The dark side to judgment is that the wicked "shall go away
Judgment 137 they will be separated and parted for ever. "Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked" (Mal. iii. 18). They cannot separate themselves one from another in this world (1 Cor. v. 10). Nor can anyone else separate them (Matt. xiii. 29). But the Lord knows them that are His.
This separation shall be so exact that the most inconsiderable saints shall not be lost in the crowd of sinners, nor the most plausible sinner hid in the crowd of saints (Ps. i. 5). Every one shall go to his own place.
5. THE BRIGHT SIDE OF JUDGMENT
The godly shall go on the right hand. Their case must be first despatched, that they may be assessors with Christ in the judgment of the wicked. This is the glory conferred upon them.
They are not only acquitted in the judgment but preferred and rewarded. ''The King shall say unto them."' Where the word of the King is there is power.
The King pronounces them blessed, and His saying they are blessed makes them so. The law curses them for their offences. But Christ, having redeemed them from the curse of the law, and purchased a blessing for them, commands a blessing on them. The King bids them welcome. '' Welcome, ten thousand welcomes to the blessed of my Father"'; "Come to Me, come to be for ever with Me; you that followed Me, bearing My cross, now come along with Me, wearing the crown. The blessed of My Father are the beloved of My soul, that have been too long at a distance from Me; come now, come into My bosom, come into My arms, come into my dearest embraces." Oh with what joy will this fill the hearts of the saints in that day! We now come boldly to the throne of grace, but we shall then come boldly to the throne of glory. This world holds out the golden sceptre, with an assurance that our requests shall be granted to more than the half of the kingdom. Now the Spirit saith, "Come''—in the Word; and the bride, saith ""Come"'—in prayer. The result is a sweet communion. But the perfection of bliss will be when the King shall say, "Come."
6. THE Dark SIDE OF JUDGMENT The dark side to judgment is that the wicked "shall go away with everlasting punishment"'. Sentence will then be executed. It will be an everlasting punishment, for the state is an