The Judge stands before the door
James 5:1-10
1 ¶Go to now , [ye] rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon [you] .
When shall miseries come upon the rich in worldly wealth who are poor in heavenly wealth? At the 2nd Coming
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.{1}
They have spent their efforts on hording treasures on earth and have not accumulated any treasure in heaven, thus they will have no reward at the 2nd Coming and their worldy wealth (the type) will be consumed by fire.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered {2} ; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you{3} , and shall eat your flesh as it were fire{4} . Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days{5} .
4 Behold , the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord{6} of sabaoth{7} .
6 Ye have condemned [and] killed the just; [and] he doth not resist you.{9}
7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord{10} . Behold , the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth{11} , and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
8 Be ye also patient ; stablish your hearts{12} : for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh .
9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold , the judge{13} standeth before the door.
10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
Notice how many times we are told to be patient and endure suffering until the Lord returns. This goes against the pre trib rapture mentality that tells us that we will be whisked away before any serious persecution to believers comes. If this were really true, why would James tell us over and over to be patient and endure suffering until the Lord returns?
11 Behold , we count them happy which endure{14} . Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.{15}
Key points to understand when reading these verses are:
The glory of our resurrection will be determined by what we have done. Those who have done evil will be consumed by fire. Those who have done good will be purified and refined and their rewards will come forth as gold and precious stones.
The main typological code words that unlocked these passages for me were
worldly wealth - the type because it passes away and is destroyed
heavenly wealth - the antitype because it endures forever
Heavenly wealth is bestowed starting at the 2nd Coming when Jesus will reward each of us according to what we have done.
See below for more related topics on the Resurrection (2nd Coming)
Related Topics
Glimpses of the Resurrection
Jesus and the Fig Tree (Mat 21:18-22)
Jesus comes to bring fire on the earth (Luke 12:49-53)
The Heavens: Type of the Resurrection
Watch and Pray (Luke 12:36)
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This is a Typical Word or Phrase What are Types and Antitypes?
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This is a Typical Word or Phrase What are Types and Antitypes?
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This is a Typical Word or Phrase What are Types and Antitypes?
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This is an Antitypical Word or Phrase What are Types and Antitypes?
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This is an Antitypical Word or Phrase What are Types and Antitypes?
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This is an Antitypical Word or Phrase What are Types and Antitypes?
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This is an Antitypical Word or Phrase What are Types and Antitypes?
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This is an Antitypical Word or Phrase What are Types and Antitypes?
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This is an Antitypical Word or Phrase What are Types and Antitypes?
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This is both a Typical and Antitypical Word or Phrase What are Types and Antitypes?
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This is both a Typical and Antitypical Word or Phrase What are Types and Antitypes?
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This is both a Typical and Antitypical Word or Phrase What are Types and Antitypes?
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This is both a Typical and Antitypical Word or Phrase What are Types and Antitypes?
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This is both a Typical and Antitypical Word or Phrase What are Types and Antitypes?
Interpretation:
Mat 6:19-2
19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break in and steal:
20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt and where thieves do not break through and steal:
21 For where you treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Interpretation:
There efforts were spent on worldy wealth (the type) and the type always passes away.
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The rust from their worldly wealth will clearly show their fate at the 2nd Coming as it is consumed by fire.
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When will this occur? At the 2nd Coming
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The treasure they have horded has been worldly wealth not heavenly wealth.
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When will their injustices toward their employees be avenged? At the 2nd Coming
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sabaoth means host
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All of their focus has been on worldy wealth. Thus they have no heavenly reward
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There lawless acts have stored up wrath against themselves for the Day of the Lord when God's righteous judgement will be revealed
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We must wait patiently for our heavenly reward which will be bestowed at the 2nd Coming and on into eternity
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We must wait for the harvest at the end of the age when all will be rewarded according to what they have done
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Be ye steadfast and stand firm. This is antitypical
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Who is the judge? the Lord Jesus
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What must we endure? persecution and suffering
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Who will the Lord have mercy and pity on? His redeemed!