(BEMA) JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST
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INTRODUCTION:
Have you ever heard about the Judgment seat of Christ? (BEMA)
(JSC). Apostle Paul wrote to the Roman Church saying ‘’we all shall appear
before the Judgment seat of Christ, that we may receive our reward whether they
are good or bad’’ Rom. 14:10. The Judgment seat of Christ is one of the
judgments of scripture that everybody is afraid of. The question is, ‘’is this Judgment seat for
everybody’’? The answer is no. The Judgment seat of Christ is solely for the
saints 2Cor. 5:10.
This Judgment seat is
coming after the Rapture, the ungodly shall not partake in it, why? The
Psalmist said ‘’the wicked shall be turned to hell and all the nations that
forget God’’ Ps.9:17. Thus the ungodly is the same as the wicked. All the
people, all the nations which refused the entrance of the word into her land
shall be turned to hell. God has nothing
to do with those people or those nations that despised the blood of Jesus
Christ and regarded it as an unholy thing.
While the saints shall be judged at the Judgment seat of
Christ, which is the first Judgment to come according to Peter I Pt.
4:17, there is another Judgment seat where the ungodly or the wicked shall
appear to be Judged. It is called ‘’the great white throne Judgment in Rev.
20:11. These two Judgment seats are
coming on different platforms. We have earlier said that the Judgment seat of
Christ is the first to come, and it is coming immediately after the Rapture and
during the cleansing of the land. This Judgment seat is taking place in heaven
during the cleansing period.
Yes because the war of Armageddon shall liter the
mountain of Jerusalem with such refuse that a cleansing of the land will be
very necessary. And while this goes on, we are judged in the judgment seat of
Christ in heaven.
But the Judgment of the great white throne is coming far away
after the Millennial reign of Christ. And not only that, the last war on earth shall
be fought by Jesus Christ, and when he has defeated the world and the
Antichrist, he will draw all of the people, both great and small, rich and poor
to the Judgment seat of the great white throne and Judge them.
Jesus shall perform this Judgment because the
father had appointed and handed over these Judgments to him Jon. 5:20-23. This
is just the program.
Since Jesus shall reign for a period of a thousand years
before this Judgment, the saints would have stayed up to a thousand years
before it. And the saints are going to
form the audience at the great white throne Judgment according to Rev. 20:4. Those
who refuse him into their lives as Lord and Savior in the earth shall also meet
him at this Judgment seat. Consider what shall happen to them.
THE FIRST JUDGMENT:
Now let’s talk about this first judgment. Apostle Peter said
‘’Judgment shall begin at the house of God, and if it begins at us what shall
the ungodly do’’? I Pt. 4:17. Earlier I said the first Judgment shall take
place after the Rapture. But as the Church is lifted, we shall be sealed first
while on the air. Read my blog on ‘’IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE RAPTURE OF THE
CHURCH’’ for the details of these events on air. After the sealing on air Jesus
comes down and within few minutes he takes the Beast and throws him into the
lake of fire with the false prophets in the “War of Armageddon”.
Then he goes back to heaven with the saints and judges us
before entertaining us at the marriage super. God drafted a good program which
would take place in this world. Prophet Isaiah said ‘’he knows the end from the
beginning’’ Isa. 46:9-10. This means that he is the architect of this world. He
is the ultimate creative intelligence, the active force behind creation. He did
not capture the world from someone else, he created it and designed how and
when the world would end.
This first Judgment is not going to be fearful to the saints,
no. Instead it is a Judgment of taking rewards from the master. Apostle Paul
explaining how it will be, wrote to the Corinthian Church saying
‘’For other foundation can no man lay, than that is laid,
that is Christ Jesus. Now if any man builds upon this foundation gold, silver,
precious stones, wood, hay, stubble: every man’s work shall be made manifest;
for the day shall declare it because it shall be revealed by fire and the fire
shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.
If any man’s work abides which he had built thereupon, he shall receive a
reward. If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he shall
be saved, yet so as by fire’’ I Cor. 3:11-15 KJV.
At the Judgment seat of Christ, quality shall be used in the
rewards. He is not going to judge with
long years of service but with quality on every man’s work. Those who do their
work with quality materials like gold or even silver would not suffer any loss.
Yet those who used precious stones in their work shall not suffer any loss
also. These are strong materials which are not easily consumed by fire no
matter the heat. But those who use low
quality materials like wood, hay and stubble shall see their work burned up at
the smallest heat of fire, very sharply.
