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19. At the gates. This verse is not invariably fulfilled in this life; though, even here, the wicked sometimes find the tables reversed so that they are forced to bow before the righteous. As the allegorical rich man was ready to bow before Abraham and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31), so all the wicked will one day bow outside the New Jerusalem and acknowledge the justice of their exclusion from heaven (see Rev. 20:9, 12; GC 666-669).