which the apostle appeals, in setting forth the doctrine of the resurrection of the just; as these again, as has been seen, combine with many more.

But every man in his own order: Christ, the first fruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming, 1 Cor. xv.

Then the end, when He shall have delivered up the KINGDOM TO GOD, even the FATHER; when He shall have put down all rule, and all authority, and power.

Our God shall come-Gather my saints together unto me, Psalm 1. 1, 5. The Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with thee, Zech. xiv. 5, &c.

So shall it be in the end of this age. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; and shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the KINGDOM OF THEIR FATHER. Matt. xiii. 40-43. When ye pray,

say, Our FATHER which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. THY KINGDOM come. Thy will be done, as in HEAVEN, so in EARTH. Luke xi. 2. There were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become (the kingdoms) of OUR LORD, and of his Christ. xi. 15. THE THRONE OF GOD and of the Lamb shall be in it.

For He must reign, till He hath put all enemies under his feet. 25.

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 26.

The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. Ps. cx. 1.

And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth-He will swallow up death in victory. Isa. xxiv. 21; xxv. 8.-They are the spirits of devils which go forth to gather the kings of the earth, &c.-The beast and the false prophet-were cast into the lake of fire-and the rest were slain-and he laid hold on the dragon-and cast him into the bottomless pit.-And death and hell (hades) were cast into the lake of fire.

For he hath put all things under his feet. But when He saith, All things are put under him, it is manifest that He is excepted, which did put all things under him. 27.

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of (things) in heaven, and in earth, and under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Phil. ii. 9-11.

And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto

Then thou spakest in vision to thy Holy One-I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague

him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. 28.

them that hate him.—In my name shall his horn be exalted, I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. He shall cry unto me, Thou (art) my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. Also I will make him my first-born, higher than the kings of the earth. Ps. lxxxix. 19, 23-27. The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. cx. 4. To sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give, but (it shall be given to them) for whom it is prepared of my Father. Matt. XX. 23. God hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom He hath ordained. Acts xvii. 31. Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ. xii. 10.

There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for star differeth from star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead. 41, 42.

The second man is the Lord from heaven. 47.

As we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood can not inherit the kingdom of God: neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 49, 50. When they shall rise from the dead-they are as the angels which are in heaven. Mark xii. 25.

Behold, I show you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 51, 52.

They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. Dan. xii. 3.

I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man. xiv. 14.

I saw thrones, and they sat upon them-and the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, &c. They lived and reigned with Christ. xx. Her light was like unto a stone most precious-clear as crystal. xxi. 11.

He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that He may judge his people-Gather my saints together unto me. Ps. 1. 4, 5. And He shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Matt. xxiv. 31. The Lord God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south. Zech. ix. 14. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation. xii. 10.

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,

Yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly. Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder, &c. Isa. xxix. 5, 6.-His glory covered the heavens.-At the light of thine arrows they went-Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed.

Hab. iii. 3, 11, 13. His arrow shall go forth as the lightning.— The Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with thee. Zech. ix. 14; xiv. 5. The Lord cometh with ten thousands of his

saints to execute judgment upon all. Jude 14, 15. As the lightning cometh-so shall the coming of the Son of man be. Matt.

XXV. 27.

For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal put on immortality. 53.

So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

54.

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 55.

The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

On such the second death hath no power. xx. 6. The righteous (shall go) into life eternal. Matt. XXV. 46.

He will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death in victory.My dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust. Isa. xxv. 7, 8; xxvi. 19.

O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction. Hos. xiii. 14.

Thou wast slain and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood. v. 9. Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne and unto the Lamb. Blessing-and thanksgiving-unto our God, for ever and ever. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. vii. 9-14. They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony. xii. 11.And I saw them that had gotten the victory.--And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb. xv. 2, 3.

Therefore my beloved brethren -be ye steadfast and unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. 58.

-And have made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne. vii. 14, 15. The time-that thou shouldest give reward to the saints. xi. 18. Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, and their works do follow them. xiv. 13. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection. They lived and reigned with Christ. xx. 6, 4.-Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. xxii. 14.

CHAPTER XV.

THE JUDGMENT OF THE DEAD.

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them. xx. 4.

And I saw a great white throne, and Him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away: and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hades (the grave) were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. Rev. xx. 11–15.

Here the testimony of Scripture may be seen at once to be uniform; as the words are plain. In this book of Revelation it was previously written, after the announcement, on the sounding of the seventh angel (or of the seventh or last trumpet, which is also the third or last woe), that the kingdoms of this world were become the kingdoms of God and of his Christ—" And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead that they should be judged, and that Thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth."

In the 14th chapter, as an angel's voice is represented as bearing-not to him, but to all the nations of the earththe tidings which the apostle then wrote; the angel that flies in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell in the earth, and to every

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nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, says, “with a loud voice, Fear God and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters," &c. Another angel follows, announcing the fall of Babylon; with the destruction of which the Lord's coming is in other scriptures associated. In the next verse it is written, "the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture in the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb and the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever : and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name."

This is the announcement of Babylon's doom "followed". by the second death, according to the definition of it above given, as passing on those who worshiped the beast.-It is added, "Here is the patience of the saints; here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them. And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud sat one like unto the Son of man," &c. After the kings of the earth and their armies were gathered together to make war against the King of kings and the Lord of lords, and the beast and the false prophet were taken, "These both," it is written, were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone." Here too, as descriptive of the fate of the beast and of the false prophet-as previously of that of those who had the mark of the beast-is the second death, as the lake of fire does form it. In the vision of the first resurrection, it is first written, I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them.

This vision of the Apocalypse has to be viewed like every other in the light of corresponding texts, in which the subject is expressly and obviously the same. No prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation: neither is this.