Will Jesus Christ judge all human beings who have ever lived?
The Lord will appear at the end of the age, the consummation of human history, he who is before history and beyond it: “You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of your hands; they will perish, but you remain” (Heb 1:10–12, citing Psa 102:25–27 [101 LXX]; see Q272). When that Day comes, the Scriptures teach that all human beings who have ever lived will come to judgment, so that the righteousness and glory of God may be revealed: “the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire… They will pay the penalty of eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his power, when he comes to be glorified in his holy ones, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, in that Day” (2Th 1:7–10).
