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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
;
Isaiah 24:22
.] 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” [
Revelation 20:5
;
Isaiah 24:22
.]
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