Judgment, the Day of
Judgment, the Day of
Judgment, the Day of. God is called “the Judge of all the earth,” Gen 18:25, and it is reasonable to suppose that he will righteously administer his dominions. In the world, however, the ungodly are often seen to prosper, and the righteous to be oppressed. And this has sometimes grievously perplexed God’s servants, who have not known how to reconcile the fact with his holy justice. Psa 73:1-28. Scripture, therefore, points onward to a time when all these apparent anomalies will be explained, when a great assize will sit, and a just recompense of reward will be meted out to men. Ecc 11:9; Ecc 12:14; Act 24:25. This judgment, we are told, shall be exercised by Christ. Act 10:42; Act 17:31; Rom 14:10. Men might be judged either individually, each on his departure from the world, or collectively. Scripture gives us reason to believe that the latter will be the course of God’s procedure, Mat 25:31-46; Rev 20:12-13; and a day is spoken of, sometimes called the “last day,” Joh 11:24, sometimes the “great day,” Jud 1:6, when this shall be. The space of time to be so occupied it is impossible for us to calculate; about the nearness or distance of that day it is useless to speculate, Mat 24:36; it will be a strict and searching judgment, Mat 12:36, so that the practical lesson we have to learn is, to be prepared, to judge ourselves, that we be not judged and condemned of the Lord. 1Jn 2:28; 1Jn 4:17.