HAS MY NAME
ALREADY COME UP?
Surviving the Investigative Judgment, the Close of Probation, and the Fear of Being Too Late
What if your name has already come up in the investigative judgment? What if your case has already been reviewed? What if probation has already closed on you and you do not know it?
Has My Name Already Come Up? takes those fears seriously. It examines the investigative judgment, the judgment of the living, the close of probation, living without a mediator, and the question many believers quietly carry: Can I know that I am saved?
This book then turns from the fear produced by an unseen heavenly proceeding to the promises Scripture gives believers concerning Christ, judgment, forgiveness, salvation, and assurance.
Get the Book“What if my name has already come up? What if my case has already been decided?”
The question many Adventists are afraid to askWhat if your eternal case has already been reviewed?
Somewhere in the quiet hours, when the day’s noise has faded, a question can surface that few Seventh-day Adventists ever say out loud.
What if, at some unknown moment already behind you, a heavenly tribunal reviewed your life, examined your record, and rendered a verdict you were never told about?
If the investigative judgment began in 1844, if professed believers are reviewed one by one, and if no believer is told when his or her name comes before the judgment, then an unsettling question follows:
How can you know whether your case is still open?
Take the Fear Seriously
Examine what the investigative judgment and close of probation can mean personally for someone who sincerely wants to know whether they are safe with God.
Examine the Doctrine
Follow the teaching from 1844 through the judgment of believers, the judgment of the living, the close of probation, and the expectation of living without a mediator.
Return to Scripture
Ask what the Bible actually teaches about judgment, the cross, Christ’s finished work, salvation, and whether believers can possess assurance now.
Can you know whether you are safe with God right now?
You do not have to live wondering whether it is already too late.
The New Testament repeatedly speaks to believers about forgiveness, justification, eternal life, Christ’s finished work, and assurance. This book asks whether those promises can coexist with a system in which a believer’s eternal case may have been secretly decided without their knowledge.
From the fear of judgment to the assurance offered in Christ
For Adventists and former Adventists struggling with judgment and assurance
A doctrine feels different when your eternal destiny is attached to it.
There is a difference between discussing the investigative judgment in a classroom and living beneath it every day.
A Sabbath School class may debate Daniel 8:14, 1844, or the heavenly sanctuary as abstract questions of prophetic interpretation.
But the believer lying awake at midnight is asking something much more personal:
Am I safe? Has my case been reviewed? If it has, did I pass?
This book places that personal question at the center of the discussion. It examines not only whether the doctrine is biblical, but what happens spiritually when a sincere believer lives under the possibility that his or her eternal case may already have been settled.
“`What does Scripture actually offer the believer who is afraid?
After examining the historical development and theological implications of the investigative judgment, the book turns directly to Scripture.
What does the New Testament say about judgment? What did Jesus accomplish at the cross? What does justification mean? What does it mean to have eternal life?
And perhaps most importantly: does Scripture allow a believer to know that he or she belongs to Christ now?
The later chapters examine the contrast between fear of an invisible proceeding whose outcome cannot be known and the repeated biblical promises offered to those who trust in Jesus Christ.
Book Details
- Title: Has My Name Already Come Up?
- Subtitle: Surviving the Investigative Judgment, the Close of Probation, and the Fear of Being Too Late
- Series Focus: What Every Seventh-day Adventist Should Know
- Publisher: Rescue Ministries International
- Format: Digital PDF Book
- Length: 32 Pages
- Contents: 12 Chapters plus Introduction and Conclusion
- Scripture: King James Version
- Approach: Biblical, theological, historical, pastoral, and analytical
- Topics: Investigative judgment, 1844, judgment of the living, close of probation, living without a mediator, salvation, the cross, assurance, and fear
You do not have to live wondering whether your case has already been decided.
Examine the investigative judgment, the close of probation, the judgment of the living, and the fear of being too late, then return to Scripture and discover what the New Testament actually says about Christ, judgment, salvation, and assurance.
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Has my name already come up?
You may have wondered whether your case has already been reviewed, whether probation could already be closed, or whether you are truly ready. This book takes those questions seriously and invites you to examine them in the light of Scripture and the finished work of Jesus Christ.
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