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their name forever and ever. O thou enemy, destructions are come to a
perpetual end.”
Psalm 9:5, 6
.
But amid the tempest of divine judgment the children of God will
have no cause for fear. “The Lord will be the hope of His people, and
the strength of the children of Israel.”
Joel 3:16
. The day that brings
terror and destruction to the transgressors of God’s law will bring to
the obedient “joy unspeakable and full of glory” “Gather My saints
together unto Me,” saith the Lord, “those that have made a covenant
with Me by sacrifice. And the heavens shall declare His righteousness:
for God is Judge Himself.”
“Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the
wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth Him not.”
Malachi 3:18
. “Hearken unto Me, ye that know righteousness, the
people in whose heart is My law.” “Behold, I have taken out of thine
hand the cup of trembling, ... thou shalt no more drink it again.” “I,
even I, am He that comforteth you.”
Isaiah 51:7, 22, 12
. “For the
mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but My kindness
shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of My peace be
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removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.”
Isaiah 54:10
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The great plan of redemption results in fully bringing back the
world into God’s favor. All that was lost by sin is restored. Not only
man but the earth is redeemed, to be the eternal abode of the obedient.
For six thousand years Satan has struggled to maintain possession of
the earth. Now God’s original purpose in its creation is accomplished.
“The saints of the Most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the
kingdom forever, even forever and ever.”
Daniel 7:18
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“From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the
Lord’s name is to be praised.”
Psalm 113:3
. “In that day shall there
be one Lord, and His name one.” “And Jehovah shall be king over
all the earth.”
Zechariah 14:9
. Says the Scripture, “Forever, O Lord,
Thy word is settled in heaven.” “All His commandments are sure.
They stand fast forever and ever.”
Psalm 119:89
;
111:7, 8
. The sacred
statutes which Satan has hated and sought to destroy, will be honored
throughout a sinless universe. And “as the earth bringeth forth her bud,
and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth;
so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth
before all nations.”
Isaiah 61:11
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