What will happen at the final Judgement?

The books will be opened- Your secrets will be on display.

“I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books” (Revelation 20:12).

God is recording secret things. “For God will bring every work into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil” (Ecclesiastes 12:14). Things your mother, father, spouse, and children don’t know about. Things you have long forgotten.

Jesus said, “I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment” (Matthew 12:36).

You will make your defense-

Imagine: you are standing before Jesus Christ. You have ignored Him, cursed Him, turned your back on Him. What will you say? “Wait a minute, Lord! Did you know there were hypocrites in that Church?”

Christ will reply, “I did not say to believe on the hypocrites. I said, believe on Me.”

Excuses like these don’t even satisfy you. How do you expect they will satisfy a righteous and holy God?

The Verdict will be handed down-

The broken-hearted Savior will say, “Whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 10:33). 

Your sentence will be determined-

“Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire” (Revelation 20:14-15). 

The Good News-

If you are a Christian, you will not stand before the great white throne. Why? Because your case was settled out of court. Christ has your heart, and on the cross, Jesus Christ took your sin and your judgment. Thank God: “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1)

 The fire of God’s judgment cannot come where it has already been.