Guide to God, part 37/41: Understanding Judgement


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User: "Beelzebull"
Date: 15 Jun 2005 05:01:03 AM
Object: Guide to God, part 37/41: Understanding Judgement
Guide to God, part 37/41: Understanding Judgement
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Understanding Judgement
Law And Judgement: Law without judgement is merely advice.
If God issued the Law, then there must logically follow a
Day of Judgement.
The Day Of Judgement: God has appointed a Day of Judgement
in which all who are subject to judgement will be judged and
rewarded accordingly. The Day of Judgement is also known as
the Day of Justice or the Day of Recompense -- in which all
things will be made equal, for justice is equality. The
Standard by which all will be judged is the Torah/Law. The
judgement is between good and evil. Good never harms; evil
is destructive. The Ten Commandments is the Standard which
divides good from evil: He who keeps the Ten Commandments
does good; he who transgresses the Ten Commandments does
evil. In the Day of Judgement, this Scripture will be
fulfilled: "As you have done, so shall it be done to you."
[Obadiah 15] The LORD is the God of justice, and is
therefore obligated to administer perfect justice by making
all things equal. Whatever a man has done, the same must be
done to him. The good will be rewarded with good; and the
evil will be rewarded with evil: Each will receive the
wages he has earned. "For whatever a man sows, that he will
also reap." [Galatians 6:7] Good for good; evil for evil.
The Standard: Since God has appointed a Day of Judgement,
it is incumbent upon Him to make His Standard known and
understood by all who will be judged by said Standard, else
said Day would be null and void. Therefore, it is the duty
of God to preserve the integrity of His word and ensure its
availability. If God fails to make His word known to those
who will be judged by same, then they will have an excuse in
the Day of Judgement, saying, "How could we have kept Your
word, since it was unknown to us?"
The Gathering: Contrary to popular belief, one is not
judged immediately upon death. Upon death, the body is
returned to the dust; and the spirit is placed in a "holding
cell", awaiting the Day of Judgement. (Note: the "holding
cell" is not a place -- it is a state.) The "imprisoned"
spirit is not aware of anything -- neither pain nor pleasure
nor the passage of time. Why is one not judged immediately
upon death? Because human lives overlap. For example, if
a person just died, those whom he has offended and whom have
offended him may still be alive and, hence, judgement cannot
commence since relevant parties may be missing. In order
for the Day of Judgement to commence, all who are subject
to judgement must be gathered together, so that they may
have the opportunity to accuse each other and to defend
themselves.
The Spirit Of Man: It is a popular notion that the spirit
of a man is an entity separate from his body, which leaves
his body upon his death: This is false. There is not a
separate entity which enters a person during gestation and
leaves that person upon his death. Nevertheless, all the
living draw their life from the Holy Spirit; there is no
life apart from the Holy Spirit. The spirit is non-
physical. Lacking a body, the spirit cannot express itself,
making the spirit effectively non-existent. God alone has
power over the spirit -- to clothe it with a new body, which
is often referred to as being "resurrected from the death
state". The dead must be resurrected before they can be
judged, as it is impossible to fairly judge the dead, since
the dead cannot defend themselves. From the time a person
dies to the time he is resurrected, it is as if no time has
passed for him. It is commonly believed that the spirit is
immortal: This is false. "And do not fear those who kill
the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who
is able to destroy both soul and body in hell."
[Matthew 10:28]
Judgement Illustrated: Jesus illustrated the Day of
Judgement in the following passage: "Then the scribes and
Pharisees brought to Him (Jesus) a woman caught in adultery.
And when they had set her in the midst, they said to Him,
'Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very
act. Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should
be stoned. But what do You say?' This they said, testing
Him, that they might have something of which to accuse Him.
But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His
finger, as though He did not hear. So when they continued
asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, 'He who
is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her
first.' And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground.
Then those who heard it, being convicted by their
conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest
even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman
standing in the midst. When Jesus had raised Himself up
and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, 'Woman, where
are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?'
She said, 'No one, Lord.' And Jesus said to her, 'Neither
do I condemn you; go and sin no more.'" [John 8:3-11]
Exemption Of The Saints: The saints are to be resurrected
and/or given immortality and incorruption at the beginning
of the Millennium in order that they may reign and rule on
the earth during said Millennium. Since the Day of
Judgement follows the Millennium, the saints are not subject
to same. Why are the saints exempt from the Day of
Judgement? Judgement applies only to sinners; the sinless
cannot be judged, since there is no charge against them.
Although all men have sinned and fallen short of the glory
of God, the saints have had their sins erased and have been
reborn in the Spirit: "But you were washed, but you were
sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord
Jesus and by the Spirit of our God." [1 Corinthians 6:11]
And, "Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His
seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been
born of God." [1 John 3:9] Remember that the saints have
been chosen to reign and rule during the Millennium and to
preside over the Day of Judgement. Therefore, if the saints
are subject to judgement, who will rule the Millennium, and
who will judge those of the Second Resurrection? Remember
that God judges no one; and the angels are not qualified to
judge the flesh, since said angels have never lived in the
flesh. The Christ/Messiah is qualified to judge the flesh
(since He has lived in the flesh), but He has delegated the
judgement to the saints: "Do you not know that the saints
will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by
you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters? Do you
not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, things
that pertain to this life?" [1 Corinthians 6:2-3]
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which can be purchased at:
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TITLE: "The Teenager's Guide to the Awesome God"
AUTHOR: "Arrant Knave"
ISBN: "1413755003"
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Excerpt from "The Teenager's Guide To The Awesome God"
Copyright 2000 Arrant Knave. All rights reserved.
All scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are
taken from the New King James Version (R). Copyright (C)
1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights
reserved.
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User: "Your Name Here=Harvey"

Title: Re: Guide to God, part 37/41: Understanding Judgement 16 Jun 2005 06:47:23 AM
My guide - plainly and simply.
There is no 'God' or 'gods', etc.
All notion of god is pure fantasy. No god comes forth and says
"Here I am, it is I, God".
Passages in the bible (and other text) are only claims,
and are not evidence or proof as such.
Why would an all powerful, all knowing God, etc make itself
heard only in the Bible? Or through Christianity/etc?
Priests act as the intermediary between God and mankind -
but this reveals 'their' motive. To secure their own power
over the people and to keep that power.
If you want the truth, read between the lines, look at
'motives' involved.
If you wish to search for the origin of the 'god' myth, upon
which the Bible and Christianity (etc) is based upon -
you can find the answer to this question.
Though, it is rather startling and shocking --- because ---
the truth has been kept from the public for so long.
What I say, is that you cannot abandon reason and logic,
in the god debate, and if you wish to know the truth,
reason and logic will help you sort out that which is false
and that which is reasonable and true.
Sadly Christianity does not stand up to reason and logic,
or to 'truth' - the way events happened.
The god of the Bible is basically 'crap'. There is no nice
way to put it. And saying crap, is being polite about it.
Sadly similarly - Judaism and Islam are much the same
sort of crap, but different (but only slightly).
This is not to say - that I don't believe in spirituality,
or that of the 'spirit'. I do.
Or of life after death. I do. And I believe there is proof for it.
Plus reason and logic for the cycle of life, death, afterlife,
rebirth, etc.
Harvey
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