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Angelic Protection In The Time Of Trouble, December 21
Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about
thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be
overpast.
Isaiah 26:20
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In the day of fierce trial He [Christ] will say, “Come, my people, enter thou
into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little
moment, until the indignation be overpast.” What are the chambers in which they
are to hide? They are the protection of Christ and holy angels. The people of God
are not at this time all in one place. They are in different companies, and in all
parts of the earth.
I saw the saints leaving the cities and villages, and associating together in
companies, and living in the most solitary places. Angels provided them food and
water, while the wicked were suffering from hunger and thirst.
During the night a very impressive scene passed before me. There seemed to
be great confusion and the conflict of armies. A messenger from the Lord stood
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before me, and said, “Call your household. I will lead you; follow me.” He led me
down a dark passage, through a forest, then through the clefts of mountains, and
said, “Here you are safe.” There were others who had been led to this retreat. The
heavenly messenger said. “The time of trouble has come as a thief in the night, as
the Lord warned you it would come.”
In the time of trouble just before the coming of Christ, the righteous will
be preserved through the ministration of heavenly angels; but there will be no
security for the transgressor of God’s law. Angels cannot then protect those who
are disregarding one of the divine precepts.
In the closing period of earth’s history the Lord will work mightily in behalf
of those who stand steadfastly for the right.... In the midst of the time of trouble—
trouble such as has not been since there was a nation—His chosen ones will stand
unmoved. Satan with all the hosts of evil cannot destroy the weakest of God’s
saints. Angels that excel in strength will protect them, and in their behalf Jehovah
will reveal Himself as a “God of gods,” able to save to the uttermost those who
have put their trust in Him.
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