The Great White Throne Of Judgement - What Is It? – Part 2 Of 4 Series

THE GREAT WHITE THRONE OF JUDGEMENT - WHAT IS IT? – PART 2 of 4

The unsaved and the wicked will all make an appearance before the great white throne where the books are opened and their lives are judged there. Sadly no one present at that judgement will escape the lake of fire. This message will look at the deeds for judgement. I include the verses from the last message - {{Revelation 20:11-12 “I saw A GREAT WHITE THRONE and Him who sat upon it, FROM WHOSE PRESENCE EARTH AND HEAVEN FLED AWAY, and no place was found for them, and I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and BOOKS WERE OPENED, and another book was opened, which is THE BOOK OF LIFE, and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, ACCORDING TO THEIR DEEDS.”}}

[E]. CHRIST’S BRIDE MUST BE WITH HIM AT THIS JUDGEMENT –

We (the Bride) come from heaven after the Marriage Supper of the Lamb and must remember that in union with Christ, we will never be separated from Him. Once we became Christians here on earth we were never separated from the presence of our Saviour and even in death we are not separated. We live in heaven with the Lord for 7 years and come back with Him at the Second Coming for we are never absent from the Lord.

We live and reign with Him for 1 000 years and then the great white throne happens. We continue to be with the Lord. We will be there with the Lord Jesus Christ in this judgement.

We may be behind the throne as His Bride, (we will always be with the Lord, never apart after the Marriage Supper of the Lamb in Revelation 20), for we will be with our Lord and sharing the judgment He makes. The following verses could indicate that – {{1 Corinthians 6:2-3 “or do you not know that THE SAINTS WILL JUDGE THE WORLD? If the world is judged by you, are you not competent to constitute the smallest law courts? DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT WE SHALL JUDGE ANGELS? How much more, matters of this life?”}}

Christ comes for the judgment of the nations at the Second Coming of the Lord, at Armageddon as explained here, and His Church comes with Him, for His Bride will be with Him forever –

{{Matthew 25:31-33 “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then HE WILL SIT ON HIS GLORIOUS THRONE and all THE NATIONS WILL BE GATHERED BEFORE HIM, and He will separate them from one another as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and He will put the sheep on His right and the goats on the left.”}}

This is the judgement of the nations straight after the Second Coming and these nations will be judged according to their attitude – support or condemnation of Israel and of the Jewish Tribulation saints – but it is not the great white throne judgement. The verse in 1 Corinthians 6:2-3 where it speaks about the saints judging angels, I do not know when or how this happens or if it will be part of the great white throne judgement.

[F]. THE THRONES –

There are three thrones that will operate after the Rapture of the Church. The FIRST of these is the judgment seat of Christ. Technically a seat is not a throne but I think we can say Christ’s seat is a throne, for the King occupies it. It is the Bema I will do later. The SECOND throne is the one on which the Lord sits to judge the nations (above) after the Second Coming at the end of the Great Tribulation which is the end of the age the disciples asked about in Matthew 24:3, and the THIRD is the great white throne of Revelation 20. I think it is very, very probable the Church will have association with all three of those thrones.

[G]. THOSE WHO STAND BEFORE THE GREAT WHITE THRONE –

An interesting expression used in verse 12 of Revelation 20 is “THE DEAD, THE GREAT AND THE SMALL”. In the use of language we normally say, “the small and the great” working upwards. God chooses the other way, “the great and the small”. Why, I wonder? Well in this world the “great” are often those with power and influence who have risen over others and dictate what they want for themselves. It includes those who think they are important, imposters in this world and in the church.

We have judges, presidents, prime ministers, rulers, dictators, professors, CEOs, world sports heroes, celebrities, politicians, especially film stars, models, critics and broadcast presenters, even famous composers, etc. – the list is endless. Most live privileged lives and glory often in their high and proud position. They think they are so important. Now they all stand at the great white throne along with the peasants, the poor, the criminals, the bikies, the drug dealers, and the underprivileged, and the Mr and Mrs Ordinary Person, along with those these rich and privileged lorded it over.