December 20—Great White Throne
The words for today are great white throne.
“And 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. And 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” (Rev. 20:11-15).
“And we know that the judgment of God rightly falls upon those who practice such things” (Rom. 2:2).
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life” (John 5:24).
“And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment” (Heb. 9:27).
Prayer: Lord, I am thinking of Isaiah 53:4-6 today: “Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.”
See also: Acts 17:31; John 5:22, 28-29, 12:31, 48; 1 Cor. 5:13; Deut. 32:4, 41; Ps. 9:7-8; Prov. 20:8; Eccles. 11:9, 12:14;
Heb. 10:26-27; Rev. 14:7
