ARE YOU READY FOR THE DAY OF JUDGMENT

ARE YOU READY FOR THE
DAY OF JUDGMENT?

Ivie Powell

        It should be a very sobering thought to realize that each of us will one day stand before Christ to be judged! Some 2,000 years ago Christ ascended to heaven. “And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven” (Acts 1:9-11).
        When the return of Christ occurs, every person on earth will instantly know. Truly the return of our Lord will be a spectacular event! According to the Bible, His coming will be:
        VISIBLE! “Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen” (Rev. 1:7).
        WITHOUT WARNING! “For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night” (1 Thess. 5:2).
        IN THE CLOUDS! “Jesus said...Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven” (Matt. 26:64).
        WITH ANGELS! “For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works” (Matt. 16:27).
        IN FLAMING FIRE! “And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ” (2 Thess. 1:7-8).
        ALL THE DEAD WILL BE RAISED! “Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation” (John 5:28-29).
        EARTH DESTROYED BY FIRE! “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night: in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and works that are therein shall be burned up” (2 Peter 3:10).
        Observe carefully that all of these events will occur simultaneously and instantaneously! The doctrines of the so-called rapture, tribulation, and a thousand year reign of Christ on earth are NOT taught in the Scriptures!
        Christ’s second coming will declare the day of judgment! The One who will judge is Jesus the Christ, for God has committed all judgment to His Son. “For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment to His Son” (John 5:22). That which Christ will use to judge the souls of all humanity is the word of God. “He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day” (John 12:48).
        As we stand before Christ to be judged, we will stand as individuals to give an account of our lives. “So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God” (Rom. 14:12; Also read 2 Cor. 5:10).
        It will be a day of final reckoning! A day of unspeakable joy for the faithful who will hear the welcome words of our Lord and Savior, “Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world” (Matt. 25:34). But, it will be a time of horrific sorrow of which the Lord warned time and time again: “Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels” (Matt. 25:41; 2 Thess. 1:7-9; Rev. 20:14-15)!
        Beloved, are you ready for the day of judgment? I plead with you, if you haven’t put Christ on in baptism for the remission of sins, do so today! (Acts 2:38; Gal. 3:27). If you are an unfaithful child of God, we beg you to repent and return to the Lord (James 5:19-10)!
        Yes, the day of judgment is coming! Are you ready for that day?
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