There are four major successive scenes of judgment to play out!
The Word of GOD describes judgment to come forth in four distinct events.
The first will be before the judgment seat of Christ.
Peter wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1st Peter chapter 4:
17 For the time has come for judgment to begin at the House of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the Gospel of God?
FATHER always judges the House of God first because we are the ones who have the most Truth.
18 Now “If the righteous one is scarcely saved, Where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?”
The ungodly will be judged as well because no one will be able to claim ignorance. You only must look at nature all around us that testifies of the existence of THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY else chaos would have destroyed the earth eons ago.
19 Therefore let those who suffer according to the Will of God commit their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.
In other Words, those who suffer for following God’s Will should enfold their lives into the Creator, Who will never fail them, and continue to always do what is right. Being led by The Holy Spirit will cause us to always do what is right in HIS Eyes.
Jesus spoke in Luke chapter 19:
12 Therefore Jesus said: “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for Himself a Kingdom and to return.
13 So He called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business till I come.’
He entrusted each of them to invest while He was away. “Trade with it and put the money to work until I return.”
14 But his citizens hated Him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We will not have this Man to reign over us.’
15 “And so it was that when He returned, having received the Kingdom, he then commanded these servants, to whom He had given the money, to be called to Him, that He might know how much every man had gained by trading.
Each person is given access to Heavenly Treasure to be used for increase and will be judged accordingly.
16 Then came the first, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned ten minas.’
17 And He said to him, ‘Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.’
Because we are faithful over a little, we will be given greater authority upon His return.
18 And the second came, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned five minas.’
19 Likewise He said to him, ‘You also be over five cities.’
Notice that Jesus did not say “Well done, good servant” in this case. This servant could have done more with what he was given. However, he was given greater authority but to a lesser degree.
20 “Then another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have kept put away in a handkerchief.
21 For I feared You, because You are an austere man. You collect what You did not deposit, and reap what You did not sow.’
22 And He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, collecting what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow.
23 Why then did you not put My money in the bank, that at my coming I might have collected it with interest?’
24 “And He said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has ten minas.’
25 (But they said to Him, ‘Master, he has ten minas.’)
26 ‘For I say to you, that to everyone who has will be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
27 But bring here those enemies of Mine, who did not want Me to reign over them, and slay them before Me.'”
Jesus had no problem with us receiving interest on our deposits. He did have a problem with the servant doing absolutely nothing. Why? The servant did not know who Jesus is and did not attempt to find out or he would have been productive in some manner.
The wicked servant will lose everything! The enemies of Christ will suffer execution, a severe judgment. There are righteous servants and there are unrighteous ones but there is no neutrality. We either serve Christ or we serve ourselves. It is our choice, but that choice does have consequences.
If you are “all in” for Christ, you will even receive an additional reward that had been allocated to another who had done nothing. Faithfulness comes by hearing The Holy Spirit and responding accordingly. The first servant falls into this category.