Chapter 41—The Second Death
But Satan and his angels suffered long. Satan not only bore the
weight and punishment of his sins, but the sins of all the redeemed
host had been placed upon him; and he must also suffer for the ruin
of the souls which he had caused. Then I saw that Satan, and all the
wicked host, were consumed, and the justice of God was satisfied; and
all the angelic host, and all the redeemed saints, with a loud voice said,
Amen!
Satan rushes into the midst, and tries to stir up the multitude to
action. But fire from God out of heaven is rained upon them, and the
great men, and the mighty men, and the noble, and poor and miserable
men, are all consumed together. I saw that some were quickly de-
stroyed, while others suffered longer. They were punished according
to the deeds done in the body. Some were many days consuming, and
just as long as there was a portion of them unconsumed, all the sense
of suffering was there. Said the angel, The worm of life shall not die;
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their fire shall not be quenched as long as there is the least particle for
it to prey upon.
Said the angel, Satan is the root, his children are the branches. They
are now consumed root and branch. They have died an everlasting
death. They will never have a resurrection, and God will have a clean
universe. I then looked, and saw the fire which had consumed the
wicked, burning up the rubbish and purifying the earth. Again I looked
and saw the earth purified. There was not a single sign of the curse.
The broken up, and uneven surface of the earth now looked like a
level, extensive plain. God’s entire universe was clean, and the great
controversy was forever ended. Every where we looked, every thing
the eye rested upon, was beautiful and holy. And all the redeemed
host, old and young, great and small, cast their glittering crowns at the
feet of their Redeemer, and prostrated themselves in adoration before
him, and worshiped him that liveth forever and ever. The beautiful
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New Earth, with all its glory, was the eternal inheritance of the saints.
The kingdom, and dominion, and greatness of the kingdom under the
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