THE JUDGMENT was in 70 A.D.
By Tuese Ahkiong

Some good questions to ask about THE JUDGMENT are:

Who? To whom did the Judgment fall?

What was the Judgment? Define it?

Where was the Judgment?

When was the Judgment?

Why did the Judgment take place?

How did the Judgment happen?

These verses should answer these questions.

Revelation 22:12 “Behold, I AM COMING SOON, BRINGING MY RECOMPENSE WITH ME, TO REPAY EACH ONE FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE.

**Christ states in Revelation written around 66 A.D., that He is coming soon bringing His recompense/ judgment. In 70 A.D., Christ came in the glory of The Father and brought judgment upon Apostate Israel.

Matthew 16:27-28 (ESV)
27 For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done. 28 TRULY, I SAY TO YOU, THERE ARE SOME STANDING HERE WHO WILL NOT TASTE DEATH UNTIL THEY SEE THE SON OF MAN COMING IN HIS KINGDOM.”

**Christ tells His disciples that SOME of THEM would not taste death until they see The Son of Man coming in His Kingdom. This meant that MOST of them would be dead before His return and only SOME would be still alive to see the Son of Man coming in His Kingdom. This places the return of Christ in the 1st century "this generation" that Yeshua said He would return to before they go through all the cities of Israel. At His return in The Glory of His Father and then REPAY (judgment) each person according to what he has done.

Matthew 19:28

28 Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, JUDGING THE TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL.

*Judge who?

Luke 22:28-30

²⁸“You are those who have stayed with me in my trials, ²⁹and I assign to you, as my Father assigned to me, a kingdom, ³⁰that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones JUDGING THE TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL.

*Judge who?

Matthew 23:34-36 Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, 35 SO THAT ON YOU MAY COME ALL THE RIGHTEOUS BLOOD SHED ON EARTH, FROM THE BLOOD OF RIGHTEOUS ABEL TO THE BLOOD OF ZECHARIAH THE SON OF BARACHIAH, WHOM YOU MURDERED BETWEEN THE SANCTUARY AND THE ALTAR. 36 TRULY, I say to you, ALL THESE THINGS WILL COME UPON THIS GENERATION.

**Christ is stating to Pharisees and leaders of Israel that ON THEM will come all the responsibility for the murders of ALL the righteous blood spilt from Abel to Zechariah on that generation.

Matthew 24:29-31 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

32 “From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near. 33 So also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, at the very gates. 34 Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

**Christ states that His generation will experience all these things from vs4-33.

Matthew 25:31-33 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left.

**Christ states He will come in glory like in Matt 16 & 24 to judge. The nations here are limited to Israel. The Old Covenant is what was in its last days and being harvested.

James 5:7-9 Be patient, therefore, brothers, UNTIL THE COMING OF THE LORD. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. 8 You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD IS AT HAND. 9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, THE JUDGE IS STANDING AT THE DOOR.

**Why would James tell his readers to be patient until the coming of The Lord if The Lord isn’t coming in their life time? James tells the 1st century recipients of his letter that the coming of the Lord is at hand. James then states that the judge, Christ is standing at the door ready to enter and begin judgment.

Hebrews 9:28 so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, WILL APPEAR A SECOND TIME, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.

Hebrews 10:37 For,“YET A LITTLE WHILE, AND THE COMING ONE WILL COME AND WILL NOT DELAY;

***Notice that these Hebrew passages are in context of Christ’s return, which was in a little while without delay to the first century saints.

1 Peter 4:5 but they will give account to HIM WHO IS READY TO JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD.

1 Peter 4:17 FOR IT IS TIME FOR JUDGMENT TO BEGIN AT THE HOUSEHOLD OF GOD; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?

**Notice how from 1 Peter that Christ, The Judge is READY to judge.

Acts 17:30-31(YLT) the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth NOW command all men everywhere to reform, 31 because He did set a day in which HE IS ABOUT TO JUDGE THE WORLD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, by a man whom He did ordain, having given assurance to all, having raised him out of the dead.'

**Luke states that NOW (1ST century around 59 A.D.) God commands “all people” everywhere to repent because He is ABOUT TO judge the world….

Romans 14:10-12 (ESV)
10 Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? FOR WE WILL ALL STAND BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF GOD; 11 for it is written,
“As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.”
12 So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.

***Who is the “we” that Paul is speaking about?

2 Corinthians 5:6- 10 So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, ⁷for we walk by faith, not by sight. ⁸Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. ⁹So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. ¹⁰FOR WE MUST ALL APPEAR BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST, SO THAT EACH ONE MAY RECEIVE WHAT IS DUE FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE IN THE BODY, WHETHER GOOD OR EVIL.

Rev. 3:10“I also WILL KEEP YOU FROM THE HOUR OF TESTING WHICH IS ABOUT TO COME UPON THE WHOLE WORLD.”

*DID JESUS KEEP THIS CHURCH FROM THE HOUR OF TESTING?

