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Last Crisis
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under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken
down, for the corn is withered. How do the beasts groan! the herds
of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks
of sheep are made desolate.” “The vine is dried up, and the fig tree
languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple
tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is
withered away from the sons of men.”
Joel 1:15-18, 12
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“I am pained at my very heart; ... I cannot hold my peace,
because thou has heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the
alarm of war. Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole
land is spoiled.”
Jeremiah 4:19, 20
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“I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and
the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the mountains, and, lo,
they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. I beheld, and, lo, there
was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. I beheld,
and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof
were broken down.”
Verses 23-26
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“Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the
time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.”
Jeremiah
30:7
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Not all in this world have taken sides with the enemy against God.
Not all have become disloyal. There are a faithful few who are true
to God; for John writes: “Here are they that keep the commandments
of God, and the faith of Jesus.”
Revelation 14:12
. Soon the battle
will be waged fiercely between those who serve God and those who
serve Him not. Soon everything that can be shaken will be shaken,
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that those things that cannot be shaken may remain.
Satan is a diligent Bible student. He knows that his time is short,
and he seeks at every point to counterwork the work of the Lord upon
this earth. It is impossible to give any idea of the experience of the
people of God who shall be alive upon the earth when celestial glory
and a repetition of the persecutions of the past are blended. They
will walk in the light proceeding from the throne of God. By means
of the angels there will be constant communication between heaven
and earth. And Satan, surrounded by evil angels, and claiming to be
God, will work miracles of all kinds, to deceive, if possible, the very
elect. God’s people will not find their safety in working miracles,
for Satan will counterfeit the miracles that will be wrought. God’s