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Visions of a Glorious Future
In the darkest days of the long conflict with evil, the people
of God have been given revelations of Jehovah’s eternal plan. He
has permitted them to look beyond the trials of the present to the
triumphs of the future, when the redeemed will possess the Promised
Land. Today the controversy of the ages is rapidly coming to a close,
and the promised blessings will soon arrive. Despised, persecuted,
and forsaken, God’s children in every age have looked forward to
the time when He will fulfill His assurance, “I will make you an
eternal excellence, a joy of many generations.”
Isaiah 60:15
.
The church will triumph, but not without severe conflict. “The
bread of adversity,” “the water of affliction” (
Isaiah 30:20
), these are
common to all of us; but none will be overwhelmed if they put their
trust in the One mighty to deliver. “Thus says the Lord, who created
you, ... ‘I have called you by your name; you are Mine. When you
pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers,
they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you
shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you. For I am the
Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.’”
Isaiah 43:1-3
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There is forgiveness with God; there is acceptance full and free
through the merits of Jesus, our crucified and risen Lord. “I, even
I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; and I
will not remember your sins.” “You shall know that I, the Lord, am
your Savior.”
Verse 25
;
60:16
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“No weapon formed against you shall prosper,
And every tongue which rises against you in judgment
You shall condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
And their righteousness is from Me,”
Says the Lord.
Isaiah 54:17
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