THE PURPOSE of GOD'S JUDGMENT in HEAVEN. Signs of the Times Mag,3/2016

May thanks to this magazine and author Marvin Moore.  (JB)

THE SENSATIONAL O.J. SIMPSON TRIAL..

   A murder trail in Los Angeles California, was called "the trail of the century". Simpson was accused of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. This trail begin with the swearing in on November 3, 1995, with a stunning verdict of not guilty, months latter.

     A Key part of the evidence brought by the prosecution was a dark leather glove that had been found at the crime scene. The defense attorney, Johnnie Cochran, persuaded the prosecution to have Simpson put on the glove. Simpson tried to get it over his hand, but couldn't.

Note: They had him put on a plastic clove first, now Y O U try to put on YOUR leather glove over top of a plastic glove!

All this theater led Cochran to explain, out load, "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit"----and that's exactly what the jury did! While an estimated 100,000 people watched and listed to T.V, and radio!

GOD'S TRAIL.

   As sensational as Simpson's trail was, however, It doesn't come close to matching a trail in Heaven that will take place just prior to Christ's second Coming.  Daniel wrote of it this way----

      Daniel 7:9-14 " 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. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.  I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed."

    Daniel 7:9-10  "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. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened."

     The "Ancient of Days, is clearly God ,The Father, and in ----

        Revelation 5:11  "And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;"

    A thousand times a thousand is a million, and the thousand times ten thousand ids a 100 million, which makes for a sizable "Jury" Agree?

    One of the key points, so far, are in the words:  "The court was seated, and the books were opened."

Daniel may have thought of a leather scroll, but we can think a computer. However the actual recording is more than possibly far beyond our present levels of knowledge.

     The point being that evidence was brought forth and it had been recorded prior to this court scene These "BOOKS", contain the record of every one's life's moments bot the righteous------

     Daniel 12:1  "And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book."

     Malachi 3:16 " Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name."

     AS WELL AS THE WICKED-----

     Revelation 20:1-3  "And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season."

    Revelation 20:14-15  "And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."

     CONDEMNATION AND VINDICATION..

   Two issues stand out in this judgment scene. First the wicked are condemned and God's people are vindicated.

Note: At the time of Jesus' return, there shall be ONLY TWO camps of believers:  A. Those who believe obey  God!   B. Those who believe in men and obey the laws of men!  The latter are lost!  However please make note, that ALL who are LOST have so CHOSEN to be lost! Not ONE person will be cast into the Lake of Fire, who truly does not want to be there! It's each person's own choice, as life without God is not possible, but He loves us so much He'll give us what we want, gone from His presence!

    THE WICKED in Daniel's prophecy are represented by a "Little Horn," power, first noted in ----

    Daniel 7:8 " I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things."

     Daniel's angelic interpreter spoke of----

    Daniel 7:21 "I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;"

    this points to the persecutions of God's people that's was inspired by demonic forces and carried out by Satan's human accomplices. It's been going on ever since Adam and Eve were cast out of the Eden, and it will so continue until Jesus returns!

THE RIGHTEOUS.   In Daniel's Prophecy are referred to as "The Saints," and they can expect no mercy, and that the little horn [The Vatican] would wage war against them until Jesus returned.

     Daniel 7:22 " Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom."

    So we have set the scene, and have the wicked on one side and righteous on the other. After a careful review of "Heaven's Books," by the angels God will pronounce His final judgment including the eternal destiny of both His and Satan's people!

    DOMINION.

    The Second issue is this drama is DOMINION. To understand this dominion we have to go back to a series of events in heaven that occurred 1,000's of years earlier. God had an angel that held a very high position....

     Ezekiel 28:14 " Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire."

    This high angel, was given many great gifts, in voice and in looks as well as responsibility. But this angel Lucifer, became to proud of his attributes---

   Ezekiel 28:17 " Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee."

    Isaiah informs us that Lucifer,aspired to be like the Most High! In short, this Created Being wanted to be like and as God----

     Isaiah 14:11-15  "Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!  For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit"

     How do we know this event occurred in Heaven?.

    Revelation 12:3-4 "And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.  And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born."

    Revelation 12:7-9  "And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."

Note: Actually it helps the stories flow if we think of these few verses, to be placed in-between Genesis 2 and 3 chapters! Especially when we think of Satan using the serpent as a Ventriloquist used his dummy!, in Genesis 3:1-5.

