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RESURRECTIONS AND JUDGMENTS

Revelation 20: 1-15

There are some who hold to what they call

"the general Resurrection and the general Judgment."

They teach all the dead will be resurrected at the same time,

and that all people will be judged at the same time.

Such an idea is foreign to the Scriptures.

The chapter we are studying at this time,

along with other passages,

will show us the error of this teaching.

I. THE BIBLE TEACHES THERE WILL BE MORE THAN ONE RESURRECTlON.

A. The order of the resurrection of the righteous

is set in 1 Corinthians 5:20-23.

1. Christ is the first fruits of the resurrection.

2. "Afterward they that are Christ's at His coming."

3. So the order is, Christ first, then those who are saved

will be raised when He comes.

B. The first resurrection will take place when Christ comes

in the air for his people, 1 Thess 4.16-17

1. The resurrection of the just, Luke 14: 14.

2. Paul's desire to "attain unto the resurrection of the dead.", Phi1.3:11.

3. If there was only one,

Paul would have not had to seek to attain it.

This verse really reads "resurrection out from among the dead."

4. Where the resurrection of the saved is spoken of,

in the Greek it is always preceded by the preposition "ek" out.

C. John told us fthe "first resurrection." Rev.20:5,6

1. He speaks of the "rest of the dead".

These did not come forth until after the others

had been raised one thousand ears before.

2. Those in the first resurrection

live and reign with Christ one thousand years.

3. The wicked dead come forth at the end of this one thousand years.

D. The resurrection of the wicked is spoken of

as a resurrection unto judgment, John 5:29; Daniel 12:2.

I. We are not told many things about this resurrection,

yet we know they will have bodies, Mark 9:43-47.

2. They are to be judged according to their works

and cast into e lake of fire, Rev.20:7-15.

II. THERE IS TO BE MORE THAN ONE JUDGMENT.

A. There is a judgment for believers, I Cor.3: 11-15; II Cor.5: 10.

1. It is a judgment of works to test the faithfulness of believers.

2. It is a judgment to determine the rewards received.

B. There is a judgment of the unbeliever, Rev.20:11-15.

1. It is called the "White Throne Judgment."

2. It is a throne of eternal justice.

a. It is no human court, Rev.20:12; Rom.3:19.

b. Here rcords are examined, Rev.20:12; Dan.7:10.

c. Here eternal destiny is settled.

Hell is the eternal place fthe unsaved, Rev.20:15.

3. The unsaved will have an eternal punishment.

4. Condemnation already passed, John 3: 17-18.

5. At the White Throne the final sentence will be passed, Matt.7:21 23.

C. Those who a already condemned

can have this condemnation removed by trusting Christ, John 5 :24

"Verily, veril ,I say unto you,

He that heareth my word,

and believeth on him that sent me,

hath everlasting life,

and shall not orne into condemnation,

but is passed from death unto life."

God's Judgment Day

The Great White hrone is set.

The judge is seated.

Angels and Archangels are in attendance.

All Heaven assembles. Unnumbered millions in breathless wonder

survey the fearful scene.

Time's final drama is to be enacted.

Nothing else matters now.

Everything of a secondary nature is forgotten.

This is Almighty God's judgment day.

Now the dead appear,

sinners great and small,

from every nation, every race. murders, sorcerers, liars, thieves, adulterers,

drunkards, extortio ers, infidels, atheists, criminals,

along with those who just forgot God.

From the world's greatest battlefields they come,

from ocean depths where ships sunk long ago.

From graveyards, long since forgotten.

What a company!

And they keep coming,

millions of them to face God before the White Throne.

They glance this way and that, looking for means of escape.

There is none.

It is the day of their doom.

"And the books were opened."

Every sinner is recorded, every deed is written down.

Finally the Book of Life is brought,

Rev.20:15.

Only one thought:

Is my name written there

On the page white and fair,

In the Book of Thy Kingdom,

Is my name written there?

In vain they search in vain they scan its pages.

Their last chance is gone.

And oh what weeping and wailing,

As the lost were told of their fate;

They crie for the rocks and mountains;

They prayed, but their prayer came too late.

Revelation 20: 11-15

1. THERE IS NOTfIING SO SURE AS THE JUDGMENT.

A. No question 4bout its certainity, Acts 17:30-31.

B. Hebrews 9:2

C. God has made this appointment and will not let it be broken.

II. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF IT?

A. Not to ascert in man's character, but to manifest it.

To classify men, 0 assign them their due punishment.

B. Sinner alread condemned, here sentence executed,

John 3: 18.

III. THE CHARACTER OF THIS JUDGMENT

A. It will be a righteous judgment.

1. Nothing can escape the God with whom we have to do.

2. Matthew 1 :36; Eccl.12:14

B. It will be a righteous judgment.

1. Genesis 18 25, "Shall not the judge of all the earth do right?"

2. "He will judge the world in righteousness."Acts 17:31

3. God will vindicate His own righteousness.

C. It will be an impartial judgment.

1. No favoritism will be shown.

2. Earthly position, class division, wealth, fame or honor

will avail nothing.

3. "For there is no difference" Rom.3:22

D. It will be a FINAL judgment.

1. There shall be no reprieve or appeal.

2. No second chance, no other opportunity.

IV. THE GROUND OF THIS JUDGMENT.

A. The ground is man's attitude toward Christ.

Not morality or religion, nor works.

B. John 3:18; 1 John 5:12. There is but one issue.

Did you accept Jesus as your Savior?

V. THE JUDGE AT THIS JUDGMENT.

A. None other than Jesus Christ.

The Babe of Bethlehem's manger,

the Boy of Galilee, the Man of Sorrows

who once lived among men on this earth, John 5:22

"For the Father judgeth no man,

"but hath committed all judgment unto the Son ."

"It was he which was ordained of God

to be the judge of the quick and the dead." Acts 10:42, Acts 17:3l.

Will you meet Him in sin or grace

Meet the Savior face to face.

'Tis for u the question - when?

You mus meet Him now or then.

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