The judgment is presented as the focal point of history.
• It is in the judgment that the stone of Daniel 2 is cut out of the mountain without hands before it smites the image upon its feet.
• It is in the judgment that Christ receives His kingdom. Daniel 7:9-14
• It is in the judgment that the sanctuary is cleansed. Daniel 8:14
So also it is in the judgment that each saint may rejoice saying, “God
is my Judge.”
Here Jesus blots out the sins of His people and places upon them the seal of the living God.
In the time of the church’s final conflict with the man of sin, Jesus is the Judge of His people.
He seals them with the perfecting latter rain, and causes them to sound the… . . .loud cry of the third angel.
These are the… Daniel 11:44 ...tidings out of the east and out of the north,–which trouble ....the man of sin.
The judgment is the focal point of history because it is through the judgment that the long-looked-for restoration is able to take place." RB
