Order of Events: 4 - Judgment Seat of Christ

This is a time when believers, who have been raptured into heaven, will stand before their Lord to receive crowns and rewards. See 1 Corinthians 3:10-4:5. This will occur after the rapture and during the tribulation period. The judgment seat of Christ will occur in heaven (it is sometimes called the "day of Christ"). See Philippians 1:10 and 2:16. At the same time there will begin on earth what is called the "day of the Lord." This is the Tribulation Period.

Is this different than the great white throne judgment?

Yes indeed! The judgment seat of Christ occurs immediately after the rapture and is for believers. Believers will receive rewards. Whereas the great white throne judgment is for unbelievers. This latter judgment will destine unbelievers to an eternity in hell. (see Revelation 20:11-15

Order of events: 6 - Judgment of the nation of Israel

This will occur when all living people of Jewish heritage will be judged. This occurs during the struggles of the tribulation and then in a normal sense after the Battle of Armageddon and before the 1000 year millennium...as part of Christ's judging "all nations" when He establishes His millennial kingdom (Matthew 25:31-46).

Where does it occur?

The area of Kadesh-Barnea, quite possibly, based on Ezekiel 20:34-38, could be the area where all living Jews from the four corners of the earth will be regathered. The saved of living Israel will be taken into the 1000 year millennium, will be resettled into Jerusalem and the Promised Land, and will reign with the Lord Jesus Christ forever.

Order of Events: 7 - The Judgment of Gentiles

This is the time when all living Gentiles who have survived the 7 year tribulation period will be judged (Matthew 25:31-46). This occurs after the Battle of Armageddon and before the 1000 year millennium.

Where does it occur?

The Old Testament pictures in Joel 3:2 that God's Armageddon judgments will take place in the Valley of Jehoshaphat. The exact boundaries of this location cannot be determined. Also see Ezekiel 20:34-38, Zechariah 13:1-2, Malachi 3:2-5, and Matthew 25:31-46.

What will happen there?

The living Gentiles at this judgment who showed by their sinful lives that they had rejected the message of Christ's witnessess during the tribulation period will go to hell (Matthew 25:41). Those who showed by their righteous lives that they had accepted Christ during this period will live on earth for the millennium period, and then they will enter the new heavens and new earth.

The saved who have accepted Christ up to the point of the rapture become resurrected believers...along with the resurrected martyrs of the tribulation preiod. Those who accept Christ after the rapture in the 7 year tribulation period and who survive the tribulation alive are living believers who live on earth during the millennium and prior to receiving their eternal bodies.

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