9:1f; 13:2-3, 11f; Dan. This is further confirmed by the message of the book of Romans where the Apostle shows Israels problem to be one of seeking to establish her own righteousness by keeping the Law rather than accept Gods righteousness by faith in Christ (Rom. But man is separated from God by the problem of Sin. Some people are troubled by the doctrine of rewards because this seems to suggest merit instead of grace, and because, it is pointed out, we should only serve the Lord out of love and for Gods glory. But Jesus said to him, No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.. 13:8-9). (1) In Luke 14:12-14, reward is associated with the resurrection and the rapture is when the church is resurrected. and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged. 15:17; Jn. (2) The Incorruptible Crown (1 Cor. For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you. The clear emphasis of Scripture is that the events of Revelation 6-19 constitute a time of Gods special judgment poured out upon the earth. Why? Following are those six judgments: The judgment of the cross Jesus said in John 12:31-33, "Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. (1) The Crown of Thorns (Matt. 11:32); in his standing before God, and on the ground that the penalty for all sinpast, present, and future (Col. 2:13)has been borne by Christ as the perfect Substitute, the believer is not only placed beyond condemnation, but being in Christ is accepted in the perfection of Christ (1 Cor. 29 For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself, if he does not judge the body rightly. 5:4). This book also reveals that even when men do not have the written Word, they have the law of God written in their hearts (Rom. So, much as we see in Romans 1:18f, God turns the world over to the consequences of its choices. Abide in Him. Abide is a synonym for fellowship which is the subject of the book (1:3-7). (3) It is a day of utter darkness, gloom, and extreme cloudiness (Joel 2:2; Zeph. Before God, we all stand naked, helpless, and hopeless in ourselves. John 5:24 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. The victor of a given event who participated according to the rules was led by the judge to the platform called the Bema. His work is perfect,For all His ways are just;A God of faithfulness and without injustice,Righteous and upright is He. 2 Lewis Sperry Chafer Systematic Theology, Vol. (3) To reward the believer for all the good he or she has done as portrayed by the symbols of gold, silver, and precious stones, that which is valuable and can stand the test of fire without being consumed. The judgment of the antediluvian world (Genesis 7:1724). 1 Cor. (2) Daniels Seventieth Week (Daniel 9:24-27). It was there Christ paid the penalty for the sin of the world (1 John 2:2). (5) The Promise of Special Responsibilities and Authority of the Lords Possessions (cf. God gives us salvation. What then is the solution? Furthermore, we are called upon to make judgments in the sense of evaluations when it comes to selecting elders and deacons, or in dealing with those who have fallen into sin (1 Tim. They could enjoy themselves freely provided they abstained from eating from the one forbidden tree. In all of these passages, Paul was picturing the believer as a competitor in a spiritual contest. The faith which you have, have as your own conviction before God. When Adam and Eve chose to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, they acted in self-centered independence which was idolatry and sin. 1:18-21; 2:12). How many times is the son of man mentioned in the Bible? Joy will indeed be the predominant emotion of life with the Lord; but I suspect that, when our works are made manifest at the tribunal, some grief will be mixed with the joy, and we shall know shame as we suffer loss. Since the events mentioned in Daniel 9:26 (the cutting off of Messiah and the destruction of city and sanctuary) had to occur after the 69 weeks of years had run their course but before the seventieth week begins, there has to be a space of time, the parenthesis of the church age, between the conclusion of the sixty-ninth week and the beginning of the seventieth. This crown is given for enduring testings (trials) and temptation. The Bible teaches us that God loves all people and wants to bring them into a harmonious relationship with Himself. (7) Loss of Physical Health and Vitality. 1:6; Rev. The details of this will be developed in a summarized fashion in the material that follows. This time he calls it simply, the day of Christ. This is clear from both the context of 5:4-8 and by the fact he changed the words he used for sleep. 17:22; 14:30). 3:23; Hab. Scripture teaches that Christs death was all-sufficient, completely satisfying Gods wrath toward sin in the believer. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. Similarly, Paul tells rich people that God gives us richly all things to enjoy. (1 Tim. (8) It is a time of utter negative volition and rebellion (2 Thess. 1 Corinthians 4:5 ESV / 106 helpful votesHelpfulNot Helpful. Though some of them were not living as they should, looking ahead and seeing them in glory brought joy and would bring great rejoicing. 3:1-5; 5:5-15; Jer. These are: (1) The Promise of Crowns. This is the basis of rewards or the cause of their loss, the abiding, Christ-dependent life. But we shall rejoice also as we realize that the rewards given will be another example of the grace of our Lord; for at best we are unprofitable servants (E. Schuyler English, The Church At the Tribunal, in Prophetic Truth Unfolding Today, ed. All of mankind without distinction are under the curse of sin and judged as sinful and separated from God apart from the saving grace of God in Christ. All the graduates are there and excited about graduating, yet at the time of rewards, some sorrow might be experienced, but it is quickly overcome by the joy of the event. Then why do we have to confess sin in this life? They teach us the basic cause of discipline is failure to examine and confess known sins because that hinders our fellowship with God. Though we will not be judged in the sense of punished for sin at the Bema since the Lord has born that for us, we must never take sin lightly because there are many consequences. 