Whence He shall come to judge the living and the dead.

When Christ ascended to heaven and sat at the Right Hand of God, He began His judgment. Christ judges not only those who die at their expiry; only, He judges the living during their lifetime. His judgment happens in sky at the "Throne of God."

Most of the confessions state that Christ will judge the dead in the futurity; even so, the Bible shows clearly that judgment has happened, is happening, and will continue to happen in the future. Information technology is an everyday reality.

Where does the judgment of God accept place

The word "whence" is not used in today's English. It just means from where. The dictionary states,

whence adverb \ˈhwen(t)s, ˈwen(t)s\
: from where
Full Definition of WHENCE
: from what place, source, or cause
Merriam-Websters Dictionary

The locaton where judgment occurs is in heaven and not some futurity location on earth. God our savior, Jesus Christ, will judge anybody from heaven. Revelation gives the verbal location and the visual of where judgment occurs.

And I saw a bang-up white throne and Him who saturday upon it, from whose presence globe and heaven fled abroad, and no identify was found for them. And I saw the expressionless, the great and the small, continuing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the expressionless were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds. And the body of water gave up the expressionless which were in it, and death and Hades gave upwardly the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds. And death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone's proper noun was non found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
(Rev xx:eleven-15 NAS)

When studying "He sat down at the Right Hand of God" we learned that the "Throne of God" is in heaven. Christ sat down on His throne when He ascended into heaven.

God, The Father and Christ, is the judge

Only as God, The Father and Christ, sits on the throne; So, God, the Begetter and Christ, is the guess of the living and the expressionless.

Gather My godly ones to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice." And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judge.
(Psa fifty:5-half dozen NAS)

There is only one judge and that gauge is God.

For nosotros know Him who said, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay." And again, "The Lord will guess His people." It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
(Heb 10:30-31 NAS)
There is simply one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to relieve and to destroy; but who are you who judge your neighbour?
(Jam 4:12 NAS)

The Father is the judge.

And if you address every bit Father the One who impartially judges according to each man'due south piece of work, comport yourselves in fear during the time of your stay upon globe
(1Pe i:17 NAS)

Christ is the judge.

I solemnly accuse you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to estimate the living and the expressionless, and past His actualization and His kingdom:
(2Ti four:1 NAS)

The Father gave all judgment to the Son then the Begetter tin can be honored.

For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son, in order that all may honor the Son, even as they honour the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Male parent who sent Him.
(Joh 5:22-23 NAS)

Who will be judged by God?

God volition judge all the Angels and Humans that he created. Peter states that the Angels volition exist judged past God.

For if God did non spare angels when they sinned, just cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment;
(2Pe 2:4 NAS)

Paul states that all people will stand before the judgment seat of God, which is God'south throne.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, co-ordinate to what he has done, whether skillful or bad.
(2Co five:ten NAS)
Merely you, why practise you judge your brother? Or you again, why practice y'all regard your blood brother with contempt? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God.
(Rom xiv:x NAS)

He judges the living and the expressionless

Every bit shown before, God our Savior, Jesus Christ, will judge those who are living and those who are dead. This is conspicuously taught by the Apostles.

"And He ordered the states to preach to the people, and solemnly to testify that this is the One who has been appointed by God as Approximate of the living and the expressionless.
(Act 10:42 NAS)
I solemnly charge you lot in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom:
(2Ti iv:i NAS)
And in all this, they are surprised that y'all exercise not run with them into the same excess of dissipation, and they malign you; merely they shall give account to Him who is gear up to judge the living and the dead.
(1Pe 4:four-5 NAS)

The living are those who are believers in Christ. Those who are made alive (Eph 2:v) in Christ. This also applies to those who are but living (Joh 3:18). At that place is nobody who volition escape the judgment of God in this life or in decease.

God judges the house of God offset

The beginning group of people God will approximate are those whom claim to be God's people. Since God'due south people are responsible for telling others about God accurately (2Ti ii:15), honestly (Luk viii:15), without sordid proceeds (Tit 1:11), God volition kickoff with His own church.

For information technology is time for judgment to brainstorm with the household of God; and if it begins with us kickoff, what will exist the effect for those who exercise not obey the gospel of God?
(1Pe 4:17 NAS)

The measurements that God uses for His judgment are the deeds that the people do in their lives.

Everyone will be judged according to their deeds

The Apostles clearly taught that anybody volition be judged according to their deeds. Both the righteous and the unrighteous people will be judged.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each ane may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
(2Co 5:10 NAS)
I said to myself, "God will guess both the righteous homo and the wicked man," for a time for every affair and for every human activity is there.
(Ecc 3:17 NAS)

God does non please in the wickedness of humans. All the misery and evil that homo does to God'southward creation volition by no means go unpunished.

"I, the LORD, have spoken; it is coming and I shall act. I shall not relent, and I shall not compassion, and I shall not be sorry; according to your ways and according to your deeds I shall judge y'all," declares the Lord God.'"
(Eze 24:xiv NAS)

There is no reason why God should feel sorry or accept any remorse to unrepentant sinners who think that they are righteous for their ungodly deeds. Particularly when God gave them an entire lifetime to reflect on it.

Christ judges the intent of the heart

God besides judges the intent of the eye. Nada is hidden from His sight or knowledge.

The decision, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person. For God will bring every human activity to judgment, everything which is subconscious, whether it is proficient or evil.
(Ecc 12:13-xiv NAS)
For the give-and-take of God is living and active and sharper than any 2-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And in that location is no creature hidden from His sight, merely all things are open up and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom nosotros have to do.
(Heb iv:12-13 NAS)

When does God judge?

Psalms shows God'south judgment was happening from heaven already.

