Second advent library

14 ouutsme or 'rn smcrunr.ish." Phil. iii. 20, 21:"For our conversationis in heaven; from whence also welook for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:who shall change our vile body, that it maybe fashioned like unto his glorious body,according to the working whereby he is ableeven- to subdue all things tmto himselfl""1 John iii. 2: Beloved,now are we thesons of God, and it doth not yet appear whatwe shall be: but we know that, when heshall appear,we shall be like him; for weshall see him as he is." Rev. xix. 8: "Andto her wasgranted that she should be arrayedin fine linen, clean and white: for the fineof saints."linen is the"righteousnessThen shall the sanctuary be cleansed,"when the will of God is done in earth as inheaven. How perfectly inconsistent it is tosuppose that after Christ reignson the eartha thousand years, and possesses the kingdomunder the whole heaven, and all earthlykingdoms are conquered, and broken topieces, and carried away, so that no place isfound for them-and after the saints possessthe kingdom, and have the dominion foreverand ever;-that the devil, after all this, is toobtain possession of the earth again, andoverpower the immortal saints, with Christat their head, so that a necessity would arisefor God to burn up the world, the belovedfor the saintscity, and all the saints in it;are never to be removed from the earth, afterChrist comes. Prov. x. 30: "The righteous§