James White
24 This .-cnptlU'e evidentl,. points out tho most important events of tbe da.y oC Judgment. Tho.t d"ay will be 1000 yeaf3 ron;::.-2 Pet. 3: 1. B The event which will introduce the Judgment day, Will be the coming of the Son of Man, to raise the sleeping sainlS, and to change those that are a1i\'c a t Ibnt time The second event, will be the King's siuing "upon the throne of his glory." The King will not sit upon the throne of his glory, nnlil those who have followed him are raised. and si l upon tbe thrones of Judg· ment witll him.-MM. 19: 28. JOlm saw in Vl1:'iOl'l, the length of time thOot Christ, and the saints would sel on the thrones of Judgmelll, and h3.s written: "And I saw thrones, lind Ihey sal UPOIl tbem, and judg ment W given unto them: and 1 saw the $Ollis o(lhem that weN be· headed for Ibe witness of lesus, and for the word of God, and which had 001 "'orshipoed the beU!, neithel his image, neither hlld reech'ed ki, mark upon their forehe:ub, or in their hands; and they lived I1l1d reiglled with Chnst a THOUSAND YEARS," Rev. 20, 4. The third evellt, will be the gathering of nU nMions before the IGn, in their sep Ilrlte places. AlInntions cannot be thus gc.thercd, until the end of tbe 1000 years when the wicked deM will be roi, and gatbert'.d up around the Holy City. The saints will then be in the City, and the wicked out sidc ef it. A\1ll.D.lion, will Ibcn be before him The feonb event. will be the deliv;;>ri:!!: of the scntence by the King H is sentence upon the ..... hole host of Gog and lIIng, will be "Depan from mel ye cursed, into cverl!lStin8' fi r", prepure for the devil and bis ange 5," lIlat. 25: 41. Ir this is Det tbe final CDtence of the judg· menl on the wicked, 1 think we sllna nct find il in the bible. There fore the ,,! .. icked Ill'<.' nOt sentenced before Christ comes,' but they will bear tbeir senlence aftcr they are raised, at te close 0 the> 1000 reus II ill nOI DC«"$S&ry Ihat 1!1e filla! ''':It'!nctt should be gi"cn before the firsl resurrection, as &orne have tnnp,ht i Cor the namell of tbe $:lints are written in hea\'en, aud Jesus, llnd the c,'lgelll will certainly know who fA) raise, and J:athcr 10 the New Jerusalem. The fil\h event, will be tbe execution of the final jlldgme:!l. Some hal'e taken the ground, that the 1000 yenrs ",oil! be Illken up, in eu:ing tho judgment 00 the wkked, but tbi cannot be i for t!le man cf sin is to be destroyed ·it b lha brightnCSlli of Christ's ur,or:d corn;n;;: the!'Cforo the wicked are fA remain silent ill the dUst, nil thft:lU D'h the 10:)0 years. How can the judgment be exec;ulcd on Ille wicked, before '.hey ar<1 raised 1 It is cer tainly impllM'ib!e. John saw the ' wked , aU rai.scd Ilnd gathered. up arotJlld "the camp of the saints," t.t IC e:ld of Ihe 1000 years. He a1 &0 saw firo wme down" from God, out of heaven," which devouud them, This "'ill be the (lIecutioll of the 6nal judgmenl on nil the wicked God executed bis jlldenlS ('i!. Ihe vri;:ked, ill the day5 of Loll and Noah, an(! althe destruction of Jcr1s.t.b:n, !lnd ",ill cxeutc hi Judg meals on tho living wicked, Ilt the fJurir.g Oilt of the .'reven last plagues; but tbe pouring out cf allt:US3 judgment. cannot be the final execution of the juclgmer.t. Ti,ul will be III the sond death. Then God will make all things new. Then shall the Ki say I\nto them on his right hand, Come ye blessed O!' m), lalhcr, inhertt the kingdom pre pared for YOD Crom the rOllDdation of the worJd."-Mnt. 25, 3. TheD God will have a clear Univcne j for the> Devil, and his angels, and llU the wicked, ",oill be burnt up "root aQd branch JAMES W HI T E 1 poot rjd, to the ,ubscriber digitized by InspiredBooks.de