   Thus to put in terms of the world, Satan wanted God's DOMINION, and to be worshiped!  Via his deceit and deceptions he was able to gather to his side-----1/3rd of all the angels  Rev. 12:3-4..

    You need but to watch the nightly news, to see that Satan, as the devil still rules, thus has Dominion of this earth! Even though most think he's not real! Well where do YOU think ISIS received all their ideas from, Santa Clause, or the Tooth Fairy?   This brings us to Daniel 7 : 13 and 14.---

     Daniel 7:13-14 " I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man [Jesus Christ] came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed."

    So this Judgment in Heaven shall remove the dominion that Satan has held over this earth, and give it back to Jesus. He has yet to take on this dominion of our world. That shall happen at His Second Coming. However, the legal authority to take dominion over the world was given to Him at the conclusion of Heaven's Judgment, and God's angles participated in that decision! We must know, that Satan was totally defeated at the Cross and with His resurrection three days later! Yet even judged and sentenced, Satan's end will not come until after the 1,0000 years he spends on this earth during the Millennium [Rev.20:2-3]

WHEN WILL THIS JUDGMENT TAKE PLACE?

Even, most nations, do not punish a person, until after they have judged right,? So die and go to hell is not Biblical but of human tradition only!

    As mentioned previously, this is scheduled to take place just before Jesus Return. There's two ways we can know this.

World History:  The first eight VERSES of Daniel 7, speaks to four great beasts, that represent four great kingdoms of earth.. They shall arise out of the earth   VS17. The Bible goes to I.D these four as Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome. Rome was invaded by the so-called Barbarians of Northern Europe, the Germanic tribes and the Franks and the Anglo-Saxons, as they invaded to the south in A.D. 250 to 500 A.D. The Little Horn is represented the Medieval Christianity, which sorely persecuted all who opposed
Rome. Best known as the Spanish Inquisition, but this was throughout all of Catholic nations.

    Babylon from whom all the other conquerors absorbed her customs and religious practices, all the way up to Rome even today! However just as Satan saw that spilled blood only created many new Christians, he decided to deceive them by blending Paganism with Christianity, and in that he's had great success, but the torture ceased in about the late 1700's and Heaven's Judgment scene comes in after that in Daniel's Prophecy. That's the first clue that this Judgment shall take place in Heaven PIOR to Christ's return.   

     When is Dominion given to Christ?
   
    We get the second clue from the careful reading of this Dominion that's given to Christ in Daniel 7:13-14--

     -Daniel 7:13-14  "I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed."

Please NOTE: The above is one of many, many reasons why the phrase: "I am a New Testament Christian, is as empty as a V.8 engine running on only four cylinders, one has only 1/2 the picture! Yet  both speak to the very Creator God! With the very same 10 laws, still in full effect, and, they shall always so be! For they are God The Father's character!

  Now some Christians have PROBABLY understood the "Giving of this Dominion" to happen at Christ's Second Coming because of the statement is Verse 13, that "A son of man" came "with the clouds of Heaven"
 Jesus Himself said that He will return to earth" with the clouds of the sky"----
     

     Matthew 24:30  "And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory"

   However Daniel's 7:13 has---- "THE SON OF MAN APPROACHED THE ANCIENT OF DAYS, ON CLOUDS therefore this CANNOT be His Second coming. Further-more, all this in Daniel 7, is taking place in Heaven, and thus is but a description and its interpretation--occurs in Heaven, Whereas Christ's second Coming shall occur in earth's near orbit, His feet never touching this earth, at this time!.

Therefore in Daniel's 7 pictorial scene, of the Judgment, the Second coming has not yet happened, nor written off, in this scene.

SATAN'S STRATEGY.

   Satan has relied upon lies and deceptions from the the beginning is sin, within him, note Genesis 3:----

    Genesis 3:3 " But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die."

Eve quoted God inaccurately, He said "Do not eat" never said anything about touch ---

      Genesis 2:17  "But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die".

However Satan said this----

   Genesis 3:4-5  "And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil."

Note: Many are they that have swallowed this hook, line and, sinker, in this thinking and teaching: "Die and go to heaven, and then after the resurrection the body and soul will be re-united!"

   Genesis 2:7  "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."

Note: What does this say? A soul is a living being, human or animal, and is NOT a ADDED ON SOMETHING!

    Ecclesiastes 9:4-6  "For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun."

Note: NEVER, ever take the words of men for the Word of God, learn it for yourself!

