God is the righteous Judge. We must believe in Him, fear Him, revere Him, and honor Him. We must be careful with our actions in His presence. Though He is gracious and merciful, He is the Judge who does not accept unrighteousness.

Though God the Father is the Judge, He gave authority to judge over to the Son. The purpose was that the Son would do the same works as the Father, that the Son would be honored the same way the Father is honored, and the Son would give life to whoever He wishes to give it (just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life). The Son possesses all the works and authority of the Father, so whoever loves the Father will also love the Son.

God the Father and the Son are equal (Phil 2:6). If someone claims to love God but does not love Jesus, he does not love God. If someone claims to honor God but does not honor Jesus, he is not honoring God. And if someone claims to believe in God but does not believe in Jesus, he does not believe in God. The person who believes in God must also believe in Jesus.

Jews and Muslims say they believe in the One and Only God, but they do not believe in Jesus. They say they believe in God but reject Jesus. Their faith has nothing to do with the truth and does not conform to the Gospel. To serve the invisible God, you must serve Jesus Christ whom He sent. You must believe in Jesus Christ, trust in Him, and honor Him. The person who believes that Jesus Christ is equal with God must have the same attitude to Jesus Christ as he does to God.

Since God gave all authority to the Son, He created the universe for the Son. John 1:3 says, “All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.” To put it another way, God created the universe for the Son’s work. He first created the heaven of spirits, then created the darkness in it. This darkness refers to the universe.

God created the darkness to imprison the angels there until their judgment. These angels sinned against God. God also created man in the darkness, and placed him under it’s authority to prepare for the day of Jesus Christ. Jesus came to judge the devil’s works. All mankind and their environment were prepared for the day Christ comes to give judgment. The reason Christ came was to judge the devil’s works.

We must remember that God’s Son came as the Lord of Judgment. God sent His Son as the Lord of Judgment so that He would do God’s work. God is the Judge. God’s Son entered the darkness to judge the devil, glorify God’s name in heaven, and give grace to mankind—all according to God’s will.

Many Christians today lead faith lives for a while, but become corrupt and abandon their faith. This is because they do not know the truth. We must know God’s will for certain as revealed in the Bible. Jude 6 says, “And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day.” God imprisoned in darkness the angels who did not keep their proper domain until the day of judgment. Genesis 1:3 mentions God creating heaven and earth when He said, “Let there be light.” Darkness was present even before heaven and earth were created.

When the time was fulfilled, the Lord of Judgment came to the earth. 2 Peter 2:4 says, “For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment.” 1 John 3:8 says, “He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.”

1 Peter 1:18-20 states, “Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you.” God’s Son came into the world and shed His blood in these last times. But this was already planned before creation. God’s Son came and shed His blood to destroy the devil’s works.

Though the Son of God judged the devil, He treated mankind differently. Colossians 1:13-14 says, “He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.” Jesus came in these last times, judged the devil, delivered mankind from the darkness, and conveyed them into heaven.

We must understand how God’s will is fulfilled. John 16:8-11 says, “And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they do not believe in Me; of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.” There is something important to understand here. Christianity is in great confusion today because of the misunderstanding of why Jesus Christ came to the world. Theologians particularly misunderstand this. They developed their theology using partial knowledge, and their theology brought great confusion to believers’ faiths. God’s Son came into the darkness where there is no light of God’s word. There is no truth. He came because it was time to judge the devil.

Someone might say, “God could have judged the devil in heaven immediately after he sinned? Why did God come to the earth to judge him?” Angels serving God in heaven each possess their own will. Inside this will is an exclusive component. God created this will. If God judged the angel for using his own will, the responsibility for creating that personality goes back to God. This is why God did not judge the angel in heaven. He only wished to judge the devil for being a lawbreaker, so He imprisoned him in the darkness and sent His Son to judge Him.

God’s Son is righteous. Only a righteous person can give judgment. The word ‘righteousness’ means ‘being right’. If being right was the standard, not being right is being unlawful. Since Jesus alone is righteous, the person who stands on Jesus’ side becomes justified whilst the person who falls away from Him becomes unrighteous.

