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External Parade of Heathen Power, May 12
The time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but
after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having
itching ears.
2 Timothy 4:3
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Rapidly are men ranging themselves under the banner they have chosen,
restlessly waiting and watching the movements of their leaders. There are
those who are watching and waiting and working for our Lord’s appearing;
while the other party are rapidly falling into line under the generalship of the
first great apostate. They look for a God in humanity, and Satan personifies
the one they seek. Multitudes will be so deluded through their rejection of
truth, that they will accept the counterfeit. Humanity is hailed as God.
As we near the close of time, there will be greater and still greater
external parade of heathen power; heathen deities will manifest their signal
power, and will exhibit themselves before the cities of the world; and this
delineation has already begun to be fulfilled. By a variety of images the
Lord Jesus represented to John the wicked character and seductive influence
of those who have been distinguished for their persecution of God’s people.
All need wisdom carefully to search out the mystery of iniquity that figures
so largely in the winding up of this earth’s history.... In the very time in
which we live, the Lord has called His people and has given them a message
to bear. He has called them to expose the wickedness of the man of sin who
has made the Sunday law a distinctive power, who has thought to change
times and laws, and to oppress the people of God who stand firmly to honor
Him by keeping the only true Sabbath, the Sabbath of creation....
The perils of the last days are upon us, and in our work we are to warn
the people of the danger they are in. Let not the solemn scenes which
prophecy has revealed be left untouched. If our people were half awake,
if they realized the nearness of the events portrayed in the Revelation, a
reformation would be wrought in our churches, and many more would
believe the message. We have no time to lose; God calls upon us to watch
for souls as they that must give an account.
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