Revelation 20:7-15

Before the Great White Throne

Revelation 20:7

Gog and Magog take us back to Genesis 10:2; see also Ezekiel 38:1; Ezekiel 39:1. It would seem that this great confederacy of the northern nations against the beloved city, Jerusalem, will be led by Satan, and overwhelmed once and for all by the direct judgment of God.

The final judgment is depicted in Revelation 20:11. God's people will not appear at that bar. All the human family will be arraigned, save those whose names are in the book of life, John 5:24. See Exodus 32:32; Daniel 12:1; Philippians 4:3; and Revelation 21:27. Death and Hades will surrender their contents. What a marvelous audience! The throne is great, because of the destinies to be decided; and white, because of the immaculate purity of the Judge, who will be none other than our Lord. See John 5:22; Acts 17:31. The books will surely include conscience; Romans 2:15; God's Word, John 12:48; and the tablets of memory, Luke 16:25.