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     Christ in the air.  (See page 101.)  But notice that the
     first part of the verse speaks of some as though they had
     already beea raised.  "And I saw thrones, and they sat
     upon them, and judgment was given unto them."
       Nothing  is said about the resurrection of these, because
     they had already been raised at the Kapture previous to
     the Tribulation.
       They are all ready to occupy the thrones and reign upon
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      the earth according to the promises.  But John sees the
       8. And then shall that Wicked  free and bond, to receive a mark
     be revealed, whom the Lord shall  in their right band, or in their
     consume with the  spirit  of  his  foreheads :
     mouth, and  shall  destroy  with  17. And  that no man might
     the brightness of* his coming:  buy or  sell,  save he that had
       9. Even him, whose coming Is  the mark, or the name of the
     after the working of Satan with  beast,  or  the  number  of  hia
     axl power and  signs and  lying  name.
     wonders.                   18. Here Is wisdom.  Let him
       Rev. 13 :11. And I beheld an-  that ham  understanding  count
     other beast coming up out of the  the numoer of the beast: for  it
     earth  ; and he had two horns  is the number of a man  ; and his
      like a lamb, and he spake  as' a  number  is  Six  hundred  three-
     dragon.                   score and  sis..
       12. And he exerciseth  all the  (17) 1 Thes. 4:16.  For the
      power  of the  first beast before  Lord himself shall descend from
      him, and causeth the earth and  heaven with a  shout, with  the
      them which dwell therein to wor-
                               voice of the archangel, and with
      ship the first beast, whose deadly  the trump of God : and the dead
      wound was healed.        in Christ shall rise first:
       13. And he doeth great won-
                                                  alive
                                17. Then we which are
      ders,  so  that  he  maketh  fire  and remain  shall be caught up
      come down from heaven on the
                               together with them in the clouds,
      earth in the sight of men,                  : and
       14. And  deceiveth them  that  to meet the Lord in the air
      dwell on the earth by the means  so  shall we  ever be with  the
                               Lord.
      of those miracles which he had
      power to do in the sight of the  18. Wherefore comfort one an-
      beast  ; saying to them that dwell  other with these words.
      on  the  earth,  that they should  (18)  Mat. 19:28.  And Jesus
      make  an  image  to  the  beast,  said  unto  them,  Verily  I  say
      which had the wound by a sword,  unto you, That ye which have
      and did  live.           followed me, in the regeneration
                               when the Son of man shall
       15. And he had power to give                 sit
                               In the throne  of  his
      life unto the image of the beast,        glory, yo
      that  the  image  of  the  beast  also  shall  sit  upon  twelve
      should  both  speak,  and  cause  thrones, judging the twelve tribes
      that as many as would not wor-  of Israel.
      ship  the  image  of  the  beast  1 Cor. 6 :2.  Do ye not know
      should be  killed.       that the  saints  shall judge the
       16. And he causeth  all, both  world?  and  if the world  shall
      email and great, rich and poor,  be judged by  you,  are ye un-
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