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Scripture Reading: Psalms 139: 23 -24 KJB “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: ” – Psalms 139: 23 KJB

Scripture Reading: Psalms 139: 23 -24 KJB “And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. ” – Psalms 139: 24 KJB

Revelation 14: 6 -12 KJB

Seventh-day Adventists preach: “And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, ” – Revelation 14: 6 KJB

Seventh-day Adventists preach: “Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. ” – Revelation 14: 7 KJB

Notice, in Revelation 14: 6 -7 KJB While “the everlasting gospel” is being preached unto “every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people”; it is at this same time that “the hour of [God’s] judgment is come” for all who have ever professed to believe on the Son of God, Jesus Christ…

The “hour” of His (God’s) Judgment: … beginning with those who have fallen asleep in death since the day of Abel unto the present day: “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: ” – Hebrews 9: 27 KJB

The “hour” of His (God’s) Judgment: … and will end with the judgment of the professing living during the time of their ‘trial’: “… the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. ” – Revelation 3: 10(b) KJB

The “hour” of His (God’s) Judgment: … for it is at that time, that Satan will throw all his hatred at those who refuse to yield to him: “And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. ” – Revelation 17: 12 KJB

God’s Judgment is taking place now? ? ? Yes. For the professing in God’s offer in His Son.

There are 3 basic groups, only two are involved in this “judgment”: [1. ] the faithful professing, word and deed [2. ] the unfaithful professing, hypocrites, lip service [3. ] the lost in general, not professing This “judgment” taking place does not involve itself with the lost in general or those not professing, as those who do not profess are already “condemned” (John 3: 18 KJB).

Seventh-day Adventists (such as Jesus is) are continually mocked for their conduct and doctrine by a group of religionists; and in particular for the doctrine known as the “Investigative Judgment” Daniel 8: 13 -14, 26; Revelation 9: 13 -15, 14: 6 -7 KJB.

… while mankind mocked at and tested God in Jesus Christ … … God was trying the hearts of mankind through Jesus …

… but is God really mocked? “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. ” – Galatians 6: 7 KJB

What does the Bible say about Judgment? “God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. ” – Psalms 7: 11 KJB

What does the Bible say about Judgment? “I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. ” – Ecclesiastes 3: 17 KJB

What does the Bible say about Judgment? “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man (Hebrew: “ ”האדם׃ , “häädäm”, “the Adam” (mankind)). ” – Ecclesiastes 12: 13 KJB

What does the Bible say about Judgment? “For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. ” – Ecclesiastes 12: 14 KJB

The “Investigative Judgment” … throughout all the Bible, from Alpha to Omega in type…

In Genesis 2 -3 KJB we read … … of Eve (the woman) being deceived into sin by the serpent (Satan), and Adam (the man) following in sin by Eve. Then after attempting to cover and hide their shame, “they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day”, and so they hid themselves from God, but God came seeking the lost. …

In Genesis 2 -3 KJB we read … “… the voice (Jesus, the Son) of the LORD God (Father) …” then investigates, inquiring and asking questions (Gen. 3: 919 KJB; not that God does not know, but it is for the benefit of the angels (Gen. 3: 24 KJB) and Adam/Eve and us), having already warned man of the sentence for sin (Gen. 2: 17 KJB), gives judgment, yet also hope while time lasts (Gen. 3: 15 KJB).

In Genesis 2 -3 KJB we read … “And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? ” – Genesis 3: 9 KJB “And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? ” – Genesis 3: 11 KJB

In Genesis 2 -3 KJB we read … “And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. ” – Genesis 3: 13 KJB

In Genesis 4 KJB we read … … of Cain and Abel, which both claimed to worship God, and both brought an offering unto God, yet one became a son of that wicked one, satan, through doubt in the promise of God (Gen. 3: 15; Jud. 1: 11 KJB), while the other was a loyal son of God through faith (Heb. 11: 4 KJB).

