Second advent library

macros:32Vn.slain at the commencing of the thousand years, orcoming of Christ, at the supger nf the great God, andsurf»;ce of the onlyea.rth,ntlhat heigwg the breudtof theof aglobu ar body;-"a oompassed canqzqfsaints about, and the beloved cily;"-plainly showingthat the New Jerusalem, the beloved city, is on theearth during the thousand years, or how could thiswicked host encompass it about? they have not climbedthe celestial walls of heaven-no; for it says, "and_)'Zrecamedoum_/imn Godoadqfluavenanddevouredthem." This is the second death,resresented undertheti-Euro of fire coming down from Go out of heaven;not econdagration of the world,-for that was inthe cofnmencing of the thousand years, when Christcame and cleansed the world from all the wicked, andthe works of wicked men,-but the justice of God,under the figure of fire; "for our God is a. consuming6;-Itegnxii.l0thu;elars;:iire."29.the dem? thatdzeeiv was east into o and brmstonc,°bottle of Armageddon;see zekiel xxxviii., xxxix.-"to gather them together to ba#l¢;"--this is theirdesign, but there is no battle, for God himself is withhis people to defend them; and he the wickedhostwthsnumbcrqfwhomisaathes desggiysqf¢lwaea;"evidently including the whole number of the wicked;for the iigure,aandqfthcsea,isnever used,onlytoexpress the whole class of the people named; as, thechildren of Israel, the whole host of Jacob. 9th verse:"AndthcywentIg on the breadthq/the e¢u'ih;"-thatis,this army of og and Magog were raised up outwherctlwbeas¢andfaLseprophet1ue,andsIa1lbeto1-mented day and night forever and ever." In this verse,the final condemnation of the wicked, soul and body,is given; and the last that God has seen iit to revealconcerning them to us is, that theyare cast into everlastingtorment.In the next verse, John has mothervision of the samethings which he had before told us,only in a di&'erent point of view,or some circumstancenot before clearly described. And I saw always impliesa new view, or another vision. 11th verse: "dnalawagree! whale Hu'nne,andhislhd|a¢o1n¥,_)hn