Judgment Day

Those of the second resurrection wake up to a "krisis" i.e. Judgment. It is indeed Judgment Day for them. But what exactly is Judgment Day? Why do Scriptures link it to the Kingdom of God? And how long is it? Is it a 24-hour day? And why does the Bible say the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness when God's judgments come upon the Earth?

 Theme Text‘‘When thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.” (Isaiah 26:9)

1) What is Judgment Day?
Paul says, ‘Christ Jesus will judge the living and the dead when he comes to set up his Kingdom.’ 2Tim4:1 NLT. So judgment is to begin when Jesus returns and sets up his Kingdom. ‘For God has set a Day when he will judge the inhabited world, and do it justly, by means of a man [Jesus] whom he has designated.’ Acts 17:31 CJB.
So what happens when the inhabited world is judged?
     When thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. Isaiah 26:9.

  • Yes, ‘Judgment’ is widely misunderstood. It implies not just a sentence, but also a trial/learning-period.
  • And we know ‘With the Lord a thousand years are like a Day.’ 2Peter 3:8.

So the Thousand-year Reign where the resurrected mankind learns righteousness is the Judgment Day.

2) Who will teach them righteousness?
You have made them [the elect] to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth. Rev 5:10. Yes, the elect as joint heirs will rule with Christ and teach the resurrected mankind.
The saints will judge the world (1Cor 6:2), offering life to the repentant (Rev 22:17).
The Elect will even judge the angels who had sinned during Noah’s times (1Cor 6:3, 2Pet 2:4).

3) Mankind always has had difficulty in learning righteousness. What would be different then?

  • Unlike today, mankind would be in perfect bodies (No inherited sin) in the Kingdom. So there would be no inner demons to fight.
  • Satan would be bound these years and he can’t deceive anyone like he does today (Rev 20:2-3).

There will be a Highway of holiness on earth (Isa. 35:8), whereas today only a Narrow Way exists (Matt 7:14), with Satan roaming as a lion on the Highway looking for people to deceive (1Pet 5:8).
Mankind will learn righteousness and be judged by their response to Christ, subsequent progress and behavior (Matt 16:27, 25:31-46, Luke 12:48, Micah 4:1-3).

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4 Comments

  1. Judgment day is a 1000 year period. Where both the righteous and the unrighteous (mainly those who had no opportunity to learn about God and his ways but lived a God life by obeying their God-given conscience) would be taught God's laws… during this period Satan has been abysed but would be released for a short while to try mankind again…… any who follows the devil would be cast into the lake of fire – (SECOND DEATH) with no hope of resurrection.

  2. SUD

    IVAN 5,30
    JA SAM OD SEBE NE MOGU UČINITI NIŠTA:
    KAKO ČUJEM, SUDIM,
    i sud je moj pravedan
    JER NE TRAŽIM SVOJE VOLJE,
    NEGO VOLJU ONOGA KOJI ME POSLA."
    ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
    SIN od Boga Jedinoga Oca JHVH
    G Yehošua – sam kaže
    da NIJE samostalan u suđenju.
    SIN će suditi onako kako je VOLJA od
    ONOGA koji je poslao SINA.
    Bog Jedini Otac JHVH je poslao SINA na zemlju.
    SIN G Yehošua vrši VOLJU svoga Boga Oca JHVH
    i NE sudi SAMOSTALNO.
    —————————————————————————

    IVAN 5,27
    i OVLASTI ga da sudi jer je Sin Čovječji.
    ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
    Bog Jedini Otac JHVH
    je dao OVLAST svome SINU G Yehošui
    da SUDI.
    SIN G Yehošua NE sudi SAMOSTALNO.
    ————————————————————-

    DJELA APOSTOLSKA 10,42
    "On nam i naloži propovijedati narodu i svjedočiti:
    Ovo je onaj kojega Bog POSTAVI sucem živih i mrtvih!
    ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
    Bog Jedini Otac JHVH
    je POSTAVIO svoga SINA G Yehošuu
    da SUCEM.
    ————————————————————-

    RIMLJANIMA 2,16
    To će se očitovati na Dan u koji će,
    po mojem evanđelju,
    Bog = OTAC JHVH JEDINI
    po
    Isusu Kristu
    suditi
    ono što je skriveno u ljudima.
    ===========================

    Jasno rečeno:
    ========================
    DVIJE OSOBE ! !
    ————————
    1,
    JEDNA JE BOG OTAC JHVH
    2,
    druga je SIN
    od Boga Oca JHVH =
    Gospodin Yehoshua
    koji NIJE Bog

    jer je BOG – SAMO JEDAN – OTAC – JHVH

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