Chapter 21—Prepare to Meet the Lord
I saw that we should not put off the coming of the Lord. Said the
angel: “Prepare, prepare, for what is coming upon the earth. Let your
works correspond with your faith.” I saw that the mind must be stayed
upon God, and that our influence should tell for God and His truth.
We cannot honor the Lord when we are careless and indifferent. We
cannot glorify Him when we are desponding. We must be in earnest
to secure our own soul’s salvation, and to save others. All importance
should be attached to this, and everything besides should come in
secondary.
I saw the beauty of heaven. I heard the angels sing their rapturous
songs, ascribing praise, honor, and glory to Jesus. I could then realize
something of the wondrous love of the Son of God. He left all the
glory, all the honor which He had in heaven, and was so interested for
our salvation that He patiently and meekly bore every indignity and
slight which man could heap upon Him. He was wounded, smitten,
and bruised; He was stretched on Calvary’s cross and suffered the
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most agonizing death to save us from death, that we might be washed
in His blood and be raised up to live with Him in the mansions He is
preparing for us, to enjoy the light and glory of heaven, to hear the
angels sing, and to sing with them.
I saw that all heaven is interested in our salvation; and shall we
be indifferent? Shall we be careless, as though it were a small matter
whether we are saved or lost? Shall we slight the sacrifice that has
been made for us? Some have done this. They have trifled with offered
mercy, and the frown of God is upon them. God’s Spirit will not
always be grieved. It will depart if grieved a little longer. After all has
been done that God could do to save men, if they show by their lives
that they slight Jesus’ offered mercy, death will be their portion, and it
will be dearly purchased. It will be a dreadful death; for they will have
to feel the agony that Christ felt upon the cross to purchase for them
the redemption which they have refused. And they will then realize
what they have lost—eternal life and the immortal inheritance. The
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