Judge vs Officer

Does the judge (Christ) delegate the execution of the unsaved church to a third party (False Prophets)? Let's examine.

THE JUDGE: CHRIST AND THE ELECT?

Ps 9:8 And he shall JUDGE the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

1Co 6:2 Do ye not know that the SAINTS shall JUDGE the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

Mt 19:28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, JUDGING the **twelve tribes of Israel**.

Mt 12:41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in JUDGMENT with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

TWO-EDGE SWORD: GOD’S WORD IN THE MOUTH OF THE WICKED?

Re 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should SMITE the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

Re 1:16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

Ps 57:4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Pr 30:14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

Pr 5:4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

Heb 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Eph 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Jer 5:14 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth FIRE, and this people wood, and it shall DEVOUR them.

Ps 17:13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, {} thy sword:

ADVERSARY: CHRIST IN THE PERSON OF THE LOCUSTS?

Mt 5:25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the JUDGE, and the judge deliver thee to the officer <5257>, and thou be cast into prison.

Ex 23:22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

1Pe 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Job 16:11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

Ps 140:4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

Mt 18:34 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.

SENTENCING: DELIVERING TO DEATH AFTER A GUILTY VERDICT?

Ec 8:11 Because SENTENCE against an evil work is not EXECUTED speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

Mr 10:33 Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles:

Eze 11:9 And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.

Jer 22:25 And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.

2Co 1:9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

THE EXECUTING OFFICER: SATAN AND FALSE PROPHETS?

Job 2:6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.

Joh 7:32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers <5257> to take him.

Joh 19:6 When the chief priests therefore and officers <5257> saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.

Joh 18:3 Judas then, having received a band of men and officers <5257> from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.

Mt 26:58 But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest’s palace, and went in, and sat with the servants <5257>, to see the end.

Jer 27:6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.

SUMMARY CONCLUSION:

The Bible appears to be confirming, once again, that the JUDGE (Christ) executes judgment on the unsaved church by delivering it into the hands of its enemy (false prophets). But just like any system of justice, the judge passes sentence, but the sentence is usually carried out by an officer or someone designated to carry it out.