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"Behold My Servant Whom I have chosen: My Beloved, in Whom My soul is well pleased: I will put My Spirit upon Him, and He shall shew judgment to the nations. He shall not strive, nor cry, neither shall any man hear His voice in the streets. A bruised reed shall He not break, and smoking flax shall He not quench, till He send forth judgment unto victory. And in His name shall the nations trust." [Matthew 12: 18-21].

"With righteousness shall He judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and He shall smite the earth (natural realm) with the rod (authority) of His mouth (Word), and with the breath of His lips shall He slay the wicked. ―They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea." [Isaiah 11:4,9].

          In these beautiful passages of scripture we have both the extent of God's judgments, and their glorious results. He shall send forth judgment unto victory, with the ultimate result that the nations shall trust in Him. That is the purpose of His judgments, until every individual of every nation shall learn to trust in the Lord. No more will they hurt nor destroy in all His holy mountain- in His kingdom. Then shall "all flesh see the salvation of the Lord." [Luke 3:6].
          The word judgment has been defined as: the act of judging, involving comparison and discrimination, by which knowledge of values and relations are mentally formulated. Thus it becomes the power, ability, of arriving at a wise decision. It is said of certain individuals, "they have poor judgment," that is, they are unable to examine the facts and come to a wise decision. Perhaps they are too hasty, jumping to conclusions before they know all the facts. Perhaps they simply do not have the ability to weigh it all out. Others are blessed with a faculty of setting forth wise decisions in clarity, and we say they "exercise good judgment."
          While the word judgment bespeaks of the process of arriving at a wise decision, it is also used of the sentence given to bring correction and alignment into a state of rightness,
          When God pronounces judgment upon a situation, we realize that He has taken all facts and conditions into consideration, He has come to a wise decision on what is needed to correct it, and then He executes all the process necessary to bring about the desired state of righteousness, "He  shall not judge after the sight of His eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of His ears: but with righteousness shall He judge the poor, and reprove with equity the meek of the earth." [Isaiah 11:3-4].  His judgment is not based upon exterior knowledge of what is seen and heard, it comes from the inner Source, for "The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord." It is this fulness of the "seven spirits of God" dwelling within, that "shall make Him of quick understanding," and able to speak forth righteous judgment. With the full knowledge, the infinite knowledge of the Spirit, He has all the facts,  How often man has viewed the circumstantial evidence about him, and set about to correct what he feels is wrong, only to discover that he did not have a proper understanding, and has mis-judged the situation, With the "tunnel vision" of our preconceived ideas, bolstered by the traditions of the elders, and limited on every hand by our ignorance, we have stumbled and groped our way along, continually falling into  the ditch, No wonder God is taking His people through such intense processings, until in our humiliation our judgment is taken away, and we are unable to render any sentence.
          Of our Lord was this very thing written, "Who in the days of His flesh, ―learned He obedience by the things which, He suffered," [Hebrews 5:7-8].  And was so processed that "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and like a lamb before his shearer, so opened He not His mouth: In His humiliation His judgment was taken away: and who shall declare His generation? for His life is taken from the earth." [Acts 8:32-33].
          During the time of "His humiliation," He was unable to render a decision out of Himself, for "His judgment was taken away." He stated, "I can of Mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and My judgment is just; because I seek not Mine own will, but the will of the Father which sent Me." [John 5:30].
          How often we hear God's elect say much of the same thing, identified in the same experience. He is teaching us not to try with our own carnal mind to gather up a few facts and make decisions. But we learn to draw out of the Spirit within, that it becomes HIS ANSWER, as we listen to His Voice within.
          And what came after the severity of His processing, when filled with the fulness of God, and the power of resurrection life? We read, "For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son." [John 5:22]. For, "I overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne." [Revelation 3:21].
          The Greek word for judgment is "krisis," and literally speaks of the process of correction unto rightness. This word is carried over into our English language, replacing the letter "k" with the letter "c" to make it read, "crisis," which is a decisive moment, a turning point. In fact, it comes from the Greek word "krinein"- to separate. Indeed, it is a process of separation, truth from error, good from evil, life from death, light from darkness.
          Indeed, out of every crisis comes the occasion to be reborn. This is well expressed in the Chinese language, where the written character in Chinese for the word crisis is made up of two symbols: One stands for danger and one which stands for opportunity. It is a crucial time, but with Him the end is secure, for "He shall bring forth judgment unto victory." It truly bespeaks the ultimate end of evil, and the establishment of His righteousness.
          The word judgment also includes the idea of a TRIAL, as well as the DECISION based on that trial. The same root of this Greek word is carried over into several of our English words, such as: kritikos, for critical, and kriterion, for criterion. HE is our JUDGE, He makes the critical analysis, and He is the Criterion by which we are measured, till we come "unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ." [Ephesians 4:13].
