Monday, November 27, 2023

Dan23 Final Judgment

   Mysteries in Daniel 12

Daniel 12:2-3  And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever.
   Since the elect (saints or godly Christians) at Rapture will have to help our Lord Jesus judge the twelve tribes of Israel, then this event cannot be Rapture but the great white throne judgment- the final judgment at the end of Jesus' Millennium Rule.  
Mat 19:28  So Jesus said to them, "Assuredly I say to you, that in the regeneration, when the Son of Man sits on the throne of His glory, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Great White Throne Judgments
Rev 20:11-13  Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works.
    Everyone coming before the Great White Throne will be judged according to his works, and if his name who is not found written in the Book of Life, he will be cast into the lake of fire.
   Those found in the Book of Life will be the born again Christians, godly Jews and those found righteous. God may reward them in similar fashion as He rewarded those in the first resurrection at Rapture (except for the position of the bride of the Lamb).
Rev 20:14-15  Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.

Only Christians rewarded at Rapture
1Thess 4:16-17  For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
   If only the elect (godly Christians) are resurrected to be with the Father in the Kingdom of heaven during the 1st Resurrection or Rapture, then the rest of mankind will be judged at the great white throne judgment.

Rapture - the First Resurrection
Mat 16:27  "For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works."
    At Rapture at the twinkling of the eye, the elect who are being taken back to heaven will immediately be rewarded with their corruptible bodies transformed into the new glorious incorruptible bodies.
1Cor 15:40-42  There are also celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption.
    Rewards for Christians will be how glorious their new resurrected bodies will be:-

1. Sons of God as the bride of the Lamb who will sit on the throne of Jesus will be transformed into the most glorious bodies.

2. Faithful servants will be rewarded as
a. kings to help Him rule - for He is the King of kings
b. lords - for He is the Lord of lords.

3. People of God - This group (believers and citizens.  ) will be His blessed sheep (Mat 25:34-40)

Rev 21:8  "But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."