God\u2019s command to build the\n     ark.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><li><strong>The judgment at the\n     Tower of Babel<\/strong> (Genesis 11:5\u20139). Noah\u2019s\n     post-flood descendants remained in one location in defiance of God\u2019s\n     command, so God confused their language, causing them to disperse over the\n     earth.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><li><strong>The judgment of\n     Egypt and their gods<\/strong> (Exodus 7\u201412). The\n     ten plagues against Egypt at the time of the exodus were \u201cmighty acts of judgment\u201d (Exodus 7:4) against a\n     stubborn, cruel king and an idolatrous people and their gods (Exodus 12:12).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><li><strong>The judgment of\n     believers\u2019 sins<\/strong> (Isaiah 53:4\u20138). Jesus\n     took this judgment upon Himself by His crucifixion and death. \u201cHe suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might\n     taste death for everyone\u201d (Hebrews 2:9). Because our sin was judged\n     at the cross, \u201cThere is now no condemnation for\n     those who are in Christ Jesus\u201d (Romans 8:1). It was also at the\n     cross that God pronounced judgment on the unbelieving world and on the\n     enemy of our souls, Satan. As Jesus said shortly before His arrest, \u201cNow is the time for judgment on this world; now the\n     prince of this world will be driven out\u201d (John 12:31).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Judgments occurring now in the church age:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><li><strong>Self-evaluation<\/strong>\n     (1 Corinthians 11:28). Believers practice\n     self-examination, prayerfully and honestly assessing their own spiritual\n     condition. The church helps in this endeavor to purify the Body of Christ\n     (Matthew 18:15\u201317). Self-judgment requires\n     each believer to be spiritually discerning, with a goal of being more like\n     Christ (Ephesians 4:21\u201323).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><li><strong>Divine discipline<\/strong>\n     (Hebrews 12:5\u201311). As a father lovingly\n     corrects his children, so the Lord disciplines His own; that is, He brings\n     His followers to a place of repentance and restoration when they sin. In\n     so doing, He makes a distinction between us and the world: \u201cWhen we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are\n     being disciplined so that we will not be finally condemned with the world\u201d\n     (1 Corinthians 11:32). Whom Christ loves, He chastens (Revelation 3:19).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Judgments to occur in the future:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><li><strong>The judgments of\n     the tribulation period<\/strong> (Revelation 6\u201416).\n     These terrible judgments are pictured as seven seals opened, seven\n     trumpets blown, and seven bowls poured out. God\u2019s judgment against the\n     wicked will leave no doubt as to His wrath against sin. Besides punishing\n     sin, these judgments will have the effect of bringing the nation of Israel\n     to repentance.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><li><strong>The judgment seat of\n     Christ<\/strong> (2 Corinthians 5:10).\n     Resurrected (and raptured) believers in heaven will be judged for their\n     works. Sin is not in view at this judgment, as that was paid for by\n     Christ, but only faithfulness in Christian service. Selfish works or those\n     done with wrong motives will be burned up (the\n     \u201cwood, hay, and stubble\u201d of 1 Corinthians 3:12). Works of lasting\n     value to the Lord will survive (the \u201cgold, silver, and precious stones\u201d).\n     Rewards, which the Bible calls \u201ccrowns\u201d\n     (Revelation 3:11) will be given by the One who is \u201cnot unjust; he will not forget your work and the love\n     you have shown him\u201d (Hebrews 6:10).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><li><strong>The judgment of the\n     nations<\/strong> (Matthew 25:31\u201346). After the\n     tribulation, the Lord Jesus will sit in judgment over the Gentile nations.\n     They will be judged according to their treatment of Israel during the\n     tribulation. This judgment is also called the judgment of the sheep and\n     the goats because of the imagery Jesus uses in the Olivet Discourse. Those\n     who showed faith in God by treating Israel favorably (giving them aid and\n     comfort during the tribulation) are the \u201csheep\u201d who will enter into the\n     Millennial Kingdom. Those who followed the Antichrist\u2019s lead and\n     persecuted Israel are the \u201cgoats\u201d who will be consigned to hell.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><li><strong>The judgment of\n     angels<\/strong> (1 Corinthians 6:2\u20133). Paul says\n     that Christians will judge angels. We aren\u2019t exactly sure what this means,\n     but the angels facing judgment would have to be the fallen angels. It\n     seems that Satan\u2019s hordes of demons will be judged by the redeemed ones of\n     the Lamb. Some of these demons are already imprisoned in darkness and\n     awaiting judgment, according Jude 1:6, due\n     to their leaving their proper dwelling place.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><li><strong>The Great White\n     Throne Judgment<\/strong> (Revelation 20:11\u201315).\n     This final judgment of unbelievers for their sins occurs at the end of the\n     Millennium, before the creation of the new heaven and earth. At this\n     judgment, unbelievers from all the ages are judged for their sins and\n     consigned to the lake of fire.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size has-medium-font-size\">In Job 8:3, Bildad, one of Job\u2019s friends, asks, \u201cDoes God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is\nright?\u201d The answer, of course, is \u201cno.\u201d \u201cHe is\nthe Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just\u201d (Deuteronomy 32:4),\nand God\u2019s judgments will make His perfection shine forth in all its glory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size has-medium-font-size\">One of the Holy\nSpirit\u2019s tasks in this world is to convict the world of coming judgment (John 16:8\u201311). When a person truly understands his\nsin, he will acknowledge his guilty position before a Holy God. The surety of\njudgment should cause the sinner to turn to the Savior and cast himself on the\nmercy of God in Christ. Praise the Lord that, in Christ, \u201cmercy triumphs over judgment\u201d (James 2:13).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are several judgments mentioned in the Bible. Our God is a God of justice, as the psalmist says, \u201cA scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom\u201d (Psalm 45:6). 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