Les Feldick Bible Study

Will people who lived before the Law be judged at the Great White Throne?

People who lived before the Law will still come before the Great White Throne and be consigned to their place of judgment. However, the books will not be opened against them in the same way as for those after the Law, because they had no written Law to break. Their judgment will not be based on Law-breaking.

Les explains that people who lived before the Law, such as those before the Flood, were not breaking any written Law, so God could not put their wickedness to their account on that basis. They will still come before the Great White Throne and be consigned to their place of judgment, but the books will not be opened for them in the same way as for everyone since the Law. God will not be able to charge them with Law-breaking, because they had no Law; you cannot break a Law that does not exist. Once the Law was given, the whole world became responsible and guilty, with no excuse for adultery, thieving, coveting, and the rest of the Ten. Les connects this to Galatians 2:19, where the Law was added because of transgressions until the seed should come.