In Genesis 4 KJB we read … When Abel was killed by Cain, God (Jesus) came down and asked/inquired/investigated of Cain: “… And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? …” And afterward, when the heart of Cain was revealed (Gen. 4: 9; Mat. 12: 34; Luk. 6: 45 KJB), Cain was marked & he fled from God’s presence (Gen. 4: 10 -12 KJB).

In Genesis 5 KJB we read … … of Enoch, whom walking with God daily, was found of God (Gen. 5: 22 -24 KJB) to be faithful, and God took him up: “By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. ” – Hebrews 11: 5 KJB

In Genesis 6 -9 KJB we read … … that the world was becoming more and more wicked, and while many claimed to follow God, they were already intermarrying with the children of Cain. God looks upon the world in investigation, before execution of Judgment by the Flood.

In Genesis 6 -9 KJB we read … “And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. ” – Genesis 6: 5 KJB “And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. ” – Genesis 6: 12 KJB

In Genesis 10 -11 KJB we read … … that the people again rebelled after the flood, attempting to make a way to God in a way differing than God specified. God then personally came down to see, look and investigate, before the execution of Judgment in the separation of the languages and scattering of the people (to fulfill his word, Gen. 1: 28 KJB).

In Genesis 10 -11 KJB we read … “And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. ” – Genesis 11: 5 KJB

In Genesis 17 -19 KJB we read …. . . that God had delivered the people of Lot and Sodom, and yet Sodom did not truly repent, and went further in rebellion, and God came down to see/investigate/judge before execution of Judgment.

In Genesis 17 -19 KJB we read … “And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; ” – Genesis 18: 20 KJB “I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. ” – Genesis 18: 21 KJB

In Exodus 16 - Numbers 15: 32 -36 KJB we read … “And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? ” – Exodus 16: 28 KJB … for God was investigating their hearts, and in Numbers 15, there is a man caught breaking the Sabbath, and is brought inward into the tent of meeting before God …

In Exodus 16 - Numbers 15: 32 -36 KJB we read … “And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him. ” – Numbers 15: 34 KJB “And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. ” – Numbers 15: 35 KJB

In Leviticus 16 & 23 KJB we read … … that Israel, and all that claimed to follow God, was to enter into the time of the typical Day of Atonement, wherein the High Priest bore into the Sanctuary, upon the Breast plate of Judgment (Exo. 28: 15, 29 -30 KJB) the symbol of the people, represented by the stones. Anyone found not to be in harmony with God, in true repentance, was to be cut off (Lev. 23: 29 KJB) at the end of this service as identified by God.

In 1 Kings 3 KJB we read … … Solomon (type of Jesus Christ, a son of David) having an investigation between two persons, which are women (a type of Church, or religious body) over a dead Child (Christ), and a living Child (Christ) to see who really loved the Child.

In 1 Kings 3 KJB we read … … Solomon hears the hearts of the two ‘mothers’ by their speaking and actions, and thus closely investigates in a judgment setting upon His throne, and gives a severe test of heart, and a sentence testing the loyalty of the True mother (true Church, self-sacrificial worshippers) and the corruption of heart of the false mother (false church, lip-service only worshippers).

In 1 Kings 3 KJB we read … “And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment. ” – 1 Kings 3: 28 KJB

In Ezra 2 KJB we read … … of the peoples of God coming out of Babylon, and going to their new home Jerusalem. Among those peoples, were those of the line of Aaron and the priesthood, but in order for them to engage in the service of the Temple being rebuilt, they had to go through an investigation to show their lineage …

In Ezra 2 KJB we read … “And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel: ” – Ezra 2: 59 KJB

In Ezra 2 KJB we read … “And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name: ” – Ezra 2: 61 KJB

In Ezra 2 KJB we read … “These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. ” – Ezra 2: 62 KJB

In Ezra 2 KJB we read … “And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim. ” – Ezra 2: 63 KJB

In Nehemiah 7 KJB we read … … of the same events, recorded again, in Nehemiah 7: 61, 63 -65 KJB Two for a witness. God wants us to know this event is important.

