Chapter 9—God’s People Delivere
Grand, climatic scenes take place when the battle between good and
evil comes to its amazing conclusion. Here is how you can meet Jesus
in peace and experience all the joy He has in store for you.
When the protection of human laws shall be withdrawn from those
who honor the law of God, there will be, in different lands, a simulta-
neous movement for their destruction. As the time appointed in the
decree draws near, the people will conspire to root out the hated sect.
It will be determined to strike in one night a decisive blow, which shall
utterly silence the voice of dissent and reproof.
The people of God—some in prison cells, some hidden in solitary
retreats in the forests and the mountains—still plead for divine pro-
tection, while in every quarter companies of armed men, urged on by
hosts of evil angels, are preparing for the work of death. It is now, in
the hour of utmost extremity, that the God of Israel will interpose for
the deliverance of His chosen. Saith the Lord; “Ye shall have a song,
as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart,
as when one goeth ... to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the
Mighty One of Israel. And the Lord shall cause His glorious voice
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to be heard, and shall show the lighting down of His arm, with the
indignation of His anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with
scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.”
Isaiah 30:29, 30
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The Rainbow of Glory
With shouts of triumph, jeering, and imprecation, throngs of evil
men are about to rush upon their prey, when, lo, a dense blackness,
deeper than the darkness of the night, falls upon the earth. Then a
rainbow, shining with the glory from the throne of God, spans the
heavens and seems to encircle each praying company. The angry
multitudes are suddenly arrested. Their mocking cries die away. The
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The Great Controversy, 635-646.
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