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THE BEMA SEAT JUDGMENT VS. THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT
2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. (KJV)
1 Corinthians 3:11-15
11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. (KJV)
Rev 20:11-15
11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. (KJV)
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BEMA SEAT JUDGMENT |
GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT |
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1. Major Passages: (2 Corinthians 5:10; 1 Corinthians 3:11-15) 2. Associated only with born again Church Age believers. 3. Occurs between the rapture and the second coming of Christ. 4. Evaluates Christian works (service) and distinguishes human good from divine good. 5. Sins are not mentioned at this judgment. 6. Rewards for Christian service are the issue. 7. In 2 Corinthians 5:10, the Christians works are referred to as either good or bad. 8. In 1 Corinthians 3:11-15, the Christians works are called gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, and stubble. 9. The Christian may suffer loss of rewards, but retains his salvation. |
1. Major Passage: (Revelation 20:11-15) 2. Associated with unbelievers from all dispensations from Adam to the end of human history. 3. Occurs at the end of the millennium and initiates the eternal scene. 4. Compares the unbelievers works (human good) with the work of Christ on the cross. 5. Sins are not mentioned at this judgment. 6. The lake of fire as the eternal destination of the unbeliever is the issue. 7. There is no similar designation for the unbeliever. 8. There is no similar designation for the unbeliever. 9. The unbeliever retains his lost condition and remains eternally condemned. |