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At the end of that time, my son the Messiah and all human beings will die.
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Then the world will return to its original silence, and for seven days it will be like it was at the beginning. No one will be left alive.
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After seven days this corrupt age will pass out of existence and a new age will be awakened.
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The ground will give up the dead who sleep there in silence, and the souls of the dead will be released from the places where they have been kept.
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God Most High will appear on his judgment seat. Mercy and patience will vanish completely
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and be replaced by judgment. Truth and faithfulness will once again stand firm.
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The good and bad that people have done will be fully revealed, and reward and punishment will follow immediately.
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The pit of torment, the fires of hell, will appear, and opposite them the Paradise of joy and rest.
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"Then God Most High will say to the nations that have been raised from the dead, "Look! I am the one whom you have denied and refused to serve; it is my commands that you have rejected.
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Look around you; there is joy and peace in one direction, fire and torment in the other.' That's what he will say to them on Judgment Day.
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"On Judgment Day there will be no sun, moon, or stars;