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In the Dens and Caves of the Earth, October 9
And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the
earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he
ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Isaiah 2:19
.
The hidden ones have been scattered because of man’s enmity against
the law of Jehovah. They have been oppressed by all the powers of the
earth. They have been scattered in the dens and caves of the earth through
the violence of their adversaries, because they are true and obedient to
Jehovah’s laws. But deliverance comes to the people of God. To their
enemies God will show Himself a God of just retribution....
From the dens and the caves of the earth, that have been the secret
hiding places of God’s people, they are called forth as His witnesses, true
and faithful.
The people who have braved out their rebellion will fulfill the description
given in
Revelation 6:15-17
. In these very caves and dens they find the very
statement of truth in the letters and in the publications as witness against
them. The shepherds who lead the sheep in false paths will hear the charge
made against them, “It was you who made light of truth. It was you who
told us that God’s law was abrogated, that it was a yoke of bondage. It
was you who voiced the false doctrines when I was convicted that these
Seventh-day Adventists had the truth. The blood of our souls is upon your
priestly garments.... Now will you pay the ransom for my soul? ... What
shall we do who listened to your garbling of the Scriptures and your turning
into a lie the truth which if obeyed would have saved us?”
When Christ comes to take vengeance on those who have educated and
trained the people to trample on God’s Sabbath, to tear down His memorial,
and tread down with their feet the feed of His pastures, lamentations will be
in vain. Those who trusted in the false shepherds had the word of God to
search for themselves, and they find that God will judge every man who has
had the truth and turned from the light because it involved self-denial and
the cross. Rocks and mountains cannot screen them from the indignation of
Him that sitteth on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb.
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