Judgment Day at the second coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ is the end of God's
patience with the sinners— who are stubborn and
refuse to turn away from their sins. This is the
time when God's kindness and tolerance to
sinners will run out
and the rewards of eternal life will be given to
the righteous and eternal punishment will be
meted out to the wicked.
Everyone must always be prepared for
the Day of Judgment for no one knows when he
will die (cessation of breath) or when Judgment
Day will come, this is to ensure the salvation
from God's wrath and the attainment of eternal
life in heaven. Let us study the scriptures so
we may not be misled from the truth written in
the Bible.
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36A.1 What
should man realize about Judgment day?
In Hebrews
9:27, Apostle Paul emphatically projects:
And just as it is appointed for men to die once,
and after that comes judgment, (RSV)
Man should realized that Judgment Day
will surely come, as it is the Almighty God who appointed death to all
men is the same God who appointed Judgment Day to happen.
What relevance has this truth
about Judgment day in man's life?
- Man must realize that his problem
in this world will not end on his death (cessation of breath)
- After this death, comes the Judgment, when God will judge the
way he lived in this world.
- After the Judgment, comes the eternal punishment in the
lake of fire, which is the second death.
36A.2
What should man realize about God's goodness,
kindness, tolerance and patience with the
sinner?
In Roman 2:4,
this is written:
Don't you realize how kind, tolerant,
and patient God is with you? Or don't
you care? Can't you see how kind he has
been in giving you time to turn from
your sin? (NLT)
God is
giving man time to turn or repent from his
sins.
36A.3
Is there an end to God's
patience with sinners? Is there an end to the
opportunity for repentance?
In Romans 2:5, This is written:
But no, you won't listen. So you are storing up
terrible punishment for yourself because of your stubbornness in
refusing to turn from your sin. For there is going to come a day
of judgment when God, the just judge of all the world, (NLT)
The same verse in another version of the bible:
But in accordance
with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up
for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the
righteous judgment of God, (NKJV)
God knows that there are many who won't
listen and have hard and impenitent heart.
God's goodness, kindness, forbearance, longsuffering, tolerance and patience with the sinners will come to an end, and that end
will be on the Day of Wrath or the Day of Judgment.
36A.4
When is
the end of God's patience or the Day of Wrath or
Judgment Day?
In Mark
13.32, this is written:
"But of that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
(NKJV)
NO ONE KNOWS the day or the hour when God, the Father will send
the Son, Jesus Christ for the second time to judge the world in
righteousness.
Will the Lord Jesus know the day and hour
when the Father will send Him?
Definitely not, the verse clearly says
that the Son does not know it and
neither does the angels in heaven.
Who only knows about it?
The
verse is clear, "only the Father knows
it".
"ONLY THE FATHER KNOWS" when Judgment day will happen.
No one knows the day or the hour for the Lord will come as a thief in the
night.
36A.5
How did Apostle Paul liken
the time of coming of the Lord or Judgment Day?
1
Thessalonians 5:2-3, this is written:
For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.
For when they say, "Peace and safety!'' then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.
(NKJV)
The day of
the Lord will come "unexpectedly like a
thief in the night". When people are
saying, ``All is well, everything is quiet
and peaceful''--then, all of a sudden,
disaster will fall upon them "as suddenly
as a woman's birth pains begin when her
child is born". And these people will
not be able to get away anywhere--there will
be no place to hide.
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Man should realized that Judgment Day
will surely come, as it is the Almighty God who appointed death to all
men is the same God who appointed Judgment Day to happen. God's
tolerance and patience with the sinners will
come to an end, God is giving man time to
turn or repent from his sins. But, God
knows that there are many who won't listen and
have hard and impenitent heart. So, God's tolerance and patience with the sinners will come to an end, and that end
will be on the Day of Wrath or the Day of Judgment. No one knows the
time, not even the Son nor the angels in heaven,
only the Father knows about it. So be prepared at all times,
for the day of the Lord will come "unexpectedly
like a thief in the night" .
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