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A View of the Shaking, July 12
For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely
in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel.
Ezekiel 38:19
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I saw some, with strong faith and agonizing cries, pleading with God.
Their countenances were pale and marked with deep anxiety, expressive
of their internal struggle. Firmness and great earnestness was expressed in
their countenances; large drops of perspiration fell from their foreheads....
Evil angels crowded around, pressing darkness upon them to shut out
Jesus from their view, that their eyes might be drawn to the darkness that
surrounded them, and thus they be led to distrust God and murmur against
Him. Their only safety was in keeping their eyes directed upward. Angels
of God had charge over His people, and as the poisonous atmosphere of evil
angels was pressed around these anxious ones, the heavenly angels were
continually wafting their wings over them to scatter the thick darkness.
As the praying ones continued their earnest cries, at times a ray of
light from Jesus came to them, to encourage their hearts and light up their
countenances. Some, I saw, did not participate in this work of agonizing
and pleading. They seemed indifferent and careless.... The angels of God...
went to the aid of the earnest, praying ones.... But His angels left those who
made no effort to help themselves, and I lost sight of them.
I asked the meaning of the shaking I had seen and was shown that it
would be caused by the straight testimony called forth by the counsel of the
True Witness of the Laodiceans....
My attention was then turned to the company I had seen, who were
mightily shaken.... The company of guardian angels around them had been
doubled, and they were clothed with an armor from their head to their feet....
I heard those clothed with the armor speak forth the truth with great
power. It had effect....I asked what had made this great change. An angel
answered, “It is the latter rain, the refreshing from the presence of the Lord,
the loud cry of the third angel.”
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