In our legal system, you can’t date the person who’s to judge your case. Nor can they be your golfing buddy.
If you’re being prosecuted for your dog mauling someone and the judge is your neighbour who knows you have no dog – fantastic, you may think! But alas, they can’t be your judge.
Concerning juries, one rationale for them is that being made up of ordinary people - our peers, they are more suited to judge us than esteemed members of the judiciary who some perceive as out of touch or sitting in ivory towers.
The Bible, and interestingly the Koran, both proclaim Jesus as our Judge. The Bible presents him as super-qualified to judge us because He’s our peer being truly man (having walked in our shoes) and God, He’s appointed by God as judge, He knows all about us and He’s merciful.
The wonderful news for us is that, unlike in our legal system, we can be in close relationship with our Judge. Jesus actually desires this relationship before Judgment Day.
Jesus said, I am the good shepherd; and I know my sheep, and am known by my own (John 10:14).
Knowing Jesus before Judgment Day is given so much importance Jesus even says, And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ ... (John 17:3).
A good way to start this vital eternal life-giving relationship is simply to open a Bible and learn of Him. How’s your relationship with Christ?