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he will destroy from it. For the stars of heaven, and Orion, and all the host of heaven, will not give their light, and they will be darkened at the rising of the sun, and the moon will not give its light. And I will command evils for the whole world, and for the impious their sins; and I will destroy the insolence of the lawless, and I will humble the insolence of the proud. The dead will rise, and those in the tombs will be raised. I come to gather their works and their reasoning. The heaven will be rolled up like a book, and all the stars will fall like a leaf from a vine, and as a leaf falls from a fig tree. Every voice will rise against you for judgment, and he will test them all; but the guilty will be in sorrow. Behold our God, behold our Lord comes with strength. Behold his reward is with him, and his work is before him. Behold the Lord will come as fire, and his chariots as a tempest, to render vengeance in wrath and rebuke in a flame of fire. For in the fire of the Lord all the earth will be judged. Thus says the Lord to these bones: Behold, I bring upon you the spirit of life, and I will put sinews upon you, and I will bring flesh upon you; and you will live, and you will know that I am the Lord. Judgment belongs to the Lord among the nations, he himself to judge all flesh. I watched until thrones were set, and the Ancient of Days was seated. And his garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head as pure wool; and his throne was a flame of fire, and its wheels a burning fire. A river of fire issued and came forth from before him. A thousand thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The court was seated before him, and the books were opened. In that time Michael the great prince will arise, who stands over the sons of the people; and there will be a time of tribulation, such as has not been since a nation has existed on the earth, until that time. And in that time your people will be saved, everyone who is found written in this book; and many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will be awakened. These to eternal life, and these to reproach and eternal shame; and those who understand will shine like the brightness of the firmament, and from among the many righteous, like stars forever. I say to you, that for every idle word that men shall speak 95.1180, they will give account of it on the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned. And his disciples came to him, saying: Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field. And he answered and said to them: The one who sows good seed is the Son of man; the field is the world; the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; but the tares are the sons of the evil one; the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels. Therefore, as the tares are gathered and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of this age. The Son of man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom all things that cause sin, and those who do iniquity, and they will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The Son of man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will repay each according to his deeds. Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken; and then the sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven; and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn; and they will see the Son of man coming on a cloud with power and great glory; and he will send his angels with a trumpet and a great voice, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the

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ἀπολέσει ἐξ αὐτῆς. Οἱ γὰρ ἀστέρες τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ὁ Ὠρίων, καὶ ὁ κόσμος πᾶς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, τὸ φῶς αὐτῶν οὐ δώσουσι, καὶ σκοτασθήσονται τοῦ ἡλίου ἀνατέλλοντος, καὶ ἡ σελήνη οὐ δώσει τὸ φῶς. Καὶ ἐντελοῦμαι τῇ οἰκουμένῃ ὅλῃ κακὰ, καὶ τοῖς ἀσεβέσι τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν· καὶ ἀπολέσω ὕβριν ἀνόμων, καὶ ὕβριν ὑπερηφάνων ταπεινώσω. Ἀναστήσονται οἱ νεκροὶ, καὶ ἐγερθήσονται οἱ ἐν τοῖς μνημείοις. Ἐγὼ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν, καὶ τὸν συλλογισμὸν ἔρχομαι συναγαγεῖν. Εἱλιγήσεται ὁ οὐρανὸς ὡς βιβλίον, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἄστρα πεσοῦνται ὡς φύλλον ἐξ ἀμπέλου, καὶ ὡς πίπτει φύλλον ἀπὸ συκῆς. Πᾶσα φωνὴ ἀναστήσεται πρὸς σὲ εἰς κρίσιν, καὶ πάντα αὐτοὺς ἐτάσει· οἱ δὲ ἔνοχοι ἔσονται ἐν