Stand: An Interview with Crossway Books & Bibles

Stand: A Call for the Endurance of the Saints

This thoughtful series, taken from the Desiring God 2007 National Conference, not only elevates the virtue of godly endurance but bears witness to its power in the Christian life through the exhortations of John Piper, John MacArthur, Jerry Bridges, Randy Alcorn and Helen Roseveare. Available from www.Christianbook.com and www.DesiringGod.org

Crossway Books & Bibles (CBB): Where did the book title originate?

Randy Alcorn (RA): Stand was the title of Desiring God’s 2008 national conference, which featured as speakers the contributors to this book. Stand expresses the idea of ...

Will Old Testament saints appear before the judgment seat of Christ?

Question from a reader:

Will Old Testament saints appear before the judgment seat of Christ? If not, is there a similar judgment they will appear before?

Answer from Randy Alcorn:

The word "Christ" in the "judgment seat of Christ," means "Messiah, the anointed one." Since Christ is the judge and king, very likely he is the member of the Godhead that OT saints would stand before.

There is not an explicit statement but it makes sense that he would conduct the judgment of OT saints as well as NT saints.

This article on our website might be of some help ...

21 Brief Observations Concerning Revelation 6:9-11

"When [the Lamb] opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. They called out in a loud voice, 'How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?' Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed as they had been was completed" (Revelation 6:9-11).