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• Last Judgment

  The Last Judgment is the Christian teaching that at the end of history Jesus Christ will return and judge all people, both the living and the dead. It is confessed in the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed.

• Great White Throne Judgment

  The Great White Throne Judgment is the final judgment scene that John saw in a vision in Revelation 20:11-15. Before a great white throne, the dead are judged according to their works, and whoever is not found written in the book of life is cast into the lake of fire.

• Lake of Fire

  The lake of fire is the place of final judgment described in the Book of Revelation. The beast, the false prophet, the devil, death and Hades, and all whose names are not found written in the book of life are cast into it, and the text calls it "the second death."

• Parable of the Tares

  The Parable of the Tares is a parable in which Jesus taught about the kingdom of God and the final judgment. In it, an enemy sows tares in a wheat field, and the owner lets them grow alongside the wheat until the harvest. It appears only in the Gospel of Matthew.

• Gehenna

  Gehenna is a term derived from the "Valley of Hinnom" beside Jerusalem. In the New Testament it refers to the place where the wicked are punished after the final judgment. The New Korean Revised Version renders it as "hell" (jiok).

• Revelation 21:1–4

  A vision of a new heaven and a new earth, the New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven, and God dwelling with his people and wiping away every tear. As the final scene of the biblical story, it is among the passages most often read at funerals and services of comfort, and interpreters differ over whether the present world will pass away or be made new.

• Revelation 18

  Revelation 18 opens with an angel's proclamation that the great city Babylon has fallen. Through the laments of the kings of the earth, the merchants, and the seafarers, and through the symbolic act of casting a millstone into the sea, the chapter depicts Babylon's complete destruction.

• Lord's Day

  An expression used in the New Testament. In Revelation 1:10 it refers to the day on which Christians gathered for worship; in the Epistles it refers to the last day, when Christ will return to judge.

• Revelation 20:7–15

  A vision in which Satan, released after the thousand years are completed, gathers Gog and Magog for a final battle and is destroyed, after which the dead are judged before a great white throne. The passage is a key text for interpreting the millennium and for the doctrines of the Last Judgment and hell.

• Exodus 23

  Exodus 23 is the final chapter of the Book of the Covenant. It sets out ordinances on just judgment and on the treatment of enemies and strangers, establishes the sabbatical year and the Sabbath, and prescribes three annual feasts. It closes with God's promise to send an angel to lead Israel into Canaan.

• Isaiah 33

  Isaiah 33 is the final chapter in the series of "woe" pronouncements that begins in Isaiah 28. It announces judgment on the destroyer and, alongside this, presents a prayer to the LORD for salvation and celebrates the restoration of Zion.

• Isaiah 66

  Isaiah 66 is the final chapter of the Book of Isaiah. It concludes the book by addressing true worship, the restoration of Zion, the gathering of the nations to behold the glory of God, the new heavens and the new earth, and the judgment of the rebellious.

• Ezekiel 11

  Ezekiel 11 is the final chapter of the vision of the Jerusalem temple (chapters 8–11). It recounts the judgment on the leaders who remained in Jerusalem, the promise of a new heart to the exiles, and the departure of the glory of God from the city.

• Amos 9

  Amos 9 is the final chapter of the Book of Amos. After a vision of the Lord standing beside the altar that proclaims inescapable judgment, the book closes with a promise of restoration: God will raise up the fallen tabernacle of David and bring back His captive people.

• Zephaniah 3

  Zephaniah 3 is the final chapter of the Book of Zephaniah. It opens with a declaration of judgment rebuking the sins of Jerusalem's leaders and closes with promises of the purification of the nations, the restoration of the remnant, and the joy of Zion.

• Joel 3

  Joel 3 is the final chapter of the Book of Joel. It is a prophecy in which God gathers the nations into the valley of Jehoshaphat for judgment, restores Judah and Jerusalem, and declares that he will dwell in Zion.

• Ten Plagues

  The Ten Plagues are the ten judgments that God brought upon Egypt through Moses and Aaron, as recorded in Exodus 7–12. After the final plague, the death of the firstborn, and the institution of the Passover, Israel departs from Egypt.

• Parable of the Sheep and the Goats

  The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats is Jesus' teaching in Matthew 25:31-46, in which the returning Son of Man judges all nations by separating them as a shepherd divides the sheep from the goats. Through this scene Jesus teaches that whatever is done for the least of his brethren is done for him.

• Revelation 20

  Revelation 20 depicts Satan bound in the bottomless pit for a thousand years while the saints reign with Christ, followed by Satan's final rebellion and defeat and the Last Judgment before the great white throne.

• Jeremiah 31:34

  The final verse of the new covenant prophecy (Jeremiah 31:31-34), which promises that all the people will know the LORD and that their sins will be forgiven and remembered no more. Because it is quoted in the Epistle to the Hebrews, it is frequently cited in discussions of the forgiveness of sins and the new covenant, and it also figures in debates over baptism.