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Preparation For What Lies Ahead, December 12
Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his
judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in
the day of the Lord’s anger.
Zephaniah 2:3
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Transgression has almost reached its limit. Confusion fills the world, and a
great terror is soon to come upon human beings. The end is very near. God’s
people should be preparing for what is to break upon the world as an overwhelming
surprise.
The “time of trouble, such as never was,” is soon to open upon us; and we
shall need an experience which we do not now possess and which many are too
indolent to obtain. It is often the case that trouble is greater in anticipation than
in reality; but this is not true of the crisis before us. The most vivid presentation
cannot reach the magnitude of the ordeal. In that time of trial, every soul must
stand for himself before God. “Though Noah, Daniel, and Job” were in the land,
“as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they
shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.”
Ezekiel 14:20
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The last great conflict between truth and error is but the final struggle of the
long-standing controversy concerning the law of God. Upon this battle we are
now entering—a battle between the laws of men and the precepts of Jehovah,
between the religion of the Bible and the religion of fable and tradition.
We should study the great waymarks that point out the times in which we are
living. . We should now pray most earnestly that we may be prepared for the
struggles of the great day of God’s preparation.
Those who place themselves under God’s control, to be led and guided by
Him, will catch the steady tread of the events ordained by Him to take place.
Inspired with the Spirit of Him who gave His life for the life of the world, they
will no longer stand still in impotency, pointing to what they cannot do. Putting
on the armor of heaven, they will go forth to the warfare, willing to do and dare
for God, knowing that His omnipotence will supply their need.
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