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Prepare to Meet Thy God, November 27
Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do
this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
Amos 4:12
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Many do not realize what they must be in order to live in the sight
of the Lord without a high priest in the sanctuary through the time of
trouble. Those who receive the seal of the living God and are protected
in the time of trouble must reflect the image of Jesus fully.
Their robes must be spotless, their characters must be purified from
sin by the blood of sprinkling. Through the grace of God and their own
diligent effort, they must be conquerors in the battle with evil. While
the investigative judgment is going forward in heaven, while the sins
of penitent believers are being removed from the sanctuary, there is to
be a special work of purification, of putting away of sin, among God’s
people upon earth.
I saw that many were neglecting the preparation so needful and were
looking to the time of “refreshing” and the “latter rain” to fit them to
stand in the day of the Lord and to live in His sight. Oh, how many I
saw in the time of trouble without a shelter! They had neglected the
needful preparation; therefore they could not receive the refreshing that
all must have to fit them to live in the sight of a holy God.
Those who refuse to be hewed by the prophets and fail to purify
their souls in obeying the whole truth, and who are willing to believe
that their condition is far better than it really is, will come up to the time
of the falling of the plagues, and then see that they needed to be hewed
and squared for the building....
I saw that none could share the “refreshing” unless they obtain the
victory over every besetment, over pride, selfishness, love of the world,
and over every wrong word and action. We should, therefore, be drawing
nearer and nearer to the Lord and be earnestly seeking that preparation
necessary to enable us to stand in the battle in the day of the Lord. Let
all remember that God is holy and that none but holy beings can ever
dwell in His presence.
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