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Sixth, they recognize that they must soon be tormented.
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Seventh, and worst of all, when they see the glory of God Most High, they are sick with remorse and shame. They cringe in fear, because while they were living they sinned against him. And now they are about to come before him to be judged on the last day.
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"Now let me explain about those who followed the ways of God Most High and what will happen when the time comes for them to leave their mortal bodies.
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While they lived on earth, through constant difficulty and danger, they served God Most High and carefully kept the Law given by the Lawgiver.
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This is what they will receive:
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They will rejoice when they see the great glory of God. He will receive them, and they will enter their rest in seven stages of joy.
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The first joy is to have struggled hard and won the victory over the evil impulse which was formed in them, but which did not succeed in leading them from life into death.
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The second is to see the endless wandering of the souls of the wicked and the punishment that is waiting for them.
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The third is to know what a good report their Maker has given about them, that during their lifetime they kept the Law that was entrusted to them.
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The fourth is to appreciate the rest that they are to enjoy in the places where they have been brought together, guarded by angels, in complete silence, and with the glory that is waiting for them at the last day.
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The fifth is to rejoice that they have now escaped the corrupt world and that they will receive the future life as their possession. They can see both the narrow, troubled world from which they have been freed and the spacious world they will receive and enjoy forever.