![]() Having said that, I’m inclined to think it happens at the second coming of Christ (cf. The most that we can be sure of is that it happens after death (see Heb. (3) When does this judgment occur: At the moment of physical death? During the intermediate state? At the second coming of Christ? Paul doesn’t seem concerned to specify when. ![]() This judgment is not designed to determine entrance into the kingdom of God but reward or status or authority within it. Eternal destiny is not at issue eternal reward is. This judgment does not determine entrance into the kingdom, but rather the status of those already admitted. This judgment is an evaluation of faithfulness and service within God's family. Eternal destiny is not at issue eternal reward is (see John 3:18 5:24 Rom. ![]() We do not read here of a declaration of doom, but an assessment of worth. Therefore, the purpose of this particular judgment is not penal or retributive, but is designed to assess the works of Christians in order that the appropriate reward and praise may be assigned to them. In other words, whatever else Paul may have in mind in 2 Corinthians 5, if you are “in Christ Jesus” by faith you need never, ever fear condemnation. (2) What is the nature or purpose of the judgment? In one of the most encouraging and liberating texts in the New Testament, Paul wrote: “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” ( Romans 8:1). ![]() 2:7-10), not a delineation of two types of action which may be predicated of all people” (406). Murray Harris has also pointed out that wherever Paul speaks of the recompense, according to works, of all people (such as in Romans 2:6), “there is found a description of two mutually exclusive categories of people ( Rom. (1) First, who is to be judged? Whereas it is possible that all mankind are included here, the broader context in 2 Corinthians 4-5 suggests that believers only are in view. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.” There Paul writes this: “So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. ‘Then the sea gave up its dead, and death and the grave gave up the dead in them, and all were judged by the things they had done.The single most explicit biblical text on the judgment that awaits every Christian is found in 2 Corinthians 5:9-10. So, it seems that God will judge all mankind at some specific time in the future when all the dead will be resurrected, which He calls ‘the Judgment Day.’ We read of this ‘day’ at Revelation 20:13, where we are told: On the Judgment Day, it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom and GomorRah than for that city.’ On leaving that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet. ‘Wherever people don’t take you in or listen to your words Well, notice what Jesus told his Apostles as recorded at Matthew 10:14, 15: So this raises the question:ĭoes this refer to random times in the future when we each will meet our own judgment (as at our deaths), or is it saying that there will be one specific ‘day’ (or period) when everyone will be judged? Throughout the Bible, we read that a ‘Judgment Day’ will eventually arrive when God will judge every person. Anyone can submit a commentary (see requirements). These commentaries reflect a variety of views and some disagree with each other. We are not a religion and we do not establish doctrine. It’s not an official view of the 2001 Translation project. This is a scriptural commentary submitted by a volunteer or a volunteer translator.
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