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Future Events Come in Order, September 7
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake
you as a thief.
1 Thessalonians 5:4
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I saw that Jesus would not leave the most holy place until every case was
decided either for salvation or destruction, and that the wrath of God could
not come until Jesus had finished His work in the most holy place, laid off
His priestly attire, and clothed Himself with the garments of vengeance.
Then Jesus will step out from between the Father and man, and God will
keep silence no longer, but pour out His wrath on those who have rejected
His truth. I saw that the anger of the nations, the wrath of God, and the time
to judge the dead were separate and distinct, one following the other, also
that Michael had not stood up, and that the time of trouble, such as never
was, had not yet commenced. The nations are now getting angry, but when
our High Priest has finished His work in the sanctuary, He will stand up,
put on the garments of vengeance, and then the seven last plagues will be
poured out.
I saw that the four angels would hold the four winds until Jesus’ work
was done in the sanctuary, and then will come the seven last plagues. These
plagues enraged the wicked against the righteous; they thought that we had
brought the judgments of God upon them, and that if they could rid the
earth of us, the plagues would then be stayed. A decree went forth to slay
the saints, which caused them to cry day and night for deliverance. This
was the time of Jacob’s trouble. Then all the saints cried out with anguish
of spirit, and were delivered by the voice of God.
Before His crucifixion the Saviour explained to His disciples that He
was to be put to death and to rise again from the tomb.... But the disciples
were looking for temporal deliverance from the Roman yoke, and they
could not tolerate the thought that He in whom all their hopes centered
should suffer an ignominious death.... So in the prophecies the future is
opened before us as plainly as it was opened to the disciples by the words
of Christ. The events connected with the close of probation and the work of
preparation for the time of trouble, are clearly presented. But multitudes
have no more understanding of these important truths than if they had never
been revealed.
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