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Great power was with these chosen ones. Said the angel, “Look
ye!” My attention was turned to the wicked, or unbelievers. They
were all astir. The zeal and power with the people of God had aroused
and enraged them. Confusion, confusion, was on every side. I saw
measures taken against the company who had the light and power of
God. Darkness thickened around them, yet they stood firm, approved
of God, and trusting in Him. I saw them perplexed; next I heard them
crying unto God earnestly. Day and night their cry ceased not: “Thy
will, O God, be done! If it can glorify Thy name, make a way of
escape for Thy people! Deliver us from the heathen around about us.
They have appointed us unto death; but Thine arm can bring salvation.”
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These are all the words which I can bring to mind. All seemed to have
a deep sense of their unworthiness, and manifested entire submission
to the will of God; yet like Jacob, every one, without an exception,
was earnestly pleading and wrestling for deliverance.
Soon after they had commenced their earnest cry, the angels, in
sympathy, desired to go to their deliverance. But a tall, commanding
angel suffered them not. He said: “The will of God is not yet fulfilled.
They must drink of the cup. They must be baptized with the baptism.”
Soon I heard the voice of God, which shook the heavens and the
earth. There was a mighty earthquake. Buildings were shaken down
on every side. I then heard a triumphant shout of victory, loud, musical,
and clear. I looked upon the company who, a short time before, were in
such distress and bondage. Their captivity was turned. A glorious light
shone upon them. How beautiful they then looked! All marks of care
and weariness were gone, and health and beauty were seen in every
countenance. Their enemies, the heathen around them, fell like dead
men; they could not endure the light that shone upon the delivered,
holy ones. This light and glory remained upon them, until Jesus was
seen in the clouds of heaven, and the faithful, tried company were
changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, from glory to glory.
And the graves were opened, and the saints came forth, clothed with
immortality, crying, “Victory over death and the grave;” and together
with the living saints they were caught up to meet their Lord in the
air, while rich, musical shouts of glory and victory were upon every
immortal tongue.
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