"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.
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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."
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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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