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Study the Prophecies, December 5
Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this
prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the
time is at hand.
Revelation 1:3
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From the rise and fall of nations as made plain in the books of Daniel
and the Revelation, we need to learn how worthless is mere outward and
worldly glory. Babylon, with all its power and magnificence, the like
of which our world has never since beheld—power and magnificence
which to the people of that day seemed so stable and enduring—how
completely has it passed away! As “the flower of the grass,” it has
perished. So perished the Medo-Persian kingdom, and the kingdoms
of Grecia and Rome. And so perishes all that has not God for its
foundation. Only that which is bound up with His purpose, and expresses
His character, can endure. His principles are the only steadfast things
our world knows.
When the books of Daniel and Revelation are better understood,
believers will have an entirely different religious experience. They will
be given such glimpses of the open gates of heaven that heart and mind
will be impressed with the character that all must develop in order to
realize the blessedness which is to be the reward of the pure in heart.
The Lord will bless all who will seek humbly and meekly to understand
that which is revealed in the Revelation. This book contains so much
that is large with immortality and full of glory that all who read and
search it earnestly receive the blessing to those “that hear the words of
this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein.” One
thing will certainly be understood from the study of Revelation—that
the connection between God and His people is close and decided.
Let us give more time to the study of the Bible. We do not under-
stand the Word as we should. The book of Revelation opens with an
injunction to us to understand the instruction that it contains.... When
we ... understand what this book means to us, there will be seen among
us a great revival.
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