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Early Writings
I begged of the angel to speak in his language to the people. Said
he, “All the thunders and lightnings of Mount Sinai would not move
those who will not be moved by the plain truths of the Word of God,
neither would an angel’s message awake them.”
I then beheld the beauty and loveliness of Jesus. His robe was
whiter than the whitest white. No language can describe His glory
and exalted loveliness. All, all who keep the commandments of God,
will enter in through the gates into the city and have right to the
tree of life and ever be in the presence of the lovely Jesus, whose
countenance shines brighter than the sun at noonday.
I was pointed to Adam and Eve in Eden. They partook of the
forbidden tree and were driven from the garden, and then the flaming
sword was placed around the tree of life, lest they should partake of
its fruit and be immortal sinners. The tree of life was to perpetuate
immortality. I heard an angel ask, “Who of the family of Adam have
passed the flaming sword and have partaken of the tree of life?” I
heard another angel answer, “Not one of Adam’s family has passed
that flaming sword and partaken of that tree; therefore there is not
an immortal sinner. The soul that sinneth it shall die an everlasting
death—a death that will last forever, from which there will be no
hope of a resurrection; and then the wrath of God will be appeased.
“The saints will rest in the Holy City and reign as kings and
priests one thousand years; then Jesus will descend with the saints
upon the Mount of Olives, and the mount will part asunder and
become a mighty plain for the Paradise of God to rest upon. The rest
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of the earth will not be cleansed until the end of the one thousand
years, when the wicked dead are raised, and gather up around the
city. The feet of the wicked will never desecrate the earth made new.
Fire will come down from God out of heaven and devour them—
burn them up root and branch. Satan is the root, and his children are
the branches. The same fire that will devour the wicked will purify
the earth.”
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