Originally Posted by
1hole
There is a lot of honest confusion about the coming "Judgement Day" because it has been so poorly taught. Fact is, our eternal destination will be immediately established at the moment of death to our mortal bodies (John 3:16-17); our sins have been atoned for by Lord Jesus so no further judgement about our salvation is required.
Fact is, the Judgement Seat of Christ (the Bema Seat) will only be held to dispense awards for works done in this life.
Then, the final Judgement Day of the Great White Throne will only be for sentencing the lost, i.e., how hot a seat in hell they will get for evil works in this life.
Beyond that, I feel that the Book of Life itself is likely a very real document but seeking to learn unknowable details about how-when-why our names get into and removed from that Book is, at best, mildly interesting trivia. :)