The First Judgment
"judgment is based on this fact: God's light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light" John 3:19
At death each person will immediately meet God in Jesus Christ to be judged. Each of us will be held accountable for the lives we have lived. The “first” judgment is this: Have I received or rejected God? No person on earth has any excuse (Romans 1:18-20). God has come to earth in Jesus Christ to rescue us. Our wanting nothing to do with God now results in our wanting nothing to do with him when we meet him. Those who exclude him now will exclude themselves then. Those who have received Him now, however imperfectly, will receive Him then. Those who prefer the darkness will get their wish. Those who prefer the light will both see and enter into the light.
Prayer
Lord, please open the eyes of so that I can ever more greatly, see, comprehend, receive, enjoy You, Your presence and Your love, so that, when I meet you, it will be a homecoming. Thank you Lord, Amen”
An interesting description with much meaning that I have yet to decipher, but much is here to think about:
ReplyDeleteLuke 16:19-
"There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.
In hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. So he called to him, "Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire."
But, Abraham replied, "Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.
And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us."
"He answered, 'Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's house for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.'
Abraham replied, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.'
'No, father Abraham', he said, 'but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'
"He said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead."