Last Judgment Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Crack of doom== In English, ''crack of doom'' is an old term used for the Day of Judgment, referring in particular to the blast of trumpets signalling the end of the world in Chapter 8 of the [[Book of Revelation]]. A "crack" had the sense of any loud noise, preserved in the phrase "crack of thunder",<ref>[[OED]], "Crack"</ref> and "doom" was a term for the Last Judgment, as [[Eschatology]] still is. The phrase is famously used by [[William Shakespeare]] in ''[[Macbeth]]'', where on the heath the [[Three Witches]] show [[Macbeth (character)|Macbeth]] the line of kings that will issue from [[Banquo]]: :"Why do you show me this? A fourth! Start, eyes! :What, will the line stretch out to the crack of doom? :Another yet! A seventh! I'll see no more." (Act 4, scene 1, 112β117) The meaning was that Banquo's line will endure until the Judgment Day, flattery for King [[James I of England|James I]], who claimed descent from Banquo. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page