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Die Once, Face Judgment

“People are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment.” Hebrews 9:27. When most people read this text, they just take it to mean that the present life of every human is some kind of test that each of us undergoes, at the end of which we die and then face God to be sentenced with reward or punishment based on our performance. Is this understanding scriptural? What is judgment according to the Scriptures?

Revelation 20:5 – A Maliciously Inserted Delay

Scriptures state that Christ's kingdom that is to come on the Earth has a specific purpose. Christ and his proven followers will reign over the rest of the resurrected mankind for those thousand years and teach them righteousness. But one verse in Revelation (20:5) seems to contradict all the other Scriptures in claiming that the rest of mankind does not wake up during that time. What's the story there?

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?

A Change of Age

What are the events the Bible describes as related to the first resurrection? Just as there are two resurrections, so also there are two judgments. And so how is the Bema Seat Judgment different from the White Throne Judgment? What is to happen to Satan at the beginning of the Next Age? Why does the Bible say those who wake up in the second resurrection find themselves in a "krisis"?

Resurrection of the Dead

The Scriptures say that all the dead shall be raised back to life when Jesus returns. Will everyone come to life in an instant? The Bible says there are two resurrections. Why does it say, 'Blessed are those of the first resurrection'?

Kingdom of Heaven

Why does any Christian need to learn about the Kingdom of Heaven? Why does Jesus Christ ask us to pray for a Kingdom to come upon the Earth where God's will shall be done as it is in Heaven? Isn't the Kingdom of Heaven supposed to be rather in Heaven? Jesus went about the cities and villages preaching the gospel of the Kingdom. Compared to that, what is the predominant teaching regarding the Kingdom among present-day churches?

The Ransoming of Humankind

If every human falls asleep in death due to Adamic sin, how can the Bible (1Cor 15:22) promise ‘in Christ all will be made alive’? God declares in the Bible – ‘I will RANSOM them [mankind] from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death (Hosea 13:14). 1Timothy 2:3-6 describes how Jesus Christ fulfilled God's promise. In that explanation, what do these phrases mean - 'ransom for all', 'to be testified in due time' and 'to be saved and to come unto the truth'?

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