Identity of the judges. In the Hebrew Scriptures Jehovah is identified as “the Judge of all the earth.” (Ge 18:25) Similarly, in the Christian Greek Scriptures he is called “the Judge of all.” (Heb 12:23) He has, though, deputized his Son to do judging for him. (Joh 5:22) The Bible speaks of Jesus as “appointed,” “decreed,” and “destined” to do judging. (Ac 10:42; 17:31; 2Ti 4:1) That Jesus is thus authorized by God resolves any seeming contradiction between the text that says that individuals will “stand before the judgment seat of God” and the verse that says they will “be made manifest before the judgment seat of the Christ.”​—Ro 14:10; 2Co 5:10.

Jehovah God has committed all judging to his Son (Joh 5:22, 27), and therefore all must appear before ‘the judgment seat of Christ.’ (2Co 5:10) This is also rightly called “the judgment seat of God” in that Jehovah is the Originator of the arrangement and judges by means of his Son.​—Ro 14:10.