Revelation 20:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

I saw

1 Thessalonians 4:15

Small

Revelation 19:5

Stand

Romans 14:10

1 Corinthians 4:5

2 Corinthians 5:10

The books

Daniel 7:10

And another

General references

Bible References

I saw

And I saw a great white seat, and him who was seated on it, before whose face the earth and the heaven went in flight; and there was no place for them.

And a number of those who are sleeping in the dust of the earth will come out of their sleep, some to eternal life and some to eternal shame.

Do not be surprised at this: for the time is coming when his voice will come to all who are in the place of the dead,

Jesus said to her, I am myself that day and that life; he who has faith in me will have life even if he is dead;

Hoping in God for that which they themselves are looking for, that there will be a coming back from the dead for upright men and wrongdoers.

For as by man came death, so by man there is a coming back from the dead.

For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are still living at the coming of the Lord, will not go before those who are sleeping.

Small

And a voice came from the high seat, saying, Give praise to our God, all you his servants, small and great, in whom is the fear of him.

Stand

But you, why do you make yourself your brother's judge? or again, why have you no respect for your brother? because we will all have to take our place before God as our judge.

For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.

For we all have to come before Christ to be judged; so that every one of us may get his reward for the things done in the body, good or bad.

The books

A stream of fire was flowing and coming out from before him: a thousand thousands were his servants, and ten thousand times ten thousand were in their places before him: the judge was seated and the books were open.

And another

He who overcomes will be dressed in white, and I will not take his name from the book of life, and I will give witness to his name before my Father, and before his angels.

And all who are on the earth will give him worship, everyone whose name has not been from the first in the book of life of the Lamb who was put to death.

The beast which you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the great deep, and to go into destruction. And those who are on the earth, whose names have not been put in the book of life from the first, will be full of wonder when they see the beast, that he was, and is not, and still will be.

And nothing unclean may come into it, or anyone whose works are cursed or false; but only those whose names are in the Lamb's book of life.

Let their names be taken from the book of the living, let them not be numbered with the upright.

And at that time Michael will take up his place, the great angel, who is the supporter of the children of your people: and there will be a time of trouble, such as there never was from the time there was a nation even till that same time: and at that time your people will be kept safe, everyone who is recorded in the book.

Do not be glad, however, because you have power over spirits, but because your names are recorded in heaven.

And I make request to you, true helper in my work, to see to the needs of those women who took part with me in the good news, with Clement and the rest of my brother-workers whose names are in the book of life.

General references

And the voice of the Lord God came to the man, saying, Where are you?

You have come here today, all of you, before the Lord your God; the heads of your tribes, the overseers, and those who are in authority over you, with all the men of Israel,

Is not this among my secrets, kept safe in my store-house?

And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.

God will be judge of every work, with every secret thing, good or evil.

But nothing is covered up, which will not come to light, or secret, which will not be made clear.

The Father is not the judge of men, but he has given all decisions into the hands of the Son;

Who will give to every man his right reward:

Because every man is responsible for his part of the work.