Lesson 8 · August 24, 1901
Time of the Investigative Judgment
The subject of the time of judgment is so important that we trust the student will bear with us if in this lesson we go again over some of the familiar texts which have been used in previous lessons, for we seek to place them in a new connection, in order that they may the more readily be seen in all their bearings.
- 1.What has the Lord said definitely about the time of the judgment? .
- 2.To whom will this appointed day be revealed? Who will have no need for fear in that day? ; .
- 3.What does the wicked man know about the judgment? How does this little knowledge make him feel? What does he not know? ; .
- 4.What two phases of the judgment are spoken of? (investigative); (executive).
- 5.When was the appointed day of the investigative judgment reached? . At what date did this period of time end?
- 6.What announcement was made to the world when this appointed day was close at hand? .
- 7.What promise would lead us to expect that an announcement would be given? .
- 8.With what class will the judgment begin? .
- 9.In the type whose cases only were considered on the day of atonement? . Note 1.
- 10.In this judgment for what will there be time allowed? .
- 11.What proof have we that the judgment of the righteous dead is finished before Christ comes? ; . Note 2.
- 12.What has taken place with regard to the living righteous which enables them to stand when Christ comes? .
- 13.How much time is there for the judgment after the last trumpet sounds before the living are made immortal? .
- 14.Prior to what event is the blotting out of sins? .
- 15.What event immediately follows when every case has been decided? .
- 16.Between what two events must the investigative judgment take place, as shown by the texts given in this lesson?
Notes
1. None but those who, by confession, had transferred their sins to the sanctuary, could possibly come into the work of the cleansing of the sanctuary. So in the antitype, the work of Christ in cleansing the heavenly sanctuary is alone for those whose names have been recorded in the Lamb's book of life.
2. They must have been "accounted," or judged, "worthy" of a part in the first resurrection before Christ comes, or they could not be "raised incorruptible" in connection with that event.
Bible texts in this lesson
Acts 17:30 · Acts 17:31 · Ecclesiastes 8:5 · John 5:24 · Ecclesiastes 8:6 · Ecclesiastes 8:7 · Daniel 12:10 · Revelation 20:12 · John 5:27 · Daniel 8:14 · Revelation 14:6 · Revelation 14:7 · Amos 3:6-8 · 1 Peter 4:17 · Leviticus 16:34 · Ecclesiastes 3:17 · Luke 20:35 · 1 Corinthians 15:52 · Luke 21:36 · 1 Corinthians 15:51 · Acts 3:19 · Acts 3:20 · Revelation 22:11 · Revelation 22:12
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