In Job KJB we read … … of a man named Job, whose life is investigated, and is tested, while God and the Heavenly council of angels are directly involved in judgment. “And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? ” – Job 1: 8 KJB

In Ezekiel 9 KJB we read … … an investigation into the lives of the professed people of God within the city of Jerusalem goes forward, and then execution of the judgment that takes place comes afterwards by the angels of God, beginning with the elders of the temple/sanctuary on down to the least.

In Daniel 7 KJB we read … … of God the Father sitting in judgment, with the books of records being opened, and the angels ministering and searching and investigating the records, with Jesus present.

In Daniel 7 KJB we read … “I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. ” – Daniel 7: 9 KJB

In Daniel 7 KJB we read … “I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. ” – Daniel 7: 13 KJB

In Daniel 7 KJB we read … “A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. ” – Daniel 7: 10 KJB

In Daniel 12 KJB we read … … Michael/Jesus standing up, after the searching of the record books of Heaven, and the book of Life of the Lamb have been searched and read.

In Daniel 12 KJB we read … “And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. ” – Daniel 12: 1 KJB

In Zechariah 3 KJB we read … … an investigative judgment, taking place in the Most Holy Place on the typical day of atonement, with Joshua the High priest.

In Zechariah 3 KJB we read … “And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. ” – Zechariah 3: 1 KJB

In Zechariah 3 KJB we read … “And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? ” – Zechariah 3: 2 KJB

In Malachi 3 KJB we read … … God sitting as a refiner, in judgment over his children. “And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. ” – Malachi 3: 3 KJB

In Malachi 3 KJB we read … “And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts. ” – Malachi 3: 5 KJB

In the Gospels KJB of Jesus we read … … Jesus himself came to see/investigate/judge Israel, before the execution of Judgment. “Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? ” – Luke 13: 7 KJB

In the Gospels KJB of the disciples we read … … the disciples themselves were sifted, and we can even see this further with Jesus in the upper room (as typical of the Most Holy Place), and with Peter in the courtyard (typical of courtyard of the sanctuary) of the Highpriest, being tested three times (typical of the three messages of Revelation 14: 6 -12 KJB).

In the Gospels KJB of the disciples we read … “But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest. ” – Matthew 26: 70 KJB “And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. ” – Matthew 26: 72 KJB “Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew. ” – Matthew 26: 74 KJB

In the Gospels KJB of the disciples we read … “And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. ” – Luke 22: 61 KJB “And Peter went out, and wept bitterly. ” – Luke 22: 62 KJB

In Matthew 18 KJB we read … … of God taking account of his servants, who had at one point received forgiveness, but later had it revoked, having abused the grace during the time of probation. “Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants. ” – Matthew 18: 23 KJB

In Matthew 22 KJB we read … … of God looking to see who is wearing the wedding garment, and passing judgment on the one who didn‘t come with the provided garment. “And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: ” – Matthew 22: 11 KJB

In Mark 11 KJB we read … … of Jesus coming to the Tree in “search” of fruit, and finding none, and judgment is passed upon it. “And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. ” – Mark 11: 13 KJB

In Romans 2: 13 -16 KJB we read … … of the future judgment of all men, including their secrets by Jesus Christ. “In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel. ” – Romans 2: 16 KJB

In 2 Corinthians 5: 10 KJB we read … … of all having to appear before the judgment seat of Christ. “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. ” – 2 Corinthians 5: 10 KJB

In Hebrews 9 KJB we read … … of his judgment was to begin with the dead, in the time of judgment. “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: ” – Hebrews 9: 27 KJB

In 1 Peter 4 KJB we read … … that God, at the time of Peter, was “ready” to judge, and would begin at the time specified in Daniel and in Leviticus 16 & 23, in the anti-typical Day of Atonement. “Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. ” – 1 Peter 4: 5 KJB

