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Judgment Day
Statement of Belief on Jesus’ Return:
We believe Jesus will return in power and glory to reign.
It has been declared in scripture that no man knows the hour of his return, only the Father.
On that day, Jesus will gather his people to himself and they will be changed.
He will crush his enemies and the order of creation will be destroyed in fire.
At that time, all will be raised to be judged according to the book of life:
those who have not trusted in Jesus for salvation face eternal punishment in Hell;
those who persevere in Christ will dwell eternally with him in the new heaven and the new earth.
All people are to live in light of his coming.
If you have your Bibles, please turn with me to Revelation chapter 20, verses 11-15.
Scripture is clear that God will come back to judge the living and the dead, of all those past and present, in order to usher in his new future order.
Not just in the book of revelation, but throughout all of God’s word.
The pronouncement of God’s word is final.
Let us read and then we’ll pray.
Tale of Two Siblings
It had happened.
The Lord had returned.
And the skies had been split and the enemies of God were vanquished.
All the dead were raised for the final judgment.
Johnny believed he was a good man.
He had never really believed in all those Christian tales, and was surprised when everything happened.
It all came so fast!
From what one of the angels said, he knew what was next.
The scrolls would be opened and the account of each person's life would be read back to them, and they would stand before God to be judged.
He couldn't tell if he was anxious or confident.
After all, he had lived a good enough life, didn't he?
He never really considered himself a bad person.
Sure, everyone makes mistakes here and then, but overall he fared pretty well in this lifetime.
He attended church regularly, gave often, tried to do enough so that he'd be set for life after death if what the Christians said was true.
Seems like it was.
Go figure.
He looked around for any familiar faces.
Maybe that was someone he knew?
It was hard to tell anymore.
Everyone looked … different.
It may well be pointless trying to distinguish some apart from others.
But he could see the crowds of humans lining up to be judged and the angelic beings at work separating the crowds.
He even spied some of the dark angels were brought out in chains to be judged.
"Wouldn't want to be them right now," he thought.
“Guess they chose the wrong side.”
He spent his time in line planning what to say, how he had been good his entire life, how he had donated to many charities and was generally helpful to society.
Sure, he was no Mother Theresa, but he did his best to love his friends well and to help out his family when he could.
If only his sister Jill could help him prepare.
She was always good at that sort of thing.
Before he knew it, Jonny was at the front of the line and a voice rang out, "Jonny!
Come forward to the judgment seat."
Immediately, any defense Jonny had planned flew out of his head.
His mind was a completely blank slate!
It was all he could do to just stand before the holy presence of God.
He felt like his whole being wanted to fly away.
And then the record of Jonny’s life was read to him.
And as it was read, Jonny could visualize the scenes just as they had happened in life.
But now it was from a perspective unlike any he had come to know.
Through his own eyes but outside them at the same time.
It was weird seeing his life from outside of himself.
There were so many things Jonny did that he forgot about.
The times when he was younger when he called his sister names, when he stole crayons from his teacher, resented his parents as a teenager.
And as the account of his life was read off, the little confidence which he first held began to fade away.
Jonny thought he had lived a good life, but as the account unfolded he realized he hadn't lived a very pleasant life at all.
In fact, he saw how many times he hurt others, and in turn, hurt God.
Even his thoughts were only of himself and not others.
He relived every moment he wronged someone, heard every moment he took the Lord's name in vain.
Saw the good times and how the Lord had been providing for him even then.
Witnessed his neglect for his parents in their final days.
Cried over the waste of his life pursing a good salary and decent home.
Heard the warnings from his sister Jill that were now coming true.
He relived the good days and the bad days.
And during all of it, he had given no glory to God.
Instead, he had thought himself to be god.
And now, here, standing before that very Judge, he knew just how wrong he had been.
Tears poured down Jonny's face like a faucet that had sprung a leak.
"What a fool I have been".
Jonny was wrong.
He was wrong to live for himself when God was the one who made him and gave him everything he owned.
Jonny could see that now.
And his life wasn't as good as he thought.
The list of offenses far outstripped anything good he might have done.
Even the good things were done out of selfishness for his own benefit.
And then it was done.
The end of the scroll was reached and all of Jonny's life had been read back to him.
And the verdict was being read:
"The life of Jonny, ... the Spirit, who searches souls, finds to be guilty as charged.
The punishment of sin and blasphemy of the Spirit and of God is eternal death in the lake of fire."
The words resounded in his ears.
Guilty.
Eternal death.
Lake of fire?
Jonny began to panic.
Was there nothing to be done?
This wasn't the way he had hoped things would go.
He looked around fervently for an exit.
There was none.
Angels stood around guarding the exits with fiery swords.
"Bring forth the Lamb's book of Life!"
The voice of God thundered.
There it is!
Of course, Jonny had heard about the Lamb who was Jesus.
He sat in many Sunday School classes, church services, attended every summer camp offered.
Jesus died to save everyone, right?
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