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Prov 20:8

8 When a king sits on his throne to judge, he winnows out all evil with his eyes.

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This may well be about earthly kings who sit upon their throne or seat of judgment and meter out justice without bias. Surely there were kings in the world during the time of Solomon for he was a king himself. There have been kings before him and after him and in a few countries today we still have monarchs, some kings, and some queens. However would this not also be a warning to the world about the King of kings? The word translated winnow can mean to scatter, disperse or sift. This could certainly apply to how God deals with the evil that would have to stand before his judgment seat. Those who do not accept Jesus or refuse the grace of God and walk their own path in life are considered as the wicked or evil. Everyone will stand before God, in fact we are told that every knee will bow. The wicked will bow before God in fear and with hopes of not being cast out, but God sees all the evil with his eyes, there is no hiding from him. There is no deceiving the eyes of God, he sifts through the heart of each who stand before him. If he sees Jesus in that heart he brings that heart into his rest, but if he does not see Jesus in the heart, but sees wickedness he disperses his judgment upon them. This is the sheep and the goats parable. The sheep are those with Jesus in their heart, the goats do not. There is also an idea of the present age as well, in this life with lead. Throughout our lives we either have Christ in our heart or we don’t. This is not to say we should live in the fear of God every time we fail him. He sees Jesus in our heart, knows we have accepted his provision for our salvation and his blessings fall upon us. We  are recipients of his grace. The unjust, or the wicked live without that grace, although it is available to them. Nevertheless God deals differently with us in this life then the wicked. Sure the rain falls on both the just and the unjust alike. We all are subject to certain aspects of life, we all live in a decaying body. But God winnows out the wicked, the evil, those without Jesus. Just as we are admonished, let us hold to our faith, let us not be distracted by the wiles of the evil one, the ways of the world. Let us always be seen with Jesus in our heart.