Editing Last Judgment (section)

==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, 112–117)

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.