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The End of the Wicked

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Sep 11, 1907

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 33, No. 37.

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The End of the Wicked.

By Arthur L. Manous

What is the wages of sin?
“The wages of sin is death.” Rom. 6:23.
What shall be burned up?
“The earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.” 2 Peter 3:10.
What will God do with the wicked?
“The Lord preserveth all them that love Him; but all the wicked will He destroy.” Ps. 145:20.
What is said of the transgressors?
“The transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.” Ps. 37:38.
Where will the wicked be punished?
“Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.” Prov. 11:31.
Where will the wicked be cast, and what is this called?
The wicked shall be “cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.” Rev. 20:14.
What will become of the heathen?
“The day of the Lord is near upon all the heathen, . . . and they shall be as tho they had not been.” Obadiah 15, 16.
What is said of the existence of the wicked and their place of punishment?
“Yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be; yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.” Ps. 37:10.
How will the wicked consume away?
“The wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs; they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.” Ps. 37:20.
What will God rain upon the wicked?
“Upon the wicked He shall rain quick burning coals, fire and brimstone, and a burning tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.” Ps. 11:6, margin.
To what will the wicked be reduced?
“Ye [righteous] shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.” Mal. 4:3.
Will the wicked be completely annihilated?
“Behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud; yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be as stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.” Mal. 4:1. See also Matt. 13:24-30, 36-43.
ARTHUR L. MANOUS.