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Early Writings
time are the wicked, who have just been raised. Then the Holy City
comes down and settles on the plain. Satan then imbues the wicked
with his spirit. He flatters them that the army in the city is small,
and that his army is large, and that they can overcome the saints and
take the city.
While Satan was rallying his army, the saints were in the city,
beholding the beauty and glory of the Paradise of God. Jesus was at
their head, leading them. All at once the lovely Saviour was gone
from our company; but soon we heard His lovely voice, saying,
“Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for
you from the foundation of the world.” We gathered about Jesus,
and just as He closed the gates of the city, the curse was pronounced
upon the wicked. The gates were shut. Then the saints used their
wings and mounted to the top of the wall of the city. Jesus was also
with them; His crown looked brilliant and glorious. It was a crown
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within a crown, seven in number. The crowns of the saints were of
the most pure gold, decked with stars. Their faces shone with glory,
for they were in the express image of Jesus; and as they arose and
moved all together to the top of the city, I was enraptured with the
sight.
Then the wicked saw what they had lost; and fire was breathed
from God upon them and consumed them. This was the
execution of
the judgment
. The wicked then received according as the saints, in
unison with Jesus, had meted out to them during the one thousand
years. The same fire from God that consumed the wicked purified
the whole earth. The broken, ragged mountains melted with fervent
heat, the atmosphere also, and all the stubble was consumed. Then
our inheritance opened before us, glorious and beautiful, and we
inherited the whole earth made new. We all shouted with a loud
voice, “Glory; Alleluia!”
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