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but will lead into strange paths, and some will become confused over
this representation, and will give up the faith”....
No True Message Fixes Time
No one has a true message fixing the time when Christ is to come
or not to come. Be assured that God gives no one authority to say that
Christ delays His coming five years, ten years, or twenty years. “Be ye
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also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh”
(
Matthew 24:44
). This is our message, the very message that the three
angels flying in the midst of heaven are proclaiming. The work to be
done now is that of sounding this last message of mercy to a fallen
world. A new life is coming from heaven and taking possession of all
God’s people. But divisions will come in the church. Two parties will
be developed. The wheat and tares grow up together for the harvest.
The work will grow deeper and become more earnest to the very
close of time. And all who are laborers together with God will contend
most earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints. They will not
be turned from the present message, which is already lightening the
earth with its glory. Nothing is worth contending for but the glory of
God. The only rock that will stand is the Rock of Ages. The truth as it
is in Jesus is the refuge in these days of error....
Messages Given for our Day
Prophecy has been fulfilling, line upon line. The more firmly we
stand under the banner of the third angel’s message, the more clearly
shall we understand the prophecy of Daniel; for the Revelation is the
supplement of Daniel. The more fully we accept the light presented
by the Holy Spirit through the consecrated servants of God, the deeper
and surer, even as the eternal throne, will appear the truths of ancient
prophecy; we shall be assured that men of God spake as they were
moved upon by the Holy Ghost. Men must themselves be under
the influence of the Holy Spirit in order to understand the Spirit’s
utterances through the prophets. These messages were given, not for
those that uttered the prophecies, but for us who are living amid the
scenes of their fulfillment.
I would not feel that I could present these things, if the Lord had
not given me this work to do. There are others besides yourself, and