In the city of Corinth, a stone platform was constructed to support the Bema seat or the judgment seat for the local officials. This is where he was brought before Gallio, who was the proconsul of Achaia at the Bema seat in Acts 18:12, so it was used by a judge. The Apostle Paul was quite familiar with the Bema seat. It´s very clear that the Apostle Paul was referring to the believers when he said we shall all stand before the judgement seat of Christ. Is it something that should cast fear and worry to each one of us or is it an event that we should all look forward to and by understanding this event, we shall even be more encouraged to live a life that is pleasing to the Lord while we are here on Earth? Our objective in this lesson is to understand what the Bible has to say about the Bema, the Judgement Seat of Christ. Realizing that one day, our deeds will be exposed and that we shall give an account of everything that we have done here on Earth – it gives us fear, and anxiety and dread! We´re excited to receive our glorified bodies during the Rapture, we look forward to going to Heaven where there is no pain and suffering and we want to walk on that streets of gold but sometimes we ask the Lord, can we just skip Bema Judgement? If Jesus already paid for our sins and we have been redeemed, why do we have to be judged? Can´t we just go straight to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, after all - who doesn´t love a wedding feast? Who doesn’t love to eat without worrying about cholesterol? For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do." For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate, I do.
The Apostle Paul said “I do not understand what I do. Anyone here who stops sinning after receiving Jesus in their lives? No one, right? We are still in the flesh and we still sin. Even after becoming Christians, we still sin. It seems to some of us, Bema is thought of as something unpleasant although necessary before we can experience Heaven and be with our Lord. The mere mention of Bema strikes fear among believers. The Bema or Judgement Seat of Christ is perhaps one of the most misunderstood end-time events especially by Christians. Then Christ will return to Earth the Second Time and of course, you see the rest of the events unfold as well. Based on the eschatological timeline that we are following, we know the chronological arrangements of the end time events which start from the Rapture, followed by simultaneous events that will happen here on Earth and in Heaven.
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