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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 15, 1877

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 50, No. 20.

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NO PLACE.

By R. F. Cottrell

In describing the destruction of the great image which Nebuchadnezzar saw in his dream, which was a symbol of the kingdoms of the world, it is said that it became as the chaff of the summer threshing floors, and the wind carried it away, so that there was no place found for it. This is a figure of complete destruction. The kingdoms exist no longer; for they have been broken to pieces and removed, so that they are to be found in no place. They are no longer kingdoms, and they exist nowhere.
In like manner the destruction of the ungodly is described. “For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.”
To be, means to exist. They shall not exist. Where can they be found? Nowhere. They have no place in the universe of God. Search as much as you will, and as far as you can, and it cannot be found. It does not exist. Like burning fat, the wicked have consumed into smoke. They exist no more, and their place cannot be found. Ps. 37.
R. F. COTTRELL.