IN EXPLANATION OF JUDGMENT

IN EXPLANATION OF JUDGMENT

THE SUCCESSOR, THE TEMPTER

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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THE SUCCESSOR & THE TEMPTER

Qur'an [38:71-85]

71 Your Lord said to the angels, ‘I will create a man from clay. 72 When I have shaped him and breathed from My Spirit into him, bow down before him.’ 73 The angels all bowed down together, 74 but not Iblis, who was too proud. He became a rebel. 75 God said, ‘Iblis, what prevents you from bowing down to the man I have made with My own hands? Are you too high and mighty?’ 76 Iblis said, ‘I am better than him: You made me from fire, and him from clay.’ 77 ‘Get out of here! You are rejected: 78 My rejection will follow you till the Day of Judgement!’ 79but Iblis said, ‘My Lord, grant me respite until the Day when they are raised from the dead,’ 80 so He said, ‘You have respite 81 till the Appointed Day.’ 82 Iblis said, ‘I swear by Your might! I will tempt all 83 but Your true servants.’ 84 God said, ‘This is the truth – I speak only the truth – 85 I will fill Hell with you and all those that follow you.’

Qur'an [2:30-39]

[Prophet], when your Lord told the angels, ‘I am putting a successor on earth,’ they said, ‘How can You put someone there who will cause damage and bloodshed, when we celebrate Your praise and proclaim Your holiness?’ but He said, ‘I know things you do not.’

31 He taught Adam all the names [of things], then He showed them to the angels and said, ‘Tell me the names of these if you truly [think

you can].’ 32 They said, ‘May You be glorified! We have knowledge

only of what You have taught us. You are the All Knowing and All

Wise.’ 33 Then He said, ‘Adam, tell them the names of these.’ When

he told them their names, God said, ‘Did I not tell you that I know

what is hidden in the heavens and the earth, and that I know what

you reveal and what you conceal?’

34When We told the angels, ‘Bow down before Adam,’ they all

bowed. But not Iblis, who refused and was arrogant: he was one of

the disobedient. 35We said, ‘Adam, live with your wife in this garden.

Both of you eat freely there as you will, but do not go near this tree,

or you will both become wrongdoers.’ 36 But Satan made them slip,

and removed them from the state they were in. We said, ‘Get out, all of you! You are each other’s enemy. On earth you will have a place to stay and livelihood for a time.’ 37 Then Adam received some words from his Lord and He accepted his repentance: He is the Ever Relenting, the Most Merciful. 38We said, ‘Get out, all of you! But when guidance comes from Me, as it certainly will, there will be no fear for those who follow My guidance nor will they grieve– 39 those who disbelieve and deny Our messages shall be the inhabitants of the Fire, and there they will remain.’

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The Qur'an states that there is no equal to God, to God none can compare. Although, God did create a successor Adam, whom He taught the names of all things. This Iblis is the same one who tempted Adam. In Islamic tradition, Azazel is usually seen as the original name of Iblis, before he was expelled from heaven. In the books of Enoch, Azazel along with Semjaza was leader of the watchers (grigori in Greek) whom descended on the earth seducing the sons of the angels, in corruption with the daughters of men and leading astray the off-spring of men bringing about nephilim (giants).

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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.

And

"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.