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The Judgment-Hour Message, October 4
And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the
everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth ... ,
saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the
hour of his judgment is come.
Revelation 14:6, 7
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An upright, honesthearted farmer, who had been led to doubt the
divine authority of the Scriptures, yet who sincerely desired to know the
truth, was the man specially chosen of God to lead out in the proclama-
tion of Christ’s second coming.
God sent His angel ... to lead him to search the prophecies.... He
saw that the inhabitants of the earth were living in the closing scenes of
this world’s history, yet they knew it not.... God called him to leave his
farm.... With trembling, William Miller began to unfold to the people
the mysteries of the kingdom of God, carrying his hearers down through
the prophecies to the second advent.
Thousands were led to embrace the truth preached by WilliamMiller,
and servants of God were raised up in the spirit and power of Elijah to
proclaim the message.... And as the solemn warning to flee from the
wrath to come was sounded, many who were united with the churches
received the healing message; they saw their backslidings, and with
bitter tears of repentance and deep agony of soul, humbled themselves
before God.
The special blessing of the Lord, both in the conversion of sinners
and the revival of spiritual life among Christians, ... testified that the
message was of Heaven.
With clearness the believers ... gave the reasons why they expected
their Lord in 1844. Their opposers could bring no arguments against
the powerful reasons offered.
The announcement, “The hour of his judgment is come,” points to
the closing work of Christ’s ministration for the salvation of men. It
heralds a truth which must be proclaimed until the Saviour’s intercession
shall cease, and He shall return to the earth to take His people to Himself.
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