Krisis vs. Krima

To fully understand the Day of Judgment, one must understand some of the original language that was used.  There are two Greek words that are used for the word judgment, krisis and krima.  Both of these words have come into usage in the English language.

When one gets sick.  It does not mean they are going to die.  They go through the krisis (Greek).  This is where the English word crisis comes from.

When a person does something wrong that is against the law.  They are convicted of a krima (Greek).  This is where the English word crime comes from.

Krisis primarily denotes a separating prior to a decision, judgment.  Most frequently in a judicial and especially of divine judgment.  Krima denotes the result of the separation.  It is the decision that is brought forth, the actual sentencing.

Another way to think about this is, when an individual is tried for murder there are potentially two trials.  The first trial is to determine the verdict, guilty or not guilty.  This is the separation, the krisis {kree’-sis}.  If the person is determined to be guilty, then there is a second trial to determine the sentence.  This would be the final decision.  In the case of the murder trial, it results in the punishment, the krima {kree’-mah}.  The New Testament brings out this concept.  Sadly enough many people only think of the krima {kree’-mah} and not the krisis {kree’-sis}.

Some may wonder if this is really important?  If one is to understand judgment as God puts forth in scriptures, then one needs to understand the difference.  If God took the time to spell it out in scriptures, then obviously He wants us to understand and appreciate the difference.  When we understand judgment as delineated in the Bible, it gives answers to questions that many deep thinking people are searching for.  It brings to light the consistency of the word of God.

In 2 Peter 3:7, judgment is krisis.

⁷But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

In Revelation 20:4, the judgment is krima.

⁴And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Yeshua, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image,  neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Messiah a thousand years.

There is a redemptive value to judgment.  Isaiah prophesies of this future judgment in Isaiah 1:26-27.

²⁶And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. ²⁷Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.

There is a redemptive value to God’s judgment.  In Isaiah 1, do not think of it as the krima, but the krisis.  We are redeemed through His judgments.

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