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who are in their graves are raised in power, glory, and immortality,
and the rest of the dead live not again for a
thousand years (1 Thess. 4:10; Rev. 20;5), and the righteous
who are living are changed from mortality to immortality,
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye (1 Cor.
15:51,52), while the rest of the living are given over to
perish under the judgments of the Almighty. 2 Thess. 1:7-9.
And this change for God's people is wrought at the last
trump. But before this change can be wrought, it must be
decided who the people of God are, who are to be thus delivered,
and who the incorrigibly wicked are, who are to be
thus left to perish. This matter must be determined before
the Lord comes; for there is no time given then for investigation
of character and decision of destiny. But this
work of decision is a work of judgment, for all awards of
good or evil are a part of the judgment, as God has ordained
(Rev. 20:12); and such a work of judgment must
therefore take place before the Lord comes. p. 220, Para.
2, [LOOKING].
We know of no system of belief which has a place for this
preliminary work of judgment, except that held by the Seventh-day
Adventists. How to adjust this matter, to have
Christ reward his people immediately according to their
works without a judgment (Rev. 22:12), has been a source of
perplexity to many, and to meet it they have been obliged
to resort to such unscriptural conclusions as these: 1.
That all the human family, good and bad, are raised indiscriminately
together; but this contradicts the Bible; for
it plainly declares that there are a thousand years between
the resurrection of the righteous and that of the wicked.
Rev. 20:5. 2. Another way they try to adjust the matter, is
to say that when the righteous are raised, they are raised
mortal, judged, and then changed; but this contradicts the
Bible; for the Bible assigns no place for any such work of
investigative judgment after Christ appears, and, moreover,
explicitly declares that the righteous are raised in power,
in glory, with spiritual bodies, and in incorruption (1
Cor. 15:42-44), and that the living righteous are changed
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. Verses 51, 52.
Thus every attempt made by any other system to explain how
it is that immortality can be conferred upon the righteous
when Christ comes, without this preliminary work of judgment,
runs directly against the Scriptures at every step.
And no system which contradicts such plain statements of
the Bible can be worthy of the least credence. But in this
closing work in the sanctuary we find just the place for