Visions of Future Glory
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form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the
mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. I
beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens
were fled. I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all
the cities thereof were broken down.” “Alas! for that day is great, so
that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall
be saved out of it.”
Jeremiah 4:23-26
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30:7
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The day of wrath to the enemies of God is the day of final deliver-
ance to His church. The prophet declares:
“Strengthen ye the weak hands,
And confirm the feeble knees.
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Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be
strong, fear not:
Behold, your God will come with vengeance,
Even God with a recompense;
He will come and save you.”
“He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe
away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of His people shall He
take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.”
Isaiah
35:3, 4
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25:8
. And as the prophet beholds the Lord of glory descending
from heaven with all the holy angels, to gather the remnant church
from among the nations of earth, he hears the waiting ones unite in the
exultant cry:
“Lo, this is our God;
We have waited for Him,
And He will save us:
This is the Lord;
We have waited for Him,
We will be glad and rejoice
in His salvation.”
Isaiah 25:9
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