The Judgement was Set and the Books were Opened Pt.2
JOHN 5:22-29
22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: (Judgement = Greek word “Krisis”)
23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation (Krisis); but is passed from death unto life.
25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. (He is speaking of the resurrection of the Old Testament saints at the end of the son of man ministry of His day, and he is also prophesying of this day at the end of the New Testament when the saints of seven church ages would hear their names called and would rise in the first resurrection)
26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. (The son of man ministry is connected to Judgement – we are living in the days of when the son of man has been revealed in this hour and we know that this is also a judgement hour)
28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, (this is the general resurrection after the Millennium)
29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. (Krisis = Judgement).
Notice – three resurrections are told of in this portion of scripture, the Old Testament saints, the New Testament saints, and the general resurrection at the end of the Millennium.
REVELATION 20:11-12
11 ¶ And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
This is speaking of the great white throne judgment which takes place after the millennium when all the dead that ever lived are raised up at that time and stand judgement according to their works of how they treated the people of God for their age.
The Judgement was Set and the Books were Opened Pt.2
We are in a judgement time now. And we know that the same word that is judging us in this hour will also judge those of this generation at that time when they will be raised at the great white throne judgement because each generation will be judge according to the word for their age.
MATTHEW 12:41-42
41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
That is why this message is what is judging us now in this hour - we are having our judgement time now under this revealed word so that we will not have to come into that judgment time at the great white throne because judgment begins at the house of God, and that is why if people cannot take the word and let it judge them now, and submit to the word, then they will have to be judge by that same word at the great white throne judgement when there is no opportunity of repentance.
I PETER 4:17
17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
And so it is our attitude to the revealed word in this hour that determines our category just like it will be at the great white throne when it will be their attitude as to how they treated the word for their day in the form of the living bride - that will determine their category then. How you treat the word in your actions reveals your category.
If you are not really interested in the word of this hour, then the scripture identifies that group of people that had more important things then the invitation to the wedding feast.
All these categories are identified in the word. It is not just the wise virgins that are identified, but the foolish virgins are also identified.
DANIEL 7:9-10
9 ¶ I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. (This portion of scripture is also describing the second resurrection after the millennium, but we also know that it is showing us a pattern of what is taking place right now in this age)
10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him (that’s the Bride), and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
We noticed from last week that there is a resurrection that takes place at the end of the seventh church age when the seven church ages have run out, and the second resurrection takes place at the end of the seventh day of the seven thousand years when the millennium has run out – and so we saw that the first resurrection follows exactly the same pattern of the second resurrection – they are both times of Judgement and sentencing.
Notice also – that It is at the first resurrection (which is the time we are in right now) that the lambs section of the book of life is opened by the opening of the seven seals and the names of the bride of Christ for the last 2000 years of 7 church ages that were sealed in that book are made known at this time.
The first resurrection is a resurrection from among the dead; it is not a “come forth” general resurrection where all that ever live are raised up, but this resurrection time that we are living in now is a calling of the “NAMES” resurrection of the bride that were sealed and kept a secret in the Lambs section of the book of life.
That is why those names have to be revealed now under this message or we could never have a resurrection in this hour.
I THESSALONIANS 4:16-17
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: (notice – that shout had to contain the names of all that were to be a part of this first resurrection or they could never be called out from among the dead)
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
So both the names of the sleeping saints whose names are written in the lambs section of the book of life, and also the names of the living saints who names are written in the Lambs section of the book of life have to be revealed and called by that voice at this time.
In this age the seven sealed Book was opened, but also in this age the books of the lives of the saints have to also be opened to reveal who they are to them – to let the bride know who she is.
REVELATION 20:12
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
It the same pattern repeating again because the opening of this “Book” refers to the book of life while the opening of the “books” refers to the secrets of men’s hearts being revealed.
279-2 SARDISEAN.CHURCH.AGE - CHURCH.AGE.BOOK CPT.7
All these people had their names in the Book of Life and their names remained. But whose names did not remain? Those of the world system churches who fought the bride will be those whose names are removed. That is who will lose out. They will be cast into the lake of fire.
Now let us go another step, but before we do let us review our case thus far. First of all we know most assuredly that the purpose of God stands in election. It was purposed in Himself. It was God's purpose to bring forth a people like unto Himself that would be a Word Bride. She was chosen before the foundation of the world IN HIM. She was fore-known and beloved before she was ever brought forth during the ages upon the earth. She was redeemed by His blood and can NEVER come into condemnation. She can never be in the judgment because sin cannot be imputed unto her.
Romans 4:8,
"Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin."
