ifest the counsels of the
hearts."(1149) Daniel declares that when the Ancient of days came,
"judgment was given to the saints of the Most High."(1150) At this time
the righteous reign as kings and priests unto God. John in the Revelation
says: "I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto
them." "They shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with
Him a thousand years."(1151) It is at this time that, as foretold by Paul,
"the saints shall judge the world."(1152) In union with Christ they judge
the wicked, comparing their acts with the statute-book, the Bible, and
deciding every case according to the deeds done in the body. Then the
portion which the wicked must suffer is meted out, according to their
works; and it is recorded against their names in the book of death.

Satan also and evil angels are judged by Christ and His people. Says Paul,
"Know ye not that we shall judge angel?"(1153) And Jude declares that "the
angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation,
He hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of
the great day."(1154)

At the close of the thousand years the second resurrection will take
place. Then the wicked will be raised from the dead, and appear before God
for the execution of "the judgment written." Thus the revelator, after
describing the resurrection of the righteous, says, "The rest of the dead
lived not again until the thousand years were finished."(1155) And Isaiah
declares, concerning the wicked, "They shall be gathered together, as
prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and
_after many days shall they be visited_."(1156)

42. THE CONTROVERSY ENDED.

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At the close of the thousand years, Christ again returns to the earth. He
is accompanied by the host of the redeemed, and attended by a retinue of
angels. As He descends in terrific majesty, He bids the wicked dead arise
to receive their doom. They come forth, a mighty host, numberless as the
sands of the sea. What a contrast to those who were raised at the first
resurrection! The righteous were clothed with immortal youth and beauty.
The wicked bear the traces of disease and death.

Every eye in that vast multitude is turned to behold the glory of the Son
of God. With one voice the wicked hosts exclaim, "Blessed is He that
cometh in the name of the Lord!" It is no