Page 21 - 20 The First & Second Resurrections

DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 20 – The First and Second Resurrections
power. They can pass unharmed through

the elements which destroy the wicked like

chaff. They will be able to dwell with

devouring fire and everlasting burnings

(Isaiah 33:14, 15); they will be able to go forth

and look upon the carcasses of the men who

have transgressed against the Lord, as the

quenchless fire and undying worm are

preying upon them. Isaiah 66:24. The

difference between the righteous and the

wicked in this respect is seen again in the fact

that while God is to the latter a consuming fire,

he is to his people both a sun and a shield.

The Wicked Raised to Life. — The wicked who

are raised at the end of the thousand years as

really live again as they have once lived on the

earth. To deny this is to do violence to this

scripture. In what physical condition they will