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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith
~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~
Chapter 12– Closing Scenes
therefore, as already shown, comprises
some of both righteous and wicked, and
cannot be the general resurrection at the last
day.
Is there, then, any place for a special or limited
resurrection, or elsewhere any intimation of
such an event, before the Lord appears? The
resurrection here predicted takes place when
God’s people are delivered from the great time
of trouble with which the history of this world
terminates; and it seems from Revelation
22:11 that this deliverance is given before the
Lord appears. The awful moment arrives
when he that is filthy and unjust is
pronounced unjust still, and he that is
righteous and holy is pronounced holy still.
Then the cases of all are forever decided. And
when this sentence is pronounced upon the