Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-07-12

which assigns 10 il this work and position
XVII. That God, in accordance with his
uniform dealings with the race, sends forth a
proclamation of the approach of the second
advent of Christ; that this work Is symbolizcd
by the three messages OF Rev. H. the last one
bringing to view the work of reform on the
law of God, that his people may acquire a
complete readiness for that event.
XVIII That the time Of the cleansing of
the sanctuary (see proposition A,) synchroniz.
ing with the time of the proclamation of the
third message, is time Of inyestigative judges
ment, first, with reference TO the dead, and, at
the close of probation, with reference to the
living, to determine who of the myriads now
sleeping in the dust Of the earth are worthy
of part in the FIRST resurrection, and who of
its living multitudes are worthy of translation
points which mus. be determined before
the Lord appears
XIX. That the grave, whittier we all tend,
expressed by the Hebrew sheoi and the Greek
hqdes, is a place of darkness in which there is
no work, device, wisdom, or knowledge. Eecl
O: 10.
Xxx. That the state to which we are re-
duced by death is one of silence, inactivity,
and entire Inconsistencies. - l46 4 Eccl
1856; Dan. 49, 2, &c.
grave, mankind are to be brought by bodily
resurrection the righteous having. part in the
fist resurrection, which takes place at the
second advent of Christ; the wicked, in the
second resurrection, which takes place thou
sand years thereafter. Rev. 204-6.
XXI. That at the last trump, the living
righteous are to be changed in moment
in the twinkling of an eye, and with the res
directed righteous are to be caught up to
meet the Lord the air, so forever to be with
the Lord.
XXIII. That these immortalized ones are
then taken to Heaven, to the New Jerusalem,
the Fathers house in which there are many
mansions, John IA: Is, where they reign
with Christ a thousand years, judging the
world and fallen angels, that is, apportioning
the punishment to be executed upon them at
the close of the one thousand years; Rev
90: Cor. 2, 8 that during this time
the earth lies in a desolate and chaotic condi>
ton, Jer. 4 20--27, described, as in the be-
ginning, by the Greek term abuSsoS
bottomess pit (Septuagint Of Gen. | 2 j and
that here Satin is confined during the thou,
sand years, Rev. 20: l, Q ; and finally destroy
ed Rev. 20: 10; NAL 4 the theatre of the
ruin he has wrought in the universe, being
appropriately made for time his gloomy pris-
on house, and then the place of his final exc.
cution
XIV That at the end Of the thousand
years, the Lord decends with his people and
the new Jerusalem, Rev. 81 2, the wicked
dead are raised and come up upon the surface
of the yet unrenewed earth, and gather about
the city, the camp Of the saints Rev. 90:
and fire comes down from God out of heaven
and devours them. They are then consumed
root and branch, Nal. a. l becoming as though
they had not been. Obad. Is, TO-. In this
everlasting destruction from the presence of
the Lord. Thess. l 9, the wicked meet the
everlasting punishment threatened against
them. Matt. %: 49, This is the perdition Of
ungodly men, the fire which consumes them
being the fire for which 'the heavens and the
earth which are now" are kept in store, which
shall melt even the elements with its intensity,
and purge the earth from the deepest stains
of the curse of sin. 2 Pet. 3 7-l2.
XIV. That a new heaven and earth shall
spring by the power of God from the ashes OF
the old, to be, with the New Jerusalem for its
metropolis and capital the eternal inheritance
of the saints, the place where the righteous
shall evermore dwell. Pet. 8; IS; Ps. 81
II, 20 Matt. s s.