The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-02-16
THE JUDGEMENTS:
When is it, and What il it?
BY GEO. STORRS.

Before going farther, we will cndeavor
to find out the meaning of the terms
judged and Judgment. They are various
ly applied in the Scriptures,
Judgment, in its most simple form, sig
niiics the act OF Judging, or the process of
examining facts and arguments, to ascer-
tain truth, propricty, and Justice. 1t also
signifies the determination Of the mind, or
the conclusion the llind has arrived at
from an examination of things presented
to its consideration. 1t is sometimes put
for the spirit of wisdom with which a per-
son is endowed. Sometimes it signifies
the statutes, or laws and testimony of Cod.
This is often the ease, as IN Psa. cxiX, It
is applied to remarkable calamities inhict-
cd upon communities and nations. Also,
to judicial decisions. and to the execution
Of the sentence t,llJwing trial anu convic-
ton, or acquittl.
These are the general ideas contained I'm
the terms Judge and Judgment. There are
judicial judgments on individuals, COM
munities. and nations. The Lord told
Abraham he would "juige that nation
who were to "%aillict'' his seed -four hun
bred years" The process Of judgment is
definitely recorded in Exodus. Not a
personal appearance Of jehovah to the per-
sons Judged; but he tested tncm-that Is.
the rulers of Egypt. by his servant Moses,
and gave the sufficient evidence to have
led them to regard his demand to " let Is
racl co." if they had not persisted, through
their coyctouSness, to hold those whom
they had enslaved. The demand of Moses,
and the evidence he exhibited in the n me
OF the God of the Hebrews, was the iudr-
mcnt process that was to decide the doom
of Egypt, or of her princes. Then follows
the erecutire Judgment, or tie Judgment
carried into execution; and the Lord said.
as the deciding Judgment was drawing to
Il close, q will pass through the land of
Egypt this night, and smote all the first
born in the land of Egypt . and
against all the gods [princesl Of Egypt /
will execute Judgment" The executive
judgment commenced that night, and ter
minated, or wa, completed at the Red Sea.
when Pharaoh and all his princes were
destroyed. This was judging u nation, or
rather her body of rulers. The principle.
w apprehend, is here brought out, that the
luIS ICIL . toINlltultN VI hILlt uD VI lNOl
parts, viz, the investigating judgment and
the executive judgment. The one precedes
the other. The first goes on while in u
state Of trial, and when the trial closes. and
the evidence or testimony is all elected,
the sentence is passed; the eXecptive judg-
ment follows after, at some fixed period.
We might illustrate this view with several
other examples from Scripture, but we
Judge this is sufficient tor the present.
We now come to the question, Is the
Judgment at the end of the wOrld-end OF
the age-or at the resurrection-the inres-
tigating Judgment. or the executive one?
This question is an important and inter-
one, involving much more than may
at first appear; we must, therefore, exam
inc 1t with care, and see that we do not
come to a nasty conclusion. If it should
prove to be the investigating judgment,
are thrown back ON the difficulties be-
fore suggested On the other hand, II It be
to he the executive Judgment, we
shall inquire at what period or time does
The Judgment or investigation take place?
which will open a field for many solemn
md Understanding thoughts.
Is TIE JUDGMENT AT THE RESURRECTION
THE EXECUTIVE ONE? I
With present light We are inclined to the {
opinion it Is; aud that the Investigating 8
Judgment terminates before the executive |
nc commences, 50 fan rs relates to all men .
sho are the subjects of this executive judy |
nent. :
/, Christ 10 specially 1e Executive Judge. i
n this respect "the Father judgeth no e
IAN, but hath committed all iidgmentun- ,
|, the Son 8 , aud hath given him au- |
,ority to execute Judgment" John v. r
o frh. s,Jovus,,f af fhe rssuryecfi0n IL In n