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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 5 – The Heavenly Sanctuary (continued)
We find, then, no place for this scene which

John describes, unless we go forward,

according to the position above taken, to the

time when the whole scheme of redemption is

completed, and the saints enter upon their

promised reign on the earth, to which the

living creatures and elders looked forward in

their song in verse 10. With this view, all is

harmonious and plain. That reign on the earth

commences after the second resurrection.

Daniel 7:27; 2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21:1. At

that resurrection, which takes place a

thousand years subsequently to the first

resurrection (Revelation 20:4, 5), occurs the

perdition of ungodly men. 2 Peter 3:7. Then

fire comes down from God out of heaven and

devours them (Revelation 20:9); and this fire

that causes the perdition of ungodly men is

the fire that melts and purifies the earth, as we