Dear Brother Bates
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sat the Son of Man. [
Luke 21:27
.] At first we did not see Jesus on
the cloud, but as it drew near the earth, we could behold his lovely
person. This cloud when it first appeared was the Sign of the Son
of Man in heaven. [
Matthew 24:30
.] The voice of the Son of God
called forth the sleeping saints, [
John 5:25-28
.] clothed with a glorious
immortality. The living saints were changed in a moment, and caught
up with them in the cloudy chariot. [
1 Thessalonians 4:17
.] It looked
all over glorious as it rolled upwards. On either side of the chariot were
wings, and beneath it wheels. And as the chariot rolled upwards, the
wheels cried Holy, and the wings as they moved, cried Holy, and the
retinue of Holy Angels around the cloud cried Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord
God Almighty. And the saints in the cloud cried Glory, Hallelujah.
And the cloudy chariot rolled upwards to the Holy City. Jesus threw
open the gates of the Golden City, and led us in. [
Isaiah 26:2
.] Here we
were made welcome, for we had kept the “Commandments of God,”
and had a “right to the tree of life.” [
Revelation 22:14
.]
From your sister in the blessed hope,
E. G. White.