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Judge of quick and dead. [43. To Him give all the Prophets witness, that through His Name whosoever believeth in Him shall receive remission of sins.]

John. v. 21-23. For as The Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so The Son quickeneth whom He will. The Father Judgeth no man, but hath committed all Judgment unto The Son [27. "Hath given Him authority to execute Judgment also, because He is the Son of Man"]: that all men should honour The Son, even as they honour The Father.

Matt. xxv. 31-34. When The Son of Man shall Come in His Glory ["the Glory which He had with The Father before the world was," John xvii. 5], and all the holy Angels with him, then shall He sit upon The Throne of His Glory; and before Him shall be gathered all nations: and He shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth sheep from the goats: and He shall set the sheep on His Right Hand, but the goats on the left.

Then shall The King say:—

THE JUDGMENT SEAT.

Rev. xx. 11-15. And I saw a Great White Throne [xiv. 14; Matt. xxvi. 64; Acts i. 9-11], and Him Who sat on it, from Whose Face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. ["The heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat; the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up." 2 Pet. iii. 10.]

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another Book was opened, which is the Book of life and the dead were Judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell [the grave and hades] delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were Judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast [emptied] into the Lake of Fire. This is the Second Death. And whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the Lake of Fire.

THE PERSONS JUDGED.

John v. 28, 29. The Hour is coming in 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 condemnation.

[At a previous period,-John v. 25,-The Voice of The Son of God had called, and all who then heard “lived,”—(were raised from among the dead, Rev. i. 18,-Rev. xx. 4, 5, 6,-) to reign with Him during those 1,000 years: i. e. the believers who are passed from death unto life, and shall not come into condemnation,-John v. 24,—who, during The Lord's absence from the world-John xiv. 19; xvi. 19, 20,-had faithfully traded with the talents and the pounds as His House-stewards,-Matt. xxv. 13-30; Luke xix. 12-26; -who had believed, and loved Him, and rejoiced in Him with joy unspeakable and full of glory,—1 Pet. i. 8;—to whom had been applied the higher purer Law, and more strict and searching tests, justly applicable to trusted servants, to whom much had been given, and of whom much was required of sincere faith and obedience in heart and life, as indicated in the special commands given to the called and chosen,-Matt. v., vi., vii. 1-14; 1 Cor. iii. 13-17; 2 Cor. v. 10; Gal. vi. 7-10; Matt. xxv. 25-30; xii. 47-50;—by Him Who is specially The Saviour of those who believe,-1 Tim. iv. 10;-Who allots to them an earlier resurrection than to others,-1 Cor. xv. 50, 58, 22, 23; John v. 25, 28, 29;-Who is their Righteousness,―Jer. xxiii. 6; Isa. lxi, 10 (Ezek. xvi. 14); Rom. iii. 21-26; 1 Cor. i. 30, 31; 2 Cor. v. 21;-who being called and chosen are also faithful, not all the "saved ones,"-Acts ii. 47; -but the most excellent in faith and faithfulness,-Rev. xvii. 14; John xv. 16,8; Matt. xxv. 21; John xvii. 24, 10, 22; Matt. xxii. 11-14; xx. 16.

Then those also "live," who, unready at The Lord's first descent into the air, had yet proved faithful under "The Great Tribulation" of Antichrist's Reign of Terror, and by martyrdom had been summoned, The Lord raising their bodies from death before His descent to the destruction of Antichrist, and his armies, at the final battle of "Armageddon."

Once more, at the End, His Glorious Voice sounds forth, and now all that are in the graves shall hear The Son of God and Man;-the Millennial saints; and with these the heathen dead; and those also, sinners of all the Ages of the world, who rise to shame and everlasting contempt (Dan. xii. 2; John v. 28, 29), whom no glorious immortality awaits.

So, each in his own order, shall all stand before The Judgment-Seat of Christ: Rom. xiv. 10; 1 Cor. xv. 22, 23; John v. 25, 28, 29.

JUDGMENT OF JUSTIFICATION:

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JUDGMENT OF CONDEMNATION OF UNREPENTED EVIL DEEDS,
AND OF OMISSIONS OF KNOWN DUTIES.

Matt. xxv. 34-46. Then shall The King say unto them on His right hand, "Come, ye blessed of My Father! inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave Me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave Me drink I was a stranger, and ye took Me in: naked, and ye clothed Me: I was sick, and ye visited Me: I was in prison, and ye came unto Me."

Then shall the righteous answer Him, saying, " Lord! when saw we Thee an hungred, and fed Thee? or thirsty, and gave Thee drink? When saw we Thee a stranger, and took Thee in? or naked, and clothed Thee! Or when saw we Thee sick, or in prison, and came unto Thee?"

[These, not having known Christ by Name, nor become acquainted with His Commandments and His revelation of coming events, thus question.]

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And The King shall answer and say unto them, "Verily! I say you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me." (Compare Acts ix. 4, 5.)

[To these "merciful" ones is given the beatitude, "Blessed" are they "for they shall obtain mercy!” Matt. v.7: and The Lord had early instructed His disciples that a reward was reserved for these "justified doers of the things contained in the Law, showing the work of the Law written in their hearts," Rom. ii. 13-15. "He that receiveth you receiveth Me, and he that receiveth Me receiveth Him Who sent Me. He that receiveth a Prophet in the name of a Prophet, shall receive a Prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily ! I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward." Matt. x. 40-42. "John answered Him, saying, 'Master! we saw one casting out devils in Thy Name, and he followeth not us: and we forbade him, because he followeth not us.' But Jesus said, 'Forbid him not! for there is no man who shall

do a miracle in My Name, who can lightly speak evil of Me. For he that is not against us is on our part. For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in My Name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward!'" Mark ix. 38-41. "And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in Me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea." Matt. xviii. 6; Mark ix. 42.]

Then shall He say also unto them on the left hand, "Depart from Me, ye cursed! into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his angels: For I was an hungred, and ye gave Me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave Me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took Me not in naked, and ye clothed Me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited Me not."

Then shall they also answer Him, saying, "Lord! when saw we Thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto Thee?"

Then shall He answer them, saying, "Verily! I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to Me."

And these shall go away into everlasting punishment; but the righteous into life eternal [everlasting].

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[Matt. x. 14, 15, 25, 26, 32, 33. And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet! Verily! I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the Day of Judgment, than for that city. If they have called The Master of the House "Beelzebub," how much more shall they call them of His Household? Fear them not, therefore; for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid that shall not be known." "Whosoever therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father Who is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father Who is in heaven."

Mark iv. 24. "With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you and unto you that hear shall more be given."

Matt. xii. 34-37. "O generation of vipers! how can ye, being

evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. But I say unto you, That every idle [injurious?] word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the Day of Judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned."

Matt. xxiii. 29-33. "Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the Prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, and say, 'If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the Prophets.' Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers! Ye serpents! ye generation of vipers! how can ye escape the damnation of hell?"

Matt. xiii. 36-43. tares of the field!"

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"Declare unto us the parable of the "He Who soweth the good seed is The Son of Man; the field is the world; the good seed are the Children of The Kingdom; but the tares are the Children of the Wicked one; the Enemy that sowed them is the Devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the Angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of Man shall send forth His Angels, and they shall gather out of His Kingdom all things that offend [scandals], and them who do iniquity (49, "shall sever the wicked from among the just "); and shall cast them into a furnace of fire: There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

"Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in The Kingdom their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear!"]

THE LAKE OF FIRE.

[Luke xii. 4, 5. I say unto you, My friends! be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you Whom ye shall fear: Fear Him, Who

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