λύπῃ. Ἰδοὺ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ἰδοὺ ὁ Κύριος ἡμῶν μετὰ ἰσχύος ἔρχεται. Ἰδοὺ ὁ μισθὸς μετ' αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸ ἔργον ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ. Ἰδοὺ Κύριος ὡς πῦρ ἥξει, καὶ ὡς καταιγὶς τὰ ἅρματα αὐτοῦ, ἀποδοῦναι ἐν θυμῷ ἐκδίκησιν καὶ ἀποσκορακισμὸν ἐν φλογὶ πυρός. Ἐν γὰρ τῷ πυρὶ Κυρίου κριθήσεται πᾶσα ἡ γῆ. Τάδε λέγει Κυρίος τοῖς ὀστέοις τούτοις· Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ φέρω ἐφ' ὑμᾶς πνεῦμα ζωῆς, καὶ δώσω ἐφ' ὑμᾶς νεῦρα, καὶ ἄξω ἐφ' ὑμᾶς σάρκα· καὶ ζήσεσθε, καὶ γνώσεσθε, ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριος. Κρίσις τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, κρίνεσθαι αὐτὸς πρὸς πᾶσαν σάρκα. Ἐθεώρουν ἕως οὗ θρόνοι ἐτέθησαν, καὶ ὁ παλαιὸς ἡμερῶν ἐκάθητο. Καὶ τὸ ἔνδυμα αὐτοῦ λευκὸν ὡσεὶ χιὼν, καὶ ἡ θρὶξ τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ ἔριον καθαρόν· καὶ ὁ θρόνος αὐτοῦ φλὸξ πυρὸς, καὶ οἱ τροχοὶ αὐτοῦ πῦρ φλέγον. Ποταμὸς πυρὸς εἷλκεν ἐκπορευόμενος ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ. Χιλίαι χιλιάδες ἐλειτούργουν αὐτῷ, καὶ μυρίαι μυριάδες παρειστήκεισαν αὐτῷ. Ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ κριτήριον ἐκάθισεν, καὶ αἱ βίβλοι ἠνεῴχθησαν. Ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ἀναστήσεται Μιχαὴλ ὁ ἄρχων ὁ μέγας, ὁ ἑστηκὼς ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς τοῦ λαοῦ· καὶ ἔσται καιρὸς θλίψεως, οἷος οὐ γέγονεν ἀφ' οὗ γεγένηται ἔθνος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἕως καιροῦ ἐκείνου. Καὶ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ σωθήσεται ὁ λαός σου πᾶς ὁ εὑρεθεὶς γεγραμμένος ἐν τῇ βίβλῳ ταύτῃ· καὶ πολλοὶ τῶν καθευδόντων ἐν γῆς χώματι ἐξεγερθήσονται. Οὗτοι εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον, καὶ οὗτοι εἰς ὀνειδισμὸν, καὶ αἰσχύνην αἰώνιον· καὶ οἱ συνιέντες ἐκλάμψουσιν ὡς ἡ λαμπρότης τοῦ στερεώματος, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν δικαίων τῶν πολλῶν, ὡσεὶ ἀστέρες εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. Λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅτι πᾶν ῥῆμα ἀργὸν ὃ ἐὰν λαλή 95.1180 σωσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι, ἀποδώσουσι περὶ αὐτοῦ λόγον ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κρίσεως. Ἐκ γὰρ τῶν λόγων σου δικαιωθήσῃ, καὶ ἐκ τῶν λόγων σου κατακριθήσῃ. Καὶ προσῆλθον αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ λέγοντες· φράσον ἡμῖν τὴν παραβολὴν τῶν ζιζανίων τοῦ ἀγροῦ. Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Ὁ σπείρων καλὸν σπέρμα, ἔστιν ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου· ὁ δὲ ἀγρὸς, ἔστιν ὁ κόσμος· τὸ δὲ καλὸν σπέρμα, οὗτοί εἰσιν υἱοὶ τῆς βασιλείας· τὰ δὲ ζιζάνια, εἰσὶν υἱοὶ τοῦ πονηροῦ· ὁ δὲ ἐχθρὸς ὁ σπείρας αὐτὰ, ἔστιν ὁ διάβολος· ὁ δὲ θερισμὸς, συντέλεια τοῦ αἰῶνός ἐστιν· οἱ δὲ θερισταὶ, ἄγγελοί εἰσιν. Ὥσπερ οὖν συλλέγεται τὰ ζιζάνια, καὶ πυρὶ καίεται, οὕτως ἔσται ἐν τῇ συντελείᾳ τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου. Ἀποστελεῖ ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τοὺς ἀγγέλους αὐτοῦ, καὶ συλλέξουσιν ἐκ τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ πάντα τὰ σκάνδαλα, καὶ τοὺς ποιοῦντας τὴν ἀνομίαν, καὶ ἐμβαλοῦσι αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν κάμινον τοῦ πυρός. Ἐκεῖ ἔσται ὁ κλαυθμὸς καὶ ὁ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων. Τότε οἱ δίκαιοι ἐκλάμψουσιν ὡς ὁ ἥλιος ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ Πατρὸς αὐτῶν. Μέλλει ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἔρχεσθαι ἐν δόξῃ τοῦ Πατρὸς αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῶν ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ, καὶ τότε ἀποδώσει ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὴν πρᾶξιν. Εὐθέως μετὰ τὴν θλίψιν τῶν ἡμερῶν ἐκείνων, ὁ ἥλιος σκοτισθήσεται, καὶ ἡ σελήνη οὐ δώσει τὸ φέγγος αὐτῆς, καὶ οἱ ἀστέρες πεσοῦνται ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ αἱ δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν σαλευθήσονται· καὶ τότε φανήσεται τὸ σημεῖον τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ· καὶ τότε κόψονται πᾶσαι αἱ φυλαὶ τῆς γῆς· καὶ ὄψονται τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐρχόμενον ἐν νεφέλῃ μετὰ δυνάμεως, καὶ δόξης πολλῆς· καὶ ἀποστελεῖ τοὺς ἀγγέλους αὐτοῦ μετὰ σάλπιγγος καὶ φωνῆς μεγάλης, καὶ συλλέξουσι τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῶν τεσσάρων ἀνέμων, ἀπ' ἄκρων οὐρανῶν ἕως ἄκρων αὐτῶν. Περὶ δὲ τῆς ἡμέρας ἐκείνης, καὶ τῆς ὥρας οὐδεὶς οἶδεν, οὐδὲ οἱ