Section 15
Son of God (5:25), the Lord can give life (5:21), and as the Son of Man, He can execute judgment (5:27). Since He is a man, He is fully qualified to judge man. Acts 17:31 says that God will judge the world "by that man [Jesus] whom he hath or dained." Romans 2:16 says, "God shall judge the secrets of men according to my gospel by Jesus Christ." Second Timothy 4:1 says, "Christ Jesus, Who is about to judge the living and the dead." The Father "gave Him authority to execute judg ment, because He is the Son of Man" (5:27). And the Father gave all judgment to the Son "that all may honor the Son even as they honor the Father" (5:22-23). The Son will judge justly according to the Father's will (5:30). He is one with the Father in the matter of life's enliven ing. He is also one with Him in the matter of judgment.
TWO KINDS OF RESURRECTION
Let us read verses 28 and 29. "Do not mar vel at this, for an hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs shall hear His voice, and shall come forth: those who have done the good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done the evil to the resurrection of judgment." All of the physically dead people who have