Now....

.....for God is love.

1 John 4:8

"From the Garden of Eden to the Tower of Babel, the destruction of Sodom to the Exodus from Egypt, God has always investigated before taking action.
Now, before His return, Jesus is investigating the lives of everyone who ever lived, revealing the choices that led to salvation or destruction." SDAchurch

.........the judgment was set,

and the books were opened.

Daniel 7:10