“The word ‘judgment’ introduces a dark and menacing shadow into the [previous images pictured in such brilliant hues of our] expectation of the future…the Greek words for ‘judge,’ ‘to judge,’ and ‘judgment’ imply a negative action of condemnation. But, the equivalent Hebrew words in the Old Testament are much more positive. Shafat, for example, means ‘to establish the right order of things’…This is what God purposes to do—establish a new order in a world that is crooked and bent, an order in which the power of evil will be defeated and righteousness will reign.”

-Rob L. Staples from The Second Coming

“In the history of Israel, in the work of the incarnate Christ on earth, and in the work of the Holy Spirit in the world today, we see preambles of God’s eventual liberating judgment that will forever make straight this crooked and disrupted human existence.”

-Rob L. Staples from The Second Coming

Mary's Magnificat is a picture of the world as it will be after Christ returns

“Since true love never forces itself on its object, God’s love means that we have freedom to accept or reject His love. To reject the idea of condemnation would mean a rejection of freedom…We will be judged on the basis of our response to the love of God revealed to us in Christ.”

-Rob L. Staples from The Second Coming

“In the New Testament, works are seen not as the basis of salvation but as evidence of the reality of our relationship with God”

-Rob L. Staples from The Second Coming

“The Last Judgment will be the divine ratification of the relationship (either positive or negative) with Christ that we have chosen in this life.”

-Rob L. Staples from The Second Coming

“Judgment in this present life is not final. As long as life continues, persons created with freedom can still change sides…The loving purpose of the present judgments of God is to bring about just such a result…[and]

There is no biblical evidence that the final choices made in this life are reversible after death.”

-Rob L. Staples from The Second Coming

Into whose hands do we want to fall...The God who paid the terrible price for our own filthy sin, or the one who has been bent on our destruction since we were first created? The choice is yours.