Yard didst cause judgment to be heard from sky; The earth feared, and was all the same, When God arose to judgment, To save all the humble of the earth. Selah.
(Psa 76:8-9 NAS)

Judgment is happening during life.

For G hast maintained my just cause; G dost sit on the throne judging righteously.
(Psa 9:4 NAS)

Also, the Apostles clearly taught that, when yous dice, you are judged. Later expiry, people are either cast into hell or pass into life.

"But I will warn you whom to fear: fear the One who after He has killed has authority to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fright Him!
(Luk 12:5 NAS)

Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. "Truly, truly, I say to yous, an hour is coming and now is, when the dead shall hear the vocalisation of the Son of God; and those who hear shall live.
(Joh 5:24-25 NAS)

The John 5:25 quote states, "AND At present IS" the time when this is happening. There is no waiting period, no purgatory,or far away hereafter issue that people are waiting for. Judgment is happening Now every bit we speak. Not but is it happening now, judgment was happening yesterday and will keep to happen tomorrow.

God's judgment is afterwards decease

When a person dies, they are immediately judged by God our savior, Jesus Christ. The writer of Hebrews states,

Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and later on this comes judgment
(Heb ix:26-27 NAS)

God's judgment is on World during life

Those who do not believe God are said to be judged already. Unless of grade they come up to repentance and faith.

He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the simply begotten Son of God.
(Joh 3:18 NAS)

This is shown in the story of Moses and the Pharaoh. Considering Pharaoh did not believe in God, and set himself up as god, God hardened Pharaoh's middle.

And the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had spoken to Moses.
(Exo 9:12 NAS)

Those who arrogantly oppose God, He will harden. God volition slowly close the door during their life so as to never attain eternal life at death.

And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate heed, to practise those things which are not convenient;
(Rom 1:28 KJV)

God's judgment is righteous

God does not judge people considering He loves to condemn people. His judgment is righteous.

"For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies," declares the Lord God. "Therefore, repent and alive."
(Eze 18:32 NAS)
God is a righteous approximate, And a God who has indignation every solar day. If a man does not apologize, He volition sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and made it set.
(Psa seven:11-12 NAS)

He shows no partiality, nor does He judge unreasonably.

"Surely, God will non act wickedly, And the Almighty will non pervert justice.. . . Who shows no partiality to princes, Nor regards the rich above the poor, For they all are the work of His hands?
(Job 34:12,19 NAS)

For there is no partiality with God.
(Rom 2:11 NAS)

This is a plain indication of God's righteous judgment so that you lot may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which indeed y'all are suffering.
(2Th ane:five NAS)

If God did not repay to those who acted wickedly towards mankind and to God, He would be unjust. Justice is "the process or result of using laws to fairly judge and punish crimes and criminals."

If Criminals and criminal acts went unpunished by God, He would be uncaring towards the victims of crimes.

God'south wrath is upon the unrighteous in judgment

Many people have a difficult time with the concept of God'due south "wrath." It would take a mass amount of ignorance of an uncommonly long list of Bible passages to deny that God has wrath upon the unrighteous. God's "wrath." is defined as follows.

3709 ὀργή, ῆς, ἡ {or-gay'}
Meaning: 1) acrimony, the natural disposition, atmosphere, character 2) movement or agitation of the soul, impulse, want, whatever vehement emotion, but esp. anger iii) anger, wrath, indignation four) acrimony exhibited in punishment, hence used for punishment itself 4a) of punishments inflicted by magistrates
Origin: from 3713; TDNT – five:382,716; due north f
Usage: AV – wrath 31, anger 3, vengeance i, indignation 1; 36
Strong New American Standard Bible Cyclopedia

The understanding about God's wrath is that, God is not swift and quick to judge. He waited, prolonged, was forbearing, longsuffering, and showed goodness the entire lifetime of the individual.

Or do yous recall lightly of the riches of His kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance? Merely because of your stubbornness and unrepentant middle yous are storing up wrath for yourself in the solar day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
(Rom 2:four-five NAS)

The listing of quotes from the Bible about the wrath of God is staggering. Here is merely a scattering.

And then exist afraid of the sword for yourselves, For wrath brings the punishment of the sword, And so that you may know there is judgment."
(Job 19:29 NAS)
And another affections, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud vocalization, "If anyone worships the beast and his paradigm, and receives a marker on his forehead or upon his paw, he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed in full forcefulness in the cup of His anger; and he volition exist tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb
(Rev fourteen:9-ten NAS)
Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry. For it is on business relationship of these things that the wrath of God volition come,
(Col three:5-vi NAS)
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,
(Rom ane:xviii NAS)
"He who believes in the Son has eternal life; merely he who does non obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."
(Joh 3:36 NAS)

For those who teach that God has no wrath are deceiving you.

Let no ane deceive you with empty words, for considering of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience
(Eph v:6 NAS)

God rewards the righteous in judgment

All those who are God's children and redeemed past Christ will receive a reward in heaven at the judgment.

In the future at that place is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, volition honor to me on that 24-hour interval; and non only to me, but also to all who have loved His actualization. (2Ti 4:8 NAS)
Be glad in that day, and bound for joy, for behold, your advantage is great in sky; for in the same style their fathers used to treat the prophets.
(Luk six:23 NAS)

This advantage is the "inheritance" given to those who are adopted as God'southward children.

To obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will non fade abroad, reserved in heaven for you lot, who are protected past the power of God through organized religion for a salvation gear up to be revealed in the last fourth dimension.
(1Pe 1:4-5 NAS)
And for this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, in gild that since a death has taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were committed under the get-go covenant, those who take been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
(Heb 9:15 NAS)

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