the future age:
But verse 13, which pronounces a blessing on the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth, that is, from a point of time as late at least as the third angel's message, presents a testimony which cannot be evaded.
---It demonstrates that this part of John's vision relates to a period prior to the first resurrection;
---for the saints cannot die after being made immortal. 1 Cor. xv, 51-56.
Our Lord testifies that they can die no more, but are equal unto the angels, and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection. Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection. Luke xx, 36.
If any are still disposed to locate these angels' messages in the day of God itself, let them carefully read the following scriptures. Matt. xxiv, 37-39; Luke xvii, 26-30; Gen. vii, 21, 22; Luke xxi, 35; Ps. ii, 6-9; Rev. ii, 26, 27; xix, 11-21; xxii, 11, 12; 2 Thess. i, 6-10."
J.N. Andrews