In Jude 1: 15 KJB we read … … of Jesus 2 nd & 3 rd advent to “execute judgment” that was determined beforehand in the investigation. “To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. ” – Jude 1: 15 KJB

In Revelation 3: 10, 17: 12 KJB we read … … of the time of the testing, investigation of the living saints: “… the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. ” – Revelation 3: 10(b) KJB

In Revelation 3: 10, 17: 12 KJB we read … … of the time of the testing, investigation of the living saints: “And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. ” – Revelation 17: 12 KJB

In Revelation 3 KJB we read … … the 7 th church is called Laodicea, meaning a judging of the people, who are searched by God. “And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; ” – Revelation 3: 14 KJB

In Revelation 11 KJB we read … … that the very Church, the Temple of God, was to be measured, sometime after the 1, 260 years of Daniel. “And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. ” – Revelation 11: 1 KJB

In Revelation 11 KJB we read … … that the very Church, the Temple of God, was to be measured, sometime after the 1, 260 years of Daniel. “But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. ” – Revelation 11: 2 KJB

In Revelation 14 KJB we read … … the very first Angel's message declare that the time of judgment had begun, and was going forward while the Everlasting Gospel was still being preached.

In Revelation 14 KJB we read … “And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, ” – Revelation 14: 6 KJB

In Revelation 14 KJB we read … “Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. ” – Revelation 14: 7 KJB

Books Of Heaven In Daniel 7: 9 KJB, we see that: “… the judgment was set, and the books were opened …”

Books of Heaven “Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. ” – Exodus 32: 32 KJB “And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. ” – Exodus 32: 33 KJB

Books of Heaven “Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? ” – Psalms 56: 9 KJB “Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. ” – Psalms 139: 16 KJB

Books of Heaven “I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: ” – Deuteronomy 30: 19 KJB “Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous. ” – Psalms 69: 28 KJB

Books of Heaven “Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them. ” – Deuteronomy 31: 28 KJB “Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high. ” – Job 16: 19 KJB

Books of Heaven “Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth. ” – 2 Corinthians 1: 23 KJB “For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. ” – Philippians 1: 8 KJB

Books of Heaven “Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name. ” – Malachi 3: 16 KJB

Books of Heaven “And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe. ” – Ezekiel 2: 10 KJB

Books of Heaven “To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. ” – Psalms 51: 1 KJB

Books of Heaven “Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. ” – Psalms 51: 9 KJB “Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; ” – Acts 3: 19 KJB

Books of Heaven “And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders. ” – Nehemiah 4: 5 KJB “For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD. ” – Jeremiah 2: 22 KJB

Books of Heaven “Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger. ” – Jeremiah 18: 23 KJB

Books of Heaven “Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. ” – Psalms 109: 13 KJB “Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. ” – Psalms 109: 14 KJB

Books of Heaven “Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, ” – Isaiah 65: 6 KJB “Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom. ” – Isaiah 65: 7 KJB

Books of Heaven “But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die. ” – Ezekiel 18: 24 KJB

Books of Heaven “A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. ” – Daniel 7: 10 KJB

Books of Heaven “And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. ” – Daniel 12: 1 KJB

Books of Heaven Other mentions of Books: Revelation 5: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 KJB Book of Life of the Lamb: Philippians 4: 3; Revelation 13: 8, 17: 8, 20: 12, 15, 21: 27, 22: 19 KJB

Two Things [1] There are Books of Heaven, in which things are written, which may be retained, or blotted out. [2] God, has His mind, in which things are ‘remembered’ or ‘forgotten’.

Religionists They knew not the time, nor purpose, for they knew not the Lord.