Rev. 3:11 I AM COMING SOON. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.

*HOW LONG IS SOON?

Revelation 20:11-15 (ESV)
11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were JUDGED by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. 13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were JUDGED, each one of them, according to what they had done. 14 Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

***The events in the book of Revelation are said to be near, at hand, soon, (1:1,3;22:6,10, 12).

Verses on THE JUDGMENT

Matthew 12:41 The men of Nineveh will rise up at THE JUDGMENT with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

Matthew 12:42 The queen of the South will rise up at THE JUDGMENT with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

Luke 10:14 But it will be more bearable in THE JUDGMENT for Tyre and Sidon than for you.

Luke 11:31 The queen of the South will rise up at THE JUDGMENT with the men of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

Luke 11:32 The men of Nineveh will rise up at THE JUDGMENT with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

John 3:19 And this is THE JUDGMENT: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.

John 12:31 Now is THE JUDGMENT of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.

Romans 2:2 We know that THE JUDGMENT of God rightly falls on those who practice such things.

Romans 2:3 Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape THE JUDGMENT of God?

Romans 5:16 And the free gift is not like the result of that one man's sin. For THE JUDGMENT following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification.

Romans 14:10 Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before THE JUDGMENT seat of God;

2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before THE JUDGMENT seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

2 Peter 2:4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until THE JUDGMENT;

Jude 1:6 And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until THE JUDGMENT of the great day—

Revelation 17:1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you THE JUDGMENT of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters,

Who? To whom will the judgment fall?

A: Old Covenant Israel, the only nation in covenant with God.

What was the Judgment? Define it?

A: Covenantal judgment for breaking covenant. Lev. 26, Deut 28 Being cut off from the presence of God.

2 Thessalonians 1:9

They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

Where was the Judgment?
A: Jerusalem, The Temple’s destruction. Matt 24:1-34 The Old Covenant World

When was the Judgment?

A: Christ said within that first century generation. The 9^th of Av 70 A.D., the same day the first temple was destroyed in 586 B.C.

Why did the Judgment take place?

A: Because Israel broke Covenant in killing the prophets, scribes, disciples and ultimately Yeshua.

How did the Judgment happen?

A: Judgment came through God’s servants, The Roman Army.

Christ said that the Jews/Israel would be JUDGED in his generation for shedding all the righteous blood of the saints. Israel was the Harlot! THIS IS THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT that peeps talk about. Yep, it happened already!

http://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2014/09/christ-said-that-apostate-israel-would.html

THE LORD’S DAY aka THE DAY OF THE LORD WAS JUDGMENT DAY!. https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-day-of-our-lord-jesus-christ-by.html?m=1

ARE WE LIVING IN THE LAST DAYS? Hell No! A good question to ask is what are THE LAST DAYS the last days OF!!???

https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-last-days-when-does-bible-say-last.html?m=1

THE LAST DAYS to THE LAST DAY to THE LAST HOUR to THE END OF THE AGE of OLD COVENANT ISRAEL

https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-last-days-to-last-day-to-last-hour.html

Yeshua said, “…THE HARVEST IS THE END OF THE AGE” What age was Yeshua in and when did the Harvest end? By Tuese Ahkiong

https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2014/09/yeshua-said-harvest-is-end-of-age-what.html

THE END OF THE AGE

http://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-end-of-age-by-tuese-ahkiong.html

Generation as used by Christ and the Bible writers.

https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2014/09/generation-as-used-by-jesus-and-apostles.html?m=1

The word, “SOON” as used in NT

https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-word-soon-as-used-in-nt-by-tuese.html?m=1

A day is like a thousand year

https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2015/08/2-peter-39-thousand-years-all-saved.html?m=1

CHRIST, JOHN, PETER, JAMES, PAUL…. ON THE 1ST CENTURY RETURN OF CHRIST

https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2014/09/verses-that-teach-1st-century-return-of.html

CS Lewis said in an essay that Jesus was WRONG about His return - “Second Coming!” Was Jesus a false prophet? Most Christ followers throughout history believe Christ was WRONG & a LIAR!!!

http://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2014/09/was-jesus-false-prophet-by-tuese-ahkiong.html

The Book of Revelation was FULFILLED

http://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2014/09/time-statements-in-book-of-revelation.html

Here is why I believe... REVELATION was written before 70 AD

https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2014/09/here-is-why-i-believe-revelation-was.html?m=1

MATTHEW 24, THE OLIVET DISCOURSE FULFILLED

http://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-olivet-discourse-fulfilled.html

The Son of Man Coming on the clouds of heaven took place in 70 A.D.

http://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-son-of-man-coming-on-clouds-of.html

Bible verses on The RETURN of CHRIST

https://tueseahkiong.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-bible-teaches-christ-would-return.html?m=1

SCRIPTURE TEACHES CHRIST WOULD RETURN IN THE 1st CENTURY and HE DID.