Revelation 20:11-21:1
A reading from the book of Revelation
I, John, saw a large white throne and the one who was sitting on it. The earth and the sky
fled from his presence and there was no place for them. I saw the dead, the great and the
lowly, standing before the throne, and scrolls were opened. Then another scroll was
opened, the book of life. The dead were judged according to their deeds, by what was
written in the scrolls. The sea gave up its dead; then Death and Hades gave up their dead.
All the dead were judged according to their deeds. Then Death and Hades were thrown
into the pool of fire. (This pool of fire is the second death.) Anyone whose name was not
found written in the book of life was thrown into the pool of fire. Then I saw a new heaven
and a new earth. The former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea
was no more. I also saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from
God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
The Word of the Lord
New Testament Reading #17