Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them.
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.
Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, all together were broken in pieces, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed. Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!
But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.
The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”
I looked on the earth, and behold, it was without form and void; and to the heavens, and they had no light. I looked on the mountains, and behold, they were quaking, and all the hills moved to and fro. I looked, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the air had fled. I looked, and behold, the fruitful land was a desert, and all its cities were laid in ruins before the Lord, before his fierce anger.
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
But the Lord sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for justice, and he judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with uprightness.
And every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found.
The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,
but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven.
Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
God reigns over the nations; God sits on his holy throne.
At once I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne.
who shakes the earth out of its place, and its pillars tremble;
Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.
You would shame the plans of the poor, but the Lord is his refuge. Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When the Lord restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.
Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”
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