It is so because heaven is taking records of every one of us
here on earth, whether we know it or not. Again the Bible is saying that every
man’s work is following him. I said this Judgment seat is not fearful because
once we are lifted up from the earth; we would have crossed the danger zone of
this world. Any saint who is not lifted up in the Rapture should consider him
or herself a candidate of Hell fire forever, for there’s no second chance for
Rapture.
Apostle Paul continued and said ‘’if any man’s work burns in
the fire, such person has incurred loss but his soul shall be saved, yet so as
by fire’’. Therefore there are people who after being in the Rapture are not
left with any treasure in heaven. Such people would have received another level
of God’s mercy and grace. Jesus said we should keep all our treasures in heaven
where thieves do not break through and steal Matt. 6:19-20.
Satan is a thief and all his agents are robbers, because in
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not fearful, it is the place of receiving rewards from the Lord. Apostle Paul
said if any man’s work get burned he himself shall be saved but without
anything. It will be as one snatched out of fire and one coming out empty
handed from a raging fire. It is better for one to come out of fire empty
handed into the kingdom of God than for one to enter Hell fire whole.
There is a misconception in the Judgment which Paul wrote to
the Church at Corinth. Almost in everything Paul was misunderstood,
misinterpreted and misapplied. He said ‘’for we must all appear before the
Judgment seat of Christ: that everyone may receive the things done in his body,
according to that he had done whether it be good or bad’’ 2 Cor. 5:10.
This statement has been misunderstood to include both
believers in Christ and the ungodly, no. Remember those Paul had in mind and
wrote to, that he wrote to the Church. He did not write to people outside the
Church. He had no business with people outside. He concerned himself inside the
church of Christ. The recipient of his letter was not people outside the
Church, no. Then the interpretation of many people that ‘’we must all appear
before the Judgment seat of Christ’’ included the ungodly is a wrong
application of Paul’s message.
He had earlier in his first letter to this Church asked them
saying ‘’Dare any of you having a matter against another, go to law before the
unjust, and not before the saints? Do you not know that the saints shall Judge
the world? And if the world shall be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge
the smallest matter? I Cor.6:1-2. This was the reason he told them in his
second letter that we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ. And
this statement is true, not just to make them fear or afraid. We all means ’’the
saints’’ not with the ungodly together, no.
Earlier Paul had written the same thing to the Church at
Rome. He wrote ‘’but why does thou judge thy brother? Or why do thou set at
nought thy brother? For we shall all stand before the Judgment seat of Christ’’
Rom.14:10. It means we should not condemn our brother’s action in any way. If anyone
does you any wrong, you can call such person privately and make your correction
between you and him only.
If he hears you and repents fine, but if he sees nothing in
his action, then you can take a person with you. Yet if he says no or hears you
not, then go the Church, in the congregation or where people, i.e the saints
are gathered together. So shall you restore the confidence of your brother to
the Lord again. The ungodly should not hear any matter between a brother
against another brother. Paul considered it an insult to our privilege that we
should take one another to the law court. Instead let the saints look into it
and make a good decision or give a good judgment of the matter, because the
Church is addressed as a family, the family of God which she really is.
But when such matters are brought before the unjust and the
unjust judge looks into such matters, the saints would have opened up their
secrets before the unjust judge. Even though they may give good judgments in
such a matter, but the saints are preferred above the unjust. After such matter
the unjust will begin to castigate us even though they do the same. We should
ask the Holy Spirit to help in such case/s, but the unjust have no time
remembering and recognizing the presence of the Holy Spirit before going into
any matter or case. The saints would always give glory to the Lord in
everything.
This is why Paul advised
the Church to look into any matter between one against another first and by so doing
save us from exposing our secrets before the unjust. This Judgment shall take
place in heaven and those who are qualified through the Rapture are all
eligible. Therefore it is up to you to make sure you are found among the
faithful of God.
Remember that it is not fearful, only the place of taking
rewards from the Lord. Many people shall be decorated with thousands of stars
and multiple crowns on their head, and it shall be highly attractive. While
some people may be decorated with few stars and others have no stars at all.
Yes those whose work burned shall have no stars attached to their garments. It
is in this judgment seat that the righteous shall shine like stars Dan. 12:3. There
is no form of robbing Peter to pay Paul, no. Everyone gets what he or she
worked out on the earth for the record is straightforward.
It is in this judgment seat that we shall know where everyone
shall function in the millennial Government of Christ. Whatever your reward is
shall determine your position. Those who did exploit for the Lord shall have an
edge over those who just enjoyed their Christianity on earth without any
problems. Value for work shall be used and faithfulness may come over long
years of service.
The Bible said he that promised is faithful, who will also do
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God bless.
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