![]() This makes sense considering the persecution of the people of God during the tribulation by the Antichrist. How is this determined? Verse 34 says, “Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:” If you read on, you’ll see the sheep are defined by caring for strangers. In this particular judgment, He divides the sheep from the goats. Matthew 25:31-32: “When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: and before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:” There is a judgment seat of Christ and judging of nations after He comes and sets up the kingdom. ![]() Wouldn’t this be similar then to how things get judged at the judgment seat? This seems to imply that there are two different judgments. Let’s assume God does this kind of judgment after He takes over the kingdom. This is not only doctrinal but also practical. As Bible believers, we do use this to refer to judgment, but we don’t use it to refer to the judgment seat of Christ solely. Steven Anderson tries to prove that this is after the tribulation when God receives the kingdom. This is the passage that is often used for the judgment seat of Christ. Luke 19:15: “And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.” Let’s look at the text often used for this, Luke 19. If you deny this judgment seat occurring while the tribulation is happening, you will try to say that the judgment will occur after the tribulation. One of our most powerful arguments to prove this is that we have to go through the judgment seat of Christ. As we follow along in the doctrine of dispensationalism and dividing verses to the right groups of people and time periods, we want to look at Luke 19 and the pre-tribulation rapture of the church.
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