Historical Persons Present at the Judgment

[Thompson, Darryl]

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for December 2
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Historical Persons Present at the Judgment

I have sworn by myself, . . . That unto me every knee shall bow, every
tongue shall swear. Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I
righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are
incensed against him shall be ashamed. Isa. 45:23, 24. 


Amid the ransomed throng are the apostles of Christ, the heroic Paul,
the ardent Peter, the loved and loving John, and their truehearted
brethren, and with them the vast host of martyrs; while outside the
walls, with every vile and abominable thing, are those by whom they were
persecuted, imprisoned, and slain. There is Nero, that monster of
cruelty and vice, beholding the joy and exaltation of those whom he once
tortured, and in whose extremest anguish he found satanic delight. His
mother is there to witness the result of her own work; to see how the
evil stamp of character transmitted to her son, the passions encouraged
and developed by her influence and example, have borne fruit in crimes
that caused the world to shudder. 

There . . . [is] the proud, ambitious Napoleon, whose approach had
caused kingdoms to tremble. 

There are papist priests and prelates, who claimed to be Christ's
ambassadors, yet employed the rack, the dungeon, and the stake to
control the consciences of His people. There are the proud pontiffs who
exalted themselves above God and presumed to change the law of the Most
High. Those pretended fathers of the church have an account to render to
God from which they would fain be excused. Too late they are made to see
that the Omniscient One is jealous of His law and that He will in no
wise clear the guilty. They learn now that Christ identifies His
interest with that of His suffering people; and they feel the force of
His own words; "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of
these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." Matthew 25:40. 

The whole wicked world stand arraigned at the bar of God on the charge
of high treason against the government of heaven. They have none to
plead their cause; they are without excuse; and the sentence of eternal
death is pronounced against them.

>From Maranatha - Page 344