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PART 2
Judgment. [Heb. generally mishpat\, decision, right, justice, ordinance; Gr. generally krima, judicial sentence, and krisis, act of judging, execution of a sentence.] A term that may refer variously to the process of judging (Deut 1:17; Is 28:6; Mal 3:5), to the judicial decision (Deut 16:18) or sentence (Rev 17:1), to the decisions of God as expressed in His revealed will (Ps 19:9, KJV), to justice itself (Is 1:17), or to the execution of a sentence previously arrived at (Jer 51:9; Rev 19:2).
The concept of Gods entering into judgment with the inhabitants of earth is frequently presented by Bible writers. Enoch, the seventh from Adam, pictured the Lord as coming to execute judgment upon all (Jude 14, 15). Isaiah described God as coming with fire to execute judgment (Is 66:15, 16, RSV), and the prophet Jeremiah pictured the awesome time when the Lord will roar from on high and enter into judgment with all flesh (Jer 25:30, 31, RSV). Daniel foresaw the time when the judgment was set, and the books were opened (Dan 7:10), and in mystic language Joel prophesied that God would sit to judge all the heathen round about (Joel 3:12; cf. vs 1316).
Jesus frequently referred to the final judgment. He declared that ancient Sodom and Gomorrah would be treated more leniently in the judgment for refusing the light they had than would the cities of His day that spurned Him (Mt 10:11, 14, 15), and the pagan cities of Tyre and Sidon would receive lesser condemnation in the judgment than Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum, which rejected Him (Lk 10:1315). He asserted that men shall give an account of every idle word in the judgment (Mt 12:36; cf. chs 1627; 24:30, 31; 25:3146; Mk 8:38; Lk 9:26; etc.).
Paul declared that God has appointed a day in which He will judge the world (Acts 17:31). He preached of coming judgment to Felix with such conviction that the Roman procurator trembled (ch 24:25). He showed that the conviction of a future judgment is found implanted in the human conscience (Rom 1:32; 2:1416), and that for the wicked the prospect of a future judgment is a fearful thing (Heb 10:26, 27). Peter noted that both evil angels and wicked men are reserved unto judgment (2 Pe 2:4, 9; 3:7; cf. Jude 6). In their judgment the saints are to participate (1 Cor 6:2, 3).
No man can escape the judgment, for all must appear before the judgment seat of Christ; and the decision of the judgment is based on the things done in his body (2 Cor 5:10; cf. Mt 7:1620; Rev 20:13). The standard of judgment is the law of liberty (Jas 2:12; cf. vs 811). Gods judgment will be righteous (Rom 2:5; 2 Th 1:5; cf. Gen 18:25; Ps 19:9), decisive, and eternal in consequence (Heb 6:2; 9:27). In the judgment the whole life will be bared before God (Ec 12:13, 14; cf. Lk 12:2).
Judgment. [Heb. generally mishpat\, decision, right, justice, ordinance; Gr. generally krima, judicial sentence, and krisis, act of judging, execution of a sentence.] A term that may refer variously to the process of judging (Deut 1:17; Is 28:6; Mal 3:5), to the judicial decision (Deut 16:18) or sentence (Rev 17:1), to the decisions of God as expressed in His revealed will (Ps 19:9, KJV), to justice itself (Is 1:17), or to the execution of a sentence previously arrived at (Jer 51:9; Rev 19:2).
The concept of Gods entering into judgment with the inhabitants of earth is frequently presented by Bible writers. Enoch, the seventh from Adam, pictured the Lord as coming to execute judgment upon all (Jude 14, 15). Isaiah described God as coming with fire to execute judgment (Is 66:15, 16, RSV), and the prophet Jeremiah pictured the awesome time when the Lord will roar from on high and enter into judgment with all flesh (Jer 25:30, 31, RSV). Daniel foresaw the time when the judgment was set, and the books were opened (Dan 7:10), and in mystic language Joel prophesied that God would sit to judge all the heathen round about (Joel 3:12; cf. vs 1316).
Jesus frequently referred to the final judgment. He declared that ancient Sodom and Gomorrah would be treated more leniently in the judgment for refusing the light they had than would the cities of His day that spurned Him (Mt 10:11, 14, 15), and the pagan cities of Tyre and Sidon would receive lesser condemnation in the judgment than Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum, which rejected Him (Lk 10:1315). He asserted that men shall give an account of every idle word in the judgment (Mt 12:36; cf. chs 1627; 24:30, 31; 25:3146; Mk 8:38; Lk 9:26; etc.).
Paul declared that God has appointed a day in which He will judge the world (Acts 17:31). He preached of coming judgment to Felix with such conviction that the Roman procurator trembled (ch 24:25). He showed that the conviction of a future judgment is found implanted in the human conscience (Rom 1:32; 2:1416), and that for the wicked the prospect of a future judgment is a fearful thing (Heb 10:26, 27). Peter noted that both evil angels and wicked men are reserved unto judgment (2 Pe 2:4, 9; 3:7; cf. Jude 6). In their judgment the saints are to participate (1 Cor 6:2, 3).
No man can escape the judgment, for all must appear before the judgment seat of Christ; and the decision of the judgment is based on the things done in his body (2 Cor 5:10; cf. Mt 7:1620; Rev 20:13). The standard of judgment is the law of liberty (Jas 2:12; cf. vs 811). Gods judgment will be righteous (Rom 2:5; 2 Th 1:5; cf. Gen 18:25; Ps 19:9), decisive, and eternal in consequence (Heb 6:2; 9:27). In the judgment the whole life will be bared before God (Ec 12:13, 14; cf. Lk 12:2).
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