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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 20 – The First and Second Resurrections
Secondly, the heat is raised till all the

material of which this globe is composed, is

fused like the ores in a smelter’s furnace, and

the whole earth becomes a fluid, fiery, molten

mass. Upon this the city floats, as the ark of

Noah floated upon the waters of the flood.

Then will be fulfilled Isaiah 33:14: “Who

among us shall dwell with the devouring fire?

who among us shall dwell with everlasting

burnings?” The answer, in the following

verses, shows it to be the righteous, and this

must be the time when it will be fulfilled.

Thirdly, there is one stage more to be reached.

It is well known that with a sufficient degree

of heat, any substance on this earth can be

reduced to the condition of gas, and thus

become invisible. So will it be then with this

whole earth. The heat being raised to a