But indeed she shall be with Him in His throne of judgment, judging the world and even angels. Her name (each of her members) was written in a section of the Lamb's Book of Life before the foundation of the world. Secondly, there is another class. Their names are also in the Book of Life and they will come up in the second resurrection. Such are the foolish virgins and the righteous as are spoken of in Matthew 25. In this class also are those who do not worship the beast or become involved in the antichrist system but die for their faith even though they are not in the bride, not having been born again. But they will come up in the second resurrection and go into eternal life. Thirdly, there are the borderline Christians such as we saw in Israel coming out of Egypt. These had their names in the Book of Life and their works written in the books. These having failed to obey God and being void of the Spirit, though even the signs and wonders were amongst them, will have their names removed from the Book of Life. Amongst this group will be the ones like Judas who though entirely void of the Spirit, but are religious, will have manifestation in their lives, and though on the books were not the elected IN HIM. Such also as Balaam will be in that group. Fourth and finally are the ones whose names have never been or will ever be written on the books.
We learnt in the bible that resurrection and separation and judgement are all associated together.
Noah and his group were raised up in their day by hearing a prophet’s voice which was the message of that hour, then they were separated in the ark when God closed the door, and it was also a time of judgement for the world.
Abraham and Sarah were raised back young again, and they were living separated lives from Lot and the Sodom group, and it was at that time that Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed under judgement.
Rahab the Harlot rose up at the same time Jericho was under judgement, she heard the message of the hour and it raised her up out of her condition and she was separated under the token with her loved ones.
*This is always the pattern at judgement time, a resurrection, a separation, and a judgement.
MATTHEW 25:31-33
31 ¶ When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: (First a resurrection, then a separation)
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. (Then he judges them)
278-1 SARDISEAN.CHURCH.AGE - CHURCH.AGE.BOOK CPT.7
To further clarify, notice specifically the words of Matthew 25:31-46. It does not say that a shepherd is literally separating sheep from goats, but it is AS a shepherd dividing sheep from goats. These are not sheep in this particular area of time (White Throne Judgment). The sheep are in His fold, they heard His voice (Word) and they followed Him. THEY ALREADY HAVE ETERNAL LIFE AND CANNOT COME INTO THE JUDGMENT. But these do NOT have eternal life, and they are in the judgment. They are allowed to GO INTO eternal life. But upon what grounds do they enter into life eternal? Certainly not upon the fact that they already have His life as does the bride, but they receive it because they were kind to His brethren. They are not His brethren: that would make them joint-heirs with Jesus. They are NOT heirs to anything but life. They share no throne, etc. with Him. THEIR NAMES MUST HAVE BEEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE AND NOT REMOVED. Now because of their love of the people of God they are recognized and saved. No doubt these served and helped the children of God. Perhaps like Nicodemus and Gamaliel they stood for the children in a time of trouble.
The pattern and order of the great white throne judgement is also happening now in this day under this message because this is when the judge himself has come down to bring judgement upon the entire world because this is the great day of His vengeance, but he cannot bring vengeance before he brings righteous judgement.
I CORINTHIANS 11:31-32
31 For if we would judge ourselves (now), we should not be judged (at the great white throne).
32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
We are being judged right now under this message – the bride is judging herself by the word of the messenger for this age, and so we are having our judgement right now and we are passing from death unto life right now like the sheep on his right hand will pass into life at the great white throne judgment.
So the true bride in this hour is able to take the correction of the word, but the foolish virgins are fooling around, there playing pretend games with this message, they are living clean and separated lives, but they’re always arguing and making excuses and downplaying the authority of the word in this hour and will often not take the chastisement by the word – and so that is why they will have to face the great white throne judgement, because they would not receive their judgement now.
***So at this time of this resurrection and judgement season that is taking place now at the end of the seven church ages, the wise virgins will go into the marriage supper of the Lamb while the foolish virgins will go into the tribulation period – and this is exactly the same pattern that we see that takes place at the great white throne judgement after the seven thousand years at the general resurrection - the sheep will go into eternal life while the goats will go into the lake of fire.
________________________
**When the word of God is coming to pass, it often looks very different to what people imagine of how it should look. And mostly this is because of the way and the simplicity that God does things, many time when the word is coming to pass in its reality form, it looks very different to what people had imagined in their minds, and that is the reason why so many people cannot see when the word of God is coming to pass in their day.
If we take the scripture:
ISAIAH 40:3-4
3 ¶ The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
Most people (if they were honest) would imagen in their mind that for this scripture to be fulfilled you would be looking for the mountains to become plains and valleys to be raised up and all the rocks to disappear like a great cataclysmic event - but when this scripture came to pass in its reality form, what you actually saw was a man called John the Baptist preaching a message of repentance and of the coming messiah. That is what that scripture actually looked like when it came to pass.
REVELATION 10:7
7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
But when this scripture was fulfilled in reality, what you saw was a humble little Kentucky man walking up to a little pulpit at a humble little church and say in his American Kentucky accent “Good morning friends” and then preach the word. That is what that scripture actually looked like in reality.
II THESSALONIANS 1:7-10
7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, (When this scripture was fulfilled what we actually saw was a cloud 26 mile high and 30 miles across that was made up of seven angels that appeared near Flagstaff Arizona in February 1963)
8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: (this coming is a coming for judgement and vengeance)
9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints (He is coming at this time to be glorified in his saints – the believers of his word for this day), and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed ) in that day.
What we are actually seeing in this age is a people who have received the message of the hour and are coming into an invisible union with the revealed word of this hour.
