1841 William Miller Evidence from Scripture & History - A2Z.org

t lsased a tit& mmmw Thia passage must be understood
in its simple, plain meaning ; no mystery in thia
4th verse : *.@mi I mw thrones, and t sat on than,
uatd jrulgment roaa gitren undo them ;"-
I ere we have
a prophecy or the tul6lment of a promise that Chnst
made to his disciples, in Matt. xix. 28: YAnd Jesus
worshipped the beast or his image, or received a mark,
and, in one word, all that were not the aervantv of Satan
w sin, lh-ed and rei d with Christ a thousand years.
5th verse: UBd rrest of the dead l i d notapin
until the thowand years tcere J%AxL T7u'd is t@f%
remwwbk" The rest of tL dcad means the w~cked
dead, who do not have part in the fimt resurrection.
lived not again, showing conclusively that it is a natural
life and death spoken of. The jrst remnection is the
resurrection of the saints at his coming. Then comes
in our text, which has and will be explained in the
lecture. 7th verse : .fhad when the lownd years are
~ ~ nSatan d , 8all be loosed cnd of his prison." We
may reasonably expect that, when Satan is let loose,
all the damned spirits are let loose with him; and it
has been strongly im lied they were to live agnin in
the body, at the end ofthe tho~lsand years. 8th verse:
U And ahah! old "- that is, Satan - LL to deceive the
ncdio~ ~,~8"mintte our qvartwsoftheeorth"-
.ashes mder the feet oithe mints," as Malachi tell#
us : And ye shall tread down the wicked ; for they
&all be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day
that I shall do this, eaith the Lord of "- Gog
d &gwjf"'the amlie3 of (he wicksel that rere