The Millennial Judgment

[Thompson, Darryl]

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for November 23
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The Millennial Judgment

Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that
pertain to this life? 1 Cor. 6:3. 


During the thousand years between the first and the second resurrection
the judgment of the wicked takes place. The apostle Paul points to this
judgment as an event that follows the second advent. "Judge nothing
before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the
hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the
hearts." 1 Corinthians 4:5. Daniel declares that when the Ancient of
Days came, "judgment was given to the saints of the most High." Daniel
7:22. 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." Revelation 20:4, 6.
It is at this time that, as foretold by Paul, "the saints shall judge
the world." 1 Corinthians 6:2. 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 angels?" Verse 3. 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." Jude 6. 

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."
Revelation 20:5. 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."
Isaiah 24:22.

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