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been traced on the pages of history, and we may be assured that all
which is yet to come will be fulfilled in its order.
On the Threshold of Great Events
The final overthrow of all earthly dominions is plainly foretold
in the Word of truth. The message is given in the sentence from God
that was pronounced upon the last king of Israel: “Thus says the
Lord God: Remove the turban, and take off the crown: ... exalt the
humble, and humble the exalted. ... Overthrown, overthrown, I will
make it overthrown! It shall be no longer, until He comes whose
right it is, and I will give it to Him.”
Ezekiel 21:26, 27
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The crown removed from Israel passed successively to the king-
doms of Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome. God says, “It
shall be no longer, until He comes whose right it is, and I will give
it to Him.”
That time is at hand. Today the signs of the times declare that we
are standing on the threshold of great and solemn events. Everything
in our world is in agitation. Before our eyes the Savior’s prophecy
of the events preceding His coming is being fulfilled: “You will hear
of wars and rumors of wars. ... Nation will rise against nation, and
kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines, and pestilences,
and earthquakes in various places.”
Matthew 24:6, 7
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The present is a time of overwhelming interest to all living.
Rulers and statesmen, people who occupy positions of trust and
authority, thinking men and women of all classes, have their attention
fixed on the events taking place about us. They are watching the
strained, restless relations that exist among the nations. They observe
the intensity that is taking possession of every earthly element, and
they recognize that something great and decisive is about to take
place—that the world is on the verge of a stupendous crisis.
Angels are now restraining the winds of strife that they may not
blow until the world shall be warned of its coming doom. But a
storm is gathering, ready to burst upon the earth, and when God
shall command His angels to loose the winds, there will be such a
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scene of strife as no pen can picture.