The Final Judgment
At the final judgment all earthly dominion, authority, and power, including death, will be destroyed. The Savior, despised and rejected by the world, wil be seen in all his divine majesty and glory, reigning over all things until he has put all his enemies under his feet. Every knee will bow to him, and every tongue will acknowledge that he is Lord (Isaiah 45:23; Matthew 25:31; Romans 14:10-12; 1 Corinthians 15:25-27; Philippians 2:10-11; Hebrews 2:8). On the day of the final judgment, the one true God will be revealed as the Lord of all things in heaven and on earth. When Christ "delivers the kingdom" to the Father, the triune God will be manifested as "all in all," as the Lord beside whom there is no other. His eternal purposes as he puts everything under Christ's feet will be made known, and God will be manifested as holy and just but also merciful and gracious (1 Corinthians 15:24, 27-28; Isaiah 40:6-26).
Scripture does not indicate the precise day and hour of the final judgment. It does, however, reveal that it will occur as one in a series of historical events that will begin with Christ's second coming and the resurrection of the dead. It will be followed by the end of the world and the creation of a new heaven and a new earth (Isaiah 65:17; Matthew 24:3, 30-31, 36; Matthew 25:31-33, 46; Mark 13:26-27, 32; Luke 21:27-28; 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17; 2 Peter 3:4, 10; Revelation 20:11-15; Revelation 21:1). Scripture does not reveal the precise sequence of these events, but it does imply that they will occur in one time frame. The Bible gives no reason to conclude that there will be more than one such day when Christ will return to this earth for judgment, when the dead will be raised, and the world will be destroyed.
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