The JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST #1 ~ Pre-PASSOVER MEDITATION ~ The THRESHING FLOOR OF ORNAN

Christians,

do NOT REJECT

the Judgment Seat of CHRIST.

That is: do not push it to the side, ignore its certainty, pretend it won’t happen “to u-u-sss” , or refuse to consider the grave and serious accountability when standing before The Judgment Seat of CHRIST JESUS our LORD.

The RISEN CHRIST is Coming Again, and as we all know, will be revealed from Heaven as The JUDGE+ of the Whole Earth, Genesis 18:25 . . . and HE+ most certainly WILL “do right”,  to the surprise of many. 

For The FATHER judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto The SON +  :

~ Words of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, John 5:22 

For, when His+ Feet touch down, the Discussion is OVER. Done. Finished for all time. HE+ said from the Cross, “It is FINISHED, FATHER . . .”  Furthermore,  HE+ meant it in more ways than one.

Warnings of His+ Coming Judgment

are throughout Scripture.

Much discussion arises over WHEN the Judgment Seat of CHRIST occurs. But there is one thing certain: It WILL OCCUR and there is NO escaping it.

The Day of Judgment is set  and the Books WILL most certainly be opened. [ Daniel 7:10 and Revelation 20: 12-15 ].

In Addition to WHEN, much discussion arises over WHO will be Judged at the Judgment Seat of CHRIST, as well.  

According to Scriptures and the very words of CHRIST JESUS,  Christians certainly will be judged at His+ Judgment Seat.  

Unfortunately, the modern Christian church in its haste to obtain members, has conveniently “forgotten” to present the unadulterated Gospel of Salvation.

 

In its LOVE Message --- which part is certainly true ---  the Church proper has neglected to proclaim the REST of that Gospel message of what we are being saved FROM, which is: 

The Severe and Final Judgment of GOD

awaiting all those who reject The SON+ of GOD

 and His+ Word, as Scripture clearly tells us.

So, let us look closely at Scripture now to obtain the TOTAL picture of the Salvation message of CHRIST’S true love. Perhaps this will balance our potentially warped “Love” message that we have inadvertently issued to others as we have shared the Gospel of Salvation in our compassion and zeal. 

To start, let us hear the Word spoken by John the Baptist in John 3:36, in the literal Greek:

ο πιστεύων εις τὸν Υιὸν eχει ζωὴν αιώνιον· ο δὲ απειθων τω Υιω ουκ oψεται ζωήν, αλλ η οργὴ του Θεου μένει επ αυτόν. 

The one believing* into The SON+ has Life Ever-lasting. But, the one NOT obeying**  the SON+ not shall see Life, but rather the WRATH of GOD remains upon him. 

[ See the discussion at the end of the post regarding the two different Greek verbs used in this verse, but both being translated as “believeth”.] 

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This reading is important because the RISEN CHRIST winnows His+ individual Followers. It is the one either believing or the one not obeying The SON+ that is in focus.

Which means that we are not “safe” in church membership. . . if our walk with CHRIST stops there. We are not safe if we disobey The SON+ of GOD  in our hearts, our thoughts, our mind even if we are outwardly dutiful to the Church. 

We must always keep in mind that the Temple was built upon the Threshing floor of Ornan ~ and one will be re-built BY THE LORD upon that same principle. 1 Chronicles 21:18 and 2 Chronicles 3:1.

HE+ always refines His+ people.

If we refuse His+ refining,

we stand in great jeopardy.

¹¹ I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but HE+ that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: HE+ shall baptize you with the HOLY  SPIRIT , and with fire:

¹² Whose+  fan is in His+ Hand, and HE+ will throughly purge His+ floor, and gather His+ wheat into the garner; but HE+ will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

Matthew 3:11-12

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LET US PRAY

O LORD JESUS CHRIST,  have mercy upon me, for I am dismayed.

I have not taken Your+ Word as seriously as I ought, concerning how I will stand at Your+ Judgment Seat.  

I have slid by the seriousness of Your+ Judgment by resting upon my being “under The BLOOD+”. 

I have not laid to heart that I myself am really going to have to stand before that Judgment seat and there will be no “church” to stand there with me; I will be on my own, to give an account for the things done in my body, with my body, and for or against my body. 

Because I have not taken Your+ Word about Judgment seriously, I have not issued the FULL Gospel message to those I love, to those to whom YOU+ called me to bear witness.  

At best, I gave them the LOVE message from YOU+, but I did not share that the Day of Judgment is coming , before the Judgment Seat of CHRIST for all believers in CHRIST and for the unbelievers at the Great White Throne Judgment before GOD. 

Help me, LORD. I see my negligence.  I see my incomplete Gospel out-reach because I myself have not applied this truth to myself. 
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Forgive me , LORD. Change me to offer the WHOLE Gospel of CHRIST that some may be saved even by fear, if necessary. 

Create in my own heart a healthy and right fear of GOD, O LORD. 

This I ask in the Life-Giving Name of YOUR HOLY SON+ JESUS CHRIST. Amen. 

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John 3:36 in the Greek text

The main problem is the KJV translation uses “ believeth” TWICE in this verse even though the two words are NOT the same word in the Greek text. 

“Believe” is pisteuO;  UNBELIEVING is simply made with a negative particle a- added in front of the verb. Thus, “believeth not” ( the opposite of believe) should read apisteuO in the Greek text.

 However, apisteuO is not in the Greek text in this verse. 

 [ apisteO or its forms are indeed used 42 times meaning unbelieve, etc. Strong’s numbers #569, #570, #571. Wigram’s Englishman’s Greek Concordance, pgs. 62-63.]    

Instead, the second Greek word used for “believe” is a totally different word, that is, apithOn .

*believing ( pisteuOn) = verb present participle = continuous, on-going action

**  not obeying ( apithOn) = verb present participle, continuous, on-going action. The negative indicated by the particle a-  . 

It means One who will not be persuaded to obey; Not allow oneself to be persuaded; not to comply with. See Thayer’s pg 55 for a complete definition.  Strong’s #544. 

This word is used 16 times in its various forms in the New Testament.
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It is translated 7 times as DISOBEY (or its forms) in : Romans 2:8, 10:21 ; 1 Peter 2:7-8, 3:1 and 20, and 4:17. 

Because of its difference in regards to pisteuO, believe,  it should have been translated disobeys in John 3:36 as well. 

The adjective form is used 5 times and in every instance is translated as DISOBEDIENT. 

Of special concern is the contrast between believe and stubbornly disobeying, which is apparent in the Greek text but that difference has been oftentimes over-looked and mis-translated. 

The individual is in focus in the LORD’S eyes in this verse. In John 3:36, the Greek “the”, the definite article [ o ] is used with both the one believing and the one disobeying.  

An erroneous translation of this verse is easily mis-construed into being a mere mental assent that JESUS is the CHRIST , separated from the necessity of obeying The LORD JESUS because HE+ is the CHRIST, the SON+ of GOD.  

In Contrast, James 2:19’s use of pisteuO ~ believe ~ indicates that mere mentally “believing” or affirming the FACT that there is one GOD, but no obedience accompanying that truth, is what is done by the demons. 

Apparently, this is the same issue ~ i.e., no obedience accompanying their mental belief ~ that James is having with the Brethren. 

Thou believest ( pisteuO ) that there is  one GOD: thou doest well: the devils also believe ( pisteuO ) , and tremble. James 2:19