Saturday, October 11, 2014

Revelations - Judgment Seat

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.
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.
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.
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Revelation 20:11-15

17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.
18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?
19 And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
20 Therefore thus saith the Lord God unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
Ezekiel 34:17-22


Here we have the Judgment Seat of Christ. This is where all who were not a part of the Millennial Kingdom are now judged. Those that are not written in the Lamb's book of life do not make it into the New Heaven and New Earth. We'll read in Revelation 21-22 about peoples that are not a part of the New Jerusalem, but are somehow still a part of the New Heaven and New Earth. Maybe what is happening is that God is ensuring that nations, culture, diversity, and sex (male/female) are still in eternity. They come to a more balanced and harmonious representation, unlike the stereotypes and dramatic emphasis that we find today. Ultimately, identity is found in God, and the nations are then free to express individuality in the context of being in God's image. It is beauty from holiness, and not beauty from being expressive or "a rebel."

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