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Preparation for what Lies Ahead, June 2
Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his
judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be
hid in the day of the Lord’s anger.
Zephaniah 2:3
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Transgression has almost reached its limit. Confusion fills the world,
and a great terror is soon to come upon human beings. The end is very near.
God’s people should be preparing for what is to break upon the world as an
overwhelming surprise.
The “time of trouble, such as never was,” is soon to open upon us; and
we shall need an experience which we do not now possess and which many
are too indolent to obtain. It is often the case that trouble is greater in
anticipation than in reality; but this is not true of the crisis before us. The
most vivid presentation cannot reach the magnitude of the ordeal. In that
time of trial, every soul must stand for himself before God. “Though Noah,
Daniel, and Job” were in the land, “as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall
deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by
their righteousness.”
Ezekiel 14:20
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The last great conflict between truth and error is but the final struggle of
the long-standing controversy concerning the law of God. Upon this battle
we are now entering—a battle between the laws of men and the precepts
of Jehovah, between the religion of the Bible and the religion of fable and
tradition.
We should study the great waymarks that point out the times in which we
are living.... We should now pray most earnestly that we may be prepared
for the struggles of the great day of God’s preparation.
Those who place themselves under God’s control, to be led and guided
by Him, will catch the steady tread of the events ordained by Him to take
place. Inspired with the Spirit of Him who gave His life for the life of the
world, they will no longer stand still in impotency, pointing to what they
cannot do. Putting on the armor of heaven, they will go forth to the warfare,
willing to do and dare for God, knowing that His omnipotence will supply
their need.
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