The Sistine Chapel of Michelangelo: the Law and the Judge (©, available for consultation)

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2 Cor 3:7-9 Now if the ministry that brought death [Moses], which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, transitory though it was, will not the ministry of the Spirit [Christ] be even more glorious? If the ministry that brought condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness! Heb 8:7 For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. Heb 10:1 The law [of Moses] is only a shadow of the good things that are coming – not the realities themselves. 2 Cor 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad. Jas 2:10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. Mt 19:16-17 Just then a man came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?” “Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.” Jo 5:22 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him. Jo 5:26-29 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man. Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out - those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.

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