So your final judgement has already come and gone?
So your final judgement has already come and gone?For the believer in Christ...yes.
16“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. 17“For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. 18“He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. John 3:16-18
24“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. John 5:40
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The believer has been identified with Christ's death on the cross and burial and resurrection. He is now sealed by the Holy Spirit as a down payment for the rest that is to come. His fate is decided through no merit of his or her own.
What remains is the bema seat judgment, where the quality of a believers works on earth will be tested "as though through fire." What is revealed as gold, silver and precious gems will determine the believers rewards in heaven. Even if he or she has squandered their lives and everything is burned up, they themselves will be saved.
et: So your final judgement has already come and gone?
YES!!!!!!!
That's what we've been telling you. Jesus used the past tense to describe our standing before God.
John 5:24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
Jesus says that I do NOT come into judgment. I've passed by it already.
How long should it take?