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nal destiny 1 The answer is very simple. It is nowhere said that immediately upon His coming the nations will be gathered, judged, separated and assigned to their eternal des tiny. Our difficulty here, as in many other places, arises from the fact that we assume what the Bible never asserts nor implies, viz, that these things are all crowded into a day, or a few days or even a year. All these events are connected with and result from His com ing, but they take time for their development. Prophecies are never intended to give us the definite and detailed history in their order of all the events connected with the Lord's coming. It is never the method of prophecy to give a definite and detailed history in their order of all the events connected with the subject in band. The great important facts necessary to keep us watching and to cheer our hearts and fire us for our work are given in outline, but we should always bear in mind that while prophecy is exactly and literally true in every word, and will be exactly and literally fulfilled, that nevertheless, prophecy is not history. 4. As a result of the Return of our Lord Jesus and of His glorious reign that follows
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