Almost immediately afterward He speaks of two resurrections, a "resurrection of life" and a "resurrection of damnation." John 5:29 29And shall come forth they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. " John 5:24 24Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation but is passed from death unto life. Our Lord Himself, while here on earth, says, "He that heareth My word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation. Description: If you listen to this message. The word used therefore, is merely that they shall "stand" or "be manifested" not that they shall be "judged." On the other hand, where it speaks only of the unbelieving dead, raised before the great white throne, the expression employed is that they shall be "judged." This is no fanciful or refined distinction. We Shall All Stand Before the Judgement Seat of Christ by David Wilkerson Topic: Scripture(s): Romans 14:10-12. In this all are included, saved and lost. It is said that all shall "appear" before the judgment seat of Christ, the real meaning being that all shall be manifested. Here we would note in confirmation of what has been already said, the perfect and Divine accuracy of the language used by the Spirit of God. The lost will appear before the tribunal to be tried on the question of life and death "out of those things which were written in the books." Rev. 20:12 12And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 9 wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. These are really the two different actions described. 7 (for we walk by faith, not by sight:) 8 we are confident, i say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the lord. The word would be just as applicable to the seat occupied by a judge in a civil suit or by an assessor awarding compensation, as to the seat of a judge trying a case of life and death. (Acts 12:21)), and is there rendered "throne" by our translators. It is used of the dais on which Herod sat when he received the embassy from Tire and Sidon ( Acts 12:21 21And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. It is a word of much wider import, and by no means necessarily (or indeed, primarily) signifies the seat occupied by a judge at a criminal trial. It will include "the great white throne" before which the dead are summoned for their final sentence. The word translated "judgment seat" means only a step or raised platform, such as a person exercising any authority, or pronouncing a speech might occupy.
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