At the general conference of believers in the present truth, held
at Sutton, Vermont, September, 1850, I was shown that the seven
last plagues will be poured out after Jesus leaves the sanctuary.
Said the angel, "It is the wrath of God and the Lamb that
causes the destruction or death of the wicked. At the voice of
God the saints will be mighty and terrible as an army with banners,
but they will not then execute the judgment written. The execution
of the judgment will be at the close of the one thousand years."
After the saints are changed to immortality and caught up together
with Jesus, after they receive their harps, their robes, and their
crowns, and enter the city, Jesus and the saints sit in judgment.
The books are opened--the book of life and the book of death.
The book of life contains the good deeds of the saints; and the
book of death contains the evil deeds of the wicked. These books
are compared with the statute book, the Bible, and according to
that men are judged. The saints, in unison with Jesus, pass their
judgment upon the wicked dead. "Behold ye," said the
angel, "the saints, in unison with Jesus, sit in judgment,
and mete out to the wicked according to the deeds done in the
body, and that which they must receive at the execution of the
judgment is set off against their names." This, I saw, was
the work of the saints with Jesus through the one thousand years
in the Holy City before it descends to the earth. Then at the
close of the one thousand years, Jesus, with the angels and all
the saints, leaves the Holy City, and while He is descending to
the earth with them, the wicked dead are raised, and then the
very men that "pierced Him," being raised, will see
Him afar off in all His glory, the angels and saints with Him,
and will wail because of Him. They will see the prints of the
nails in His hands and in His feet, and where they thrust the
spear into His side. The prints of the nails and the spear will
then be His glory. It is at the close of the one thousand years
that Jesus stands upon the Mount of Olives, and the mount parts
asunder and becomes a mighty plain. Those who flee at that time
are the wicked, who have just been raised. Then the Holy City
comes down and settles on the plain. Satan then imbues the wicked
with his spirit. He flatters them that the army in the city is
small, and that his army is large, and that they can overcome
the saints and take the city.
While Satan was rallying his army, the saints were in the city,
beholding the beauty and glory of the Paradise of God. Jesus was
at their head, leading them. All at once the lovely Saviour was
gone from our company; but soon we heard His lovely voice, saying,
"Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared
for you from the foundation of the world." We gathered about
Jesus, and just as He closed the gates of the city, the curse
was pronounced upon the wicked. The gates were shut. Then the
saints used their wings and mounted to the top of the wall of
the city. Jesus was also with them; His crown looked brilliant
and glorious. It was a crown within a crown, seven in number.
The crowns of the saints were of the most pure gold, decked with
stars. Their faces shone with glory, for they were in the express
image of Jesus; and as they arose and moved all together to the
top of the city, I was enraptured with the sight.
Then the wicked saw what they had lost; and fire was breathed
from God upon them and consumed them. This was the execution of
the judgment. The wicked then received according as the saints,
in unison with Jesus, had meted out to them during the one thousand
years. The same fire from God that consumed the wicked purified
the whole earth. The broken, ragged mountains melted with fervent
heat, the atmosphere also, and all the stubble was consumed. Then
our inheritance opened before us, glorious and beautiful, and
we inherited the whole earth made new.