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Troublous Times Right Upon Us, June 16
After these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of
the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should
not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
Revelation 7:1
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Four mighty angels are still holding the four winds of the earth. Terrible
destruction is forbidden to come in full. The ... winds will be the stirring up
of the nations to one deadly combat, while the angels hold the four winds,
forbidding the terrible power of Satan to be exercised in its fury until the
servants of God are sealed in their foreheads.
The signs of the times give evidence that the judgments of heaven are
being poured out, that the day of the Lord is at hand. The daily papers
are full of indications of an intense conflict in the future. Bold robberies
are of frequent occurrence. Strikes are common. Thefts and murders are
committed on every hand. Men possessed by demons are taking the lives
of men, women, and little children. All these things testify that the Lord’s
coming is near.
The restraining Spirit of God is even now being withdrawn from the
world. Hurricanes, storms, tempests, disasters by sea and by land, follow
one another in quick succession. The signs thickening around us, telling of
the near approach of the Son of God, are attributed to any other than the
true cause....
The time is right upon us when there will be sorrow in the world that no
human balm can heal. Even before the last great destruction comes upon
the world, the flattering monuments of man’s greatness will be crumbled in
the dust. God’s retributive judgments will fall on those who in the face of
great light have continued in sin. Costly buildings, supposed to be fireproof,
are erected. But as Sodom perished in the flames of God’s vengeance, so
will these proud structures become ashes. I have seen vessels which cost
immense sums of money wrestling with the mighty ocean, seeking to breast
the angry billows. But with all their treasures of gold and silver, and with all
their human freight, they sank into a watery grave.... But amid the tumult
of excitement, with confusion in every place, there is a work to be done for
God in the world.
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