121. And therefore “blessed is he who
keepeth the words of this prophecy,” Rev. xxi. 7. which has revealed the resurrection to
us by clearer testimony, saying: “And I saw the dead, great
and small, standing before the throne, and they opened the books; and
another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were
judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to
their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and
hell gave up the dead which were in it.” Rev. xx. 12, 13. We must, then, not question how
they shall rise again, whom hell gives up and the sea
restores.