2205.-Closing Scenes of Sin and Sinners

Pacific Press Publishing Company · MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA · Sep 4, 1907

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 33, No. 36.

2205.—Closing Scenes of Sin and Sinners.

The passage is too long for an extended explanation in this column. When Christ comes the breath of His mouth kindles the earth and consumes the beast and false prophet, the organized earthly powers. Isa. 30:33; 2 Thess. 2:9; Rev. 19:20. At the close of the thousand years the wicked shall perish the same way in the fires of a burning world. The city of God descends from heaven on a place prepared for it. Zech. 14:4. Satan and his hosts will endeavor to possess it. God's throne will appear, and all creation marred by sin shall pale before Him. First of all, all the world appear before God in the records of their lives in the books of heaven. This occurs during the thousand years. Rev. 20:4, 12. Then at the close of the thousand years, all appear before God for the execution of their sentences. Verse 13. Then Death and Hades, the abode of the dead, this great earth of graves, will be purified by fire. 2 Peter 3:10-13. Those who suffer this fate will perish forever in the second death. See Mal. 4: 12; Matt. 3:12. From that death there will be no resurrection. "Tormented forever and ever" is fully explained in the tract by that name, No. 111, in "Bible Students' Library." Price, two cents. See also editorial on page 8.