²⁴ “But in those days, following that distress,

¹² I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake.^(A) The sun turned black^(B) like sackcloth^(C) made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, ¹³ and the stars in the sky fell to earth,^(D) as figs drop from a fig tree^(E) when shaken by a strong wind. ¹⁴ The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up,^(F) and every mountain and island was removed from its place.^(G)

¹⁰ But the day of the Lord will come like a thief.^(A) The heavens will disappear with a roar;^(B) the elements will be destroyed by fire,^(C) and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.^[a](D)

²⁹ “Immediately after the distress of those days

³⁰ “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth^[b] will mourn^(B) when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven,^(C) with power and great glory.^{[c] 31} And he will send his angels^(D) with a loud trumpet call,^(E) and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

The Judgment of the Dead

¹¹ Then I saw a great white throne^(A) and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence,^(B) and there was no place for them.

¹² as you look forward^(A) to the day of God and speed its coming.^[a](B) That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.^(C)