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heard another angel answer: “Not one of Adam’s family have passed
that flaming sword and partaken of that tree; therefore there is not an
immortal sinner. The soul that sinneth, it shall die an everlasting death,
a death that will last forever, from which there will be no hope of a
resurrection; and then the wrath of God will be appeased.
“The saints will rest in the holy city, and reign as kings and priests
one thousand years; then Jesus will descend with the saints upon
the Mount of Olives, and the mount will part asunder, and become a
mighty plain for the Paradise of God to rest upon. The rest of the earth
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will not be cleansed until the end of the one thousand years, when
the wicked dead are raised, and gather up around the city. The feet of
the wicked will never desecrate the earth made new. Fire will come
down from God out of heaven and devour them, burn them up root and
branch. Satan is the root, and his children are the branches. The same
fire that will devour the wicked, will purify the earth.”
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