Chapter 40—The Second Resurrection
Then Jesus and all the holy retinue of angels, and all the redeemed
saints, left the City. The holy angels surrounded Jesus, and escorted
him on his way, and the train of redeemed saints followed. Then Jesus
in terrible, fearful majesty called forth the wicked dead; and as they
came up with the same feeble, sickly bodies that went into the grave,
what a spectacle! what a scene! At the first resurrection all came forth
in immortal bloom; but at the second, the marks of the curse are visible
on all. Kings and the noble men of earth come forth with the mean and
the low, learned and unlearned together. All behold the Son of man;
and those very men who despised and mocked Jesus, and smote him
with the reed, and that put the crown of thorns upon his sacred brow
behold him in all his kingly majesty. Those who spit upon him in the
hour of his trial, now turn from his piercing gaze, and from the glory of
his countenance. Those who drove the nails through his hands and his
feet, now look upon the marks of his crucifixion. Those who thrust the
spear into his side, behold the marks of their cruelty on his body. And
they know that he is the very One whom they crucified, and derided in
his expiring agony. And then there arises one long protracted wail of
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agony, as they flee to hide from the presence of the King of kings and
Lord of lords.
All are seeking to hide in the rocks, and shield themselves from
the terrible glory of him whom they once despised. As all are over-
whelmed and pained with his majesty and his exceeding glory, they
with one accord raise their voices, and with terrible distinctness ex-
claim, Blessed is he who cometh in the name of the Lord.
Then Jesus and the holy angels, accompanied by all the saints,
again go to the City, and the bitter lamentations and wailings of the
doomed wicked fill the air. Then I saw that Satan again commenced
his work. He passed around among his subjects, and made the feeble
and weak strong, and then he told them that he and his angels were
powerful. He then pointed to the countless millions who had been
raised. There were mighty warriors and kings who were well skilled in
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