神的審判─啟示錄 

我確信這週的經文是許多人很興奮談到的。事實上，我們若真的瞭解神的審判，這段經文的確令人興奮又充滿鼓勵。我們會滿心期待，而不是試圖假裝不會發生。

接下來我們要談到的經文是在啟示錄二十章11-15節： 

我又看見一個白色的大寶座與坐在上面的；從祂面前天地都逃避，再無可見之處了。

我又看見死了的人，無論大小，都站在寶座前。案卷展開了，並且另有一卷展開，就是生命冊。死了的人都憑著這些案卷所記載的，照他們所行的受審判。

於是海交出其中的死人；死亡和陰間也交出其中的死人；他們都照各人所行的受審判。

死亡和陰間也被扔在火湖裡；這火湖就是第二次的死。

若有人名字沒記在生命冊上，他就被扔在火湖裡。 

當耶穌被問及末日的徵兆，祂所說的第一件事就是『不要被迷惑/欺騙』。正如我們在啟示錄、新約使徒和先知預言所看到的，迷惑是這世代末了的主要問題。當我們看見一些教義徹底與聖經違背，例如許多基督徒擁抱所謂的『超恩典運動』（“Hyper-grace”），我們必須斷定現在事實上就是大迷惑的時候。正如在這裡啟示錄的經文非常直接提到這些錯誤，我們將簡短來說。 

『超恩典』教師說神不再審判，因為所有的罪已經在十字架償還。倘若真是這樣，如何解釋我們剛讀到啟示錄最後的這段經文？貫穿整本聖經都有提到神的審判，關於神的審判的篇幅遠多過一些重要主題，例如神的愛、憐憫，甚至救恩。為什麼呢？因為祂的愛、憐憫，甚至我們的救恩都是神審判的結果，我們若真的瞭解這些，我們就不會逃避，反倒會奔向審判。 

正如保羅寫說，有一天我們都必須站在基督的審判台前。我們在約翰的啟示錄最後有讀到此經文─此將會發生且無人能逃脫。每個聽到的人都覺得這是件很恐懼的事，正如使徒行傳廿四章24-25節羅馬巡撫腓力斯的反應： 

過了幾天，腓力斯和他夫人─猶太的女子土西拉─一同來到，就叫了保羅來，聽他講論信基督耶穌的道。保羅講論公義、節制，和將來的審判。腓力斯甚覺恐懼，說：你暫且去吧，等我得便再叫你來。 

因某件事讓你害怕，不代表那是不對的事。正如我們在啟示錄不斷看見的，就連使徒約翰這樣當時活最久、跟隨過主的元老級使徒，當他見主面時都嚇得仆倒。敬畏主是智慧的開端，這正是我們世代的人最缺乏的。因此，這也是為何如此缺乏智慧，又充滿如此怪異愚昧的主要原因，正如一些錯誤的現代教義。

我們若有智慧，先從敬畏主開始，成熟到瞭解祂的愛，我們就會像詩篇九十八篇7-9節的詩人一樣奔向祂的審判：

願海和其中所充滿的澎湃；世界和住在其間的也要發聲。

願大水拍手；願諸山在耶和華面前一同歡呼；

因為祂來要審判遍地。祂要按公義審判世界，按公正審判萬民 

當主來審判遍地，全世界將學習公義和公平。我們知道神不僅全然公平，更是充滿憐憫。 祂對我們行為的審判將全然公義與公平，我們可以在這事上完全相信祂。那些已經在主這位審判官前活出他們生命的人，就不害怕那審判的日子。我們若對此懼怕，就代表我們生命中還有一些東西需要面對，否則那大而可畏的日子對我們將是何等艱難。      

(摘自喬納word for the week, Week 39, 2018)


The Judgment of God—The Book of Revelation
Week 39, 2018
Rick Joyner

         This is a subject I’m sure everyone is excited about covering. Actually, if we really understood the judgment of God, it would be exciting and encouraging. We would look forward to it rather than trying to pretend it will not come.

         The next text to be covered is Revelation 20:11-15:

       Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them.

       And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds.

       And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds.

       Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

       And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. 

         When Jesus was asked about the signs of the end of this age, the first thing He said was “Don’t be deceived.” As we see in Revelation and through the prophecies of the New Testament apostles and prophets, deception is a primary problem at the end of the age. When we see doctrines that are so fundamentally contrary to Scripture, such as those called “hyper-grace” that are being embraced by so many Christians, we have to conclude that this is indeed a time of great deception. As the text we are now covering in Revelation addresses these errors so directly, we will briefly address them here.

         “Hyper-grace” teachers say that God no longer judges since all sin was paid for at the cross. If this is the case, then what is this we just read at the end of the Book of Revelation? The judgments of God are addressed throughout the Bible and from the beginning to the end of the New Testament. The judgment of God is covered far more than such important subjects as God’s love, mercy, and even salvation. Why? Because His love, mercy, and even our salvation are the result of the judgments of God, and if we really understood them, we would not run from them but to them.

         As Paul wrote, we must all stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ, and we see this at the end of John’s Revelation—this will happen and no one will escape it. This tends to be a fearful thing to everyone who hears it, as we see with the Roman Governor Felix in Acts 24:24-25:

       Several days later Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him as he spoke about faith in Christ Jesus.

       As Paul discoursed on righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and said, "That's enough for now! You may leave. When I find it convenient, I will send for you."

         Because something makes you afraid does not mean that it is wrong. As we see repeatedly in Revelation, even the Apostle John, who was the oldest living of the original apostles of The Lord at this time, was often falling down in fear when he saw The Lord. The fear of The Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and it is one of the most serious lacks we tend to have in our times. Therefore, a primary reason why there is so little wisdom and such bizarre foolishness as some modern false doctrines.

         If we have wisdom, which starts with the fear of The Lord but matures into understanding His love, we will approach His judgment like the psalmist in Psalm 98:7-9:

Let the sea roar and all it contains, the world and those who dwell in it.

Let the rivers clap their hands and let the mountains sing together for joy

before The Lord, for He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity. 

         When The Lord comes to judge the earth, the whole world will learn righteousness and justice. We know that our God is not only utterly just, but also merciful. His judgments of our deeds will be completely right and just, and we can completely trust Him in this. Those who have already lived their lives before The Judge will have no fear of The Judgment Day. If we do have fear of this, then there are some things in our life that we must face or that great day will be much harder than it needs to be for us.