          A judge has his law books, giving the "criterion," i.e. the standard of judging, the rule by which anything is tried in forming a correct judgment respecting it. Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of the law, and He becomes the personification of all that is right, so He is our Criterion. He also brings about our crisis, which brings forth the process of correction until we measure up to Him in rightness. As it is written, "Be ye holy; for I am holy." [1 Peter 1:16]. Therefore, as we are brought to perfection, our state of being results in ''as He is so are we in this world." [1 John 4: 17].
          "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect." [Matthew 5:48].
          Same perfection, same holiness, same state of being because it is HIS IMAGE to which we are being conformed, it is His nature of which we are made partakers, it is His stature that we are measured to, so it results in our becoming a multiplication of the expression of Himself .
          "Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for My salvation is near to come, and My righteousness to be revealed." [Isaiah 56:1].
          Significant that full salvation and a full manifestation of righteousness cannot be brought forth without the judgments of God which precede them. Judgment is a means to an end― the end is SALVATION. There are those who would like to escape all these processings. So they concoct a "deliverance doctrine" which they proclaim, which actually is an escapism doctrine so that they do not have to face the judgments of God. While we shall praise God for every deliverance which He has ordained, every release from the power of evil, every release from the inworkings of the mystery of iniquity, every change which is wrought to free us from the old creation, that we might come into the new, yet we see how man has perverted God-ordained deliverances into something which appeals to the flesh, and would spare the flesh from facing those judgments which are essential to OUR CHANGE.
          God is not producing a first fruits company of "escapists," but of His OVERCOMERS. He therefore appoints those obstacles which are needful for our overcoming, and He leads us from crisis to crisis while we are developed.
          "He shall shew judgment to the nations." There must be a demonstration of righteousness, a visible, living standard. Indeed, it is written, "Write the vision, MAKE IT PLAIN, that he may run that readeth it." [Habakkuk 2:2]. And so the world has waited, waited for that clarity of vision which speaks the answer to all of their deep inner longing and desire. Then the writer to the Hebrews brings out a most interesting fact, that while Habakkuk refers to the vision as an "it," saying, "though IT tarry, wait for IT," Hebrews 10:37 reads, "For yet for a little while, and HE that shall come will come, and will not tarry." For the "it" has become personified into "HE." Jesus Christ became the LIVING PERSONIFICATION of the message. He was the revelation, and able to say, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life." [John 14:6]. He was the manifestation of the will and heart of the Father. Furthermore, when God has finished the processing of His sons, so that they are "conformed to the image of His Son," [Romans 8:29], then these also are a clear manifestation of the message. They will be true holiness personified. A state of being that is all righteous.
          Isaiah 26:9, "With my soul have I desired Thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek Thee early: for when Thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness."
          "WHEN THY JUDGMENTS ARE IN THE EARTH." Then people will learn the right way. Jesus said; "For judgment I AM come into this world, that they which see not might see." [John 9:39]. HE WAS JUDGMENT, wherever He went judgment went. A living standard of righteousness which exposed all that could not measure up to it. "When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord." [Luke 5:8]. Jesus had not said one word to Peter about his sin. There was not one word of condemnation or guilt laid upon him. He had not uttered one statement of creed or dogma to make Peter sin-conscious. Actually He had simply filled Peter's net full of fish. How then, by this one miracle act, could He draw out of Peter such a confession? Because JESUS WAS THE JUDGMENT! He was standing before Peter, and He was the Criterion― the standard of right, and Peter immediately recognized that he did not measure up to this Standard. So in his confession, "1 am a sinful man," was the plea, unspoken, but there nonetheless, "0 Lord, make me what You ARE."
          Isaiah "saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple." The seraphims were crying one unto another, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of His glory." There was no hell-fire damnation thundered forth. There were no proclamations against sin, no guilt-condemnations. Yet what was the immediate reaction in Isaiah? "Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts." [Isaiah 6:1-5]. Ah, HE IS JUDGMENT! The Light, the Glory, by its own state of being is the judgment. It is the Standard of Righteousness, and measured to it everything else comes short. Praise God, He shall restore everything to His full stature.
          John 3:19-21, "This is the condemnation (krisis, judgment), that LIGHT IS COME INTO THE WORLD, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest that they are wrought in God."
