Chapter Forty-One/God's Day of Judgment-It's Joyful Outcome

 With Satan confined in the abyss, Jesus' glorious Thousand Year Reign begins. It is now the "day" in which God purposes to judge the inhabited earth in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed." (Acts 17:31; 2 Peter 3:8) John declares: "And I saw a white throne and the one seated on it. From before him the earth and the heaven fled away, and no place was found for them." (Revelation 20:11) What is this great white throne"? It can me none other than the judgment seat of "God the Judge of all." (Hebrews 12:23) Now he will judge mankind as to who will benefit from Jesus' ransom sacrifice. - MARK 10:45. 

God's throne is "great," emphasizing Jehovah's grandeur as Sovereign Lord, and it is "white," calling attention to his flawless righteousness. He is the ultimate Judge of mankind.  (Psalm 19:7-11; Isaiah 33:22; 51:5, 8) He has, however, delegated the work of judging to the Son." (John 5:22) With Jesus are his 144,000 associates, to whom the "power of judging was given . . . for a thousand years." (Revelation 20:4) Even so, it is Jehovah's standards that decide what will happen to each individual during Judgment Day. 

Next time: Chapter Forty-One/God's Day of Judgment - It's Joying Outcome

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