Revelation 20:11
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The Dead Are Judged
11 Then I saw a great white throne and the one who sat on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his[a] presence, and no place was found for them.(A)
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Revelation 21:1
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The New Heaven and the New Earth
21 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.(A)
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2 Peter 3:7
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7 But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the godless.(A)
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Daniel 2:35
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35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were all broken in pieces and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors, and the wind carried them away, so that not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.(A)
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2 Peter 3:10-12
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10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be destroyed with fire, and the earth and everything that is done on it will be disclosed.[a](A)
11 Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of persons ought you to be in leading lives of holiness and godliness, 12 waiting for and hastening[b] the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set ablaze and destroyed and the elements will melt with fire?
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Romans 2:5
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5 But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.(A)
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Matthew 25:31
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The Judgment of the Nations
31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.(A)
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Acts 17:30-31
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30 While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to repent,(A) 31 because he has fixed a day on which he will have the world judged in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”(B)
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Matthew 24:35
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35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.(A)
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Jeremiah 4:23-26
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23 I looked on the earth, and it was complete chaos,
and to the heavens, and they had no light.(A)
24 I looked on the mountains, and they were quaking,
and all the hills moved to and fro.(B)
25 I looked, and there was no one at all,
and all the birds of the air had fled.(C)
26 I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert,
and all its cities were laid in ruins
before the Lord, before his fierce anger.(D)
Psalm 9:7-8
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7 But the Lord sits enthroned forever;
he has established his throne for judgment.(A)
8 He judges the world with righteousness;
he judges the peoples with equity.(B)
Revelation 16:20
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20 And every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found,
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Revelation 6:14
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14 The sky vanished like a scroll rolling itself up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.(A)
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Revelation 20:2
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2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years(A)
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Revelation 12:8
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8 but they were defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven.
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Psalm 97:2
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2 Clouds and thick darkness are all around him;
righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.(A)
Psalm 89:14
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14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.(A)
Psalm 47:8
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8 God is king over the nations;
God sits on his holy throne.(A)
Revelation 4:2
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2 At once I was in the spirit,[a] and there in heaven stood a throne, with one seated on the throne!(A)
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Job 9:6
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6 he shakes the earth out of its place,
and its pillars tremble;(A)
Revelation 19:11
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The Rider on the White Horse
11 Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse! Its rider is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and wages war.(A)
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Psalm 14:6-7
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6 You would confound the plans of the poor,
but the Lord is their refuge.(A)
7 O that deliverance for Israel would come from Zion!
When the Lord restores the fortunes of his people,
Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be glad.(B)
Genesis 18:25
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25 Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”(A)
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