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burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither
root nor branch.” [
Malachi 4:1
.]
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 a 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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