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The Last Judgement by Hans Memling, Revelation 20, Bible.Gallery

The Last Judgement is a oil on panel painting by Hans Memling (1430–1494), created in 1467. Measuring 222 × 306 cm, it depicts the biblical scene from Revelation 20. This painting is housed at Muzeum Narodowe, Aleje Jerozolimskie 3, Warsaw.

Revelation 20

Revelation 20:1

I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

Revelation 20:2

He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years,

Revelation 20:3

and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were finished. After this, he must be freed for a short time.

Revelation 20:4

I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

Revelation 20:5

The rest of the dead didn’t live until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

Revelation 20:6

Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.

Revelation 20:7

And after the thousand years, Satan will be released from his prison,

Revelation 20:8

and he will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

Revelation 20:9

They went up over the width of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints, and the beloved city. Fire came down out of heaven from God and devoured them.

Revelation 20:10

The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Revelation 20:11

I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them.

Revelation 20:12

I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.

Revelation 20:13

The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his works.

Revelation 20:14

Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

Revelation 20:15

If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.

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