XXXIX.
And why should we add many words concerning those
who are sisted before the bar? Then the righteous shall shine
forth like the sun, while the wicked shall be shown to be mute and
gloomy. For both the righteous and the wicked shall be raised
incorruptible: the righteous, to be honoured eternally, and to
taste immortal joys; and the wicked, to be punished in judgment
eternally. Each ponders1990
| 1990 The
text gives ἐνθυμηθεῖ
τε, for which B reads ἐνθυμεῖται. |
the
question as to what answer he shall give to the
righteous Judge for
his
deeds, whether good or bad. With all men each one’s
actions shall environ him, whether he be good or
evil. For the
powers of the heavens shall be shaken,
1991
and
fear and trembling shall consume all
things, both
heaven and
earth and things under the
earth. And
every
tongue shall confess Him openly,
1992
and shall confess Him who comes to
judge
righteous judgment, the mighty
God and
Maker of all things. Then
with
fear and astonishment shall come
angels,
thrones, powers,
principalities,
dominions,
1993
and the
cherubim and seraphim with their
many
eyes and six
wings, all crying aloud with a mighty voice,
“Holy, holy, holy is the
Lord of
hosts,
omnipotent; the
heaven
and the
earth are full of Thy
glory.”
1994
And the King of kings and
Lord of
lords, the
Judge who accepts no man’s person, and the Jurist who
distributes
justice to every man, shall be
revealed upon His dread and
lofty
throne; and all the
flesh of mortals shall see His face with
great fear and trembling, both the righteous and the
sinner.
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