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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jan 28, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 4.

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“WHEN JESUS COMES.”

By Augusta W. Heald

1. THE heavens will depart and the earth be removed.—“And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.” Rev. 6:14.
2. Sinners will perish from off the earth.—“Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate; and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.” Isa. 13:9.
3. The righteous will rejoice to meet their Lord and Saviour.—“And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us; this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.” Isa. 25:9.
4. The Lord will claim his own.—“And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.” Mal. 3:17.
5. The righteous dead will be raised and the living changed.—“Behold, I show you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” 1 Cor. 15:51, 52.
6. Together they will rise to meet the Lord in the air.—“Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” 1 Thess. 4:17.
7. They will reign with him a thousand years.—“Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection; on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.” Rev. 20:6.
8. At the end of the thousand years the wicked dead are raised.—“But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished.” Verse 5. (See also verses 7–9.)
9. The holy city descends from Heaven.—“And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of Heaven from God.” Verse 10.
10. The wicked are judged according to their works.—“And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them; and they were judged every man according to their works.” Verses 12, 13.
11. The wicked are consumed by fire.—“And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” “And fire came down from God out of Heaven, and devoured them.” Verses 15 and 9.
12. The heavens and earth are dissolved.—“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.” 2 Peter 3:10.
13. From these purifying fires arise a new heaven and a new earth.—“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.” Rev. 21:1.
14. Here God dwells with his people.—“And I heard a great voice out of Heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.” Verse 3.
15. Sorrow, pain, and death will be no more.—“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain; for the former things are passed away.” Verse 4.
16. “Sin cannot enter there.”—“And there shall in nowise enter into it anything that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie; but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.” Verse 27.
17. A universal song of praise arises to God and the Lamb.—“And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb forever and ever.” Rev. 5:13. Augusta W. Heald.