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tence, and then paused, while the words were rolling through the earth.
The Israel of God stood with their eyes fixed upward, listening to the
words as they came from the mouth of Jehovah, and rolled through
the earth like peals of loudest thunder. It was awfully solemn. And at
the end of every sentence the saints shouted, “Glory! Alleluia” Their
countenances were lighted up with the glory of God; and they shone
with the glory, as did the face of Moses when he came down from
Sinai. The wicked could not look on them for the glory. And when
the never-ending blessing was pronounced on those who had honored
God in keeping His Sabbath holy, there was a mighty shout of victory
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over the beast and over his image.
Then commenced the jubilee, when the land should rest. I saw the
pious slave rise in triumph and victory, and shake off the chains that
bound him, while his wicked master was in confusion, and knew not
what to do; for the wicked could not understand the words of the voice
of God.
Soon appeared the great white cloud. It looked more lovely than
ever before. On it sat the Son of man. At first we did not see Jesus
on the cloud, but as it drew near the earth we could behold His lovely
person. This cloud, when it first appeared, was the sign of the Son of
man in heaven.
The voice of the Son of God called forth the sleeping saints, clothed
with glorious immortality. The living saints were changed in a moment,
and were caught up with them into the cloudy chariot. It looked all
over glorious as it rolled upward. On either side of the chariot were
wings, and beneath it wheels. And as the chariot rolled upward, the
wheels cried, “Holy,” and the wings, as they moved, cried, “Holy,”
and the retinue of holy angels around the cloud cried, “Holy, holy,
holy, Lord God Almighty” And the saints in the cloud cried, “Glory!
Alleluia!” And the chariot rolled upward to the holy city. Jesus threw
open the gates of the golden city, and led us in. Here we were made
welcome, for we had kept “the commandments of God,” and had a
“right to the tree of life.”
Revelation 14:12
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22:14
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