The judgment of the nations ends the age of grace and begins the Millennium, the reign of Jesus on the earth.
The subjects of this judgment will be the individuals making up these nations. All nations will have had the opportunity to hear and receive God's message.
This will be at the end of the Great Tribulation and will be in Palestine. It will involve how they treated God and His people and if they have received Jesus.
The result of this judgment will be if they are to enter the millennium or cast in to outer darkness.
The bride (of Christ, the church) will reign with Him. That means those of us who are His through salvation. Revelation 22:5
"He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen Even so, come Lord Jesus!"
There will be no more death. There will be no more curse. John was told that all things would be made new.
Doctors will be out of business. The new creation will never be marred by sin. The presence of God will prevent it.
There will be no night, God's light will be sufficient as He lights the universe with His presence.
" And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away." Revelation 21:4
There will be no more death., no more curse! John was told, "Behold, I make all things new" No more tears!
"And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it." Revelation 21:22
Only those who are redeemed and whose names are in the Lamb's book of life will inherit life in the new earth and the new Jerusalem.
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"And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea." Revelation 21:11
One of the main characteristics of the new heaven and the new earth is that there will beno sea.
This tells us that there will be a new atmos- phereand a diffierent climate.
The new heaven and earth will be forever!
Isaiah 65:17 "For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered,. . ." God will provide eternal salvation for those who accept Jesus as their Lord and Saviour! They are permitted to enter the new earth, to carry out God's original plan in the earth.
Jesus said in Matthew 4:35, "Heaven and earth shall pass away. . . .". God will deliver His creation from its present corruption into the glorious liberty as Sons of God.
Paul in Romans 8:21-22 "Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. The Bible clearly teaches that this present creation will "pass away" and there will be a "new heaven and a new earth."
ALL BELIEVERS WILL BE JUDGED REGARDING LIVING FOR JESUS
Revelation 2:10 ". . . .be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life." We are not to be men pleasers.
We will give an account of our lives to the Lord. His representatives on earth should be found faithful.
ALL BELIEVERS WILL BE JUDGED REGARDING SINS OF OMISSION
Hebrews 2:1 "Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip."
ALL BELIEVERS WILL BE JUDGED REGARDING SPOKEN WORDS
Ephesians 4:29 "Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption." Also read Matthew 12:32-37
ALL BELIEVERS WILL BE JUDGE REGARDING DEDICATION
Colossians 3:1-4 "If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory." Christ-minded and personal holiness.
ALL BELIEVERS WILL BE JUDGED REGARDING CONDUCT
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." What kind of persons we are is plainly recognized and understood by God.
ALL BELIEVERS WILL BE JUDGED REGARDING TRUTH
Romans 2:14-16 "For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.