Christ invested with all authority

 

He has authority to judge all mankind           John 5v27

 

“And hath given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of man.”

 

Appointment to Judgment   Acts 10v42 “…it is He which was ordained of God to be the Judge of the living and the dead.”

Assurance of Judgment  Acts 17 v31 “Because He hath appointed a day in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom He hath ordained: whereof He hath given assurance unto all men in that he has raised him from the dead.”

Accession to Judgment  Daniel 7v13-14 “I saw in the night visions, and behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days and they brought Him near before Him.  And there was given Him dominion and glory, and a Kingdom that all people, nations, and languages should serve Him: His dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away, and his Kingdom, that which shall not be destroyed.”

Appearing of the Judgment  2^nd Timothy 4v1 “I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom.”

 

The Father has committed all judgment to the Son-5v22; nothing is surer that every one of us will be brought before Him in judgment for good or bad.  The One who dispenses life now, will execute judgment; the One who can be our Saviour will be our Judge; the One who hung upon a tree to remove our sins, will sit on the throne to judge those who refused His mercy.

 

He has power to raise the dead, all the dead     v28-29.

 

“Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear His voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil unto the resurrection of damnation.”

 

Verse 25  “The hour is coming and now is”- present.  He is awaking many to spiritual life in the present time; verse 28 “The  hour is coming”-future.  His voice will call all the dead from the graves!  Note “All that are in the graves…” no exceptions.  There will be a resurrection to life, and a resurrection to damnation.  Daniel 12v2 makes it clear, “…some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.”  None of us have done good in ourselves, only those who have trusted in Christ.  The word “damnation” is krisis from which we get crisis, and it will be a crisis for a tribunal will be set, presided over by an infallible Judge, who needs no witnesses, whose judgment is perfect; our sins and transgressions will be laid before us and an eternal tariff will be executed upon us.  Solemn indeed, but this is reality, and this is forever.  As ever there is a positive note-in Rev. 20v6 “Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection, on such the second death hath no power.”  Christ is the answer to our future, if only we can believe it.