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A Crisis Ahead, March 1
Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a
destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Joel 1:15
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The prophecies which the great I AM has given in His word, uniting
link after link in the chain of events, from eternity in the past to eternity
in the future, tell us where we are today in the procession of the ages, and
what may be expected in the time to come. All that prophecy has foretold
as coming to pass, until the present time, has been traced on the pages of
history, and we may be assured that all which is yet to come will be fulfilled
in its order.
Today the signs of the times declare that we are standing on the threshold
of great and solemn events. Everything in our world is in agitation. Before
our eyes is fulfilling the Saviour’s prophecy of the events to precede His
coming: “Ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars.... Nation shall rise
against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines,
and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.”
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 relations that exist among
the nations. They observe the intensity that is taking possession of every
earthly element, and they recognize that something great and decisive is
about to take place—that the world is on the verge of a stupendous crisis.
The Bible, and the Bible only, gives a correct view of these things. Here
are revealed the great final scenes in the history of our world, ... the sound
of their approach causing the earth to tremble and men’s hearts to fail them
for fear.
Today men and nations are being tested by the plummet in the hand of
Him who makes no mistake. All are by their own choice deciding their
destiny, and God is overruling all for the accomplishment of His purposes.
Christians should be preparing for what is soon to break upon the world
as an overwhelming surprise, and this preparation they should make by
diligently studying the word of God and striving to conform their lives to
its precepts.
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