So if we are living in a time of mercy and judgement, then there must also be a judicial process that is being conducted at this time.
So in a Judicial situation of a court room, before you can pass a final judgement and send a person to prison or set a person free, you need three necessary requirements before you can pass judgement in a court.
First – The judge must be present
Second - you must open the “Book” of the Law
And thirdly– you must open the “Books” of the people that are in question and that are standing in the judgement.
So after the opening of the seven seals we see brother Branham preaching a message called “Court Trial” he also preach “The Indictment” and he also preached “Souls in Prison Now”
***So this is showing us the judicial process that is going on right now at this judgement time since the opening of the seven seals.
***At the great white throne judgement we see the judge is revealing to these two groups of people who they are and why they are going to the places that they are going – he is opening the mystery of their own lives to them, and that is what reveals to them the category that they are in, whether they are in the category for life or the category for damnation. In other words, He is revealed to them who they are before they go to their places of eternal destination.
He is opening the book of their life to them and showing who they are according to the word so that each person is identified and clearly shown as to what category they are – their book is opened to them to reveal if there name is on the book or not on the book. And so the same pattern of this is happening in this day because the seven sealed book has been opened and it is also revealing to a people who they are and that their names are on the Lamb’s book of life, and so in this hour he is opening their book to them to show them how that their actions and attitudes to the revealed word fit all the shadows and types throughout the entire bible concerning the bride.
Between the resurrection and the sentencing of judgement there is a court trial, an opening of the Book, and an opening of the books, that is what is going on now.
And at the court trial all the witnesses are brought forward and the books are open and the secret things are revealed according to the actions of the ones who are standing trial (and we are all standing trial in this hour, and we are being judge or judging ourselves by our choices in relation to what God has sent in this hour), and then the case is settle according to the book of the law, and some are found innocent and set free, and some are found guilty and go to prisoned – souls in prison now.
THE.PATMOS.VISION_ JEFF.IN ROJC 69-130 SUNDAY_ 60-1204E
180 All right, now Daniel 7:9:
And I beheld until the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garments was white as snow, and the hair of his head was like... pure wool:... (Ancient of days)... his throne was like a fiery flame, and his wheels were burning fire.
And fiery--fiery streams issued and came forth from before him: and thousands... thousands ministered unto him, and ten... times ten thousands stood before him: and judgment was set and the books were open.
"White hair..." All... Anybody knows that's the old judges in ancient days, like English judges used to wear a snow white wig. How many remembers that? Old ancient judges wore a white wig because they was... And here He is, showing again that John's over in the Lord's day; he saw Him as the Judge (Amen.), not as Priest, not as King, not as Prophet, but as Judge. The Father, Saint John 5: 22, committed all judgment to Him. And He's Judge now, come to judge the nations. Oh, for that day when you see Him like that. His hair was as white as snow; Daniel saw Him coming to the Ancient of days. Watch Him blend these two together. All right.
THE.LAODICEAN.CHURCH.AGE_ JEFF.IN ROJC 493-550 SUNDAY_ 60-1211E
66 …Where do we find in the Lord's day? At the end of the age. That's when the world is going to be burned. You remember how we took Him with a white wig on, you know, and--and His breast, and girded about the paps. You remember that? And we proved by the Bible it wasn't a sabbath day, neither a Sunday; it was the Lord's day. Is that right? And that's the day that He comes as a Judge, and will smite the earth with a curse. Is that right?
And I will send to you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
IT.IS.THE.RISING.OF.THE.SUN_ JEFF.IN V-3 N-12 SUNDAY_ 65-0418M
14 You remember, I was preaching when this vision came, upon the subject of the Book of the Revelations, where the old judges, where we seen Jesus in Revelations 1. When we started to open the Seven Seals... or the--or the Church Ages, rather, just prior to the opening of the Seven Seals. Christ was standing with "hair like wool, white." And I described that to you, that the old English judges, and judges of long ago, when they went to the bench, to be sworn in, their supreme authority was given them. They wore a white wig, as it was, over their heads, to show their supreme authority.
15 Well, if you'll turn the picture like this and look, you can probably see it from the audience, it's Christ. See His eyes looking here, just as perfect as it could be; wearing the white wig of Supreme Deity and Judge of all heavens and earth.
The same message and judge that delivers us from the judgement in this hour is the same message and judge that condemns the rest of the world.
- He was the Judge in Noah’s day when Noah proclaimed the message of that hour – That message judged and condemned the entire world at that time, and all outside of the Ark went to their death while Noah and his group went over into the new earth.
- He was the Judge when he appeared to Abraham and Sarah and revealed himself to them just before Sodom was burnt to ashes and they were turned back young again.
- He is the Judge in this day by the message that he has sent in this hour. He has sent his mercy to this generation in the form of the end time message through an end time prophet, and all who receive that message receives mercy, but all who refuse it will be destroyed with the world as it was in Noah’s day.
- And He will again be the Judge at the great white throne judgement.
The Judgement was Set and the Books were Opened