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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 20 – The First and Second Resurrections
was not found written in the book of life was

cast into the lake of fire.

With verse 11, John introduces another scene

to take place in connection with the final doom

of the ungodly. It is the great white throne of

judgment, before which they are assembled to

receive their awful sentence of condemnation

and death. Before this throne the heavens and

the earth flee away, so that no place is found

for them. A moment’s reflection on the

changes which must then take place in the

earth will bring out the great force of this

language. The scene is that of Peter’s burning

day, which is the “perdition of ungodly men,”

and in which even the “elements” melt with

fervent heat. 2 Peter 3:7-13. The city is then

located upon the earth, the foundations of

course extending under its whole area, so that