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God’s Judgments In The Land, December 4
Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which
are coming on the earth.
Luke 21:26
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O that God’s people had a sense of the impending destruction of thousands of
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cities, now almost given to idolatry! ...
Not long ago a very impressive scene passed before me. I saw an immense ball
of fire falling among some beautiful mansions, causing their instant destruction.
I heard someone say, “We knew that the judgments of God were coming upon
the earth, but we did not know that they would come so soon.” Others said, “You
knew? Why then did you not tell us? We did not know.” On every side I heard
such words spoken....
Soon grievous troubles will arise 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....
Last Friday morning, just before I awoke, a very impressive scene was pre-
sented before me. I seemed to awake from sleep but was not in my home. From
the windows I could behold a terrible conflagration. Great balls of fire were falling
upon houses, and from these balls fiery arrows were flying in every direction. It
was impossible to check the fires that were kindled, and many places were being
destroyed. The terror of the people was indescribable.
Strictly will the cities of the nations be dealt with, and yet they will not be
visited in the extreme of God’s indignation, because some souls will yet break
away from the delusions of the enemy, and will repent and be converted, while the
mass will be treasuring up wrath against the day of wrath.
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