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A Word to the Little Flock
kept the Pope’s, and not God’s Sabbath. And all we were required to
do, was to give up God’s Sabbath, and keep the Pope’s, and then we
should have the mark of the Beast, and of his image.
In the time of trouble, we all fled from the cities and villages,
[
Ezekiel 7:15, 16
.
Luke 17:30-36
. See Campbell’s translation.] but
were pursued by the wicked, who entered the houses of the saints with
the sword. They raised the sword to kill us, but it broke, and fell, as
powerless as a straw. Then we all cried day and night for deliverance,
and the cry came up before God. [
Luke 18:7, 8
.] The sun came up, and
the moon stood still. [
Habakkuk 3:11
.] The streams ceased to flow. [
2
Esdras 6:24.
] Dark heavy clouds came up, and clashed against each
other. [
2 Esdras 15:34,35.
] But there was one clear place of settled
glory, from whence came the voice of God like many waters, which
shook the heavens, and the earth. [
Joel 3:16
.
Hebrews 12:25-27
.]
The sky opened and shut, and was in commotion. [
Revelation 6:14
.
Matthew 24:29
.] The mountains shook like a reed in the wind, and
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cast out ragged rocks all around. The sea boiled like a pot, and cast
out stones upon the land. [
Habakkuk 3:8-10
.
Isaiah 2:19-21
.] And as
God spoke the day and hour of Jesus’ coming, [
Ezekiel 12:25
.
Mark
13:32
.] and delivered the everlasting covenant to His people, [
Ezekiel
20:37
.
Hebrews 12:22-25
.] He spoke one sentence, and then paused,
while the words were rolling through the earth! [
Jeremiah 25:30, 31
.]
The Israel of God stood with their eyes fixed upwards, listening to the
words as they came from the mouth of Jehovah, and rolled through
the earth like peals of loudest thunder! It was awfully solemn. At the
end of every sentence, the saints shouted, Glory! Hallelujah! Their
countenances were lighted up with the glory of God; and they shone
with the glory as Moses’ face did when he came down from Sinai. The
wicked could not look on them, for the glory. [
Song of Solomon 5:1-
5
.] And when the never ending blessing was pronounced on those who
had honored God, in keeping His Sabbath holy, there was a mighty
shout of victory over the Beast, and over his Image.
Then commenced the jubilee, when the land should rest. I saw
the pious slave rise in triumph and victory, and shake off the chains
that bound him, while his wicked master was in confusion, and knew
not what to do; for the wicked could not understand the words of the
voice of God. [
Daniel 12:10
.] Soon appeared the great white cloud.
[
Revelation 14:14
.] It looked more lovely than ever before. On it