J.C. Ryle on Christ and the Final Judgment

"There is a day coming when all men shall be judged.  The sea shall give up the dead which are in it, and death and hell shall deliver up the dead which are in them.  All that sleep in the grave shall awake and come forth, and all shall be judged according to their works (Rev. 20:13; Dan. 12:2).

"And where will Christ be then?

"Christ Himself will be the Judge.  'The Father . . . has all judgment unto the Son.'  'When the Son of man shall come in His glory, then shall He sit upon the throne of His glory and before Him shall be gathered all nations; and He shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides the sheep from the goats.'  'We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he has done, whether it be good or bad' (John 5:22; Matt. 25:31, 32; 2 Cor. 5:10).

"Now if any reader of this message little of Christ, let him know this day that he is very unlike God!  You are of one mind, and God is of another.  You are of one judgment, and God is of another.  You think it enough to give Christ a little honor, a little respect.  But in all the eternal counsels of God the Father, in creation, redemption, restitution and judgment - in all these, Christ is 'all'"  (Holiness, J.C. Ryle).