Will the Bride Go Through the Great White Throne Judgement and Be Judged?
1) Direct answer
No. The Bride will not stand at the Great White Throne to be judged. She has already passed from judgment into life and will be with Christ in that hour.
2) Scriptural explanation
- John 5:24: “He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”
- Romans 8:1: “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.”
- Revelation 20:6: Those in the first resurrection “shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years,” and “on such the second death hath no power.”
- Revelation 20:11-15 shows the Great White Throne after the thousand years, where the dead are judged.
- 1 Corinthians 6:2-3: “Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? … we shall judge angels.”
- Revelation 3:21: The overcomer sits with Him in His throne.
3) Simple clarifying logic
Now notice, the White Throne comes after the Millennium. By then the Bride has already been caught up, united to the Bridegroom, and has reigned with Him a thousand years. The Scripture says the saints will judge the world, not be judged with the world. The Bride’s sins were judged at Calvary; she stands justified. She may appear at the judgment seat of Christ for reward and placement (2 Corinthians 5:10; 1 Corinthians 3:13-15), but not for condemnation at the Great White Throne.
4) Reinforcing statement
It’s not the Bride on trial there; it’s the rejected Word judging the unbelieving. The Bride is with the Judge.
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54-0103E §35
...judgment was set, and the books were opened... Now, Jesus came with ten thousand times ten thousands of saints, and then the judgment was set. Here they all are around the White Throne judgment (as we went through the Scripture with it), and the books were opened; and another book was opened which was the book of life. And these in the rapture were judging them. Is that right? Them that went home and received their glorified bodies, and lived through the Millennium, was here in the White Throne judgment, judging t...
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64-0823E §87
QUESTION: After the bride is raptured will any of the foolish virgin be saved or will they all be lost? No! See, everything will be finished for the Gentile church when the bride is taken from the earth. The Spirit of God leaves the earth: "He that's filthy is filthy still; he that's righteous is righteous still; he that's holy is holy still." In other words the sanctuary becomes smoky, where the attorney stands to plead the case. Christ leaves the sanctuary; his day of mediatorial is over. The rapture comes; He le...
Revelation, Chapter 4c Throne of mercy and judgement
61-0108 §94
Notice. Then the bridegroom himself, when he stood at the door, the fellow brought the invitation up, said, "Here it is." "Thank you." He took the invitation, laid it down here, and put a robe on him so they'd all look alike. I like that! See? In the power of God, in the church of the living God, the rich, poor, bond, free, black, white, brown, yellow, all look the same, for they're robed with the same power of the Holy Ghost, see. Now, it showed he didn't come by the door.
Revelation, Chapter 4c Throne of mercy and judgement
61-0108 §93
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64-0719M §75
...ecumenical council of the world churches, the spirit of antichrist, upon both of them, bringing them to the slaughter, just like they did the other, in an hour to call the bride. How? Loosed in the ecclesiastical church, spirit. Loosed upon what? Not upon the denominations, upon the bride! But here you would get it; the bride will not go through that time. The Bible says not. The church will, but not the bride! Can't you see it? Ministers, can't you see that, brethren? You say the church has to go through the pers...