When will judgment day be?
Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
John 12:31 NASB
We've been waiting 2000 years for the end of this world, not realizing it already happened. At least I didn't realize it until I read Jesus' words recorded in John 12:31. I didn't realize that Jesus' death was the judgment of this world. I didn't realize that Satan was cast out by the crucifixion of Christ. Now I know. Now you do too.
But what does it mean? By the Spirit in me (and in you who believe in Christ,) I believe it means that Jesus' death was the death of the old world, the world of Adam's descendants, the world ruled by Satan. I believe when Jesus died, he took all of us with him, and in doing so, he freed us from slavery. After all, when a slave dies, he or she is free. The master can't command and whip a corpse. And if the corpse rises, then there will be hell to pay for the former master! The slave literally has nothing to lose, having died once and for all. Having risen from the dead, eternal and immortal! I believe that's what happened when Jesus, the last Adam, the second man, died and rose again. He cast out Satan as the ruler of this world. The day Jesus died was judgement day.
We live in a condemned world. Like when a building is condemned, the landlord is powerless to charge rent, or even have tenants for that matter. But there may be squatters, and they may be intimidated by the former landlord, if he's intimidating and powerful. Yet he has not authority. And they are free to leave, if they choose to live in a new building, owned by a new landlord. If not, they will go down with the building and the landlord.
I believe that's how it is now. The world has already been judged. The ruler of this world has already been cast out. Judgment day has already happened.
John 12:31 NASB
We've been waiting 2000 years for the end of this world, not realizing it already happened. At least I didn't realize it until I read Jesus' words recorded in John 12:31. I didn't realize that Jesus' death was the judgment of this world. I didn't realize that Satan was cast out by the crucifixion of Christ. Now I know. Now you do too.
But what does it mean? By the Spirit in me (and in you who believe in Christ,) I believe it means that Jesus' death was the death of the old world, the world of Adam's descendants, the world ruled by Satan. I believe when Jesus died, he took all of us with him, and in doing so, he freed us from slavery. After all, when a slave dies, he or she is free. The master can't command and whip a corpse. And if the corpse rises, then there will be hell to pay for the former master! The slave literally has nothing to lose, having died once and for all. Having risen from the dead, eternal and immortal! I believe that's what happened when Jesus, the last Adam, the second man, died and rose again. He cast out Satan as the ruler of this world. The day Jesus died was judgement day.
We live in a condemned world. Like when a building is condemned, the landlord is powerless to charge rent, or even have tenants for that matter. But there may be squatters, and they may be intimidated by the former landlord, if he's intimidating and powerful. Yet he has not authority. And they are free to leave, if they choose to live in a new building, owned by a new landlord. If not, they will go down with the building and the landlord.
I believe that's how it is now. The world has already been judged. The ruler of this world has already been cast out. Judgment day has already happened.
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