The Purpose of Judgment

The purpose of judgment is stated in Joel 3.17; it is so that nations will all know that I am the Lord your God who dwells in Zion. God brings judgment upon people and nations so that they will understand that he is God, whether they like it or not. This reminds me of Paul's description of the future in Phil 2.9,10, where he says that God will highly exalt Christ so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow...and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Every knee will bow and every tongue will confess; they may not like it, and they may hate Christ, but they will bow and confess because he is King. Judgment will demonstrate the same thing to all the nations.