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Then
with sudden swiftness upon the midnight, round about earth's inhabitants
and this shining universe will mightily blare the great day of the
puissant Lord; just as an insidious vandal, an audacious thief who
goes abroad in the dark, in the black night, will often suddenly take
careless, sleep-bound men by surprise, it will painfully cast down
those people unprepared. Likewise up into Sion mountain there will
come together a great throng of people faithful to the ordaining Lord,
radiant and joyful: to them shall glory be granted. |
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At
that time from the world's four regions, from the uttermost regions
of the kingdom of earth, angels all radiant will clangorously blow
in unison upon trumpets: middle-earth, the ground beneath men's feet,
will shudder. Firm and clear they will sound together towards the
orbit of the stars; they will sing and ring out from the south and
from the north, from the east and from the west, over all the universe.
They will awaken from the dead the children of the fellowship of man,
all humankind, fearful from out of the ancient earth, to their inexorable
destiny; they will command them at once to stand up from out of that
heavy sleep. There it will be possible to hear folk grieving, morbid
of mind and sorely agitated, miserably bewailing their deeds while
alive, and terrified with fear. That will be the greatest portent
that was ever revealed to men, early or late. Mingled together there
will be the entire hosts of the angels and of the devils, of the bright
and of the black. There will be an appearance of both the white and
the swarthy, according as a different home has been ordained for them,
for angels and for devils. |
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Then
suddenly on Sion mountain from the south-east the incandescence of
the sun will come shining from the Creator, more luminous than men
in their minds can imagine it, gleaming bright when the Son of God
reveals himself hither through the canopies of the heavens. Christ's
wondrous figure, the form of the noble King, will come from the east
from out of the skies, sweet to the minds of his own folk, bitter
to those steeped in sin, strangely diverse and different towards the
blessed and the wretched. |
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the good he will be gracious in appearance, beautiful and delightsome
to that holy throng, attractive in his joy, affectionate and loving;
agreeable and sweet it will be for his cherished people to look upon
that shining form, to look with pleasure upon the mild coming of the
Ruler, the mighty King, for those who had earlier pleased him well
in his heart with words and with works. |
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