Judgment

The room is furnished with old magazines, comfortable chairs, and scenic paintings of nature on the walls. The family sits and waits for the report from the surgeon. Moments later, the surgeon appears, still in a surgical gown and cap. The waiting is over as he begins to speak.

Without hesitation, he says,

“Everything that can be done had been done. The body is riddled with cancer. It has to run its course. The rest is up to…”

Here, he points his index finger upward and shrugs.

The whole room was filled with the darkness of thoughts.

Each soul reached out to eternity for hope in despair. There is quietness except for the humming of the air conditioning system and the muffled sobs. Amidst all the questions of the mind, a scripture appears.

Hebrews 9:27 says, “As it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.” There are two judgments.

The Great white throne of judgment and the judgment seat of Christ.

The Great White Throne judgement is the final judgment before the unsaved souls are cast into the lake of fire.

Revelation 20:11-12, “And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 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.”

The other judgment is the judgment seat of Christ. It is also known as the Bema Seat Judgment.

2 Corinthians 5:10 states, “For we must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.”

This is where the Christians appear before God and give an account of life as a believer. The Bible is clear about all will give account after death. This is a morbid doctrine that people try not to think about it, but it is a factual teaching of the Word of God.