THE BLESSED HOPE AND
JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST
We believe that the next great event in the fulfillment of prophecy will be the coming of the Lord in the air to receive to Himself into heaven both His own who are alive and remain unto His coming, and also all who have fallen asleep in Jesus. This event, theologically called the Rapture, is the blessed hope set before us in the Scripture, and for this we should be constantly looking. (John 14:1-3; 1 Corinthians 15:51,52; Philemon 3:20; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Titus 2:11-14) As a result of being Raptured, church age believers will have their post-justification life personally evaluated by the Lord Jesus Christ at His judgment seat regarding the quality of their works, their faithfulness to God’s will and word, and their motives, in order to determine whether they will receive from Christ a reward for pleasing Him. A reward may also be referred to in the New Testament as a crown (1 Corinthians 3:5-15, 4:2-4, Romans 14:10; 2 Corinthians 5:9-11; 2 Timothy 4:7-8; James 1:12; 1 Peter 5:4; 2 Peter 1:10-11; 2 John 10).
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