During the one thousand years the earth lies desolate; Satan and his angels are confined here; and the saints, with Christ, sit in judgment on the wicked, preparatory to their final punishment. The wicked dead are then raised; Satan is loosed for a little season, and he and the host of the wicked encompass the camp of the saints and the holy city, when fire comes down from God out of heaven and devours them. The earth is cleansed by the same fire that destroys the wicked, and, renewed, becomes the eternal abode of the saints. The millennium is one of “the ages to come.” Its close will mark the beginning of the new earth state. 4. How many resurrections are there to be? “Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear His voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto _the resurrection of life_; and they that have done evil, unto _the resurrection of damnation_.” John 5:28, 29. 5. What class only have part in the first resurrection? “_Blessed and holy_ is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power.” Rev. 20:6. 6. What will Christ do with the saints when He comes? “I will come again, and _receive you unto Myself_; that where I am, there ye may be also.” John 14:3. NOTE.—In other words, Christ will take them to heaven, there to live and reign with Him during the one thousand years. 7. Where did John, in vision, see the saints? “After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, _stood before the throne, and before the Lamb_, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands.” Rev. 7:9. NOTE.—This scripture shows plainly that the righteous are all taken to heaven immediately after the first resurrection. This accords with the words of Christ in John 14:1-3, where He says, “I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and _receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also_.” Peter desired to accompany Christ to those mansions; but Jesus answered, “Thou canst not follow Me now; _but thou shall follow Me afterwards_.” John 13:36. This makes it clear that when Christ returns to earth to receive His people, He takes them to the Father’s house in heaven. 8. What becomes of the living wicked when Christ comes? “_As it was in the days of Noe_, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and _the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot_; ... the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and _destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed_.” Luke 17:26-30.