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Armed Conflict in the Last Days, June 15
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation
to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of
the earth.
Jeremiah 25:32
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Soon grievous troubles will rise among the nations—trouble that will not
cease until Jesus comes. As never before we need to press together, serving
Him who has prepared His throne in the heavens and whose kingdom ruleth
over all. God has not forsaken His people, and our strength lies in not
forsaking Him.
The judgments of God are in the land. The wars and rumors of wars,
the destruction by fire and flood, say clearly that the time of trouble, which
is to increase until the end, is very near at hand. We have no time to lose.
The world is stirred with the spirit of war. The prophecies of the eleventh
of Daniel have almost reached their final fulfillment.
Soon strife among the nations will break out with an intensity that we
do not now anticipate. The present is a time of overwhelming interest to
all living. Rulers and statesmen, men who occupy positions of trust and
authority, thinking men and women of all classes, have their attention fixed
upon the events taking place about us. They are watching the strained,
restless relations that exist among the nations. They observe the intensity
that is taking possession of every earthly element, and they realize that
something great and decisive is about to take place, that the world is on the
verge of a stupendous crisis.
A moment of respite has been graciously given us of God. Every power
lent us of Heaven is now to be used in working for those perishing in
ignorance. There must be no delay. The truth must be proclaimed in the
dark places of the earth.... A great work is to be done, and to those who
know the truth for this time, this work has been entrusted.
In the last scenes of this earth’s history, war will rage. There will be
pestilence, plague, and famine. The waters of the deep will overflow their
boundaries. Property and life will be destroyed by fire and flood. We should
be preparing for the mansions that Christ has gone to prepare for them that
love Him. There is a rest from earth’s conflict.
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