Perhaps, it is the word “investigative” with “judgment” that people have a hard time with… In Daniel 7: 9 -10, notice other translations: [MSG] “… The courtroom was called to order, and the books were opened. …” [NOG] “… The court convened, and the books were opened …” [ISV] “… The court sat in judgment, and record books were unsealed …” [GNT] “… The court began its session, and the books were opened …”

God gave us a type of how God operates in Heaven: “Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you; ” – Deuteronomy 13: 14 KJB (context, men going after other gods, Belial, vs. 13)

Deuteronomy 13: 14, other English translations: [AMP] “… then you shall investigate and search out [witnesses] and ask thorough questions …” [CSB] “… you are to inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly…” [HCSB] “… you are to inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly …”

God gave us another type: “And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; ” – Deuteronomy 19: 18 KJB (context, a controversy between two persons, see vs. 17)

Deuteronomy 19: 18, other English translations: [AMP] “… The judges shall investigate thoroughly …” [CSB] “… The judges are to make a careful investigation …” [CJB] “… The judges are to investigate carefully …” [HCB] “… The judges are to make a careful investigation …”

There is even a translation which uses the direct word “investigative”: [OJB] “thought it expedient also, having done an iyun (investigative research), accurately and carefully being meayen (engaged in research) in every source and making a medakdeke (pain -stakingly thorough) investigation of every aspect from Ha. Reshit (the Beginning), to write for you and to mesader (arrange, place in succession) an orderly account, most noble Theophilus, ” – Luke 1: 3 [OJB]

What all need to understand, is that … “Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things. ” – Proverbs 28: 5 KJB

… but, “Wait!, What about what Jesus said …” “Judge not, that ye be not judged. ” – Matthew 7: 1 KJB “Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: ” – Luke 6: 37 KJB

… but, “Wait!, What about what Jesus said …” “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. ” – John 5: 24 KJB

Those texts are true and in harmony with the “Investigative Judgment”! As a person accepts the offer of God in Christ Jesus and continues believing, they are truly passed from death to life, but this does not eliminate the possibility (not necessity) of loss once more (of ceasing to believe), for any may later choose to walk away from the relationship for ever (see Hebrews 6: 4 -8 KJB for example, or King Saul o the OT or Ananias and Sapphira of the NT).

Those texts are true and in harmony with the “Investigative Judgment”! As for Matthew 7: 1 KJB, notice the context: “For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. ” – Matthew 7: 2 KJB Therefore, live & judge in God’s mercy (Matthew 18) shown already.

The “Investigative Judgment” will truly show who has accepted salvation by grace and lives by faith: “If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; ” – Psalms 44: 20 KJB “Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. ” – Psalms 44: 21 KJB

Remember what Adam did in Eden? He played “Hide” and God came Seeking. Job comments:

Remember what Adam did in Eden? He played “Hide” and God came Seeking. Job comments: “If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: ” – Job 31: 33 KJB

The “Investigative Judgment” will show whether our profession was genuine and true before all the Heavenly universe, or whether we are still hiding from God and attempting to cover our sins by our own works, which rejects the salvation and redemption offered in Christ Jesus.

Do we still look like this to God?

Or this when we pray? Do we have a “form of godliness”, but inwardly are attempting to hide our sin from God?

Are we as the self-righteous Pharisee? , and still in our sins, yet in a much worse condition, not acknowledging our condition? Laodicea (Revelation 3: 15 -18 KJB) is in that condition. It was the condition of Saul of Tarsus (Romans 7: 24 KJB), before also.

Do we truly think that God does not already know? “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? ” – Jeremiah 17: 9 KJB “I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. ” – Jeremiah 17: 10 KJB

There is nothing hid which shall not come abroad: “And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil. ” – Zephaniah 1: 12 KJB

Let us search the scriptures and see ourselves, as we truly are, not as we think we are: “Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD. ” – Lamentations 3: 40 KJB

For what can any truly say to God: “When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. ” – Psalms 9: 12 KJB

Will God find the “blood” of others on your hands and garments?

Or will God find that the “blood” of Jesus has cleansed us from all sin instead?

Investigate yourself by scripture, and with others be ye merciful: “For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. ” – 1 Corinthians 11: 31 KJB

Investigate yourself by scripture, and with others be ye merciful: “So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. ” – James 2: 12 KJB “For he [God] shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. ” – James 2: 13 KJB