Our Bible Reading by H.

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Feb 17, 1909

Our Bible Reading

By H.

The Second Advent and the Incorrigibly Wicked.

1. What is the object of Christ's second coming?

"He cometh to judge the earth; He will JUDGE THE WORLD with righteousness, And the people with His truth." Ps. 96:13. "He shall come to be GLORIFIED IN HIS SAINTS." 2 Thess. 1:10. "Rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus." 2 Thess. 1: 8

2. How will each case be decided?

"Behold, I come quickly; and My reward ["wages," margin] is with Me, to render to each man according as his work is." Rev. 22:12.

3. How will the righteous meet Christ at His coming?

"It shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; WE HAVE WAITED FOR HIM, AND HE WILL SAVE US: this is Jehovah; we have waited for Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation." Isa. 25: 9.

4. How will the wicked be affected?

"Then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven: and then shall ALL THE TRIBES OF THE EARTH MOURN, and they shall see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory." Matt. 24: 30. "The kings of the earth, and the princes, and the chief captains, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains; and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, FALL ON US, AND HIDE US FROM THE FACE OF HIM THAT SITTETH ON THE THRONE, AND FROM THE WRATH OF THE LAMB: for the great day of their wrath is come; and who is able to stand?" Rev. 6:15-17.

5. How long will the wicked remain dead?

"The rest of the dead lived not UNTIL THE THOUSAND YEARS should be finished." Rev. 20:5.

NOTE.—Rev. 20:1-3 shows that at the coming of the Lord, Satan, the author of sin, is placed in bonds in the earth, with no power to deceive men — they being all dead — for one thousand years, at the end of which period he will be "loosed for a little time." The wicked dead are also raised at this time. "The sea gave up the dead that were in it; and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them." Rev. 20:13.

6. What will Satan then do?

"When the thousand years are finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall come forth to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up over the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city." Rev. 20: 7-9.

7. How is this attack met?

"Fire came down out of heaven, and DEVOURED THEM." Rev. 20: 9.

8. What is the final disposition of sin and sinners?

"Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, even the lake of fire. And if any was not found written in the Book of Life, he was cast into the lake of fire." "And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone." Rev. 20:13-15, 10. "Behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that IT SHALL LEAVE THEM NEITHER ROOT NOR BRANCH." Mal. 4: 1. H.