Are there two judgments in the Bible and what are they?

Answer 1

Yes. The first Judgment is going on now... and has been going on throughout the generations of man, since God first began "sanctifying"[or "calling out"] His servants [saints] for His Holy use or purpose in the world; beginning with "Abel."

Many of these "called" and "chosen" Faithful servants of God have died... yet have been Judged already... and wait in the grave for the return of Jesus Christ [the Almighty Creator God of the Old Testament - see John 1:3], to resurrect from their graves to take their appointed places in His Kingdom to teach the nations of the world God's Righteous ways of Living.

These "Judged" Faithful of God are people like: Abel, Noah, Enoch, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David, Joshua, Jesus' disciples, Paul, etc:

"There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when YOU SEE ABRAHAM and ISAAC and JACOB and ALL OF THE PROPHETS IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD, and you yourselves cast out." (Luke 13:28 MNT Montgomery New Testament)

This world's confused religions teach that God is calling and Judging all men, now -- and that, at death, they are all "pre-Judged" and sentenced, immediately, to spend eternity in some place of man's imaginings. Imaginary places that The Bible doesn't support.

But the Bible states that the FIRST JUDGMENT is for "God's called and chosen" ones; not the whole world. And that First Judgment has been an ongoing Judgment that continues to this day. And shall continue until the day that Christ returns for His servants [living and dead] to reward them with their offices and positions of leadership within His Government [Kingdom].

"For the time has come for JUDGMENT TO BEGIN, AND TO BEGIN AT THE HOUSE OF GOD; and if it begin with us, what will be the end of those who reject God's Good News?" (I Peter 4:17 WEY Weymouth's New Testament)

Jesus' parables speak of this Judgment with the "Nobleman" [Christ] who goes to a "far country" [heaven], to receive for Him a Kingdom [Matt.21:12-26]; leaving His servants to "occupy" [trade; wheel and deal; conduct business] and do His work. And when He returns... HE JUDGES THEM... and rewards them with positions of leadership [or takes it away from them] according to what they have done with what they'd been given.

God has been Judging and assessing those whom He has called out of the world for all these positions in His coming Kingdom [in His House] that He needs to fill before His Government can be effectively implemented on earth.

The Bible speaks of the fulfillment of this Judgment and subsequent reward when Christ returns for His thousand year rule on earth -- after which, the SECOND JUDGMENT WILL OCCUR:

"And I saw thrones, and some who were seated on them, to whom Judgment was entrusted..." (Rev.20:4 WEY).

"...in the end, the Holy People of the Most High will BE GIVEN THE KINGDOM, and THEY WILL RULE FOREVER AND EVER." (Dan.7:18 NLT New Living Translation)

"...the Ancient One came and Judged in favor of the Holy People of the Most High. Then the time arrived for the Holy People TO TAKE OVER THE KINGDOM." (verse 22)

"But when the Son of Man come in His Glory, and all the angels with Him, THEN He will SIT UPON HIS GLORIOUS THRONE... Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, YOU WHO ARE BLESSED BY MY FATHER, INHERIT THE KINGDOM prepared for you FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD." (Matt.25:31-34 NLT)

"...They came to Life again, and THEY REIGNED WITH CHRIST FOR A THOUSAND YEARS. THIS IS THE FIRST RESURRECTION. (The rest of the dead {all of the vast majority of mankind whom God never called out of the world} did not come back to life {to be Judged} until the thousand years had ended.) Blessed and Holy are those who share in the First Resurrection. For them the Second Death holds no power, but they will be Priests of God[the Father] and of Christ and WILL REIGN WITH HIM A THOUSAND YEARS." (Rev.20:4-6 NLT)

God's church... God's called and Faithful servants... God's Holy People: are being Judged NOW!

But the vast majority of mankind whom God has not been calling for this present dispensation of time that He's allotted for man's errant rule on earth [the "rest of the dead" in the above passage] will not face the SECOND Judgment [the Great White Throne Judgment] until Christ's thousand year rule on earth is over:

"I saw the dead, both great and small, standing before God's throne. And the books [of the Bible] were opened... and THE [resurrected] DEAD WERE JUDGED ACCORDING TO THOSE THINGS WRITTEN IN THE BOOKS, according to what they had done..." (verses 11-12).

There are two Judgments in the Bible. The First one is going on now. It is establishing who will be the Rulers of God's House; the First Generation... the Ruling Firstborn Generation... of God's Children over the untold millions of Children of His future Household.

The Second Judgment will establish the great vast majority of who those Children will be.

"...'Look, I AM making all things new!' ... 'It is finished!' ...'All who are victorious will inherit all these blessings, and I will be their God, and THEY WILL BE MY CHILDREN.'" (Rev.21:5-7 NLT)