BahÃĄâ•Žuâ•ŽllÃĄh and the New Era - Knowledge Rush

The Day of JudgmentChrist spoke much in parables about a great Day of Judgmentwhen “the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father ...and ... shall reward every man according to his works” (Matt.xvi, 27). He compares this Day to the time of harvest, when thetares are burned and the wheat gathered into barns:—... so shall it be in the end of this world [consummationof the age]. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, andthey shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, andthem which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace offire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shallthe righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of theirFather.—Matt. xiii, 40–43.The phrase “end of the world” used in the Authorized Versionof the Bible in this and similar passages has led many to supposethat when the Day of Judgment comes, the earth will suddenly bedestroyed, but this is evidently a mistake. The true translation ofthe phrase appears to be “the consummation or end of the age.”Christ teaches that the Kingdom of the Father is to be establishedon earth, as well as in heaven. He teaches us to pray: “ThyKingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”In the parable of the Vineyard, when the Father, the Lord of theVineyard, comes to destroy the wicked husbandmen, He doesnot destroy the vineyard (the world) also, but lets it out to otherhusbandmen, who will render Him the fruits in their season. Theearth is not to be destroyed, but to be renewed and regenerated.Christ speaks of that day on another occasion as “the regenerationwhen the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory.” St. Peterspeaks of it as “the times of refreshing,” “the times of restitutionof all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holyprophets since the world began.” The Day of Judgment of whichChrist speaks is evidently identical with the coming of the Lord