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The whole universe will have become witnesses to the nature and
results of sin. And its utter extermination, which in the beginning
would have brought fear to angels and dishonor to God, will now
vindicate His love and establish His honor before the universe of
beings who delight to do His will, and in whose heart is His law.
Never will evil again be manifest. Says the word of God: “Affliction
shall not rise up the second time.”
Nahum 1:9
. The law of God, which
Satan has reproached as the yoke of bondage, will be honored as the
law of liberty. A tested and proved creation will never again be turned
from allegiance to Him whose character has been fully manifested
before them as fathomless love and infinite wisdom.
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