1. What assurance do we have that there would be a judgment? Acts Acts 17:30,31 Fill in the blanks: And the times of this _______ God winked at; but now ________ all men _______ to repent: Because He hath _______ a day, in the which He will _______ the world in _______by that Man whom He hath _______: whereof He hath given _______ unto all men, in that He hath ______ Him from the dead.

2. Was the judgment still future in Paul's day? Acts 24:25. _____________________

3. How many must meet the test of the judgment? 2 Corinthians 5:10, Ecclesiastes 3:17 _______________________________________________________________

4. What reason did Solomon give for urging all to fear God and keep His commandments? Ecclesiastes 12:14________________________________________

5. In the view of the judgment scene given to Daniel, list four things Daniel saw. Daniel 7:9,10 _________________________________________________________

6. Who did Daniel see come to the Ancient of Days? Daniel 7:13_______________ _____________________________________________________________________

The Ancient of Days in this verse is God the Father. The Son of Man is Jesus our great High Priest. He is our Attorney, High Priest, and Judge. God the Father presides in the Judgment. Jesus stands in His presence, interceding in behalf of those who have accepted Him as Lord and Saviour. When we sin, if we ask forgiveness for our sins, Jesus our Great High Priest pleads His blood in our behalf and we are forgiven. He covers our sins with His precious blood.

7. Out of what will all be judged? Daniel 7:10 last part; Revelation 20:12; ________

8. In Revelation 14:6, John saw somebody flying in the midst of Heaven: Who was he? _________________________________________________________________

9. What was he carrying? Revelation 14:6 __________________________________

10. For what purpose was he carrying this? Revelation 14:6 ____________________
11. How extensive was he to proclaim this message. Revelation 14:6 last part ______________________________________________________________

Angels in prophecy are symbolic of messengers - God's servants. Angels will not be coming to you personally to preach to you; but those who have already accepted Christ aided by angels and the Holy Spirit will be God's messengers.

12. What message was the messenger supposed to give? Revelation 14:7; Fill in the blanks: Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to Him; For the hour of His _________ hath come: and _______ Him that made ___________, and ______, and the _______,and the ________ of waters.

There is only one gospel. It was first preached in the Garden of Eden, Genesis 3:15; preached to Abraham, Galatians 3:8; and to the children of Israel, Hebrews 4:1,2; and proclaimed anew in every generation. In its development, the gospel meets the needs of every crisis in the world's history.

John the Baptist in his preaching announced the kingdom of heaven at hand (Matthew 3:1,2) and prepared the way for the first advent. So when the time of the judgment comes and Christ Second Advent is near, a worldwide announcement of these events is to be made in the preaching of the everlasting gospel, adapted to meet the needs of the hour.

13. What will be the standard in the judgment? James 2:10-12. Fill in the blanks: For ______ shall keep the whole _______, and yet _______ in one point, he is guilty of all. For He that said, do not commit ________, said also, do not kill. Now if thou _______ no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a _______ of the law. So speak ye, so do as they that shall be ______ by the law of liberty.

14. In view of the judgment, what exhortation is given? Ecclesiastes 12:13, 14; Fill in the blanks: Let us hear the ________ of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His ________: For this is the ________ duty of man. For God shall _______ every work into _______, with every _______ thing, _______ it be _______ or whether it be evil.

15. Does anyone have to be lost? 1 John 1:9; Fill in the blanks: If we _______ our sins, He is _________ and just to _______ us our sins, and to _______ us from all unrighteousness.

16. When will the judgment end? This phase of the judgment will end a short time before Christ comes the second time. The judgment ends at the close of probation. Then Jesus will no longer plead His blood in our behalf. This is the time when He lifts His hands and proclaims "it is done." Revelation 22:11-14 Fill in the blanks: He that is unjust let him be _____ still: and he which is __________, let him be _______ still: And he that is _________, let him be ________still: And he that is _______, let him be holy sti11. And _______ I come _______; and my _________ is with me, to give every man ________as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the ________ and the end, the ______ and the last. Blessed are they that do His _________ that they may have right to the _______ of life, and may ______ in _____ the gates into the city.

There is a sanctuary in heaven, the true tabernacle which the Lord set up and not man. In it Christ ministers in our behalf, making available to believers the benefit of His sacrifice offered once for all on the cross of Calvary. He was inaugurated as our great High Priest and began His intercessory ministry at the time of His ascension. The investigative phase of God's judgment is now going on. Christ our great Judge is reviewing the records of each individual beginning with righteous Abel, to see who among the dead are asleep in Him and therefore deemed worthy to have a part in the first resurrection. He is examining the records of the living, ascertaining who among them are abiding in Christ, keeping the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, and is ready for translation into His glorious kingdom. The completion of this ministry of Christ will mark the close of human probation before the Second Advent.

Note: A comprehensive outline of the judgment is found in lesson 9 of Daniel series. I encourage you to study that lesson carefully.

Let us by God's grace so live that whether He comes or calls us by death, we will be ready to meet Him.