Revelation 20:12

All of the dead will be raised in the same hour. (John 5:28-29; Acts 24:15) There willnot be multiple judgments, as some have suggested. Instead, all people of every generation will be judged in one great judgment. (Matthew 25:32; Matthew 11:22; Matthew 11:24; Matthew 12:41-42; 2 Thessalonians 1:6-10) Some have suggested the books opened would be the laws of the various covenants under which peopl have lived. However, it seems more likely these books are the records of our lives as we wrote them with our deeds. The "book of life" is often referred to in scripture. (Exodus 32:32-33; Psalms 69:28; Isaiah 4:3; Malachi 3:16; Luke 10:20; 1 Peter 4:3; Revelation 3:5; Revelation 13:8; Revelation 17:8; Revelation 21:27) A careful reading of these verses makes it plain this book contains a list of all of God's redeemed. We will all be judged based upon the way we have lived. (2 Corinthians 5:10; Galatians 6:7-8) The idea of judgment here is a pronouncing of sentence.