![]() ![]() Unbelievers from the church age will be judged there. Church-age believers will not be judged at the Great White Throne Judgment (GWTJ, Rev 20:11-15). He is right about that.ĭispensationalists believe that believers will have no final judgment (John 5:24). But Jack’s point is that most in Christianity do not understand it as a rewards judgment for believers only. Everyone in Christianity believes in the Bema. So it is misleading to say that only dispensationalists believe in the Judgment Seat of Christ. Most non-dispensationalists believe that the Judgment Seat of Christ is another name for the Great White Throne Judgment. ![]() The only people being judged at the Bema will be people with everlasting life. The purpose of the Bema will be to determine eternal rewards, not eternal destiny. ![]() iĭispensationalists, however, believe that believers will be judged at a separate future judgment called the Judgment Seat of Christ, or Bema. Most in Christendom believe that no one will know his final destiny until he undergoes the final judgment. Most traditions of Christianity (i.e., non-dispensationalists) say that there is only one future eschatological judgment. One aspect of eschatology is future eschatological judgment. Nor do we offer animal sacrifices or worship in the temple during this age.ĭispensationalism has a lot to say about eschatology, the study of the last days, as well. We can work on Saturday.īut between 1440 BC and AD 33, those things were forbidden. 8).Jack emailed me a great question: “Why does it seem like only dispensationalists believe in the Judgment Seat of Christ?”įor those who are not theology nerds, a dispensationalist believes that at various times–or dispensations–in the world’s history, God has changed His commandments.įor example, today God allows us to eat pork or shrimp. Therefore, this judgment of Christians at the bema seat is not a judgment of punishment it is a judgment of reward. This could make sense of the imperative to run the race until the end, so that we do not lose our reward (2 Jn. Later, Paul writes that we will be recompensed for our deeds “whether good or bad.” Regarding this passage, Pentecost writes,Ĭoncerning the word bad (phaulos), it is to be observed that Paul did not use the usual word for bad ( kakos or poneras), either of which would signify that which is ethically or morally evil… Thus the judgment is not to determine what is ethically good or evil, but rather that which is acceptable and that which is worthless. It was called the “bema” or “reward seat.” It was never used of a judicial bench. From here he rewarded all the contestants and here he rewarded all winners. In Grecian games in Athens, the old arena contained a raised platform on which the president or umpire of the arena sat. In this passage, Paul writes, “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ.” Regarding this beat seat, Sale-Harrison writes, In fact, Paul explicitly writes, “If any man’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss but he himself will be saved” (v.15). However, the purpose of this judgment is not wrath-but “reward” (v.14). Here, God will “test the quality of each man’s work” (1 Cor. RESPONSE: The Bible teaches that Christians will have to stand before God in the bema seat judgment. Elsewhere, Paul writes: “Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Rom. CLAIM: Paul writes, “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad” (2 Cor. ![]()
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