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In the New Testament the Old Testament thoughts about judgment, both present and future, are continued. And while he had opportunity it was important that the Hebrew should right wrongs, overthrow the oppressor, and deliver the oppressed. But the pious Hebrew knew that in the end every human work would be judged by the all-holy and all-powerful God.

Somewhere among the many gods he acknowledged the polytheist would come across a deity who was not too demanding and he could live his life accordingly. And it tells us something important about the way people live. All people, and not only Israel, will answer to him. This tells us something important about God. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his truth" ( Psalm 96:13 ). "For he comes, he comes to judge the earth. Sometimes God's judgments are seen in the present life, but often it is the future judgment that is in mind. The Hebrews knew that God is righteous and that he demands righteousness of his people. The gods of the heathen were capricious and unpredictable their worshipers could never know what they would do next, nor whether what they themselves did would be pleasing to their deities or not. We should be clear that judgment is of great importance for biblical religion. Judgment is linked with righteousness as the foundation of his throne ( Psalm 97:2 ).Judgment is as natural to God as the movements of the birds are to them ( Jer 8:7 ). Nobody taught him ( Isa 40:14 ), and"all his ways are just" ( Deut 32:4 ). Judgment is essentially his own activity. Thus Abraham could ask, "Will not the Judge of all the earth do mispat?"( Ge 18:25 ) it is fundamental that God engages in judgment. It may denote the process whereby a verdict is reached or the verdict itself it is bound up with the notions of justice (modern translations often have"justice" for mispat) and righteousness and it is of fundamental importance for biblical religion. The Hebrew term mispat is an important Old Testament concept and one closely linked with God.