          Certainly he that doeth righteousness welcomes the light, because it simply confirms that everything is all right. But he that has failed far short of the standard has no desire to be measured up to the Light. However, because they will not come to the Light, THE LIGHT WILL COME TO THEM. Herein is the grace and glory of our God! Though Christendom tries to coax people to come to Jesus the Light, the world has no desire to come- it makes them feel uncomfortable, for they sense their utter lack, their sinfulness. But God has purposed that HIS LIGHT SHALL COME TO THE WORLD. When God has perfected His image in you, and you become one with the Light, then shall He place you in the darkened corner to illuminate that place.
          Babylon's religious institutions have long proclaimed a negative message of doom and judgment, emphasizing earth's calamities. They conjure up images of all the fearsome things that will befall the flesh. But Jesus said, "This is the judgment, that light is come into the world!" Therefore, if we are to look for "judgments," we must needs LOOK FOR THE LIGHT. Judgments without light would not be effective. People might pass through some very severe happenings, but without any light they are not changed, nor do they learn their lessons. They remain the same selfish, bitter, sinful person, in spite of all the happenings they have endured, because no light had come. But when the hour for change has come, then "I will make My judgment to rest for a light of the people." [Isaiah 51:4].
          There were no accusations given, no recitation of his sins, no strong negative words against Saul on the day when He was "breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord." But as he travelled toward Damascus, intent on carrying out his evil plan, "suddenly there shined round about him A LIGHT FROM HEAVEN." [Acts 9:1,3]. Judgment had come, LIGHT. The men travelling with him were not wiped out with a plague. There were no natural, earthy calamities. But it was "judgment day for Saul." All of his activities were brought to the Light and found to be unacceptable. He trembled and was astonished, but the change was made, and now, "Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?" revealed that change.
          It is true, there are the workings of some earth-shaking calamities, as it hath been foretold, famines, earthquakes, pestilences, wars and rumours of wars, the sea and waves roaring, but these do not comprise all the judgments of God, they are only a means to an end, conditioners to prepare the people for the light that is to come. Jesus said. "See that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet." [Matthew 24:6]. For in making the transition from this present world system into the Kingdom age, "He hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear." [Hebrews 12:26-28].
          The Psalmist had a beautiful insight into the judgments of God, when he declared, "For I have hoped in Thy judgments." [Psalm 119:43] .He did not say, "I feared, I trembled, I was in dismay," but rather, "I HAVE HOPED," for there was an expectation of the victory which those judgments would produce.
           1 Chronicles 16:31-34, "Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The Lord reigneth. Let the sea roar, and the fulness there of: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein. Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the Lord, because He cometh to judge the earth. O give thanks unto the Lord; for  He is good; for His mercy endureth for ever." Let the sea roar― let the fields rejoice― let the trees of the wood sing out― what produces this reaction from all creation? BECAUSE HE COMES TO JUDGE THE EARTH! Long has creation waited for this hour. "The earth mourneth and fadeth away, ― the earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof;  because they have transgressed the laws." [Isaiah 24:4-5]. But when He comes to JUDGE, that means it is time for a turning point, and this path of degeneration and pollution shall be ended, and a regeneration begin. Most of Christendom has been taught to fear His judgments, but creation itself awaits that hour with anticipation, and will rejoice. Carnal religion has taught it to be a time of doom, but God has instilled in the very creation itself A HOPE― "I have hoped in Thy judgments!" ―"It has been given hope. And the hope is that in the end the whole of created life will be rescued from the tyranny of change and decay, and have its share in that magnificent liberty which can only belong to the children of God. It is plain to anyone with eyes to see that at the present time all created life groans in a sort of universal travail." [Romans 8:20-22, Phillips].
          Judgments are an expression of His goodness, of His mercy. It means that the hour has come for the TURNING POINT in earth's degeneration, and the beginning of the regeneration, "the restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began." [Acts 3:21].
          Judgment began in the garden of Eden, when "The Lord God said, behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken." [Genesis 3:22-23]. It was the goodness of God, revealed through His judgments, that stopped the situation from becoming even worse, and so He put a bend in the road, and turned man out of the garden. True, man was denied access to the tree of life, for a time, but that was because there is mercy in God's judgments, and He would prevent conditions from becoming totally out of control. So man is held in restraint until that time of appointed restoration, when He shall make all things new.
          "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]. So God sent the flood― an act of judgment, yes, but how very gracious God was, for that flood stopped the degeneration that was  taking place, lest it continue to become worse and worse. We think that judgment is only destructive― nay, it is also RESTRAINING, to hold in check until the day of restoration, that there might be an upbuilding in righteousness. "Sing unto Him a new song... for the word of the Lord is right; and all His works are done in truth. He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord." [Psalm 33:3-5].
