I told myself, "I have become a great man, far wiser than anyone who ruled Jerusalem before me. I know what wisdom and knowledge really are."

I decided to enjoy myself and find out what happiness is. But I found that this is useless, too.

God is going to judge everything we do, whether good or bad, even things done in secret.

Surely you won't kill the innocent with the guilty. That's impossible! You can't do that. If you did, the innocent would be punished along with the guilty. That is impossible. The judge of all the earth has to act justly."

because he comes to rule the earth. He will rule the peoples of the world with justice and fairness.

For the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will reward each one according to his deeds.

"When the Son of Man comes as King and all the angels with him, he will sit on his royal throne,

He will put the righteous people at his right and the others at his left.

I was hungry and you fed me, thirsty and you gave me a drink; I was a stranger and you received me in your homes,

The righteous will then answer him, 'When, Lord, did we ever see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you a drink?

When did we ever see you sick or in prison, and visit you?'

"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Away from me, you that are under God's curse! Away to the eternal fire which has been prepared for the Devil and his angels!

I was a stranger but you would not welcome me in your homes, naked but you would not clothe me; I was sick and in prison but you would not take care of me.'

The King will reply, 'I tell you, whenever you refused to help one of these least important ones, you refused to help me.'

Nor does the Father himself judge anyone. He has given his Son the full right to judge,

Just as the Father is himself the source of life, in the same way he has made his Son to be the source of life.

Do not be surprised at this; the time is coming when all the dead will hear his voice

For he has fixed a day in which he will judge the whole world with justice by means of a man he has chosen. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising that man from death!"

But you have a hard and stubborn heart, and so you are making your own punishment even greater on the Day when God's anger and righteous judgments will be revealed.

Some people keep on doing good, and seek glory, honor, and immortal life; to them God will give eternal life.

There will be suffering and pain for all those who do what is evil, for the Jews first and also for the Gentiles.

So you should not pass judgment on anyone before the right time comes. Final judgment must wait until the Lord comes; he will bring to light the dark secrets and expose the hidden purposes of people's minds. And then all will receive from God the praise they deserve.

For all of us must appear before Christ, to be judged by him. We will each receive what we deserve, according to everything we have done, good or bad, in our bodily life.

God will do what is right: he will bring suffering on those who make you suffer,

with a flaming fire, to punish those who reject God and who do not obey the Good News about our Lord Jesus.

when he comes on that Day to receive glory from all his people and honor from all who believe. You too will be among them, because you have believed the message that we told you.

Then I saw a great white throne and the one who sits on it. Earth and heaven fled from his presence and were seen no more.

Then the sea gave up its dead. Death and the world of the dead also gave up the dead they held. And all were judged according to what they had done.

Those who did not have their name written in the book of the living were thrown into the lake of fire.

Everything that happens in this world happens at the time God chooses.

"The LORD says, 'When Babylonia's seventy years are over, I will show my concern for you and keep my promise to bring you back home.

I alone know the plans I have for you, plans to bring you prosperity and not disaster, plans to bring about the future you hope for.

"When the king of Syria's final hour has almost come, the king of Egypt will attack him, and the king of Syria will fight back with all his power, using chariots, horses, and many ships. He will invade many countries, like the waters of a flood.

He said to me, "And now, Daniel, close the book and put a seal on it until the end of the world. Meanwhile, many people will waste their efforts trying to understand what is happening."

He answered, "You must go now, Daniel, because these words are to be kept secret and hidden until the end comes.

"From the time the daily sacrifices are stopped, that is, from the time of The Awful Horror, 1,290 days will pass.

"And you, Daniel, be faithful to the end. Then you will die, but you will rise to receive your reward at the end of time."

Jesus said to them, "The times and occasions are set by my Father's own authority, and it is not for you to know when they will be.

There is no need to write you, friends, about the times and occasions when these things will happen.

But the heavens and the earth that now exist are being preserved by the same command of God, in order to be destroyed by fire. They are being kept for the day when godless people will be judged and destroyed.

But do not forget one thing, my dear friends! There is no difference in the Lord's sight between one day and a thousand years; to him the two are the same.

But do not measure the outer courts, because they have been given to the heathen, who will trample on the Holy City for forty-two months.

I will send my two witnesses dressed in sackcloth, and they will proclaim God's message during those 1, 260 days."

The heathen were filled with rage, because the time for your anger has come, the time for the dead to be judged. The time has come to reward your servants, the prophets, and all your people, all who have reverence for you, great and small alike. The time has come to destroy those who destroy the earth!"

"The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet begun to rule, but who will be given authority to rule as kings for one hour with the beast.

They will fight against the Lamb; but the Lamb, together with his called, chosen, and faithful followers, will defeat them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings."

The ten horns you saw and the beast will hate the prostitute; they will take away everything she has and leave her naked; they will eat her flesh and destroy her with fire.

He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent---that is, the Devil, or Satan---and chained him up for a thousand years.

After the thousand years are over, Satan will be set loose from his prison,

They spread out over the earth and surrounded the camp of God's people and the city that he loves. But fire came down from heaven and destroyed them.