What does it mean he will come again to judge the living and the dead?

Answer 1

No, when people die they go to the nearest approximation. the lost to hell where they await judgment and the saved to rest where they await judgment. There is a judgment of the saved, the judgment seat of Christ and a judgment of the lost, the Great white throne judgment. At the latter the lost will confess Christ to the glory of God, but too late, and then hell and death will be cast into the lake of fire. The just will account for every word spoken and deed done in the body, whether good or bad, and received such rewards or lack of as God as appointed. For the saved living loosely, it is not going to be a fun time I'm afraid for God is not mocked. The saved have two salvations, first of the soul, by far the most important but also of their life's works, thus it is written, work out your own salvation in fear and trembling, your sojourn here is sort and what one does with the blood bought salvation here determines his mode of eternity. Take care.

People who die are not judged as soon as they return that that world from where they came. Their spirits remain in the Spirit World there to await their resurrection. During their time in the spirit world those who never had the opportunity to hear the gospel are taught it by those worthy spirits who will be assigned to do so. Those who did hear the gospel and rejected it will remain in what is known as the Spirit Prison, there to await their resurrection. (Resurrection really means the reunion of the spirit and the body. This explaination may cause other questions to be asked). Worthy spirits who accepted Christ while in the flesh will be given certan tasks assigned to them by Christ, their main task being missionary work among those spirits who are deemed worthy to hear the gospel. The Millenium (being 1000 years) has to be completed here upon earth before any judgment will take place in the spirit world. This Millenium will soon be here as we are in the last days of this earths existence as we now know it.

Um, you were mostly right . . .The lost do go to the white throne judgment, and the saved go to the judgment seat of Christ,(though I don't know about the whole approximation thing) and that is determined by their choice of whether to accept Christ as their Savior or not, with rejection being the way to hell, though I do not say that lightly, as it is certainly not something to idlely say or joke about, regardless of what you think or know of it, and how many times you may or may not have heard it.

Once you die, there are no more chances to be saved, unlike what he said, because in your life you have already chosen whom you wanted to serve (indireclty or directly), and no there is not a spirit prison either, though some good people believe that you can be saved during the tribulation though, which is possible, I guess, but not what I believe, as the Holy Spirit left with the rapture of the saints and the general grace with it, leaving the world to be deceived by the devil, which renders salvation during this time nigh impossible.

Also, I never heard about this alleged missionary work in heaven, as I seriously doubt that that is Scriptural, as I have a lot about the judgments of the quick and the dead (which actually could have a two fold meaning, such as those physically alive and those physically dead and those alive or dead spiritually), with this being just about the least likely thing to ever happen in heaven or anywhere else in the "afterlife".

Don't worry, I drop you a line and discuss this over some coffee and cinna buns!

Answer 2

This refers to the belief that Jesus Christ will return at the end of time to judge all people, both the living and the dead, based on their actions and faith. It is a core tenet of Christian eschatology, focusing on the final judgment and culmination of history.

Answer 3

It actually means that Jesus will come to judge us a second time to earth.