Judgment is not passed on the majority of people now in this age for the purpose of eternal salvation. These instances show that God will intervene, however, to deal with injustices or sin for the benefit of mankind and to further His purposes. In these cases God is not judging people to determine their suitability to receive salvation, nor is God making right every injustice. And you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this Psalms 75:7 Psalms 75:7 But God is the judge: he puts down one, and sets up another.Īmerican King James Version ×declares, "But God is the Judge He puts down one, and exalts another.' Nebuchadnezzar came to understand this ( Daniel 4:37 Daniel 4:37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.Īmerican King James Version ×), and Daniel passed on this truth to the blasphemous Belshazzar ( Daniel 5:21-22 Daniel 5:21-22 And he was driven from the sons of men and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appoints over it whomsoever he will. God is deeply interested in us and how we are progressing toward fulfilling His purpose. In this case God passed judgment, issued a verdict and carried out the sentence. That be far from you to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from you: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?Īmerican King James Version ×).
Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: will you also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? And Abraham drew near, and said, Will you also destroy the righteous with the wicked? And the men turned their faces from there, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me and if not, I will know. When God determined to punish Sodom and Gomorrah for their sins, Abraham recognized that God is the judge of men's actions ( Genesis 18:20-25 Genesis 18:20-25 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous Knowing how, when and why He judges helps us understand the kinds of judgment described in the Bible.
But we need to understand how He judges, when He judges and why He judges. God has always existed as judge over His creation.
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