Chapter 17—Shaking of the Powers of Heaven
December 16, 1848, the Lord gave me a view of the shaking of
the powers of the heavens. I saw that when the Lord said “heaven,”
in giving the signs recorded by Matthew, Mark, and Luke, He meant
heaven, and when He said “earth,” He meant earth. The powers of
heaven are the sun, moon, and stars. They rule in the heavens. The
powers of earth are those that rule on the earth. The powers of heaven
will be shaken at the voice of God. Then the sun, moon, and stars will
be moved out of their places. They will not pass away, but be shaken
by the voice of God.
Dark heavy clouds came up, and clashed against each other. The
atmosphere parted and rolled back; then we could look up through
the open space in Orion, whence came the voice of God. The holy
city will come down through that open space. I saw that the powers
of earth are now being shaken, and that events come in order. War,
and rumors of war, sword, famine, and pestilence are first to shake
the powers of earth, then the voice of God will shake the sun, moon,
and stars, and this earth also. I saw that the shaking of the powers in
Europe is not, as some teach, the shaking of the powers of heaven, but
it is the shaking of the angry nations.
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