In every country, there is a national constitution. The constitution is the righteousness of the country. The most righteous thing in a country is its law. If the people of a country live by the law, they are righteous. If they break the law, they are unrighteous. Let us take an example. If you see criminals on the streets making a bad scene, and no one tries to stop them, bystanders will give a sigh, saying, “Is there no law in this country!” But if righteous judgment was actually applied, these criminals would be locked up and condemned by the law. So even though the law seems dead when criminals do foul things, the law is always alive. In the same way, the Righteous One is not dead but eternally living. In the end, righteousness has victory. When Jesus came to the earth, the devil (who is the authority of death) killed Jesus. But Jesus is the Righteous One, so God saved Him. It was revealed that the devil was a lawbreaker.

Because the wages of sin is death, all sinners must die. Those who are sinners by the Law are ruled by the authority of death. The authority of death cannot kill someone without sin. All mankind are sinners, yet Jesus alone is the Righteous One. Jesus said, “Of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more” (Jn 16:10). Jesus is the only Person you can find who is righteous. Though the lawbreaker killed Him, He lives eternally. His resurrection showed He was righteous. Jesus’ resurrection was the resurrection of the righteous. This was not waking up from fainting, but the resurrection of the righteous. Death could not overcome His resurrection. His resurrection is eternal.

Jesus rose and ascended to heaven. There is no longer a righteous person on this earth. Righteousness itself ascended to heaven. This is why only He can judge. The devil killing the sinless One was a challenge against Righteousness, that is, a challenge against God. By Jesus’ resurrection, the devil was condemned and judged. This is why Jesus said, “Of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged” (Jn 16:11).

The devil is called various things: ‘the power of darkness’, ‘the prince of the power of the air’ and ‘the ruler of this world’. In Genesis chapter 1, God said, “Let there be light.” This shows us darkness was already present. The devil was imprisoned in darkness before the light appeared. This is why he is called ‘the power of darkness’. On God’s second day of creation, He divided the waters above and the waters below, creating ‘the air’. The devil was then called ‘the prince of the power of the air’. When mankind appeared, the devil deceived Adam and seized control of the world. This is why he is called ‘the ruler of this world’.

The truth about judgment was that the ruler of this world was judged. The word ‘judgment’ is mentioned countlessly in the Bible, but the target of judgment is the ruler of this world (the devil). God’s Son came into the world for the sake of judgment. God the Father entrusted all authority to judge to the Son. The Son gives judgment on the Father’s behalf, and the target of judgment is the devil. The purpose of God’s Son coming to the world was to judge the devil.

Why are human beings judged? Because they belong to the devil. Who belongs to the devil? 1 John 3:8 says, “He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning.” The target of God’s judgment was originally the devil, not mankind. Jesus came into the world to judge the devil, not mankind. It was only the case that when Jesus judged the devil, those who belonged to him were judged with him. Who belongs to the devil? Those who commit sin.

The purpose of God’s Son coming to the earth was to judge the devil. God’s purpose will be fulfilled one hundred percent. In other words, He who came to judge the devil will judge him perfectly. The devil, his subordinate demons, and all humans belonging to him will be punished. A sinner can never be regarded as righteous nor survive. The devil who sinned from the beginning, sinners who belong to him and the demons will be one hundred percent punished.

On the other hand, the Righteous One will be one hundred percent victorious. The devil killed the Son of God. But because He is righteous, God raised Him from the dead, took Him to heaven, and placed Him at God’s right hand. When the angel became corrupt in heaven, God’s name was blasphemed. So the Son of God came into the world, judged the angel who blasphemed God’s name, and sat down at God’s right hand. In doing this, He personally bore God’s name (which is God’s glory). Therefore, the final part of the Lord’s prayer says, “For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.” Through Jesus’ resurrection, He gave eternal glory to the Father.

