text: why will the dead face 2 judgements? everyone who dies is judged and either sent to heaven or hell.  ok then why is it said that jesus will come back to judge the living and the dead? the dead have already been judged.  why would they need to be judged again? fencebender2002 has it right. also, there are two judgement seats, the great white throne judgment where god will judge the nations, and the bema seat of christ where jesus will reward those who ran the good race. not to confuse you more, just wanted to make that clear. ;)