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The Four Winds Loosed, September 15
Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed
the servants of our God in their foreheads.
Revelation 7:3
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Angels are belting the world, refusing Satan his claims to supremacy,
made because of the vast multitude of his adherents. We hear not the voices,
we see not with the natural sight the work of these angels, but their hands
are linked about the world, and with sleepless vigilance they are keeping the
armies of Satan at bay till the sealing of God’s people shall be accomplished.
John sees the elements of nature—earthquake, tempest, and political
strife—represented as being held by four angels. These winds are under
control until God gives the word to let them go. There is the safety of God’s
church. The angels of God do His bidding, holding back the winds of the
earth, that the winds should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on
any tree, until the servants of God should be sealed in their foreheads.
The present is a time of overwhelming interest to all living. Rulers and
statesmen, men who occupy positions of trust and authority, thinking men
and women of all classes, have their attention fixed upon the events taking
place about us. They are watching the strained, restless relations that exist
among the nations. They observe the intensity that is taking possession of
every earthly element, and they realize that something great and decisive is
about to take place—that the world is on the verge of a stupendous crisis.
Angels are now restraining the winds of strife, until the world shall be
warned of its coming doom; but a storm is gathering, ready to burst upon
the earth, and when God shall bid His angels loose the winds, there will be
such a scene of strife as no pen can picture....
A moment of respite has been graciously given us of God. Every power
lent us of heaven is to be used in doing the work assigned us by the Lord
for those who are perishing in ignorance. The warning message is to be
sounded in all parts of the world.... A great work is to be done, and this
work has been entrusted to those who know the truth for this time.
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