REVELATION PROCLAIMS GOD’S JUDGEMENT

YOUR TRIAL BEFORE GOD Q. 1) According to Scripture, who will face heavenly judgement? –2 Corinthians 5:10 –ALL (RIGHTEOUS & WICKED)

YOUR TRIAL BEFORE GOD Q. 2) According to our last lesson, when did judgement begin in heaven? –Daniel 8:14 –IN 1844

YOUR TRIAL BEFORE GOD Q. 3) Who are the judges? –Psalm 50:6; John 5:22 –“GOD is judge, Himself.” “The Father…has committed all JUDGEMENT unto the Son.”

1 Timothy 2:5 “For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus”

YOUR TRIAL BEFORE GOD Q. 4) What attitude do the Father and Son have toward us? –1 Timothy 2:3,4; John 16:27 –“Our Saviour… who will have ALL men to be SAVED.” –“The FATHER himself LOVES you.”

PHASE # 1- PRE-ADVENT JUDGEMENT Q. 5) Who will face God in the FIRST PHASE of the judgement that is now taking place in heaven? –1 Peter 4:17 –“Judgement must BEGIN at the HOUSE of GOD.”

PRE-ADVENT JUDGEMENT Q. 6) Who is the advocate or attorney for the righteous? –1 John 2:1; Hebrews 9:24 –“We have an advocate…Jesus CHRIST the RIGHTEOUS.”

JESUS OUR JUDGE IS ALSO OUR DEFENDER

PRE-ADVENT JUDGEMENT Q. 7) What will be considered in the judgement? –Ecclesiastes 12:13,14 –“God shall bring EVERY work into judgement with every SECRET thing whether it be GOOD or whether it be EVIL.”

PRE-ADVENT JUDGEMENT Q. 8) What will God use as His standard of measurement in the judgement? –James 2:10-12 –“They…shall be JUDGED by the LAW of liberty.”

GOD’S GREAT RECORD BOOKS Q. 9) Where does God keep the record of my life? –Revelation 20:12 –“The dead were JUDGED out of those THINGS which were WRITTEN in the BOOKS.”

Record Book Philippians 4:3 “And I urge you also, true companion, help these women who laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.” Malachi 3:16 “Then those who feared the LORD spoke to one another, And the LORD listened and heard them; So a book of remembrance was written before Him For those who fear the LORD And who meditate on His name.”

GOD’S GREAT RECORD BOOKS Q. 10) Who presents the case against us? –Zechariah 3:1,2 –SATAN

Revelation 12:10 “Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, "Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.”

GOD’S GREAT RECORD BOOKS Q. 11) While the present judgement is going on in heaven, what does Revelation predict will be happening on earth? –Revelation 11:18,19 –“And the NATIONS were ANGRY … and should DESTROY them that destroy the EARTH.”

GOD’S GREAT RECORD BOOKS Q. 12) Does God need books and a judgement, or court trial, to find out about me and my conduct, or does He know everything about me already? –1 Kings 8:39; John 3:18; 2 Timothy 2:19 –“Thou…knowest the HEARTS of all the CHILDREN … of men.”

Assurance of pardon John 3:18 "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” 2 Timothy 2:19 ‘Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: "The Lord knows those who are His," and, "Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity."

GOD’S GREAT RECORD BOOKS Q. 13) Since the present judgement, which is now in session (Daniel 7:9,10) is not needed by God personally, for whose benefit is it? –Revelation 3:5 –“I will confess his name before…His ANGELS.”

PHASE #2 – JUDGEMENT DURING THE 1000 YEARS Q. 14) When will the wicked be judged? –Revelation 20:4 –“And JUDGEMENT was given unto them…and they lived and REIGNED with Christ a 1000 years.”

Revelation 20:4 “And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.”

PHASE #2 – JUDGEMENT DURING THE 1000 YEARS Q. 15) Who helps judge the wicked, including Satan and his angels? –1 Corinthians 6:2,3 –“The SAINTS shall judge the world…WE shall judge angels.”

PHASE #2 – JUDGEMENT DURING THE 1000 YEARS Q. 16) In your opinion, for whose benefit is the judgement of the WICKED conducted? After all, people who are not in heaven during the 1000 years are lost anyway, so, why conduct this judgement for the wicked?

Turn to Matthew 25 the parable of the Sheep and Goats

PHASE #3 – JUDGEMENT AT THE CLOSE OF THE 1000 YEARS Q. 17) In your opinion: –a] Does this judgement occur at Jesus’ second coming or at the end of the 1000 years? –b] For whose benefit is this phase of judgement conducted?  A. END OF 1000 YEARS  B. WICKED

PHASE #3 – JUDGEMENT DURING THE 1000 YEARS Q. 18) When God announces rewards and punishments in the judgement, is He making the decision at that moment, or simply permitting angels and the righteous to confirm what He already knew? –Revelation 15:3,4;Romans 2:5;1 Corinthians 4:5 –“Thy JUDGEMENTS are made MANIFEST.”

1 Corinthians 4:5 “Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men's hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.” (NIV)

ASSURANCE OF SALVATION NOW Q. 19) Since I MUST yet face God in JUDGEMENT, can I have ASSURANCE of salvation now? –Daniel 7:22;Isaiah 3:10 –“Pronounced judgement in favour of the saints.” –“Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be WELL with HIM.”

Isaiah 3:10 “Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.” (NIV)

ASSURANCE OF SALVATION NOW Q. 20) Sins are forgiven when we confess them. When are they blotted out of God’s records? –Acts 3:19,20 –“Repent … that your SINS may be BLOTTED out when… He shall send JESUS Christ.”

ASSURANCE OF SALVATION NOW Q. 21) What did the heavenly being say the church must do after the bitter disapointment? –Revelation 10:11 –“Thou must prophesy AGAIN before MANY PEOPLES, and nations, and TONGUES, and kings.”

ASSURANCE OF SALVATION NOW Q. 22) In harmony with what the angel told John in Revelation10, what must God’s church be preaching today as part of the “everlasting gospel”? –Revelation 14:6,7 –“Fear God…for the hour of His JUDGEMENT is COME.”

GOD’S JUDGEMENT IS FAIR AND FINAL Q. 23) Revelation repeatedly points out that both men and angels will excitedly and loudly praise and thank God for the justice and satisfaction of the judgement. What specifically are they saying? –Revelation 16:7; 19:2; 15:3 –“TRUE and RIGHTEOUS are your judgements.”

GOD’S JUDGEMENT IS FAIR AND FINAL Q. 24) What finally does everyone in the universe do to express their feelings about God’s fairness and love? –Philippians 2:10,11 –“EVERY knee should BOW … and that every TONGUE CONFESS that JESUS Christ is LORD.”

Q. 25) Jesus is saying, “My son, my daughter, give me your heart”. Proverbs 23:26. He wants to enter your name in His book of life and keep it there. Will you let Him have that great joy?

Lesson Fifteen – Quiz True or False 1. There are a few special people who will not have to face the judgement. 2. The judgement began in heaven in 1844 and will end at the conclusion of the 1,000 year period of Revelation The judgement begins with professing Christians. 4. God has promised to give favourable decisions to those who love Him and truly follow Him. 5. There will never be a time that everybody agrees that God is just. FALSE TRUE FALSE

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