Therefore no one will then be able to have mercy on someone who has been condemned in the judgment, or to harm someone who is victorious,” (2 Esdras 7:113-115, NRSV). “But the day of judgment will be the end of this age and the beginning of the immortal age to come, in which corruption has passed away, sinful indulgence has come to an end, unbelief has been cut off, and righteousness has increased and truth has appeared. The phrase “day of judgment” occurs rather frequently in Jewish writings of the New Testament era and before, such as in the apocalyptic Esdras literature, where we read: Jesus and the New Testament authors seem to have largely felt no need to explicitly define the day of judgment because it was language already well-known in their day. So, even if this were all we had to go on, we would pretty easily come to the conclusion that we are talking about a final day of judgment before God upon all people of all times. What’s more, the people of ancient Sodom and Gomorrah from way back in the time of Abraham, the people of Tyre and Sidon “long ago,” and the people of the towns of Chorazin and Bethsaida of Jesus’ own day would all stand together to be judged on this same day of judgment. It is clearly a future day of great importance.
Yet, even here, there are important clues about this day. He assumes that His audience already knows what it is. Nevertheless, I say to you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you,” (Matthew 11:20-24). And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will descend to Hades for if the miracles had occurred in Sodom which occurred in you, it would have remained to this day. Nevertheless I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. ‘Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had occurred in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. “Then He began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles were done, because they did not repent. In the Gospel of Matthew, for example, Jesus says things like: Most of the New Testament writers who refer to the day of judgment by name seem to assume that the reader already knows what it is. It is the day on which God will sentence unbelievers to eternal torment in hellfire while preserving the repentant who believes on Jesus Christ solely on the basis of the sacrificial work of Jesus on their behalf through His death on the cross for sin.
The “Day of Judgment” is a future event promised in Scripture where God will bring about final justice and condemnation on all those who are still in their sins while delivering those who are in Christ into the joys of eternal life.
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