Endgame Judgment (3 of 5)
Series: Endgame
Steve Jones
Revelation 20
INTRODUCTION: On August 2, 1882, saloon owner Roy Bean was appointed justice of the peace for Pecos County, Texas. Bean did not allow hung juries or appeals. Jurors were chosen from his best bar customers and were expected to buy a drink during every court recess. He was also known for his unusual rulings. In one case, an Irishman named Paddy O'Rourke shot a Chinese laborer. During the trial, a mob of 200 angry Irishmen surrounded the courtroom and saloon, threatening to lynch Bean if O'Rourke was not freed. After looking through his law book, Bean ruled that he could find no law against killing a Chinaman and dismissed the case.
On another occasion, upon finding the corpse of a man who had been carrying concealed weapons and $40 on his person when he had died, the judge imposed a posthumous $20 fine upon the man for having carried the concealed weapons. Bean also collected a burial fee of $10 and $10 in court costs. In most cases his fines were levied for the exact amount the accused person was carrying. Bean charged $10 for divorces and $5 for weddings and ended all wedding ceremonies with the phrase, ''And may God have mercy on your souls.''
Some judgments reveal more about the JUDGE than they do the law or the litigants. Such is the case with God's final judgment day.
I'm preaching five sermons from Revelation in a series entitled, ''Endgame.'' Today, we're going to think about the Judgement of God's Endgame. There is a judgement scene described in Revelation chapter 20. What is the purpose of this judgement? There's something I've always found curious about the judgement as described in Revelation. We usually think of ''The Judgement'' with dread. We don't like to talk about it. We don't like to think about it. Preachers don't like to preach about it - at least not anymore. We think of it as the ''dark side'' of the good news. We certainly never SING about it (how many ''Judg ...
Series: Endgame
Steve Jones
Revelation 20
INTRODUCTION: On August 2, 1882, saloon owner Roy Bean was appointed justice of the peace for Pecos County, Texas. Bean did not allow hung juries or appeals. Jurors were chosen from his best bar customers and were expected to buy a drink during every court recess. He was also known for his unusual rulings. In one case, an Irishman named Paddy O'Rourke shot a Chinese laborer. During the trial, a mob of 200 angry Irishmen surrounded the courtroom and saloon, threatening to lynch Bean if O'Rourke was not freed. After looking through his law book, Bean ruled that he could find no law against killing a Chinaman and dismissed the case.
On another occasion, upon finding the corpse of a man who had been carrying concealed weapons and $40 on his person when he had died, the judge imposed a posthumous $20 fine upon the man for having carried the concealed weapons. Bean also collected a burial fee of $10 and $10 in court costs. In most cases his fines were levied for the exact amount the accused person was carrying. Bean charged $10 for divorces and $5 for weddings and ended all wedding ceremonies with the phrase, ''And may God have mercy on your souls.''
Some judgments reveal more about the JUDGE than they do the law or the litigants. Such is the case with God's final judgment day.
I'm preaching five sermons from Revelation in a series entitled, ''Endgame.'' Today, we're going to think about the Judgement of God's Endgame. There is a judgement scene described in Revelation chapter 20. What is the purpose of this judgement? There's something I've always found curious about the judgement as described in Revelation. We usually think of ''The Judgement'' with dread. We don't like to talk about it. We don't like to think about it. Preachers don't like to preach about it - at least not anymore. We think of it as the ''dark side'' of the good news. We certainly never SING about it (how many ''Judg ...
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