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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
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