od cannot inherit the kingdom of God, neither
doth corruption inherit incorruption. 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," 1 Cor.
15:50-54. This "saying" was thus written by Isaiah,--"He will swallow up
death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all
faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the
earth; for the Lord hath spoken it. And it shall be said in that day, Lo,
this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the
Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his
salvation," Isa. 25:8, 9. It follows, then, that the voices heard in
heaven, shouting "Alleluia," and ascribing "salvation, and glory, and
honor, and power, unto the Lord our God" (v. 1), synchronize with those
heard when "the seventh angel sounded: and there were great voices in
heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our
Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.--And the
four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon
their faces and worshipped God, saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God
Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to
thee thy great power, and hast reigned: 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," Rev. 11:15-18.

The time of the dead being come that they should be judged, and the saints
rewarded, is another evidence that this epoch is that of the second advent
and kingdom of Christ, "who shall judge the quick and the dead at his
appearing and kingdom," 2 Tim. 4:1. Consequently it must synchronize with
that of:

The Marriage of the Lamb.

"And a voice came from the throne saying, Praise our God, all ye
his servants, and ye that fear him, both the small and the great!
And I heard a voice like that of a great crowd, and like the voice
of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, saying,
Praise ye Jehovah! for the Lord God Almighty reigneth. Let us
rejoice and exult, an