18 A Sketch of the Christian Experience and Views of Ellen G. White
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 a glorious immortality. The living
saints were changed in a moment, and were caught up with them in
the cloudy chariot. It looked all over glorious as it rolled upwards. On
either side of the chariot were wings, and beneath it wheels. And as
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the chariot rolled upwards, 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 upwards 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.”