Figurative Scale

The scale is used to weigh and measure, determining if someone is heavy or wanting. This physical characteristic helps understand the spiritual meaning of the figurative scale.
The scale refers to the Word that judges one's faith and actions.

The Word is compared to a seed, water, and light. Today, it is compared to a scale.
The Word judges one's faith and actions.
Faith and action are weighed by the Word; we should meet the criteria.
Proverbs 24:12 states that God weighs our heart and rewards us according to our actions.
Our heart is seen through our actions.
Actions, hearts, and faith are weighed by the Word.
Faith is shown through actions; without actions, faith is futile.
God judges people's actions by His Word (1 Samuel 2:3).
Claiming belief without follow-up actions leads to judgment.

God's Scale:
- It is God's Word of Truth.
- God weighs people's actions and faith using the Word of Truth.
- He gives the final verdict on people's actions and faith (Job 31:6).
- Job wished to be weighed by a fair and righteous scale.
The Fair and Righteous Scale:
- It is the word of truth.
- At the time of the first coming, it was the word of truth spoken by Jesus.
- Specifically, it is the word of testimony of the fulfillment of the Old Testament.
- Those who receive this word, put it in their heart, and place their faith in Jesus are approved by God.
- John 5:22, 27 records that God gave Jesus the authority to judge, and Jesus' judgment is righteous because it aligns with the word He heard from God.

Matthew 11:27 and John 17:8 state that no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son reveals Him.
Jesus gave the word He received from God to the disciples.
Jesus only judges according to what He heard, which was the word of fulfillment and testimony revealed to Him by God.
Mosaic law meant nothing without following Jesus and believing in His word.

At the time of the first coming, the ones who persecuted Jesus were judged.
The righteous scale was the word of testimony spoken by Jesus; only its recipients were deemed righteous.
The 12 apostles/disciples received Jesus, accepted His word, and acted accordingly, gaining God's approval.
In Revelation 21, they became the foundations of the holy city.
Pharisees, scribes, and non-believing Jews were found wanting (Daniel 5) and could not escape condemnation.
Jesus called them a brood of vipers and sons of hell, making believers twice as evil.

The standard of the scale is the word of truth of Jesus—the word of testimony that testifies to the prophet of the New Testament.
Adding to or subtracting from this word leads to hell.
Revelation 20:12 records that the books of the Bible are opened, and people are judged according to what is written in them.
Depending on how people follow and keep this word, their actions are judged (whether they are condemned or not).
Faith without action is dead.
Faith is shown through actions based on the Book of Revelation.

A black horse and rider with a pair of scales represent judgment.
A small remnant seed remained.
These faithful individuals did not receive the mark of the beast and kept themselves pure by following God's word.
Revelation 12 describes them as not shrinking from Jesus and holding onto the word until the end.
Those who show their actions will be approved as good and faithful servants.
The 144,000 are proven to be righteous at the time of the second coming.
They keep the word of the New Covenant, putting it in their heart and actions.
The unrighteous neither belong to the 144,000, are harvested or sealed, and add to or subtract from the Book of Revelation.
They cannot escape condemnation.