After Death Rewardsfor the Believers

Two separate and different judgments will occur at two different time frames. Apostle Paul tells you, “I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom. (II Timothy4:1 NKJV … also read John 5:22-30)

First, at My appearing, I will gather all My righteous believers, the living, those that have died and are in the grave and the living ones on earth to Me in heaven. At a rewards ceremony I will judge the good works and deeds of My Saints, all who believe in Me.

Then I will judge those who did not believe in Me. They are referred to as the unbelievers or the unrighteous, the dead. 

There are two separate judgments, one of the living and one for the dead.

The First Judgment:

The First Judgment is only for My Righteous believers a judgment of the deeds and works of the Living. It will take place after I appear in the air. This is known as the rapture of the Church body of Christ. It was through Adam that death came into the world. It is also through a man, Me, Jesus “the Messiah,” that the resurrection of the dead will come. For, just as in Adam, all people die, so they also shall made alive in Me. But each one in their own ranking and turns. I was the first man to rise. Those who belong to Me, the righteous also called the living, will be resurrected at My coming. (Read first Corinthians chapter 15).

The living, are the true believers who loved and obeyed My teachings. The Bible says, “We tell you this directly from the Lord: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not meet him ahead of those who have died.  For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the Christians who have died will rise from their graves.  Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever.”  (I Thessalonians 4:15-17 NLT)

The believers who have died will be raised up first into the sky, and then once they are with Me in the air, then the believers who are alive in a physical body on earth, will be taken up to meet the saints and Me in the clouds and forever will be with Me.

You may be wondering what kind of body you will have once you are raised from your grave? Will it be a physical or spiritual body? Apostle Paul wrote that physically aging and decaying bodies of flesh and blood cannot inherit nor enter into Salvation and My Father’s eternal Kingdom. It doesn’t matter whether the physical bodies of My Disciples are in a grave or alive when I come to get the Church body that is ready for Me. Your mortal body will be transformed into an immortal body in the blink of an eye. I Corinthians 15:51-53

Once I have raptured all the righteous believers, you will stand before Me and I will reward you. I told you, “For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels and then he will reward each person according to what he has done;” (Matthew 16:27 NIV)

In Revelation I said, “Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done.” (Revelations 22:12 NIV)

After the rapture I will reward you for all your good works and deeds performed for the Kingdom of Heaven. This ceremony is only for My believing disciples. Your works will be tested by fire. And I will reward you for all that withstands the fire, and the opportunity to rein with Me will be granted. “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.” (John 5:24 NIV)

My followers will be saved from the wrath and judgment of My Father God. Your judgment is while you are alive on earth doing the good deeds that I prepared for you to do. (John 5:22-30)

Children of God will not be judged, however you will be there with Me when I judge the unbelievers, the dead. Paul told you, “Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?  Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!” (I Corinthians 6:2-3 NIV)   

The first death of those who truly believer in Me, is when you

die to sin while alive on earth. Paul said, “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.  I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!” (Galatians 2:20-21 NIV)

If you believe in me and obey my teachings, the first death you die—is to sin and you become a born again believer in Me holy, righteous and perfect in My Fathers eyes with My Spirit indwelling you. So that when you die physically, this is your second death, you will immediately be with Me in Paradise,

When I come to rapture My Church the believers who have already died will be raise first, and then those of you that are alive and remain on earth will be caught up to meet them and Me in the air. Then awards ceremony will take place right after I gather the Church Body together. Only the righteous believers in Me and My Father will be gathered at this time

I had Paul tell you, “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.” (II Corinthians 5:10 NIV)

“That each one may receive,” clearly indicating a reward or repayment for, “things done in the body, the rewards are for things you do and did while you were alive on earth in your body of flesh.

What will I test?

Your works will be tested. What you did with your life as a Christian will endure like gold, silver, and precious stones in a fire. Or, it will burn up like straw not a trace will remain, no matter how sensible, enjoyable, or even religious your activities might have seemed while you were alive.

When you stand before Me at your rewards ceremony, I will use three standardsto determine if the works you do will endure My test:

1. - Your relationship, is the first criteria:

The first criterion used to determine your rewards in heaven is your relationship with Me and My Father God. “Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him."

Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. (John 14:21 and 23 NIV)

I define eternal life this way, “And this is eternal life, that they know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” (John 17:3 NKJV)

Your relationship with My Father God must be that of a son and Father. The question I will ask is; did you established a loving, and obedient relationship with Me and My Father. God must be first in your life. If you try to limit your time of reading and praying with God and attempt to balance other interests, such as job, money and family then you are using God. You are trying to have an affair with Him, and He is not into affairs. My Father wants a relationship where He is first in your life. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness then other things will be added unto you.

2. - The second criteria I will use is, your motive:

What was in your heart when you did good deeds? What was your purpose for doing the good deeds? I told you, “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. (Mathew 6:1 NIV)

Paul told you, “Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.  (I Corinthians 4:5 NIV)

Your motive should be to serve My Father and bring Him glory. Even ordinary actions like eating and drinking can bring God glory. Your most religious actions are worthless if your motive is to build up your ego and reputation. Your motive must be to bring glory to God.

3. - The third criteria, is Love:

Why did you perform the good works? Good works that please God are always focused on sincerely trying to improve the well-being of another. Was it done with love? My Apostle, Paul said, “If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames,but have not love, I gain nothing. (I Corinthians 13:3 NIV)

I told you, “love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. (Luke 6:35 NIV)

Without Love, good deeds will not benefit the one who does them. You must have a Godly motive in your heart, and it must be done with Love.

Now you know the criteria I will test your works by. When we meet at the judgment rewards ceremony I will conduct only one test:

This test, based on good deeds and works, will determine your rewards.Paul wrote, “For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work. If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward. If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.” (I Corinthians 3:11-15 NIV)

How could I really lose in heaven? Many of you believers do not believe or understand that you may suffer the loss of your entire Christian career because you didn’t have clean motives in our heart. You may have lacked love or done deeds to gain attention. If your motive was not correct you could suffer loss. “If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.” (I Corinthians 3:15 NIV)

You will escape into heaven with few or no rewards. My Apostle John warned you about this saying, “Watch out that you do not lose what you have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.” (II John verse 8 NIV)

In Luke chapter 19 I was leaving Jericho on My way to Jerusalem for the last few days prior to being crucified. I taught the large crowd traveling with Me about the parable of the 10 minas. In My time on earth a minas was equal to about three months’ salary for the average worker. 10 minas would be about two and one-half year’s average wages.

The Story goes like this. There was a Nobleman who was scheduled to travel to a far off country where he was to be made king, receive a kingdom and, after receiving it, would return back.

The Nobleman called ten different servants to him and gave them each about two and one-half years’ salary, and said to

them, “Put this money to work,’ ‘until I come back.”  And then he

left.

He went to the far off country to his own people but they didn’t want him. They didn’t receive him with favor. They hated him, formed a delegation, and conspired against him. They said they didn’t want this man to be their king. But the Nobleman was made King, and, afterwards, returned home. Upon arrival he sent for the ten servants he had given the two and one-half years wages to in order to find out what they had gained with it. 

The first servant said, “Sir, Your two and one-half years wages

has earned … an additional two and one-half years of more money.  The Master replied, “Well done, my good servant.  Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.”

The second servant said, Sir, “Your two and one-half years of wages has earned one and a quarter years more money.  The Master replied, “Good work. Take charge of five cities.”

Then another servant came and said, Sir, here is your two and one-half years of wages you gave me; “I have kept it laid away in a handkerchief.  I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.”

This servant used the excuse of being afraid of the Master, but he wasn’t really afraid of the master. If he had been afraid, he would have put the money in the bank so it could have at least gained interest.

Instead he completely ignored and failed to respond to the Nobleman’s command of, “Put this money to work, until I come back.”  He kept it laid away in a cloth.

The master replied to the servant, “I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow?  Why then didn’t you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?’ “Then he said to those standing by, ‘Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’  “‘Sir,’ they said, ‘he already has ten!’ “He replied, ‘I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away. 

 But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me.’”  (Luke 19:22-26 NIV)

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