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A Special Resurrection, June 25
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,
some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting
contempt.
Daniel 12:2
.
It is at midnight that God manifests His power for the deliverance of
His people. The sun appears, shining in its strength. Signs and wonders
follow in quick succession. The wicked look with terror and amazement
upon the scene, while the righteous behold with solemn joy the tokens
of their deliverance. Everything in nature seems turned out of its course.
The streams cease to flow. Dark, heavy clouds come up, and clash
against each other. In the midst of the angry heavens is one clear space
of indescribable glory, whence comes the voice of God like the sound
of many waters, saying, “It is done.”
Revelation 16:17
....
That voice shakes the heavens and the earth. There is a mighty
earthquake, “such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty
an earthquake, and so great.”
Revelation 16:18
.... The whole earth
heaves and swells like the waves of the sea. Its surface is breaking up.
Its very foundations seem to be giving way....
Graves are opened, and “many of them that sleep in the dust of
the earth ... awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and
everlasting contempt.”
Daniel 12:2
. All who have died in the faith of
the third angel’s message come forth from the tomb glorified, to hear
God’s covenant of peace with those who have kept His law.
Those who had died in faith under the third angel’s message, keeping
the Sabbath, came forth from their dusty beds.
“They also which pierced him” (
Revelation 1:7
), those that mocked
and derided Christ’s dying agonies, and the most violent opposers of
His truth and His people, are raised to behold Him in His glory, and to
see the honor placed upon the loyal and obedient....
The voice of God is heard from heaven, declaring the day and hour
of Jesus’ coming, and delivering the everlasting covenant to His people.
And when the blessing is pronounced on those who have honored God
by keeping His Sabbath holy, there is a mighty shout of victory.
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