The sobriety of the description of the last judgment is striking, especially compared to the detailed, sometimes terrifying visions found in Jewish apocalyptic writings and their echoes in some passages of the New Testament (remember 1 Cor 15:22). The entire sequence is concise and subtly influenced by Daniel 7. A great white throne appears, but nothing is said about God directly. However, we, the readers of Revelation, understand that God is the one seated on it, since only he is “seated on the throne” (4:2.9; 5:1.7). God is the judge in this universal judgment. The narrative concludes with a mention of the book of life. In Revelation, there is only one book: “the book of life of the Lamb who was slain” (3:5; 21:27). His blood cleanses and saves us. God’s love and mercy ultimately triumph over all our sins and sufferings. Now that all signs and remnants of evil—such as the great dragon, the first and second beasts, the great prostitute, the great Babylon, death, and hell—have vanished, even the sea, symbolizing hostility, has disappeared. Nothing obstructs the long-awaited renewal.