20:11
We now come to the last judgement. John saw a great white throne and Him who was seated on it. To the original readers it would seem that the Roman Empire was all powerful and decided everything. In the West today it can seem that secular and “woke” society are completely dominant. The Roman Empire was not all powerful, and “woke” society is not completely dominant. All are ultimately accountable to God, whether they acknowledge this or not. “The earth and the heavens fled from His presence, and there was no place for them”. Things will be radically different, we will see the new heavens and earth in the next chapter.
20:12
Then the books were opened. We often worry about living in a surveillance society. Everything we do and think is known by God and is recorded by God. Man should not do this because he cannot be trusted with such knowledge, only God can handle it properly. John saw the great and small standing before the throne. All are accountable. No one can escape. There is one law for the rich and another for the poor. There is another book, the book of life. There have been previous mentions of the book of life (Rev 3:5; 13:8; 17:8). Anyone whose name was not in the book of life was judged according to what they had done. The judgement will be completely fair.
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