Rom 4:8 “Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will not take into account.” However, this word “judgment” in verse 24 must be understood as that eternal judgment of condemnation and not the judgment seat for Christians, which has nothing to do with life or death because they are already the living ones with eternal life.
In passage (1), we are told the righteous will never come into judgment, those who believe and have eternal life, so Christians will never be judged. John 5:24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.” These verses shed some light on this matter: The judgment seat will have nothing to do with death or penalty. The judgment for Christians is that which is known as The Judgment Seat of Christ (sometimes referred to as the “Bema”).
They are the ones who have availed themselves of His sacrifice putting away sin, and waiting for that second appearance (the Rapture) with eagerness. However, even though verse 27 can be understood as being a universal truth, this Hebrews passage is applying, I believe, more to Christians. Man is appointed to death and then to judgment. Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment, so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, shall appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.” We shall look at this passage – Heb 9:26–28 “… but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
Christians face a judgment but an entirely different one from the unsaved.
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