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The European Union in Prophecy
judgment." Says the Saviour: "By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words
thou shalt be condemned." Ecclesiastes 12:14; Matthew 12:36, 37. The secret purposes
and motives appear in the unerring register; for God "will bring to light the hidden
things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts." I Corinthians
4:5. "Behold, it is written before Me, . . . your iniquities, and the iniquities of your
fathers together, saith the Lord." Isaiah 65:6, 7.
Every man's work passes in review before God and is registered for faithfulness
or unfaithfulness. Opposite each name in the books of heaven is entered with terrible
exactness every wrong word, every selfish act, every unfulfilled duty, and every secret
sin, with every artful dissembling. Heaven-sent warnings or reproofs neglected,
wasted moments, unimproved opportunities, the influence exerted for good or for evil,
with its far-reaching results, all are chronicled by the recording angel. The law of God
is the standard by which the characters and the lives of men will be tested in the
judgment. Says the wise man: "Fear God, and keep His commandments: for this is the
whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment." Ecclesiastes 12:13,
14. The apostle James admonishes his brethren: "So speak ye, and so do, as they that
shall be judged by the law of liberty." James 2:12
Those who in the judgment are "accounted worthy" will have a part in the
resurrection of the just. Jesus said: "They which shall be accounted worthy to obtain
that world, and the resurrection from the dead, . . . are equal unto the angels; and are
the children of God, being the children of the resurrection." Luke 20:35, 36. And again
He declares that "they that have done good" shall come forth "unto the resurrection
of life." John 5:29. The righteous dead will not be raised until after the judgment at
which they are accounted worthy of "the resurrection of life." Hence they will not be
present in person at the tribunal when their records are examined and their cases
decided.
Jesus will appear as their advocate, to plead in their behalf before God. "If any
man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." I John
2:1. "For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the
figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for
us." "Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by
Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them." Hebrews 9:24; 7:25. As
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