IN EXPLANATION OF JUDGMENT

THE LORD HIDES HIS FACE (THE GREAT UNSEEN)

Judgment of The Lord:

"Now hear ye all who know righteousness and understand the actions of God; for He has a dispute with all flesh and will carry out judgment on all those who spurn Him,"

- Damascus Document 1:1-3

For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

- John 5:22

The Judge / Tempter / Adversary:

- Qur'an [38:82-83]

(Iblis) said: “By Your glory, I shall mislead them all. except Your chosen servants among them.”

Do Not Judge:

Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

- Matthew 7:1-2

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

- 1 John 4:8

"Love is the absence of Judgment" - Delia Lama XIV

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To exercise judgment upon the unfaithful The Lord hid His face. It is by not causing trial / hardship and by sharing the love that we overcome. Through judgment we are apt to condemn whereby in love we are forgiven. In carrying out judgment by righteousness we refrain from judging as judgment is an act of negative consequence. It is good to always see the positive.

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CHRIST AND JUDGMENT

"And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and they which see might be made blind."

- John 9: 39

This is in order to show somebody the reality of the situation and that a person questions what they believe. It is best not to judge.

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"learn to do well. Seek judgment, relieve the oppressed; judge the fatherless, plead for the widow."

- Isaiah 1: 17

It is healthy spiritual practice to put yourself out wherever it's necessary for a good cause. "It's not what you've got; it's what you give.... and, "Lighting a candle for someone else also brightens your path.

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JUDGING OTHERS & THE BROAD WAY

Matthew 7:1-14

1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.

2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?

10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

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INTERPRETATION

The theory is to look at ourselves first in doing what's best for everyone and look to God to help us along the way, which is far from pointing the finger or the calamity of everyone else's affairs.