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The Second Angel’s Message
[see appendix.]
As the churches refused to receive the first angel’s message, they
rejected the light from heaven and fell from the favor of God. They
trusted to their own strength, and by opposing the first message
placed themselves where they could not see the light of the second
angel’s message. But the beloved of God, who were oppressed,
accepted the message, “Babylon is fallen,” and left the churches.
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Near the close of the second angel’s message, [
see appendix.
] I
saw a great light from heaven shining upon the people of God. The
rays of this light seemed bright as the sun. And I heard the voices of
angels crying, “Behold, the Bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet
Him!”
This was the midnight cry, which was to give power to the
second angel’s message. Angels were sent from heaven to arouse the
discouraged saints and prepare them for the great work before them.
The most talented men were not the first to receive this message.
Angels were sent to the humble, devoted ones, and constrained them
to raise the cry, “Behold, the Bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet
Him!” Those entrusted with the cry made haste, and in the power of
the Holy Spirit sounded the message, and aroused their discouraged
brethren. This work did not stand in the wisdom and learning of
men, but in the power of God, and His saints who heard the cry
could not resist it. The most spiritual received this message first, and
those who had formerly led in the work were the last to receive and
help swell the cry, “Behold, the Bridegroom cometh; go ye out to
meet Him!”
In every part of the land, light was given upon the second angel’s
message, and the cry melted the hearts of thousands. It went from
city to city, and from village to village, until the waiting people of
God were fully aroused. In many churches the message was not
permitted to be given, and a large company who had the living testi-
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