Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Chap. 331---The Last Judgment


"I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened:
... and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books,
according to their works. Revelation 20:12.
Now Christ again appears to the view of His enemies. Far above the city, upon
a foundation of burnished gold, is a throne, high and lifted up. Upon this throne sits
the Son of God, and around Him are the subjects of His kingdom. The power and
majesty of Christ no language can describe, no pen portray. The glory of the Eternal
Father is enshrouding His Son. The brightness of His presence fills the City of God,
and flows out beyond the gates, flooding the whole earth with its radiance.
Nearest the throne are those who were once zealous in the cause of Satan, but
who, plucked as brands from the burning, have followed their Saviour with deep,
intense devotion. Next are those who perfected Christian characters in the midst
of falsehood and infidelity, those who honored the law of God when the Christian
world declared it void, and the millions, of all ages, who were martyred for their
faith. And beyond is the “great multitude, which no man could number, of all
nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, ... before the throne, and before
the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands.” Revelation 7:9....
The redeemed raise a song of praise that echoes and reechoes through the vaults
of heaven: “Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.”
Verse 10. And angel and seraph unite their voices in adoration....
In the presence of the assembled inhabitants of earth and heaven the final
coronation of the Son of God takes place. And now, invested with supreme majesty
and power, the King of kings pronounces sentence upon the rebels against His
government and executes justice upon those who have transgressed His law and
oppressed His people....
As soon as the books of record are opened, and the eye of Jesus looks upon the
wicked, they are conscious of every sin which they have ever committed."

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