Revelation 20:12

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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

Small

Revelation 19:5

Stand

Romans 14:10

1 Corinthians 4:5

2 Corinthians 5:10

And another

General references

Bible References

I saw

Then I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose presence the earth and the heaven fled away, so that they disappear'd.

let not this surprize you: for the time is coming, when all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and they that have done good,

Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me shall live even though he were dead:

I have the same expectations from the DEITY, which they themselves entertain, that of the resurrection both of the just and of the unjust.

for since by man came death, by man the resurrection of the dead will likewise come.

for one thing I have in charge to tell you from the Lord, that we, who shall be found still alive at the coming of the Lord, shall not get the advance of those that are dead:

Small

and a voice came out of the throne, saying, "praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great."

Stand

why then dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou think contemptibly of thy brother? since we shall all of us be brought before the judgment-seat of Christ.

therefore suspend your judgment till the Lord comes, who will bring to light the secrets of darkness, and expose the counsels of mens hearts: and then shall every man have his due reward from God.

for we must all appear before the tribunal of Christ; that every one may receive the retribution, according as his actions in the body were either good or evil.

And another

he that overcometh, the same shall be cloathed in white raiment; I will not efface his name out of the book of life, but I will own him before my father, and before his angels.

all that dwell upon the earth will worship him, whose names are not written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the lamb, that was slain.

the beast that thou sawest, was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, shall wonder when they behold the beast that was, and is not, but shall be.

and nothing that is impure, no one that is guilty of any abomination, or a lye, shall ever enter there: but they alone who are written in the lamb's book of life.

however, let not this be the matter of your rejoicing, that the spirits are subject to you: but rejoice, that you have a title to the joys of heaven.

yea, I intreat thee too, my faithful collegue, to assist them both, for they assisted me in the gospel, as well as Clement, and my other collegues, whose names are in the book of life.

General references

for there is nothing conceal'd, which shall not be disclos'd; nothing secret, which shall not be made publick.

besides, the father judgeth no man; but hath committed the full power of judging unto the son:

who will render to every man according to his actions: eternal life to those,

for every man must be answerable for his own actions.