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If you or I were to seriously harm another person (hypothetically speaking),
in the Western world we would be brought before a judge and jury to receive
an appropriate punishment. The prosecuting attorney would emphasize the
tragic condition of the innocent victim, and the defense lawyer would point
out any extenuating circumstances in a plea for the perpetrator. Motive
would be argued by these two lawyers.
Any witnesses would be called to testify either for or against the accused. The judge would disallow inappropriate testimony. Finally the jury would retire to consider the case in private. In due time, if they had been convinced by the prosecutor's arguments, they would return to court with a guilty verdict. The sentence would be handed out by the judge on a later date.
This oversimplified fictional scenario pretty much sums up the way in which many conceive of the subject of judgment-usually with undue emphasis on the final verdict and sentencing. The popular concept runs very negatively.
But what does God's inspired Word teach? The rendering of "eternal judgment" in the Bible is a far more serious matter than, say, ruling on the petty misdemeanors that normally characterize a Judge Judy courtroom. Our final destiny is seriously at stake! Just what does Scripture say regarding God's judgment of the world?
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