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The Daily Word of Righteousness
The Three Domains of Divine Judgment, continued
For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God? (I Peter 4:17—NIV)
Originally there was no sin in the creation. Then Satan decided to insert his own will. Thus we understand that self-will is the root from which all sin springs.
The guilt of our sin has been removed. This is the first domain of the Divine judgment.
We will be rewarded or punished according to the choices we make while alive on the earth. This is the second domain of the Divine judgment.
Sin will be removed from us and finally from the creation of God. This is the third domain of the Divine judgment.
To be saved means God has determined to remove sin from us and give us a portion of Jesus Christ for eternity.
To be lost means God has decided not to remove sin from us, not to give us a portion of Jesus Christ for eternity.
The Divine judgment has begun. The Divine judgment is symbolized by the Blowing of Trumpets and the Day of Atonement, holy days of the Jews.
The spiritual fulfillment of the Day of Atonement has begun and will continue throughout the thousand-year Kingdom Age. The Divine judgment will be finalized at the end of the thousand-year period. Only then will it be possible for the new Jerusalem, the glorified Christian Church, to descend from Heaven to be established for eternity on the new earth.
No sin will ever be permitted through the gates of the new Jerusalem. The eight types of sin mentioned in Revelation 21:8 will be confined forever in Satan, the fallen angels, Antichrist, the False Prophet, the demons, and all others who have chosen to maintain their own will against the Lord God.
Jesus Christ is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. Today the Gospel is preached as though it were limited to forgiveness. Not so! The Gospel has to do with the Kingdom of God, that is, the rule of God that is to enter the earth. Jesus Christ was revealed in order to destroy the works of the devil, not forgive the sins of the devil.
All of this is new to us. Yet we have always known that there cannot be sin in Paradise, there cannot be sin in the new Jerusalem or the new world. We just have not have understood the Divine plan to remove sin.
Jesus Christ is waiting for His enemies to be made His footstool—to be made His footstool in your life! Much of your personality is an enemy of Christ. All of the hatred, lust, pride, covetousness, spite, gossip, are enemies of Christ.
Jesus has come today in the spiritual fulfillment of the Old Testament Blowing of Trumpets to confront His enemies in you. You have two choices. You can respond to the Lord as He shows you how to cleanse yourself, or you can resist the Lord and justify your behavior.
You are God's judge. God made man to be the ruler and judge of His creation.
To be continued.