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The Angel of Revelation 18, July 29
And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven,
having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
Revelation 18:1
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The prophecies in the eighteenth of Revelation will soon be fulfilled.
During the proclamation of the third angel’s message, “another angel”
is to “come down from heaven, having great power,” and the earth is to
be “lightened with his glory.” The Spirit of the Lord will so graciously
bless consecrated human instrumentalities that men, women, and children
will open their lips in praise and thanksgiving, filling the earth with the
knowledge of God, and with His unsurpassed glory, as the waters cover the
sea.
Those who have held the beginning of their confidence firm unto the
end will be wide-awake during the time that the third angel’s message is
proclaimed with great power. During the loud cry, the church, aided by the
providential interpositions of her exalted Lord, will diffuse the knowledge
of salvation so abundantly that light will be communicated to every city
and town. The earth will be filled with the knowledge of salvation. So
abundantly will the renewing Spirit of God have crowned with success the
intensely active agencies, that the light of present truth will be seen flashing
everywhere.
There is to be, at this period, a series of events which will reveal that
God is Master of the situation. The truth will be proclaimed in clear,
unmistakable language. As a people, we must prepare the way of the Lord,
under the overruling guidance of the Holy Spirit. The gospel is to be given
in its purity. The stream of living water is to deepen and widen in its course.
In all fields, nigh and afar off, men will be called from the plow and from
the more common commercial business vocations that largely occupy the
mind, and will be educated in connection with men of experience. As they
learn to labor effectively, they will proclaim the truth with power. Through
most wonderful workings of divine providence, mountains of difficulties
will be removed, and cast into the sea. The message that means so much to
the dwellers upon the earth will be heard and understood. Men will know
what is truth. Onward, and still onward the work will advance, until the
whole earth shall have been warned. And then shall the end come.
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