God’s purpose was His will to judge the devil. It was also His purpose and will to glorify His own name. The former was fulfilled on earth, while the latter was fulfilled in heaven. God’s will to save mankind was not His purpose but His grace. Because judgment was God’s purpose, not only will the devil be judged one hundred percent, but the devil’s subordinates and humans belonging to him will be judged one hundred percent. Jesus said, “Of sin, because they do not believe in Me” (Jn 16:9). If a person does not believe in Jesus, they will perish one hundred percent. Jesus also said, “Of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more” (Jn 16:10). God’s righteousness and glorious name are eternally in heaven because Jesus resurrected and sat down at the right hand of God’s throne. He eternally glorified God. God’s will was already fulfilled in heaven and fulfilled on earth.

Man’s salvation was not God’s purpose. Once Christ’s work to judge the devil was fulfilled, God gave His grace to mankind as a gift. For example, if a person goes to his friend’s house, going to his friend’s house is the purpose. The gift the person purchases on the way is merely a gift. In the same way, Christ destroying the devil’s works on earth, and Him giving glory to God’s name in heaven, was the purpose. God’s will was completely fulfilled in heaven and on earth. God then gave His grace to mankind.

If mankind’s salvation was God’s purpose, mankind would have been saved one hundred percent. But this was not the case. During the flood of Noah’s time, the whole world was destroyed by water. Only 8 people were saved. God gave His grace to them and said, “Make yourself an ark.” If they did not make an ark, they would have perished with the rest of the world. They escaped perishment because God gave His grace and they built the ark.

While the rest of mankind perished, only 8 people were saved. If saving mankind was God’s objective, not one person would have perished. They would have all been saved. Saving mankind was not His purpose, but His grace. Only those who receive God’s grace will be saved. Being raised in a believing household does not mean you are saved. Two people will be sleeping in one bed; one will be taken and the other left behind. A family will be eating together at home; some will be taken and some will be left behind. Two siblings will be born from the same parents; one will be taken and the other will be left behind.

In all human history, no more than 0.01% of humanity has been saved. If saving mankind was God’s purpose, God would have used every means possible to save mankind. No person on earth would perish. Saving mankind was not God’s purpose, but His grace. Whoever rejects God’s grace will perish.

Jesus said, “Of sin, because they do not believe in Me” (Jn 16:9). If you do not believe that Jesus is the Righteous God, you belong to the devil. Since God will destroy the devil, those who do not believe in Jesus will be completely destroyed with him. Those who do not believe have already been judged (Jn 3:18). Punishment in hell awaits them. The judgment that still remains is the giving of rewards and punishments for believers in Jesus. Judgment has already been given to those who do not believe in Jesus. There is still a chance to believe before your life ends. When it does, there will be no more opportunity.

We must know about sin, righteousness and judgment. Judgment refers to judging the devil. This was God’s purpose. Righteousness refers to God’s eternal righteousness through Jesus, who resurrected and ascended to heaven. This is God’s clear purpose. Whether to believe or not believe in His grace is a decision each individual must make.

The theology of today’s Christian Church is Redemptive theology. Unfortunately, the Christian Church is trapped in what it created and cannot come out. If human redemption was God’s purpose, would not the all-loving God redeem humanity one hundred percent? Why did God completely destroy mankind in the flood and save only 8 people? Man’s redemption is not God’s purpose but His grace. Whoever receives His grace will be saved, but whoever does not receive God’s grace will perish.

Because people found it difficult to accept these things, they created the doctrine of predestination. Predestination claims that those people who perish were destined to perish from eternity past, while those who are saved were destined for salvation from eternity past. It also claims that when God created each person, He decided in advance, “This one will perish,” and “this one will be saved.” Yet what about those who believe in Jesus but later fall away to the world? Predestination argues such people were not chosen from the beginning. Then why do churches receive offerings from those who are not chosen? Why do they build facilities with these offerings? Are there not many who attend church and give offerings for a while, but later fall away?

Mankind’s salvation was not God’s purpose, but His grace. As John 16:9-11 shows, judgment refers to judgment on the devil, and righteousness refers to God’s righteousness. When we say that not believing in Jesus is sin, it means God gives His grace to those who believe. We must respect God’s judgment. God is the Judge. If you want to escape God’s judgment, you must receive His grace. Lord! Please give Your grace to my family and I!