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The Day And Hour Of Christ’s Coming Announced, December
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But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but
my Father only.
Matthew 24:36
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The voice of God is heard from heaven, declaring the day and hour of Jesus’
coming, and delivering everlasting covenant to His people. Like peals of loudest
thunder His words roll through the earth.
He spoke one sentence, and then paused, while the words were rolling through
the earth. The Israel of God stood with their eyes fixed upward, listening to the
words as they came from the mouth of Jehovah and rolled through the earth like
peals of loudest thunder. It was awfully solemn. At the end of every sentence the
saints shouted, “Glory! Hallelujah!”
The living saints, 144,000 in number, knew and understood the voice, while
the wicked thought it was thunder and an earthquake.
The Israel of God stand listening, with their eyes fixed upward. Their coun-
tenances are lighted up with His glory, and shine as did the face of Moses when
he came down from Sinai. The wicked cannot look upon them. And when the
blessing is pronounced on those who have honored God by keeping His Sabbath
holy, there is a mighty shout of victory.
Then commenced the jubilee, when the land should rest.
A glorious light shone upon them [the saints]. How beautiful they then looked!
All marks of care and weariness were gone, and health and beauty were seen in
every countenance. Their enemies, the heathen around them, fell like dead men;
they could not endure the light that shone upon the delivered, holy ones. This light
and glory remained upon them, until Jesus was seen in the clouds of heaven.
And I saw a flaming cloud come where Jesus stood. Then Jesus ... took His
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place on the cloud which carried Him to the East, where it first appeared to the
saints on earth—a small black cloud which was the sign of the Son of man. While
the cloud was passing from the Holiest to the East, which took a number of days,
the synagogue of Satan worshipped at the saint’s feet.
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