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Every Work will be Brought into Judgment, November 28
God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing,
whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Ecclesiastes 12:14
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In the case of each individual there is a process going forward which is
far more wonderful than that which transfers the features to the polished
plate of the artist. The art of the photographer merely imprints the likeness
on perishable substance; but in the life-record the character is faithfully
delineated, and this record, however dark, can never be effaced except by
the blood of the atoning Sacrifice.
Angels of God are taking a daguerreotype of the character just as accu-
rately as the artist takes the likeness of the human features; and ... it is from
this that we are to be judged!
When the Judgment shall sit, and the books shall be opened, there will
be many astonishing disclosures. Men will not then appear as they appear
to the human eyes and finite judgments. Secret sins will then be laid open
to the view of all. Motives and intentions which have been hidden in the
dark chambers of the heart will be revealed.
All will appear as a real life-picture.
In that solemn and awful hour the unfaithfulness of the husband will
be opened to the wife, and the unfaithfulness of the wife, to the husband.
Parents will then learn, for the first time, what was the real character of
their children, and children will see the errors and mistakes that marked
the lives of their parents. The man who robbed his neighbor through false
representations, is not to escape with his ill-gotten gains. God has an exact
record in His books, of every unjust account and every unfair dealing.
Memory will be true and vivid in condemnation of the guilty one, who
in that day is found wanting. The mind will recall all the thoughts and acts
of the past; the whole life will come in review like the scenes in a panorama.
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