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plainly stated that a specified time, then
future, had been fixed upon for the judgment
of the world.
Jude refers to the same period: “The angels
which kept not their first estate, but left their
own habitation, He hath reserved in
everlasting chains under darkness unto the
judgment of the great day.” And, again, he
quotes the words of Enoch: “Behold, the Lord
cometh with ten thousands of His saints, to
execute judgment upon all.” Jude 6, 14, 15.
John declares that he “saw the dead, small
and great, stand before God; and the books
were opened: ... and the dead were judged
out of those things which were written in the
books.” Revelation 20:12.
But if the dead are already enjoying the bliss
of heaven or writhing in the flames of hell,
what need of a future judgment? The
