“And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.”
Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it; the earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them - God on his white throne (supreme judge) is so overwhelming that creation itself flees. The old creation cannot stand in his presence.
Church Fathers on Revelation 20:11
“And they went up upon the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city; and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil who seduced them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where both the beast and the false prophet shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.” This belongs to the last judgment. And after a little time the earth was made holy, as being at least that wherein lately had…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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