Transcribed excerpt from an audio message by Bro Ron Knight...
The dispensation of grace ends at the event called the rapture. The next event on the calendar for the body of Christ is the judgment seat of Christ1 where we as believers are going to be judged on how much of the Pauline grace message we have acknowledged,2 built in3 us, and acted upon.3.5 There are a few other things that he will judge,4 but basically it will be the amount of sound doctrine we have resident in our souls and have acted upon.
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1
Corinthians 15:24-25
Then cometh the end, when he shall have
delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put
down all rule and all authority and power. For he must reign, till he hath
put all enemies under his feet.
Now
think about that… After the rapture the
Lord Jesus Christ will then have the judgment seat of Christ. God the Son, the Lord Jesus, will be judging
each and every one of us as members of the body. He will burn away all the filth, the wood,
hay and stubble of our lives5 (...we will all have it). He will purify
the gold, silver and precious stones5 ...not everyone will have
that. The Pauline grace believers will
have most of that. He is going to try us
with the fire of his word, the fire of his eyes, and he will see our capacity
to serve him in the heavenly places, which will be based upon the capacity in
which we served him down here. How we
serve Christ down here in the grace message will be directly, proportionately
recompensed at the judgment seat.6
But
after that Christ will present us to God the Father. It is going to be God the Father who takes
each one of us and says: This is what you
will do for me because of your faithfulness in my message, the message of my
Son, according to the revelation of the mystery. This is what you will do for me for all
eternity.7
Notice, we are the ones he will use
to rule the heavenly places of his at kingdom.
Ephesians
6:12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but
against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of
the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Colossians 1:16
For by him were all things created, that are in
heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones,
or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things
were created by him, and for him:
It will be those principalities, powers, dominions, and thrones that Ephesians and Colossians
talks about that the body of Christ will take over in the heavenlies.
Right now the heavens are not clean in his sight.8 Satan and his angels still have dominion out
there. It is literally going to take a
war with Michael sometime in the future when he will get rid of them and they
will have no more place.9 But for now, they’re still up there. God hasn’t kicked them out yet. He is very fair and he has a way that he will
deal with that situation. But until he
has people to take over those positions, he won’t put them out. That’s the point. Not until the body of Christ is ready to rule.
Paul says that the last enemy that
he will deal with at the event called the resurrection is death.
1
Corinthians 15:26-28
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is
death. For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things
are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things
under him. And when all things shall be
subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put
all things under him, that God may be all in all.
At the rapture, death is destroyed
for the grace believer. We will no
longer die. While there will be a
remnant of grace believers who will not die physically,10 most of
the body of Christ will suffer the sting of physical death.
Because of the resurrection and the
ascension at the Father’s right hand, Christ has dominion over heaven and earth.
All things will be under the Lord Jesus Christ, except the one who puts
everything under him, i.e., God the Father.11 The only person who
will be higher than the Lord Jesus is God the Father.
Paul is saying that once everything
is taken care of with the dispensation of grace, the Lord Jesus Christ will
take his rightful place right under the Father and we’ll rule and reign with
him.
Now depending upon our faithfulness
in the Pauline grace message, we will have joint-heirship with Jesus Christ;
but most saints won’t. They’ll be heirs
but not joint-heirs.12 You
want to strive for what Paul calls the prize of the high calling of God in
Christ Jesus.13 You want to
fight for that, to strive and be faithful.14
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1 2
Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one
may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done,
whether it be good or bad.
2 1
Thessalonians 2:13 For this cause also thank we God without
ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but
as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you
that believe.
3 1 Corinthians
3:9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
3.5 Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
4 1
Corinthians 3:13 Every
man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it
shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort
it is.
5 1
Corinthians 3:12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay,
stubble;
6 1 Corinthians 3:14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
7 Romans
8:30 ... them he
also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
8 Job
15:15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea,
the heavens are not clean in his sight.
9 Revelation
12:7-9 And there
was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the
dragon fought and his angels, And
prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great
dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which
deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were
cast out with him.
10 1 Thessalonians
4:17 Then we which are alive and remain ...
11 1
Corinthians 15:27
For he hath put all things under his feet.
But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things
under him.
12
Romans 8:17 And if
children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs
with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also
glorified together.
13 Philippians
3:14 I press toward the mark for
the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
14
1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the
good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also
called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
14
2 Timothy 2:5 And
if a man also strive for masteries,
yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
Hopefully this helps!
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