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of Christ’s righteousness is to sound from one end of the earth to the
other to prepare the way of the Lord. This is the glory of God, which
closes the work of the third angel.
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There is no work in our world so great, so sacred, and so glorious,
no work that God honors so much, as this gospel work. The message
presented at this time is the last message of mercy for a fallen world.
Those who have the privilege of hearing this message, and who persist
in refusing to heed the warning, cast away their last hope of salvation.
There will be no second probation.
The word of truth, “It is written,” is the gospel we are to preach.
No flaming sword is placed before this tree of life. All who will may
partake of it. There is no power that can prohibit any soul from taking
of its fruit. All may eat, and live forever.
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Mysteries into which angels desire to look, which prophets and
kings and righteous men desired to understand, the remnant church
will carry in messages from God to the world. The prophets prophesied
of these things, and they longed to understand that which they foretold;
but to them this privilege was not given. They longed to see what we
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see, and to hear what we hear; but they could not. They will know
all when Christ shall come the second time; when, surrounded by
a multitude which no man can number, He explains the deliverance
wrought out by the great sacrifice He made.
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The truths of the third angel’s message have been presented by
some as a dry theory; but in this message is to be presented Christ
the Living One. He is to be revealed as the first and the last, as the I
AM, the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright and morning
Star. Through this message the character of God in Christ is to be
manifested to the world. The call is to be sounded: “O Jerusalem, that
bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not
afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! Behold, the