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THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST AND THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB

• MEMORY VERSE: 2COR 5:10

• THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST AND THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB OCCUR IN HEAVEN.
• YOU CAN LOCATE THEM ON THE MASTER TIMELINE CHART IN THE RIGHT MARGIN.

• WHILE THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST IS CALLED A JUDGMENT, IT IS NOT A JUDGMENT IN THE USUAL SENSE OF THE WORD THAT DETERMINES GUILT AND PUNISHMENT. IT IS A PLACE WHERE THE FAITHFUL BELIEVERS RECEIVE REWARDS.
• READ 1COR 3:10-15
• WHO IS JUDGED AT THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST?
• ONLY BELIEVERS (2COR 5:10)
• EVERY BELIEVER IN JESUS CHRIST BUILDS HIS CHRISTIAN LIFE. THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST DETERMINES HOW WELL THE BELIEVER BUILT THAT LIFE.
• BY WHAT CRITERIA WILL THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST DETERMINE IF THE BELIEVER HAD BUILT HIS LIFE PROPERLY OR NOT?
• LESSONS FROM CHRIST’S PARABLES:
• READ LUK 19:11-27
• AFTER RECEIVING CHRIST AS SAVIOR, EVERY BELIEVER HAS ONE LIFE TO LIVE FOR CHRIST.
• THE REWARD IS IN PROPORTION TO ONE’S FAITHFULNESS IN THE SAME OPPORTUNITY. (1COR 4:2 1PET 4:10)
• SOME BELIEVERS WILL RECEIVE A COMMENDATION, AND OTHERS WILL NOT. (LUK19:17,19)
• SOME BELIEVERS WILL BE GIVEN AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY ACCORDING TO THEIR FAITHFULNESS.
• THESE AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY WILL BE AUTHORITY OVER CITIES IN THE MILLENNIUM.
• THERE WILL BE A LOSS AT THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST FOR SOME CHRISTIANS.
• IT WILL BE A LOSS OF REWARD BUT NOT A LOSS OF SALVATION.
• READ MAT 20:1-16
• THE LENGTH OF TIME OF ONE’S LIFE IN CHRIST IS OF NO VALUE AS FAR AS THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST IS CONCERNED.
• READ MAT 25:14-30 AND 2TIM 1:6 AND 1PET 4:10
• A BELIEVER’S OPPORTUNITIES FOR SERVICE AND HIS ABILITY TO PERFORM (INCLUDING MONEY) VARY FROM PERSON TO PERSON.
• HOWEVER, A BELIEVER IS REWARDED ACCORDING TO HIS FAITHFULNESS TO THE TASK. (1TIM 7:17-19 2COR 9:6-7 1COR 9:24 PHI 3:13-14)
• WHAT HAS THE BELIEVER DONE WITH HIS LIFE SINCE RECEIVING CHRIST?
• THE BELIEVER WILL BE JUDGED FOR EVERY DECISION HE HAS MADE AND HOW HE SPENT HIS TIME. (1PET 1:17)
• THE BELIEVER WILL BE JUDGED FOR EVERY WORD SPOKEN IN TESTIMONY OF JESUS TO OTHERS THAT WON THEM TO CHRIST. (PRO 11:30 1THE 2:19-20 MAT 12:36-37)
• THE BELIEVER WILL BE JUDGED FOR EVERY DEED DONE (2COR 5:10)
• ACCORDING TO HOW FAITHFUL WE ARE TO HIS WORD (2TIM 4:1-2)
• ACCORDING TO HOW WE TREAT OTHER BELIEVERS (HEB 6:10 MAT 10:41-42 1PET 5:2-4)
• ACCORDING TO HOW WE EXERCISE AUTHORITY OVER OTHERS. (HEB 13:17 JAM 3:1)
• ACCORDING TO HOW EFFECTIVELY WE CONTROL THE OLD NATURE AND DEFEAT TEMPTATION. (1COR 9:25-27)
• ACCORDING TO HOW MUCH WE SUFFER FOR CHRIST. (MAT 5:11-12 MAR 10:29-30 1COR 4:17 ROM 8:18)
• WE WILL BE REWARDED FOR EVERY THOUGHT (2COR 10:4,5), FOR EVERY ATTITUDE (ROM 14:12,13), AND FOR EVERY SECRET MOTIVE (JER 17:10)
