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Introduction
I have been speaking about the Supreme Sovereignty of Jesus Christ on earth and in heaven as it is revealed in this chapter.
We have seen that it is affirmed by the incarceration of Satan in the Abyss for one thousand years.
It is further revealed by the fact that His rule is assisted by the OT and NT saints who rule with Him during the millennial reign.
Thirdly, we saw last time that it is approved by the defeat of Satan and his being cast into the lake of fire.
Now in this final section I aim to show you that Christ’s rule on earth, His supreme sovereignty is seen by his judgment of the unbelieving dead.
This is the fourth point of this chapter:
The Rule of Christ adjudicated by the judgment at the great white throne.
Now, don't confuse this with the Judgment seat of Christ where believers will be judged according to their works and rewarded, Paul refers to the judgment seat of Christ in
“But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother?
for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.”
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So you see, we are not talking here about the judgment of believers.
Rather, This is the judgment of the unbelieving dead.
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This is the judgment of the unbelieving dead.
Many people don’t want to talk about hell and judgment.
They often deny that it exists.
Or they think God will grade on the curve and somehow He will let them into heaven.
Bible's Description of Hell fire and brimstone ,burning wind, fiery oven , flames of fire, judgment by fire, unquenchable fire, furnace of fire, eternal fire, eternal punishment, fiery hell, pits of darkness, lake of fire
Punishment in Hell smoke of their torment, no rest day and night, weeping and gnashing of teeth, tormented, death, their worm does not die, destruction.
There are those who would say that Hell is not eternal, but we will see that the Lake of Fire is eternal.
This will not be a pleasant place to see all your friends and hang out forever having a big party.
No! It will be torment that you could not imagine in a thousand years.
This is the destiny of all who reject Jesus Christ.
As we look at the text we will see that John saw:
I saw:
The purity of the throne
The God on the throne, the judge
The dead great and small before the throne
The books opened, which are the basis for judgment
The resurrection of the dead, v.13
The judged cast into the lake of fire, v.14,15
First of all let’s examine the throne
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The purity of the throne, v.11
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John sees a great white throne.
Now first of all, there is no power in the throne.
I don’t mean there is no importance in it.
Rather, I mean that the power is in the one occupying the throne and the throne identifies that power or signifies that power.
John sees a great white throne.
For example: If I go to the Allegan county courthouse and enter one of the court rooms and sit behind the ‘bench’ the chair of the judge, I can pass out judgments all day long, but they will not mean an thing.
Why?
Because it is not the ‘throne/bench’ that has the power it is the judge who sits on the bench.
the one who has legal right to sit there and adjudicate trial cases.
So it is God, who we will see in a moment, who wields the power.
On the other hand, the throne signifies the level of authority of the judge.
For example, there are county judges, state and federal judges and ultimately the Supreme court judges.
The bench they sit on signifies their ranking as a judge.
A supreme Court judge has more authority than a state or federal judge.
So it is in our text.
Now notice how John describes the throne he sees.
This throne that John sees is great and white.
Now I think the reference to the throne being ‘great’ while referencing size is most certainly better referencing power or importance.
We have seen the throne in where we see 24 thrones with the 24 elders sitting on them.
Clearly this is contrasting those thrones.
Even the ones mentioned in are clearly not as important or powerful as this throne.
So John uses the contrastive word ‘Great’ as opposed to not great or small to emphasize the importance of this throne.
This is not just any throne.
This is THE THRONE of thrones.there is no higher power to appeal to.
And so he uses that word mega to emphasize that.
Folks this is what the dead will see and how they will react.
There is no other response to His holiness in relation to their sinfulness.
Even our own.
I mean we are here to worship the Lord on His throne.
Is there anyone here who does not see how sinful they are in relation to God's holiness?
Secondly, he describes it as being ‘white.’
This throne that John sees is great and white.
Just off hand the idea of great not referencing size as much as importance.
We have seen the throne in ; However, the word mega means large relative to the normal size for such things.
It is thus great in contrast to thrones mentioned earlier, .
white-highlighting purity, pure light, holiness of holiness.
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white-highlighting purity, pure light, holiness of holiness.
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There is nothing more pure, more white than this.
this shows that God's judgment is completely wholly pure.
It is just, no hint of corruption or wrongness in this judgment.
The judgment He conveys will be based on fact, on truth.
He who knows the human heart, whose eyes sees all the activities of men, knows the thoughts and intentions of men will judge with perfect justice and judgment.
No one will be able to deny the charge laid against them.
In fact, they will concur they are guilty.
The rich man didn't deny or complain that he shouldn't be in Hades while Lazarus was in Abraham's bosom.
The man on the cross with Jesus confessed he was there justifiably getting what he deserved, even telling the other man so.
So it will be with all who are called to this judgment before the Great White throne.
They will agree God's judgment on their character and deeds is absolutely correct.
There is nothing more pure, more white than this.
this shows that God's judgment is completely wholly pure.
It is just, no hint of corruption or wrongness in this judgment.
The judgment He conveys will be based on fact, on truth.
He who knows the human heart, whose eyes sees all the activities of men, knows the thoughts and intentions of men will judge with perfect justice and judgment.
No one will be able to deny the charge laid against them.
In fact, they will concur they are guilty.
The rich man didn't deny or complain that he shouldn't be in Hades while Lazarus was in Abraham's bosom.
The man on the cross with Jesus confessed he was there justifiably getting what he deserved, even telling the other man so.
So it will be with all who are called to this judgment before the Great White throne.
They will agree God's judgment on their character and deeds is absolutely correct.
Some in human courts might concur that they are guilty as charged but lay complaint that their punishment is too much.
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