Chapter 68—The Future
At the transfiguration, Jesus was glorified by His Father. We hear
Him say: “Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in
Him.” Thus before His betrayal and crucifixion He was strengthened
for His last dreadful sufferings. As the members of the body of Christ
approach the period of their last conflict, “the time of Jacob’s trouble,”
they will grow up into Christ, and will partake largely of His spirit. As
the third message swells to a loud cry, and as great power and glory
attend the closing work, the faithful people of God will partake of that
glory. It is the latter rain which revives and strengthens them to pass
through the time of trouble. Their faces will shine with the glory of
that light which attends the third angel.
I saw that God will in a wonderful manner preserve His people
through the time of trouble. As Jesus poured out His soul in agony
in the garden, they will earnestly cry and agonize day and night for
deliverance. The decree will go forth that they must disregard the
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Sabbath of the fourth commandment, and honor the first day, or lose
their lives; but they will not yield, and trample under their feet the
Sabbath of the Lord, and honor an institution of papacy. Satan’s host
and wicked men will surround them, and exult over them, because
there will seem to be no way of escape for them. But in the midst
of their revelry and triumph, there is heard peal upon peal of the
loudest thunder. The heavens have gathered blackness, and are only
illuminated by the blazing light and terrible glory from heaven, as God
utters His voice from His holy habitation.
The foundations of the earth shake; buildings totter and fall with a
terrible crash. The sea boils like a pot, and the whole earth is in terrible
commotion. The captivity of the righteous is turned, and with sweet
and solemn whisperings they say to one another: “We are delivered.
It is the voice of God.” With solemn awe they listen to the words of
the voice. The wicked hear, but understand not the words of the voice
of God. They fear and tremble, while the saints rejoice. Satan and
his angels, and wicked men, who had been exulting that the people of
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