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The Resurrection to Damnation, June 27
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord,
they shall inherit the earth.
Psalm 37:9
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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.... 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
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At the first resurrection all came forth in immortal bloom; but at the
second the marks of the curse are visible on all. The kings and noblemen
of the earth, the mean and low, the learned and unlearned, come forth
together. All behold the Son of man; and those very men who despised
and mocked Him, who put the crown of thorns upon His sacred brow,
and smote Him with the reed, behold Him in all His kingly majesty.
Those who spit upon Him in the hour of His trial now turn from His
piercing gaze and from the glory of His countenance. Those who drove
the nails through His hands and feet now look upon the marks of His
crucifixion. Those who thrust the spear into His side behold the marks
of their cruelty on His body. And they know that He is the very one
whom they crucified and derided in His expiring agony. And then there
arises one long protracted wail of agony, as they flee to hide from the
presence of the King of kings and Lord of lords.
All are seeking to hide in the rocks, to shield themselves from the
terrible glory of Him whom they once despised. And, overwhelmed
and pained with His majesty and exceeding glory, they with one accord
raise their voices, and with terrible distinctness exclaim, “Blessed is he
that cometh in the name of the Lord.”
Psalm 118:26
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Fire will come down from God out of heaven and devour them [the
wicked]—burn them up root and branch. Satan is the root, and his
children are the branches.
The destiny of the wicked is fixed by their own choice. Their exclu-
sion from heaven is voluntary with themselves, and just and merciful
on the part of God.
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