Who Judges us at the Pre-Advent Judgement? Summary: Before Christ returns, He will judge between those who follow Him and those who do not. Share with others: As we have seen in the previous article, What is the Judgement, there are several phases to the judgement: investigation, vindication, and execution. The investigative, or pre-advent, judgement takes place before the Second Coming of Christ. The Bible makes it clear that Christ will judge everyone before He returns: And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be (Revelation 22:12). See also John 5:22, 2 Timothy 4:1, 8; Hebrews 10:30; and Revelation 19:11. We know from 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 that when the Lord comes, “the dead in Christ will rise first” and then those that are alive “will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air” (see also 1 Peter 4:17). If Christ will know who to raise from the dead, then logically He must have already decided before He arrived who gets which reward. This process of deciding who will be rewarded and resurrected is the first part of the judgement process, known as the investigative, pre-advent, or pre-millennial judgement, and will take place before Christ’s coming. When Jesus returns to this earth, He will reward those who have been obedient and He will punish the disobedient—those who have chosen to follow Satans methods. The decision of who is saved or not saved will precede the coming of Christ. The reward for those who choose Gods way is eternal life, and those people will be resurrected at the Second Coming.
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 08:38:40 +0000
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