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We Shall Judge Angels, December 14
Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things
that pertain to this life?
1 Corinthians 6:3
.
During the thousand years between the first and the second resurrec-
tion, the judgment of the wicked takes place.... At this time the righteous
reign as kings and priests unto God. John in the Revelation says: “I saw
thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them.”
“They shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a
thousand years.”
Revelation 20:4, 6
. It is at this time that, as foretold
by Paul, “the saints shall judge the world.”
1 Corinthians 6:2
. In union
with Christ they judge the wicked, comparing their acts with the statute
book, the Bible, and deciding every case according to the deeds done in
the body. Then the portion which the wicked must suffer is meted out,
according to their works; and it is recorded against their names in the
book of death.
Satan also and evil angels are judged by Christ and His people. Says
Paul, “Know ye not that we shall judge angels?” And Jude declares that
“the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation,
he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment
of the great day.”
Jude 6
.
At the close of the thousand years the second resurrection will take
place. Then the wicked will be raised from the dead, and appear before
God for the execution of “the judgment written.” Thus the revelator, after
describing the resurrection of the righteous, says, “The rest of the dead
lived not again until the thousand years were finished.”
Revelation 20:5
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And Isaiah declares, concerning the wicked, “They shall be gathered
together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the
prison, and
after many days shall they be visited.”
Isaiah 24:22
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The penalty for breaking the law of God is proportionate to the price
paid to redeem its transgressors. What unutterable bliss is prepared for
those who will be saved through Christ, and what depths of woe for
those who despise and reject His great salvation!
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