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Early Writings
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 over the beast and
over his image.
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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.”
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