• ARE WE READY FOR THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST? HOW DO WE GET READY?
• READ LUK 12:42-48
• REMAIN FAITHFUL AND CLOSE TO THE LORD.
• MAKE JESUS THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE AND NOT JUST SAVIOR.
• STUDY TO SHOW YOURSELF APPROVED.
• BE OBEDIENT TO THE HOLY SPIRIT.
• THE REWARDS OF THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST:
• A COMMENDATION (LUK 19:17)
• A NEW NAME (REV 2:17)
• A POSITION OF AUTHORITY IN THE MILLENNIUM. (LUK 19:17,19)
• AN ORAL INVITATION TO THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB (MAT 25:21,23)
• NEW ROBES OF WHITE LINEN (MAT 22:11 REV 19:8,9)
• CROWNS:
• THESE ARE CROWNS OF REWARD (stephanos) WITH A SENTIMENTAL VALUE,AND NOT A KINGLY CROWN (diadem) OF INTRINSIC VALUE.
• THE INCORRUPTIBLE CROWN (THIS IS THE VICTOR’S CROWN) (1COR 9:25)
• THE CROWN OF REJOICING (THIS IS THE SOUL WINNER’S CROWN) (1THE 2:19-20)
• THE CROWN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS (THIS IS THE CROWN FOR A CLEAN LIFE) (2THE 4:8)
• THE CROWN OF GLORY (THIS IS THE CROWN FOR SERVICE) (1PET 5:2-4)
• THE CROWN OF LIFE (THIS IS THE MARTYR’S CROWN OR A LIFE GIVEN TOTALLY TO THE SERVICE OF GOD) (REV 2:10 JAM 1:12)
• WE WILL CAST THESE CROWNS AT JESUS’ FEET.(REV 4:10)
• THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB
• READ REV 19:5-11
• THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN A PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE BELIEVE THAT THIS EVENT OCCURS IN HEAVEN.
• THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN A POST-TRIBULATION RAPTURE BELIEVE THAT THIS EVENT OCCURS ON EARTH DURING THE MILLENNIUM.
• NOTICE THAT REV 19:11 SAYS THAT HEAVEN IS OPENED. IT IS, THEREFORE, CLOSED DURING THE JUDGMENT SEAT AND MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB.
• THE MARRIAGE SUPPER CELEBRATION:
• THE HOST OF THE CELEBRATION IS GOD, THE FATHER. (LUK 14:15-26 MAT 22:1-14)
• THE BRIDEGROOM IS JESUS CHRIST (JOH 3:27-30 LUK 5:32-35)
• THE BRIDE IS THE CHURCH (EPH 5:22-32 2COR 11:2)
• THE CELEBRATION WILL BE A SIT-DOWN DINNER. SEATING WILL BE ACCORDING TO ONE’S LEVEL OF HUMILITY AND SERVICE. (MAT 20:20-28)
• CHRIST WILL SERVE HIS BRIDE. (LUK 12:37)
• IT WILL BE A TIME OF CELEBRATION, REJOICING, AND WORSHIP. (MAT 25:21)
• WILL EVERY BELIEVER ATTEND THE MARRIAGE SUPPER?
• MAYBE NOT! IT SEEMS TO BE A REWARD GIVEN AT THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST TO THE FAITHFUL. (MAT 21:23 MAT 22:8-14)

HOMEWORK
REVELATION 4
THIS IS A SELF-STUDY. PLEASE DO NOT SEND HOMEWORK ANSWERS TO THE TEACHER FORCORRECTION.

• APPLICATION OF THE STUDY OF THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST:
• EXAMINE YOUR LIFE IN PRAYER, AND DETERMINE WHAT ONE THING GOD WANTS TO CHANGE IN YOUR LIFE?
• MAKE A COMMITMENT TO WORK ON THIS ONE THING THIS WEEK. WRITE YOUR EXPERIENCES HERE.
• PREPARATION FOR REV 4:
• READ REV 4:1-11
• IDENTIFY, AS WELL AS YOU CAN, THE MEANING OF THE SYMBOLS.
• COMPARE REV 4:1-11 WITH:
• EXO 24:9-11
• ISA 6:1-4
• EZE 1:4-28
• DAN 10:5-6
• MAKE NOTE OF THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES FROM THESE 5 VISIONS OF THE LORD.
• WHAT DO YOU LEARN ABOUT THE LORD?
• MEMORY VERSE: REV 4:11