Judgement Day

“Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.” Revelation 20:11-15

Men, for ages, have reflected in their words the stirrings of their souls’ impulses regarding the judgement of God.

Shakespeare (in Henry VIII) wrote: “Heaven is above all yet; there sits a judge That no king can corrupt.”

Author of Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan said, “At the day of Doom, men shall be judged according to their fruits. It will not be said then, ‘Did you believe?’ but, ‘Were you doers, or talkers only?’”

“Foolish men,” wrote Thomas Carlyle, “imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice, but only accidents here below. Judgement for an evil thing is many times delayed - some, day or two; some, century or two - but it is sure as life; it is sure as death!”

“You may juggle human laws, you may fool with human courts; but there is a judgement to come, and from it there is no appeal,” said Orin Philip Gifford.

Jesus said, “For this reason you be ready too; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will” (Matthew 24:44).

When the saints and the sinners shall be parted right and left - are you ready for the judgement day?