     Satan, soon reverted to his more norm, by using force, and murder,, by his usage of his proxies, mankind! Read the story of Moses, the reason he was placed in a basket, was that the Pharaoh, fearing the Israelite's, ordered the death of all new born male children, by tossing them into the Nile river! From here on Satan used pure force, until the latter parts of the 1700's, always in the "Name of Christianity"! Millions were burned alive, tortured to death, an ed killed by the sword, over all that time, where-ever the Papacy ruled! In fact the LAST court of Inquisition closed its doors in Peru, in 1890!  {Fox's Martyrs, Church History by Abijion (sp?) 

    During Christ's life on earth and The GOD-Man, He met satan in the wilderness following 40 days of His fasting and praying. At the end of which Satan came to Him and attempted to temp Him three (3) times--

[ Matthew 4:1-11] 

     Matthew 4:8-9  "Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me."

Note: Know now why and how some humans have an ego the size far larger than themselves!  Look----

        Pope Leo XIII in an Encyclical Letter, June 20, 1894 said this:

"We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty."    Even John Paul II said the same thing!

Note: they all have egos as large as Satan's read Revelation 13::1-4 and know they why!

     2 Thessalonians 2:3-5  "Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?"---------

Note:  It it this Jesuit Pope Francis, who called for and led the Paris Summit on "Climate change" that puts nation's Sovereignty under the U,N. and the Popes, in fact the London England chapter of the Jesuits, proc;aimed this made the Pope, the world's Moral leader, and He called for all work to cease on Sunday, the day of Pagan Sun worship, and called it a DAY for Earth to rest! {Mother earth- Ghia, that's Pantheism!}{NEW WORLD ORDER-ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT AND THE POPE RULES JUST AS BEFORE!  Google Jesuit's Oath of service, and know  with ,This Society of the friends of Jesus, He is not in want of enemies!}

   Revelation 13:7-9  "And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. If any man have an ear, let him hear."

NOTE: THIS IS WHERE WE ARE, in Bible's time line , so how much time do WE EACH have to chose right or wrong? God or men? Before the Tribulations hit the non-believers and the wicked ones? I am not trying to scare you, only trying to bring you to reality! BECAUSE, 90% + of all Prophecy has come to pass as written and on time, so what makes anyone think the last 10% will not happen? Because many do not believe? Then why did God save only 8 humans from the FLOOD in the Ark He had Noah build?

OH, YES I know man's sciences [ you know the Search for Truth!] as long as God is not mentioned! I want all to be Saved for Eternal life just as Heaven does. The Father has chosen YOU, to be born and has a special spot in Heaven for Y O U! A spot no other can fill!

------   Satan had a very clever strategy. He had gained Dominion over the world {DOMINION = A King and his kingdom!  Which was one reason Christ had to die to "BUY IT BACK"] due to the "FALL" into sin by Adam and Eve, and now he was offering it to Jesus, under the condition that Jesus worships him!

Satan used the very same things to temp Jesus as he did Eve, The Lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life.Thank Goodness Jesus told him to get lost! If He, Jesus has failed the human race would be extinct, long, long ago!-----

    Matthew 4:10  "Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve."

   How grateful can we be, or should be, that Jesus gained the victory and defeated Satan on the cross, even while his proxies kept shouting "He says He will save us all but He can't even save Himself!"

   Jesus, who regained Dominion over this world, the hard way, by His perfect life,- through His 7 in all Trails his scourging, and His crucifixion, and resurrection!

Note: Sadly it was His resurrection man used to change the day of the Sabbath for the Seventh Day {Look at your calendar!] to the First day of the week, right?   LOOK----

    

     Daniel 7:24-26 "And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end."

Praise God that Jesus resisted Satan and regained dominion of the earth the right way!, not by lies, deceptions nor force! In fact God uses only Love and Truth, Satan uses all but those two!

   Revelation 13:2  "And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority."

Note: Rev.12 :7-9 will ID the Dragon as Satan the devil who what?  HIS POWER, HIS SEAT, in Rome from Pagan to Pagan/Christian mix!  Read Daniel 7th chapter, here the beast's are earthly kingdoms that ruled much of earth uniting religion and state into one, are revealed! This record agrees with human recorded history! However the "Scripture Lawyers"  try to have you believe the Book of Daniel was written after Christ instead of nearly 500 years before His, earthly, birth!

Thanking Y O U, for your time.

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