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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 12– Closing Scenes
Why may it not be the former, or the

resurrection which occurs at the last trump?

Answer: Because only the righteous, to the

exclusion of all the wicked, have part in that

resurrection. Those who sleep in Christ then

come forth; but they only, for the rest of the

dead live not again for a thousand years.

Revelation 20:5. So then the general

resurrection of the whole race is comprised in

two grand divisions, first, of the righteous

exclusively, at the coming of Christ; secondly,

of the wicked exclusively, a thousand years

thereafter. The general resurrection is not a

mixed resurrection. The righteous and the

wicked do not come up promiscuously at the

same time. But each of these two classes is set

off by itself, and the time which elapses

between their respective resurrections is

plainly stated to be a thousand years.