The Last Judgment

[Thompson, Darryl]

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for November 27
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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. Rev. 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
Savior 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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