11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
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And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-15)The utter destruction of the devil’s kingdom very properly leads to an account of the day of judgment, which will determine every man’s everlasting state; and we may be assured there will be a judgment when we see the prince of this world is judged , John 16:11. This will be a great day, the great day, when all shall appear before the judgment-seat of Christ . The Lord help us firmly to believe th…
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