34 A Sketch of the Christian Experience and Views of Ellen G. White
wicked, that have just been raised. Then the Holy City comes down
and settles on the plain.
Then Satan imbues the wicked, that have been raised, 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 within a crown,
seven in number. The crowns of the saints were of the most pure gold,
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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 1000 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.