Friday, October 5, 2012

Chap. 278---God's Law Appears in the Heavens



"The heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Psalm
50:6.
The clouds sweep back, and the starry heavens are seen, unspeakably glorious in
contrast with the black and angry firmament on either side. The glory of the celestial
city streams from the gates ajar.
In the temple will be seen the ark of the testament in which were placed the two
tables of stone, on which are written God’s law. These tables of stone will be brought
forth from their hiding place, and on them will be seen the Ten Commandments
engraved by the finger of God. These tables of stone now lying in the ark of the
testament will be a convincing testimony to the truth and binding claims of God’s
law.
Sacrilegious minds and hearts have thought they were mighty enough to change
the times and laws of Jehovah; but, safe in the archives of heaven, in the ark of God,
are the original commandments, written upon the two tables of stone. No potentate
of earth has power to draw forth those tables from their sacred hiding place beneath
the mercy seat.
There appears against the sky a hand holding two tables of stone folded together.
Says the prophet: “The heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge
himself.” Psalm 50:6. That holy law, God’s righteousness, that amid thunder and
flame was proclaimed from Sinai as the guide of life, is now revealed to men as
the rule of judgment. The hand opens the tables, and there are seen the precepts
of the Decalogue, traced as with a pen of fire. The words are so plain that all can
read them. Memory is aroused, the darkness of superstition and heresy is swept
from every mind, and God’s ten words, brief, comprehensive, and authoritative, are
presented to the view of all the inhabitants of the earth.
It is impossible to describe the horror and despair of those who have trampled
upon God’s holy requirements....
The enemies of God’s law, from the ministers down to the least among them,
have a new conception of truth and duty. Too late they see that the Sabbath of the
fourth commandment is the seal of the living God."
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