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It Will Not Be Long, December 16
Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors
about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the
indignation be overpast.
Isaiah 26:20
.
It will not be long until the gathering storm will burst upon the world
that is so asleep in sin.... When the earth is reeling to and fro like a
drunkard, when the heavens are shaking, and the great day of the Lord has
come, who shall be able to stand? One object they behold in trembling
agony from which they will try in vain to escape. “Behold, he cometh
with clouds; and every eye shall see him” (
Revelation 1:7
). The unsaved
utter wild imprecations to dumb nature—their god: “Mountains and rocks,
‘Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne’”
(
Revelation 6:16
).
Creation is loyal to her God, and deaf to the frenzied call. That unre-
quited love is now turned to wrath. Sinners who would not let Jesus take
away their sins are rushing from place to place in search of a hiding place,
crying, The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and our souls are not
saved! ...
That Lamb whose wrath will be so terrible to the scorners of His
grace will be grace and righteousness and love and blessing to all who
have received Him. The pillar of cloud that was dark with terror and
avenging wrath to the Egyptians, was to the people of God a pillar of fire
for brightness. So will it be to the Lord’s people in these last days. The light
and glory of God to His commandment-keeping people are darkness to the
unbelieving. They see that it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the
living God. The arm, long stretched, strong to save all who come unto Him,
is strong to execute His judgment upon all who would not come unto Him
that they might have life. God grant that while mercy still lingers, while
the voice of invitation is still heard, there will be a turning unto the Lord.
The sure provision has been made to shelter every soul and shield those
who have kept His commandments until the indignation be overpast
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Letter 137, 1896
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