2:8), but a reward for enduring trials and overcoming temptation. While the Bema is going on in heaven (with the church in the Lords presence) a series of terrible judgments will begin to unfold on the earth for a period of seven years to be culminated by the return and manifestation of Christ to earth as the Great White Horse Rider of Revelation 19. The message of scripture was that Jesus Christ was both God and man. He wants those who have not trusted in Christ to understand the judgments that this might motivate them to trust in Christ as their personal Savior because He bore the judgment for their sin in their place. The use of the term judgment seat in most translations, ignorance of the historical and cultural background concerning the Bema, and foggy theology regarding the finished work of Christ have all contributed to several common misconceptions which, in one way or another, see God as giving out just retribution to believers for sin, or at least for our unconfessed sin. 5 But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness. This would mean that the finest of Christians could be sorrowful throughout eternity. According to Romans 1:18-32, when men turn away from the knowledge of God revealed so vividly in creation, God, as an expression of His holy wrath, turns men over to their own devices and foolish imaginations. Since the Savior has died for the sin of the world (1 John 2:2), the ultimate issue is the sin of unbelief or rejection of Christ. Rev. All who have died without faith in Jesus Christregardless of their status in human history, religiously, politically, economically, or morallymust stand before this throne of judgment. This is further verified by the time periods of Revelation which divide the tribulation into two periods of three and one-half years (Rev. Everything about this time will be unprecedented (Zeph. Is it sin, good works, or just what? 30:7). 24:27-30). 1 Cor. Appears refers to the rapture which leads quickly into the Bema. While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, Have nothing to do with that righteous Man; for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of Him.. God graciously supplies the means by which we may serve Him. 2:19; Phil. Some will reign with Him, but, because of loss of rewards, evidently some will not. 2:7; 2:11, 17, 26. Emotion proceeds from the realization of facts in personal experience. Both Romans 14:10 and 2 Corinthians 5:9 speak of the judgment seat. This a translation of one Greek word, the word bema. At the Judgment Seat of Christ believers works will be evaluated to demonstrate whether they are good or bad, and rewards will be conferred (2 Cor. 14 If any mans work which he has built upon it remains, he shall receive a reward. This is why earlier the Apostle called them fleshly (the Greek sarkikos, adapted to, controlled by the flesh) (3:3). As Amos 3:3 says, can two walk together unless they be agreed? Obviously the answer is no. The result is the one world system of the Beast as described in Revelation. The instinct to preserve our lives is the same. (3) Loss of Power and Production. This latter realization will be the source of boundless joy. 28:11-19; Rev. 17 For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through Him. 17). 20:12b, 13b, 15a). So we read in Hebrews: Hebrews 12:4-11 You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin; 5 and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons, My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, Nor faint when you are reproved by Him; 6 For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines, And He scourges every son whom He receives. 7 It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? Do Those Who Commit Suicide Go To Hell? In the King James version. There are a number of passages that refer to the negative aspects of the Bema which need to be mentioned and explained. 12:3-4). (5) 1 John 2:28. 3:10-15 with 9:24-27). While bema is used in the Gospels and in Acts of the raised platform where a Roman magistrate or ruler sat to make decisions and pass sentence (Matt. Carnal believers are occupied and controlled by their own self-centered desires (Gal. Isaiah 38:17 Lo, for my own welfare I had great bitterness; It is Thou who hast kept my soul from the pit of nothingness, For Thou hast cast all my sins behind Thy back. While, for Gods own purposes, Satan has been allowed to continue his nefarious schemes, Scripture speaks of three sure events regarding the activity of Satan and his demonic forces: his binding during the millennium, his short release, and his final incarceration in the Lake of Fire. The Archangel* Gabriel is mentioned in Key Scriptures (Matt. 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about; but not before God. Why is possession of Gods Son necessary to have eternal life? Do not judge, and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; pardon, and you will be pardoned. 6-19). In other words, when we fail to honestly judge sin in our lives it spills over in one area after another. 20:3-5), together with (4) the resurrection of Old Testament saints (Dan. What are they and how are they described in Scripture? How many times was Jesus mentioned in the Bible? 1 Peter 3:18: For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, in order that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit. 10:1-4; Phil. 24:29-31). Revelation 20:5 and 11-15 show this takes place after the conclusion of the millennium following the doom of Satan and the destruction of heaven and earth, but before the eternal state of the new heavens and earth of Revelation 21:1. All believers will live in the millennium and in eternity with the Lord. This is a plain indication of Gods righteous judgment so that you will be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which indeed you are suffering. This results in the works of the flesh and their awful and fruitless consequences (Gal. All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God. 20:1-3, 7-10; 2 Pet. Therefore, as the Scripture says, And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment (Hebrews 9:27). It occurs 107 times in the Old Testament, but 93 times in the book of Ezekiel. 25:21; Lk. (4) The Great Day, the one of their wrath (Rev. 2:12-13), but the decision to serve, and the diligence employed in doing so, are our responsibility and our contribution and God sees this as rewardable. Matthew 25:1-30 shows that God will judge living Israel to separate the saved from the unsaved. Some today refuse to distinguish between the general tribulations of this age that the church will endure, and the unique, universal, and unprecedented Tribulation that will come. Two things: (a) This describes all the crowns. Daniel 9:24-27 shows us that the Tribulation, Daniels Seventieth week, is seven years. In order to be accepted by God, we must be as good as God is. Undoubtedly, then, the Scripture will be used to demonstrate the clearness of the plan of God and that man is without excuse. He will, likewise, be without guilt because he has been declared righteous. The very desire to escape eternal damnation is a legitimate and urgent self-interest. 2 One man has faith that he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats vegetables only. In fact, the Greek word appears 146 times in the New Testament, but it is 7:9; Matt. 25:21; Lk. New American Standard Bible Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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