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Time of Jacob’s Trouble
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The Cry for Deliverance
It was an hour of fearful, terrible agony to the saints. Day and
night they cried unto God for deliverance. To outward appearance,
there was no possibility of their escape. The wicked had already
begun to triumph, crying out, “Why doesn’t your God deliver you
out of our hands? Why don’t you go up and save your lives?” But
the saints heeded them not. Like Jacob, they were wrestling with
God. The angels longed to deliver them, but they must wait a little
longer; the people of God must drink of the cup and be baptized
with the baptism. The angels, faithful to their trust, continued their
watch. God would not suffer His name to be reproached among
the heathen. The time had nearly come when He was to manifest
His mighty power and gloriously deliver His saints. For His name’s
glory He would deliver every one of those who had patiently waited
for Him and whose names were written in the book.
I was pointed back to faithful Noah. When the rain descended
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and the Flood came, Noah and his family had entered the ark, and
God had shut them in. Noah had faithfully warned the inhabitants
of the antediluvian world, while they had mocked and derided him.
And as the waters descended upon the earth, and one after another
was drowning, they beheld that ark, of which they had made so much
sport, riding safely upon the waters, preserving the faithful Noah
and his family. So I saw that the people of God, who had faithfully
warned the world of His coming wrath, would be delivered. God
would not suffer the wicked to destroy those who were expecting
translation and who would not bow to the decree of the beast or
receive his mark. I saw that if the wicked were permitted to slay
the saints, Satan and all his evil host, and all who hate God, would
be gratified. And oh, what a triumph it would be for his satanic
majesty to have power, in the last closing struggle, over those who
had so long waited to behold Him whom they loved! Those who
have mocked at the idea of the saints’ going up will witness the care
of God for His people and behold their glorious deliverance.
As the saints left the cities and villages, they were pursued by the
wicked, who sought to slay them. But the swords that were raised
to kill God’s people broke and fell as powerless as straw. Angels of