Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Acts 17:30-31 Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent, because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.
THE LAST JUDGMENT -- THE JUDGE
When a person is required to stand before an earthly judge and be arraigned it seems a natural question to ask: "Who is the judge?" People ask questions like this because sometimes human judges can be disposed toward certain verdicts.
We know who the judge will be at the Last Judgment. The Evangelist Luke tells us that God has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in connection with perfect righteousness. God indicated who the judge is by raising Him from the dead.
The Judge is a man. The Judge is the God-man Jesus Christ. He is not only the judge, the Scripture also indicates that He is our advocate (1 John 2:1), the one who speaks on our behalf. We even know what the Judge will say (and rejoice): "Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world."
