This is the judgment of unbelievers in which they are judged according to their works and sentenced to everlasting punishment in the lake of fire. The third is the great white throne judgment at the end of the millennium (Revelation 20:11-15). At this judgment, Christians will receive degrees of reward for their works or service to God. The second is a judgment of believers’ works, often referred to as the “judgment seat of Christ” (2 Corinthians 5:10). This takes place after the tribulation period but prior to the millennium its purpose is to determine who will enter the millennial kingdom. The first is the judgment of the sheep and the goats or a judgment of the nations (Matthew 25:31-36). Some Christians believe that the Scriptures reveal three different judgments to come. While it is very clear that the great white throne judgment is the final judgment, Christians disagree on how it relates to the other judgments mentioned in the Bible, specifically, who will be judged at the great white throne judgment. Every person will one day stand before Christ and be judged for his or her deeds. The fact that there is going to be a final judgment for all men, both believers and unbelievers, is clearly confirmed in many passages of Scripture. We also know from Scripture that it is at this judgment when the dead will be “judged according to what they had done” (Revelation 20:12) and that “anyone’s name” that is not “found written in the book of life” will be “thrown into the lake of fire” (Revelation 20:15). Although Christians are held accountable for their actions, they are forgiven in Christ and their names were written in the “book of life from the creation of the world” (Revelation 17:8).
It is this book that determines whether a person will inherit eternal life with God or receive everlasting punishment in the lake of fire. Also at this time, another book is opened, called the “book of life” (Revelation 20:12).
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