JUDGMENT: a careful, discerning evaluation of how well one obeys or disobeys a charge (beneficial command) of God.
PUNISHMENT: visiting & addressing the results of a judgment, with an imposing of some loss, difficulty, pain (LDP), or death in response to a wrongdoing.
There are a lot of varying approaches and thoughts to the issues of judgment and punishment; it is definitely a charged topic. And so we wanted to carefully, comprehensively look into the picture the Bible paints about what it means for God to judge people, what role punishment plays in divine justice, and the implications of that for us followers of God.
TIMESTAMP:
0:00 - a recap of righteousness & justice; an introduction to this study on judgment and punishment, how it affected us personally as we went through the research and came to the conclusions we did, and some key things to keep in mind as we launch into presenting our conclusions.
10:14 - initial wordings & definitions, related concepts, and concluding definitions of the concepts of judgement and punishment.
35:09 - exploring the details and nuances of God's system of judgment and punishment, how it may play out in any given scenario, why, and what it results in.
1:19:16 - appreciating the benefits of God's system of judgment and punishment, the key implications & applications for us followers of God, and final take-aways.
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