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left their own habitation, He hath reserved in everlasting chains under
darkness unto the judgment of the great day.”
Jude 6
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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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