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to them. The prophetic declarations were to be repeated, and the truth
essential for salvation was to be made known. The work moved hard
at first. Often the hearers rejected the message as unintelligible, and
the conflict began in decided earnest, especially upon the Sabbath
question. But the Lord manifested His presence. At times the veil
which concealed His glory from our eyes was drawn aside. We beheld
Him in the high and holy place.
The Lord will not lead minds now to set aside the truth that the
Holy Spirit has moved upon His servants in the past to proclaim.
Many will honestly search the Word for Light as those in the past
have searched it; and they see light in the Word. But they did not pass
over the ground in their experience, when these messages of warning
were first proclaimed. Not having had this experience, some do not
appreciate the value of the truths that have been to us as waymarks,
and that have made us as a peculiar people what we are. They do not
make a right application of the Scriptures, and thus they frame theories
that are not correct. It is true that they quote an abundance of Scripture,
and teach much that is true; but truth is so mixed with error as to lead
to wrong conclusions. Yet because they can weave Scripture into their
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theories, they think that they have a straight chain of truth. Many who
did not have an experience in the rise of the messages, accept these
erroneous theories, and are led into false paths, backward instead of
forward. This is the enemy’s design.
The Threat of Misapplied Scripture
Satan is working that the history of the Jewish nation may be re-
peated in the experience of those who claim to believe present truth.
The Jews had the Old Testament Scriptures, and supposed themselves
conversant with them. But they made a woeful mistake. The prophe-
cies that refer to the glorious second appearing of Christ in the clouds
of heaven they regarded as referring to His first coming. Because He
did not come according to their expectations, they turned away from
Him. Satan knew just how to take these men in his net, and deceive
and destroy them....
The very same Satan is at work to undermine the faith of the people
of God at this time. There are persons ready to catch up every new idea.
The prophecies of Daniel and the Revelation are misinterpreted. These