Thus was presented to the prophet’s vision the great and solemn day when the characters and the lives of men should pass in review before the Judge of all the earth, and to every man should be rendered “according to his works.” The Ancient of days is God the Father.... It is He, the source of all being, and the fountain of all law, that is to preside in the judgment. And holy angels, as ministers and witnesses, in number “ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands” (Revelation 5:11), attend this great tribunal. {FLB 209.3}

Her blev den store og højtidelige dag fremstillet for profetens øjne, hvor hele jordens Dommer skal se tilbage på menneskenes karakter og liv, og hvor ethvert menneske skal stå til regnskab ”efter sine gerninger”. Den Gamle af Dage er Gud Fader. . . . Det er Ham, al skabningens kilde, og udspringet for alle love, som sidder som dommer. Og hellige engle deltager i dette store tribunal, som tjenere og vidner, ”ti tusind titusinder og tusind tusinder i tallet.” Åb.5,11