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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith
~The Response of History to the Revelation~
Chapter 20 – The First and Second Resurrections
it will not be affected by any changes that
may take place, or any conditions which may
exist, in the earth beneath it. Fire comes down
from God out of heaven.
First, the works that are in the world are
burned up; and by the poisonous gases
evolved, and the flames, the wicked are
destroyed; this is the fire of Gehenna, which
contains all the elements necessary to
consume utterly every mortal being that
comes under its power (Mark 9:43-48); and
then will be fulfilled Isaiah 66:24: “And they
[the righteous] shall go forth, and look upon
the carcasses of the men that have
transgressed against me: for their worm shall
not die, neither shall their fire be quenched;
and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.”