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utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her”
[
Revelation 18:8
].—
Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers,
62
(1893).
As the second appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ draws near,
satanic agencies are moved from beneath. Satan will not only appear
as a human being, but he will personate Jesus Christ, and the world
that has rejected the truth will receive him as the Lord of lords and
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King of kings.—
The S.D.A. Bible Commentary 5:1105, 1106
(1900).
Miracles Prove Nothing
Go to God for yourselves, pray for divine enlightenment, that you
may know that you do know what is truth, that when the wonderful
miracle-working power shall be displayed, and the enemy shall come
as an angel of light, you may distinguish between the genuine work
of God and the imitative work of the powers of darkness.—
Selected
Messages 3:389
(1888).
The way in which Christ worked was to preach the Word, and to
relieve suffering by miraculous works of healing. But I am instructed
that we cannot now work in this way, [
Miracles will accompany the
ministry of God’s people under the loud cry (see
Chapter 14
), but they
will not have the significance they did in Christ’s day. The performing
of miracles will no longer be a proof of divine endorsement.] for Satan
will exercise his power by working miracles. God’s servants today
could not work by means of miracles, because spurious works of
healing, claiming to be divine, will be wrought.—
Selected Messages
2:54
(1904).
God’s people will not find their safety in working miracles, for
Satan will counterfeit the miracles that will be wrought.—
Testimonies
for the Church 9:16
(1909).
Miracles Cannot Supersede the Bible
If those through whom cures are performed are disposed, on ac-
count of these manifestations, to excuse their neglect of the law of
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God and continue in disobedience, though they have power to any
and every extent, it does not follow that they have the great power of
God. On the contrary, it is the miracle-working power of the great
deceiver.—
Selected Messages 2:50, 51
(1885).