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lands, the ocean will be crossed, and the islands of the sea will hear
the proclamation of the last message of warning to our world.
“And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth
lifted up his hand to heaven, and sware by Him that liveth for ever
and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the
earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which
are therein, that there should be time no longer” (
Revelation 10:5,
6
). This message announces the end of the prophetic periods. The
disappointment of those who expected to see our Lord in 1844 was
indeed bitter to those who had so ardently looked for His appearing. It
was in the Lord’s order that this disappointment should come, and that
hearts should be revealed.
Not one cloud has fallen upon the church that God has not prepared
for; not one opposing force has risen to counterwork the work of God
but He has foreseen. All has taken place as He has predicted through
His prophets. He has not left His church in darkness, forsaken, but
has traced in prophetic declarations what would occur, and through
His providence, acting in its appointed place in the world’s history,
He has brought about that which His Holy Spirit inspired the prophets
to foretell. All His purposes will be fulfilled and established. His
law is linked with His throne, and satanic agencies combined with
human agencies cannot destroy it. Truth is inspired and guarded by
God; it will live, and will succeed, although it may appear at times
to be overshadowed. The gospel of Christ is the law exemplified
in character. The deceptions practiced against it, every device for
vindicating falsehood, every error forged by satanic agencies, will
eventually be eternally broken, and the triumph of truth will be like
the appearing of the sun at noonday. The Sun of Righteousness shall
shine forth with healing in His wings, and the whole earth shall be
filled with His glory.
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The Certainty of Prophecy
All that God has in prophetic history specified to be fulfilled in the
past has been, and all that is yet to come in its order will be. Daniel,
God’s prophet, stands in his place. John stands in his place. In the
Revelation the Lion of the tribe of Judah has opened to the students of
prophecy the book of Daniel, and thus is Daniel standing in his place.