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Patriarchs and Prophets
In the professedly Christian world many turn away from the plain
teachings of the Bible and build up a creed from human speculations
and pleasing fables, and they point to their tower as a way to climb
up to heaven. Men hang with admiration upon the lips of eloquence
while it teaches that the transgressor shall not die, that salvation may
be secured without obedience to the law of God. If the professed
followers of Christ would accept God’s standard, it would bring them
into unity; but so long as human wisdom is exalted above His Holy
Word, there will be divisions and dissension. The existing confusion of
conflicting creeds and sects is fitly represented by the term “Babylon,”
which prophecy (
Revelation 14:8
;
18:2
) applies to the world-loving
churches of the last days.
Many seek to make a heaven for themselves by obtaining riches
and power. They “speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak
loftily” (
Psalm 73:8
), trampling upon human rights and disregarding
divine authority. The proud may be for a time in great power, and may
see success in all that they undertake; but in the end they will find only
disappointment and wretchedness.
The time of God’s investigation is at hand. The Most High will
come down to see that which the children of men have builded. His
sovereign power will be revealed; the works of human pride will be laid
low. “The Lord looketh from heaven; He beholdeth all the sons of men.
From the place of His habitation He looketh upon all the inhabitants
of the earth.” “The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought:
He maketh the devices of the people of none effect. The counsel of
the Lord standeth forever, the thoughts of His heart to all generations.”
Psalm 33:13, 14, 10, 11
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