Acts 17:31

"inasmuch as He hath appointed. day in which He will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom He hath ordained; whereof He hath given assurance unto all men, in that He hath raised Him from the dead" "Inasmuch" Or, "because".. number of motivations for repentance exist, but one of them is the coming judgment (2 Peter 3:4). "Appointed. day in which He will judge the world" The God that created all men, has the moral right to judge all men, and. definite day for judgment exists. "In righteousness" "Judge the world with justice" (TCNT). "Justly judged" (NEB). "All secrets will be revealed. There will be no possibility of any miscarriage of justice" (Stott p. 288) (2 Corinthians 5:10). "Not only did they not have an idea of. coming judgment, they did not even have an idea of. righteous God. The mythological deities were thought to share every human sin and foible found among man, only to. greater degree" (Reese p. 634). "By the man whom He hath ordained" The specific day of judgment is not mentioned, but we are informed concerning the specific Judge (John 5:27; Matthew 25:31 ff). "Wherefore He hath given assurance" "Given proof" (Mof). "Made this credible" (Wms). "He has given everyone. good reason to believe" (Beck). Thus the resurrection becomes the "proof" of. coming judgment. Consider God's perspective concerning the evidence behind the resurrection of Jesus Christ. He says that the proof is so clear that our proof of the coming judgment day is the resurrection of His Son.