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The Second Resurrection
Then Jesus and all the retinue of holy angels, and all the re-
deemed saints, left the city. The angels surrounded their Comman-
der and escorted Him on His way, and the train of redeemed saints
followed. Then, in terrible, fearful majesty, Jesus called forth the
wicked dead; and 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. The kings and noblemen
of the earth, the mean and low, the learned and unlearned, come
forth together. All behold the Son of man; and those very men who
despised and mocked Him, who put the crown of thorns upon His
sacred brow, and smote Him with the reed, 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 counte-
nance. Those who drove the nails through His hands and 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 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, to shield themselves from the
terrible glory of Him whom they once despised. And, overwhelmed
and pained with His majesty and exceeding glory, they with one
accord raise their voices, and with terrible distinctness exclaim,
“Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord!”
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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
weak and feeble strong, and told them that he and his angels were
powerful. He pointed to the countless millions who had been raised.
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