01.6.3. The Certainty Of God's Judgment

Chapter 6iii - The Certainty Of God’s Judgment

God’s judgment is certain (Romans 2:3). No one practicing the evils of Romans 1:18-31 “...shall escape the wrath of God” (Romans 2:3). Punishment in time does not prevent eternal punishment. God has appointed a day in which He shall judge the inhabited earth in righteousness by Jesus Christ (Acts 17:31; Hebrews 9:27). The appointed time for judgment does not mean there will be one combined judgment of sinners and saints, which many call “a general judgment.” There is a difference between “a great white throne [thronos]” of Revelation 20:11 and “the tribunal [bema, judgment seat] of Christ” (Romans 14:10; 2 Corinthians 5:10). The idea of a general judgment makes no distinction between sinners and saints, the degree of crimes, and the different times when the judgments are executed. There will be neither common punishment in hell nor common rewards in heaven.