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Sin and Sinners Destroyed, December 5
Behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud,
yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that
cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave
them neither root nor branch.
Malachi 4:1
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Notwithstanding that Satan has been constrained to acknowledge God’s
justice and to bow to the supremacy of Christ, his character remains un-
changed. The spirit of rebellion, like a mighty torrent, again bursts forth.
Filled with frenzy, he determines not to yield the great controversy. The
time has come for a last desperate struggle against the King of heaven. He
rushes into the midst of his subjects and endeavors to inspire them with his
own fury and arouse them to instant battle. But of all the countless millions
whom he has allured into rebellion, there are none now to acknowledge his
supremacy. His power is at an end. The wicked are filled with the same
hatred of God that inspires Satan; but they see that their case is hopeless,
that they cannot prevail against Jehovah. Their rage is kindled against Satan
and those who have been his agents in deception, and with the fury of
demons they turn upon them.
Saith the Lord: “Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations:
and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and
they shall defile thy brightness. They shall bring thee down to the pit.” “I
will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire....
I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may
behold thee.... I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all
them that behold thee.... Thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any
more.”
Ezekiel 28:6-8, 16-19
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Fire comes down from God out of heaven. The earth is broken up. The
weapons concealed in its depths are drawn forth. Devouring flames burst
from every yawning chasm. The very rocks are on fire. The day has come
that shall burn as an oven. The elements melt with fervent heat, the earth
also, and the works that are therein are burned up.
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