(d) When Paul says “for we shall all stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ” (Rom. 14:10b) he means all believers. This Word may give an impression that there is only one place for the Judgment Seat of Christ. But in my spirit, I see three places or areas where His Judgment shall take place. These three places or areas correspond to the Word of God in Phil. 2:10,11 where His Judgment is rendered both in Heaven, on the earth and under the earth.
Concerning pagans, they all shall be judged by Christ at the Last Judgment. (Jn. 5:22// Rev. 20:11-15) We should understand that there, they shall bow their knees and confess with their tongue that Jesus Christ is Lord to the Glory of the Father before they are cast into the Lake of fire and brimstone. (Is. 45:22,23// Rom. 14:11,12)
Concerning believers, I see Christ’s Judgment Seat first established in the First Paradise, under the earth. He first preached to those souls and spirits which were disobedient during the time of Noah. (1Pet. 3:19,20) That was the first (recorded) Judgment of Christ under the earth whereby He extended to those souls and spirits (mostly from the seed of Seth, which were in the Book of Life) the same opportunity to be saved by obedience, confessions and repentances and overcoming and thus become worthy of the First Resurrection. Let us note that the Lord had never preached to those that were in the place of flame and torment (mainly from the seed of Cain), those that were not written in the Book of Life.
Then He called the Overcomers from the Old Testament which were there together with the other believers and His people. He judged them as worthy to be translated from the “prison” to the Second Paradise, the Third Heaven and to His Presence. (Rev. 2:7// 2Cor. 12:2-4) This has been their new transition place until they are also caught up to the Throne of God and to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. He permitted some of them to be resurrected (receive bodies) at that time and rise up from their graves after His Resurrection and show themselves to many in Jerusalem. (Mt. 27: 52,53)
Later on, but before the rapture of the Church at the last trump, the Lord will judge all the rest of the believers in this First Paradise as to who is holy and blessed and therefore worthy of the First Resurrection and who is not. (Rev. 20:6) Those that are judged worthy shall be resurrected and raptured to meet the Lord in the air. The rest shall be cast into the “outer darkness”, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth and they shall not be in the Presence of the Lord! (Mt. 7:22,23; 8:11,12; 13:41-43,49,50; 22:8,11-14; 24:51; 25: 30// Lk. 13:24-28)
Christ’s Seat of Judgment is also established in the Second Paradise (the Third Heaven) and at the Throne of God in Heaven. There He judges all the Overcomers, but only as to their rewards before they enter the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.
Finally, His third Seat of Judgment is established on the earth, where He will judge nations and separate them one from another and also individual believers, who will be living on the earth and surviving the Great Tribulation. The same rules of judgment will apply as described in the previous paragraph where He judges the believers in the First Paradise and their worthiness.
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H) After the rapture of the Israel-Church, the wrath of God is poured upon the earth in the form of seven vials. (Rev. 16:1-17) This shall be done during the thirty days after the rapture, which is the difference between the 1,290 days of Dan. 12:11 and 1,260 days of Rev. 12:6 since the Woman is not appointed unto the wrath of God. (1Thes. 5:9)
There is yet another forty five days of difference between Dan. 12:12 and 12:11 where the Word tells us that blessed is he who waits to the end of those days. This has been a mystery and the Lord has apparently not revealed its full truth up to this time. We may assume that the time may be necessary for the cleansing of the earth after the horrible destruction and decimation of our planet and of the mass killings of millions of people. I do not see the Kingdom of Heaven beginning in a place that looks like Sodom and Gomorrah. The Lord might fully reveal this mystery to us at a later time.
I) Then the END of man’s self-rule will come and the KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS –THE WORD OF GOD– THE FAITHFUL AND TRUE – CHRIST JESUS shall descend from Heaven to the earth on a white horse, and His Bride and Wife shall be with Him, and He shall smite the nations, bring end to the battle of Armageddon and establish the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. (Rev. 19:11-21) Then shall Christ together with us rule the nations for 1,000 years. (Rev. 20:4)
J) When the 1,000 years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison and shall go and deceive the nations and they shall compass the camp of the saints and the beloved City Jerusalem. But the fire from God shall come down from Heaven and devour them and the Devil shall be cast into the Lake of fire and brimstone, where the Beast and the False prophet are and they shall be tormented there for ever and ever. (Rev. 20:7-10)
During the time between the end of the 1,000 years and the beginning of the Great White Throne Judgment (the Last Judgment) Christ will judge all those from the Kingdom of Heaven still living on the earth as to how they lived and who remains in the Book of Life, being worthy of Eternal Life, and who does not. All the dead shall be judged at the Last Judgment after their resurrection.
K) The Last Judgment, the Great White Throne Judgment and the SECOND RESURRECTION shall take place and all the dead shall stand before God and all those not found written in the Book of Life shall be cast into the Lake of fire and brimstone, which is the second death. (Rev. 20:11-15)
Let us repeat that those believers which will not overcome and not abide in Christ even until the end of the Kingdom, all these will be taken out of the Book of Life and will be resurrected at the Second Resurrection. (Jn. 15:6// Rev. 3:5// 1Jn. 5:16b// Mt.12:31,32) At the Last Judgment, these shall not be found written in the Book of Life and shall be damned together with all pagans. (Rev. 20:15) But those believers that shall repent of their disobedience, overcome and change during these 1,000 years, shall remain written in the Book of Life and shall be saved.
L) A New Heaven and a New Earth shall be created by God and the New Holy Jerusalem, the Bride and Wife of the Lamb shall descend from Heaven and EVERY BELIEVER THAT OVERCOMES shall inherit all things and God will be his God and he shall be His son. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. (Rev. 21:1-10) The New Jerusalem is further described in Rev. 21:11-27; 22:1-5.
M) Today, the Lord desires that we would read, meditate, see, believe and comprehend the ending passages of the Book of Revelation. He says to us the following Word:
“Behold, I come quickly; blessed is he that keeps the sayings of the prophecy of this book.” (Rev. 22:7)
“Blessed are they (from among believers) that DO His Commandments that they may have right to the Tree of Life, and may enter in through the gates into the City. For without are dogs, (2Pet.2:21,22) and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, (1Jn. 3:15) and idolaters, and whosoever makes a lie… 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.” (Rev. 22: 14,15,19)
“Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.” (Rev. 22:20)
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PLEASE, CONSULT ALSO THE ADDENDUM FOR MORE DETAILS AS SHOWN ON THE TIMELINE WITH THEIR DESCRIPTIONS.
We shall not go into any further details of this last section as it is beyond the scope of this brief work. Rather, we will now turn to Our Lord and to Our Father in a “Prayer of an Open Heart” and will present our beings to Him as openly, honestly, sincerely and definitely as we are able in our fragile, imperfect being.
THE LORD DESIRES to hear from the readers, who have been touched at least by some parts of this book, who see their need before their Creator and Savior to seek His help or to change their lives or the course of their lives. If they so choose, they may tell Him their own prayer from their own heart or they may just read to Him aloud the “Prayer of an Open Heart” as recorded below. In either case, He will hear that soul, consider its prayer as a confession, repentance and consent of its free will. The Lord will answer the prayer and grant that soul all the necessary Grace and Power to make that prayer a reality in the life of each such individual believer. This is the promise of the Lord for every believer, who will solemnly declare this Prayer to His ears from an open heart. To each such heart and soul the Lord promises that HE shall be with him, and keep him safe from all the coming evil from now on until the END and until the NEW BEGINNING.
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To be continued next week in chapter 8 – part 10
brother Hanola
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