My sins as a believer in Jesus Christ and yours as well. But there’s another sense in which for Christians, their day of judgment was already at the cross. For those who reject Jesus, those who are headed for eternity apart from God and Savior, Jesus Christ, that happens at the Great White Throne Judgment. First of all, it’s the day their sins were judged. We don’t escape the judgment of God we satisfy the judgment of God in Christ Jesus.Įvery Christian has a judgment day in at least two senses. But the idea is this is that we are spared from this awesome throne of judgment, because our sins were already judged in Jesus at the cross. It isn’t because we can hide from the great right throne – nobody can hide from the throne of God’s judgment. However, many if not most Bible scholars believe that Christians never appear before this great white throne. It presents it in terms that indicate for us a very comprehensive judgment. Later on, it’s going to speak even of those from the sea.
It speaks of judging the living and the dead. That describes a great and a comprehensive judgment. And the dead were judged according to their works by the things which were written in the books. Continuing on here into verse 12 it says this: and I saw the dead, small and great standing before God, and books were opened, and another book was opened, which is the book of life. It is a place where a King reigns in divine sovereignty. It is white in its purity and holiness – and it is, of course, a throne.
We see the mention of a great white throne – a throne that is great in its status, great in its power, and great in its authority. Here’s what it says in Revelation 20:11: Then I saw a great white throne and him who sat on it, from whose faith, face heaven and earth fled away, and there was found no place for them. But from every indication we have, the ultimate judgment of God (what we sometimes called the Great White Throne Judgment, from Revelation 20:11) happens later, at some time in eternity future. It is always difficult trying to sort out things chronologically when it comes to the age to come. Many other passages bring us back to the simple, thought that believers go immediately to the presence of the Lord when they die. As Jesus told the thief on the cross who believed: today, you will be with Me in paradise. As Paul the apostle said: to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. We believe that the Bible teaches that when a believer dies, they go to be with the Lord. This is something we need to think about very carefully.
If, when we die, we go to heaven or hell, where does judgment day come in with a saved Christian? Will they still be judged on judgment day? If so, why aren’t we forgiven for our sins? Are Christians going to face judgment? Will Christians be judged?
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