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About-Him.Com Devotional 12-17-2005
Http://About-Him.Com/ My Thoughts on the Life of Christ, from His Baptism to His Ascension. 203: Discourse on the Judgment Day Mt. 25:31-46 Matthew 25:31 ¶ When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: Jesus will come in power and glory, the elect will either be raptured or resurrected for a glorious meeting with the Lord (Matthew 24:30-31). At that time they will possess the kingdom and reign with Jesus for a thousand years (Daniel 7:22; Revelation 20:6), which will just be a warmup for eternity. Jesus the King (Zechariah 14:9) will be sitting as a judge over the whole earth. Nothing, good or bad, will escape His notice. This will fulfill God's promised to gather the nations in the Valley of Jehosophat and to judge them , based on the treatment of His people Israel. (Joel 3:2,12) Joel 3:1 ¶ For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, 2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. 12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. It appears that this judgment will be for those still living on earth at our Lord’s return. The saints will already have been raptured. Judgment seems to be based on the treatment afforded to the Lord’s brethren during the tribulation period. The nations will be gathered before the throne of Christ. There He will remember every good or bad deed that people have done to others during the tribulation period. Those who are found righteous will be allowed to enter the millennial kingdom, and the unrighteous will be banished. Simple things like extended food, clothing, shelter and even a drink of water will not go unnoted. Some will say when did we do these things and the Lord will answer that in as much as it was done to one of the least of His brethren it was done unto Him. Likewise the wicked will ask the same thing and the answer will be that in as much as these things were denied to the least of the Lord’s brethren, they were denied unto Him. Conclusion and Application: This judgment should not be confused with the Great White Throne Judgment. This judgment takes place on earth and the White Throne judgment takes place in heaven a thousand years later. There is no resurrection associated with this judgment as there is for the White Throne judgment (Revelation 20:5). The valley of Jehoshaphat is considered to be between the Mount of Olives and the City of Jerusalem. However, there is no location in Israel bearing that name at the present time. The name Jehoshaphat means "Jehovah has judged." Quite fitting I would say for the present text. This text is often used out of context to urge goods works upon the poor and imprisoned. It does fit to a point, but that is not the primary application. We hope to post some thoughts on the incarnation of God in Christ for the next couple of weeks. Beginning the first of the year, the devotionals will deal with the passion of our Lord and His last days on earth. In About-Him
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My pastor friend put sanitary hot air hand dryers in the rest rooms at his church and
after two weeks took them out. I asked him why and he confessed that they worked
fine but when he went in there he saw a sign that read, "For a sample of this week's
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