          How interesting that the Psalmist would link "a new song" with the out-working of His judgment. It is because he knew that the results of the judgments of the Lord would be, "the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord." All the means whereby this is accomplished are welcomed, once we have tasted to see and know that the Lord is gracious. His words, His works are right, and done in truth. They are positive, and without condemnation.  He who said, "For judgment I am come into this world," [John 9:39], is also the One of whom it is written, "For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved." [John 3:17].
          Isn't it interesting that in our humanity and carnality, when we pass a sentence upon a thing, and render a judgment, it is done negatively, with condemnation. We say, "This is wrong." But when Jesus came AS  JUDGMENT, He did not come heaping condemnation upon men, with a negative message of this is wrong, that is wrong, don't do this, don't do that. He came as a TRUE EXPRESSION OF THE RIGHT WAY. He was the Light, the Light which revealed the truth. Certainly the Light exposes the error, but not with condemnation, it is with a view towards revealing "THE MORE EXCELLENT WAY." Man walks into a dark room, and exclaims, "It is dark in here." Jesus walks into the room, HE IS THE LIGHT, and no need to say, "it is dark," for darkness flees before Him. If you had been in that darkened room before He arrived, and had never known what light was, any condemnation against darkness would have done you no good. But when HE BECOMES YOUR LIGHT, it is self-evident that the old way was no good, but that can be forgotten because now you are experiencing THE BETTER. Light can judge the situation without condemnation, for it is immediately instituting a better way. The more we become ONE IN THE LIGHT, the more our state of being will be a declaration of the truth, witnessing the message, "This is the way, walk ye in it."
          At Calvary the verdict was given against sin, and against the very consequence of sin. "Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto the justification of life." [Romans 5:18].
          Here we note the Greek word for condemnation is "katakrima" meaning: judgment against. Because of the negativity of this world's system, that which man does is "judgment against." Our sinful works testify against us. All that proceeds out of the unregenerate heart is a witness against that one, that his "heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked..." [Jeremiah 17:9].
          But when Christ comes on the scene, He removes all the judgment against us. So we read in Romans 8: 1, "There is therefore now NO CONDEMNATION (no judgment against) to those in Christ Jesus." Why? Because "the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death." The law of "sin and death" witnessed AGAINST US. But the law of "the Spirit of life" witnesses FOR US. Indeed, in Christ Jesus all judgments become FOR US, not against us." ALL THINGS work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose." [Romans 8:28]. God has no judgments against us, they are all FOR US. There will be judgments, but there will be no adverse, unfavourable ones, to them in Christ Jesus. They are all POSITIVE JUDGMENTS unto our good.
          The law brought an "against judgment," stating, "the soul that sinneth, it shall die." While the law itself was true and right, because we were all wrong, it was a constant witness against us. That is why He must also root out of us that "law principle" of becoming "THE LETTER THAT KILLETH." The law stood there as a witness that we were failures. When we become a law unto people, saying, "don't do this, don't do that," we also become a witness against them every time they do, what we told them not to do.
          Paul has produced some very illuminating teaching, when he said, "For until the law sin was in the world: but sin  is not imputed when there is no law." [Romans 5:13]. "For was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. And the commandment which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me." [Romans 7:9-11]. All of this, "that sin by the commandment might become exceedingly sinful." (verse 13).
          Due to the sinfulness of the adamic nature, every time a law was uttered it defined that sin, and once defined, the evil nature within proceeded to do that very thing. Many a parent has discovered that very principle, when they said to a child, "Don't get into the cookie jar." The child had never even thought of the cookie jar, until the parent placed that law before them. And it then followed, that at first opportunity the sinful nature of the child caused them to get into the cookie jar. "The commandment came, sin revived, and I died." From that point on the law was a witness against me.
          Now, Paul writes on, "If the ministration of condemnation (the against judgments) be glory, " and there was a certain glory in the giving of the law, but now, "MUCH MORE doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory." [2 Corinthians 3:9]. For the new ministration is THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS― "to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them." [2 Corinthians 5: 19].
          Not imputing trespasses― not charging with guilt― not giving a witness against. Everything He does is FOR US. "Who is he that condemneth (judges against)? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, Who is even at the right hand of God, Who also maketh intercession FOR US." [Romans 8:34]. All of His actions are motivated by His love, and all that He does is FOR US, in our behalf, for our good. Thus, even those judgments that are yet to be revealed, they are not to bring us into death, but that we might LEARN RIGHTEOUSNESS. That we might come into the fulness of His life. That peace and harmony might be restored in His universe. Through Him we become more than conquerors, and nothing separates us from His love― love that never fails, hence is UNTO VICTORY. All of His judgments are unto victory, therefore "in Him shall the nations trust."
 

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(1)  Prinzing, Ray and Doris. WHISPERS OF HIS JUDGMENTS. (now out of print), Boise, Idaho 83705}

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