Juízo de Deus: o que significa e como ele restaura a justiça
O que significa o juízo de Deus
O juízo de Deus é a avaliação justa e definitiva que Ele faz de todas as pessoas, obras e intenções humanas. Longe de ser apenas condenação ou castigo, o juízo bíblico é o acerto de contas que restabelece a verdade, corrige a injustiça e separa o mal do bem.
A Escritura ensina que nada fica encoberto diante dessa avaliação:
For every work God brings into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad."(Ecclesiastes 12:14)
No Novo Testamento, essa autoridade foi confiada a Jesus Cristo. Ele revela os corações e exerce a justiça de Deus tanto para salvação dos que creem quanto para discernimento dos que o rejeitam:
For as the Father raises the dead, and makes alive, so also the Son makes alive whom He wills; for neither does the Father judge anyone, but all the judgment He has given to the Son, that all may honor the Son according as they honor the Father; he who is not honoring the Son, does not honor the Father who sent Him. Truly, truly, I say to you, he who is hearing My word, and is believing Him who sent Me, has continuous life, and he does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. Truly, truly, I say to you, [that] there comes an hour, and it now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those having heard will live; for as the Father has life in Himself, so He gave also to the Son to have life in Himself, and authority He gave Him also to do judgment, because He is Son of Man. Do not wonder at this, because there comes an hour in which all those in the tombs will hear His voice, and they will come forth; those who did good things to a resurrection of life, and those who practiced evil things to a resurrection of judgment. I am not able of Myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of the Father who sent Me. If I testify concerning Myself, My testimony is not true;(John 5:21-31)
and he said, "I believe, Lord," and worshiped Him. And Jesus said, "I came to this world for judgment, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind."(John 9:38,39)
A cruz é o ponto central desse julgamento: ali o pecado foi julgado e o poder que escravizava a humanidade foi quebrado:
Jesus answered and said, "This voice has not come because of Me, but because of you; now is a judgment of this world, now will the ruler of this world be cast forth; and I, if I may be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself."(John 12:30-32)
But I tell you the truth; it is better for you that I go away, for if I may not go away, the Comforter will not come to you, and if I go on, I will send Him to you; and having come, He will convict the world concerning sin, and concerning righteousness, and concerning judgment; concerning sin indeed, because they do not believe in Me;(John 16:7-9)
A prestação de contas de cada pessoa
A Bíblia ensina que ninguém passa despercebido diante de Deus. Cada indivíduo responderá pessoalmente por suas escolhas, atitudes e pela forma como lidou com a verdade revelada:
And receive him who is weak in the faith—not to determinations of reasonings; one believes that he may eat all things—and he who is weak eats herbs; do not let him who is eating despise him who is not eating: and do not let him who is not eating judge him who is eating, for God received him. You—who are you that are judging another’s domestic [affairs]? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.(Romans 14:1-4)
so, then, each of us will give reckoning to God concerning himself; therefore, may we judge one another no longer, but rather judge this, not to put a stumbling-stone before the brother, or an offense. I have known, and am persuaded, in the Lord Jesus, that nothing [is] unclean of itself, except to him who is reckoning anything to be unclean—to that one [it is] unclean;(Romans 14:12-14)
so, then, judge nothing before the time, until the LORD may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will reveal the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise will come to each from God.(1 Corinthians 4:5)
Esse exame criterioso começa pelo próprio povo de Deus. Por saber que todos estão debaixo do mesmo padrão reto, os cristãos são chamados a abandonar a censura hipócrita contra os outros:
because it is the time of the judgment to have begun from the house of God, and if first from us, what [is] the end of those disobedient to the good news of God?(1 Peter 4:17)
for in what judgment you judge, you will be judged, and in what measure you measure, it will be measured to you. And why do you behold the speck that [is] in your brother’s eye, and do not consider the beam that [is] in your own eye? Or, how will you say to your brother, Permit [that] I may cast out the speck from your eye, and behold, the beam [is] in your own eye?(Matthew 7:2-4)
O juízo como livramento e restauração
Para quem sofre a maldade e a opressão, o juízo divino não é ameaça, mas promessa de socorro. No Antigo Testamento, os juízos de Deus contra o Egito foram os atos concretos pelos quais Ele libertou o seu povo da escravidão:
Therefore say to the sons of Israel: I [am] YHWH, and I have brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and have delivered you from their service, and have redeemed you by an outstretched arm, and by great judgments,(Exodus 6:6)
and I have passed over through the land of Egypt during this night, and have struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from man even to beast, and I do judgments on all the gods of Egypt; I [am] YHWH.(Exodus 12:12)
Reconhecer que Deus é o juiz legítimo leva tanto ao arrependimento sincero diante da própria culpa quanto à confiança de que o santuário e a honra de Deus não serão derrotados pelo mal:
Against You, You only, I have sinned, || And done evil in Your eyes, || So that You are righteous in Your words, || You are pure in Your judging.(Psalms 51:4)
And now they break down its engravings, || Together, with axe and hatchet, They have sent Your sanctuary into fire, || They defiled the Dwelling Place of Your Name to the earth,(Psalms 74:6,7)
Zion has heard and rejoices, || And daughters of Judah are joyful, || Because of Your judgments, O YHWH.(Psalms 97:8)
O desfecho da história humana culmina no triunfo final dessa justiça, quando todo engano e tirania são definitivamente julgados e removidos:
And after these things I heard a great voice of a great multitude in Heaven, saying, "Hallelujah! The salvation, and the glory, and the power [belong] to the LORD our God; because true and righteous [are] His judgments, because He judged the great whore who corrupted the earth in her whoredom, and He avenged the blood of His servants at her hand"; and a second time they said, "Hallelujah"; and her smoke comes up through the ages of the ages!(Revelation 19:1-3)
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