Focus on Jesus GOD ON TRIAL
Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. Rev. 14:7.
God has been accused before the universe. God is on trial. God is up for judgment. It is the hour of His judgment that is come. While it is true that there is a pre-Advent judgment of people, which involves an examination of the heavenly records and a revelation concerning the name written in God's book, there is something more. In addition to this, the hour of God's judgment has come; and there is a close relationship between the judgment of God and the judgment of His people.
In this heavenly court scene, where God is on trial, there is a prosecuting attorney. Revelation 12 talks about him. He is the dragon, that old serpent called the devil, and he has many accusations. One of his great accusations is that God is not love. Since the beginning of time he has worked to convince people that God is not love. Another of his charges is that God cannot forgive the sinner. While it is true that God cannot forgive sin, God can forgive sinners because of the cross.
The devil knew of God's justice, that His whole government was just. He knew that if God went against His own character of justice, His government would fall. What he did not understand was the love of God, which had conceived of a plan, before the foundation of the earth, making provision to forgive sinners and still maintain justice.
Satan thought he had God in a corner. Either sinners wouldn't be forgiven, and man would perish; or else sinners would be forgiven, God's government would go down, and Satan and his angels would gain control of the universe. But a cross on a lonely hill forever settled this issue. When Jesus cried, "It is finished," the devil knew that his doom was sealed. He knew that he was finished, and that all that remained for him was to get as many as possible to suffer and perish with him.
The cross of Christ settled forever the accusations against God's mercy versus His justice. God was proved to be a God of love, and when men are led to behold the cross, they will see that God has been judged, and that He has been vindicated.
Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. Rev. 14:7.
God has been accused before the universe. God is on trial. God is up for judgment. It is the hour of His judgment that is come. While it is true that there is a pre-Advent judgment of people, which involves an examination of the heavenly records and a revelation concerning the name written in God's book, there is something more. In addition to this, the hour of God's judgment has come; and there is a close relationship between the judgment of God and the judgment of His people.
In this heavenly court scene, where God is on trial, there is a prosecuting attorney. Revelation 12 talks about him. He is the dragon, that old serpent called the devil, and he has many accusations. One of his great accusations is that God is not love. Since the beginning of time he has worked to convince people that God is not love. Another of his charges is that God cannot forgive the sinner. While it is true that God cannot forgive sin, God can forgive sinners because of the cross.
The devil knew of God's justice, that His whole government was just. He knew that if God went against His own character of justice, His government would fall. What he did not understand was the love of God, which had conceived of a plan, before the foundation of the earth, making provision to forgive sinners and still maintain justice.
Satan thought he had God in a corner. Either sinners wouldn't be forgiven, and man would perish; or else sinners would be forgiven, God's government would go down, and Satan and his angels would gain control of the universe. But a cross on a lonely hill forever settled this issue. When Jesus cried, "It is finished," the devil knew that his doom was sealed. He knew that he was finished, and that all that remained for him was to get as many as possible to suffer and perish with him.
The cross of Christ settled forever the accusations against God's mercy versus His justice. God was proved to be a God of love, and when men are led to behold the cross, they will see that God has been judged, and that He has been vindicated.
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