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and the inhabitants of other worlds were delivered from his presence
and his temptations.
Then I saw thrones, and Jesus and the redeemed saints sat upon
them; and the saints reigned as kings and priests unto God, and the
wicked dead were judged, and their acts were compared with the
statute book, the word of God, and they were judged according to
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the deeds done in the body. Jesus, in union with the saints, meted
out to the wicked the portion they must suffer, according to their
works; and it was written in the book of death, and set off against their
names. Satan and his angels were also judged by Jesus and the saints.
Satan’s punishment was to be far greater than that of those whom he
had deceived. It so far exceeded their punishment that it could not
be compared with theirs. After all those whom he had deceived had
perished, Satan was to still live and suffer on much longer.
After the judgment of the wicked dead was finished, at the end of
the one thousand years, Jesus left the City, and a train of the angelic
host followed him. The saints also went with him. Jesus descended
upon a great and mighty mountain, which, as soon as his feet touched
it, parted asunder, and became a mighty plain. Then we looked up
and saw the great and beautiful City, with twelve foundations, twelve
gates, three on each side, and an angel at each gate. We cried out, The
City! The great City! It is coming down from God out of heaven! And
it came down in all its splendor, and dazzling glory, and settled in the
mighty plain which Jesus had prepared for it.
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