Our paradise home; the earth made new and the restoration of all things . in the day of the saints and record-keeping angelsconstitute the tribunal which determines the amount of punish-ment which justice demands shall be meted to each individualsinner. As there are degrees in sin, there must be in we have made our peace with God through faith in Christ,and have confessed and forsaken otir sins, our cases will passfavorably in the investigative judgment. If living at that time,we shall be translated at the appearing of our Saviour withouttasting death. If restin
Our paradise home; the earth made new and the restoration of all things . in the day of the saints and record-keeping angelsconstitute the tribunal which determines the amount of punish-ment which justice demands shall be meted to each individualsinner. As there are degrees in sin, there must be in we have made our peace with God through faith in Christ,and have confessed and forsaken otir sins, our cases will passfavorably in the investigative judgment. If living at that time,we shall be translated at the appearing of our Saviour withouttasting death. If resting in the tomb, our sins will be blottedout from Gods Book of Remembrance, and our names retainedin the Book of Life. Ifvve are numbered among the unsaved,the degree of our punishment will be determined during the thou-sand years of judgment. At the end of the thousand years, asthe prophet says, * Death and hell were cast into the lake offire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not foundwritten in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of 20: 14, XV Resurrection of the Righteous Dead WHEN Jesus ascended to heaven after His resurrection,a vast throng- of heavenly angels came to earth to escortHim back to the courts of glory. The disciples stoodg^azing heavenward to catch the last glimpse of their ascendingLord. Two of the angelic throng idighted by their side, and saidto them, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up intoheaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven,shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into i:ii. The disciples gazed until a cloud, bright and glo-rious, received Him out of their sight. Then they went back toJerusalem, not sorrowful and broken-hearted, but joyful andhappy in the thought that Jesus is coming again. And that gladrefrain has been ringing throughout the centuries, as men havepreached salvation through His name everywhere. The comingof the ]\Iessiah has ever been and ever will be the
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