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Rh of His enemies, compassing the fulfilment of His word, and the execution of His decrees. He is about to "do a wonder to the dead"; and, by the signs of ancient record, He is displaying before the world, He announces to those of the living whose discernment may be spiritual, that "the time of the dead that they should be judged" is at hand; and that after they are raised He will command their attendance with them in the judicial presence of the Majesty enthroned (1 Thess. iv. 16–17). Therefore, blessed is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame (Rev. xvi. 15).