Preparation for the Final Crisis
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It cannot now be said by the Lord’s servants, as it was by the
prophet Daniel: “The time appointed was long.”
Daniel 10:1
. It is now
but a short time till the witnesses for God will have done their work in
preparing the way of the Lord.
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We are to throw aside our narrow, selfish plans, remembering that
we have a work of the largest magnitude and highest importance. In
doing this work we are sounding the first, second, and third angel’s
messages, and are thus being prepared for the coming of that other
angel from heaven who is to lighten the earth with his glory.
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The day of the Lord is approaching with stealthy tread; but the
supposed great and wise men know not the signs of Christ’s coming
or of the end of the world. Iniquity abounds, and the love of many has
waxed cold.
There are thousands upon thousands, millions upon millions, who
are now making their decision for eternal life or eternal death. The
man who is wholly absorbed in his counting room, the man who finds
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pleasure at the gaming table, the man who loves to indulge perverted
appetite, the amusement lover, the frequenters of the theater and the
ballroom, put eternity out of their reckoning. The whole burden of
their life is: What shall we eat? what shall we drink? and wherewithal
shall we be clothed? They are not in the procession that is moving
heavenward. They are led by the great apostate, and with him will be
destroyed.
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Unless we understand the importance of the moments that are
swiftly passing into eternity, and make ready to stand in the great day
of God, we shall be unfaithful stewards. The watchman is to know
the time of night. Every thing is now clothed with a solemnity that all
who believe the truth for this time should realize. They should act in
reference to the day of God. The judgments of God are about to fall
upon the world, and we need to be preparing for that great day.