Judgment #7 -- The White Throne -- Rev.20:11-15 Series

JUDGMENT #7 -- THE WHITE THRONE -- REV.20:11-15 - 9-6-08

Today we’ll conclude our study of the 7 judgments that we started 7 weeks ago. Today we’ll think on "THE WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT" the judgment of all lost sinners that died in their sin, Jesus paid for every ones sins but the sad fact is most people will not receive His payment for their sin, He paid the sin debt once and for all, and its paid in full to all that will receive Him. That took place at Judgment #1.

Let me give you the names of these 7 judgments once again.

#1-{the judgment of sin,} this took place on the cross of Christ.

1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God,

#2- {self-judgment of our daily sins} after we were saved.

1 Corinthians 11:31-32 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 32But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

The other 5 judgments are after the rapture of the Church.

#3- {the judgment seat of Christ}, this is where all that are saved will be judged for our stewardship, our works after we were saved and thus rewarded accordingly.

2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

And #4-{-the judgment of Israel, Jacobs Trouble, Jer. 30:7, “name-Gen.32:28--35:10” and this has to do with the Tribulation period. The Tribulation is “Jacobs trouble”. But it will affect all the earth.

Jeremiah 30:7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it--

That is the 1/3 that is not destroyed.

-#5-{the judgment of the nations}, this takes place after Christ returns and has defeated His enemies at Armageddon, at the end of the 7 year Tribulation, “Rev.19:” but just prier of Him setting up His Kingdom, the 1000 year reign of Christ. MATT. 25:31-46

#6-the judgment of the fallen angels}- 1 Corinthians 6:3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels?

And #7 is of coarse, {the White Throne judgment}, this is when all the lost souls are brought out of hell and judged according to their wickedness, and according to the degree of their wickedness be tormented in the lake of fire, there are not any saved people judged at this judgment, these are all lost. Revelation 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

Listen as I read today’s text found in REV. 20:11-15

11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

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.

13And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

14And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

Again, every person who died in their sin is still in hell, but will be brought out of hell at the Great White Throne of Judgment.

Let me remind us once again that "hell" and the "lake of fire" are two different places, realize that "hell" is the holding place for the lost, waiting for the G-W-T- judgment. If it was the same place we’d be told that they’d be cast into hell, but it says that their judged of their wickedness and according to the degree of their wickedness be cast into the Lake of Fire.

There’ll be different degrees of torment in the lake of fire, if all lost sinners were tormented with the same torment there would be no need for the books of their deeds, the books are record books of all the wicked deeds each individual has committed.

Vs. 12-- 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.