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The Wicked Acknowledge God’s Justice, December 3
We shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. For it is
written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and
every tongue shall confess to God.
Romans 14:10, 11
.
As if entranced, the wicked have looked upon the coronation of the Son
of God. They see in His hands the tables of the divine law, the statutes
which they have despised and transgressed. They witness the outburst of
wonder, rapture, and adoration from the saved; and as the wave of melody
sweeps over the multitudes without the city, all with one voice exclaim,
“Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are
thy ways, thou King of saints” (
Revelation 15:3
); and, falling prostrate, they
worship the Prince of life.
Satan seems paralyzed as he beholds the glory and majesty of Christ.
He who was once a covering cherub remembers whence he has fallen. A
shining seraph, “son of the morning;” how changed, how degraded! From
the council where once he was honored, he is forever excluded. He sees
another now standing near to the Father, veiling His glory. He has seen
the crown placed upon the head of Christ by an angel of lofty stature and
majestic presence, and he knows that the exalted position of this angel
might have been his.
Memory recalls the home of his innocence and purity.... As Satan looks
upon his kingdom, the fruit of his toil, he sees only failure and ruin....
The time has now come when the rebellion is to be finally defeated
and the history and character of Satan disclosed. In his last great effort to
dethrone Christ, destroy His people, and take possession of the City of God,
the archdeceiver has been fully unmasked. Those who have united with him
see the total failure of his cause.... He is the object of universal abhorrence.
Satan sees that his voluntary rebellion has unfitted him for heaven. He
has trained his powers to war against God; the purity, peace, and harmony
of heaven would be to him supreme torture. His accusations against the
mercy and justice of God are now silenced. The reproach which he has
endeavored to cast upon Jehovah rests wholly upon himself. And now Satan
bows down and confesses the justice of his sentence.
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