Saturday, December 1, 2012

Chap. 336---Crisis of the Ages * December *


"Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let
all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it
is nigh at hand. Joel 2:1.
Troublous times are right upon us. The fulfilling of the signs of the times
gives evidence that the day of the Lord is near at hand. The daily papers are full
of indications of a terrible conflict in the future. Bold robberies are of frequent
occurrence. Strikes are common. Thefts and murders are committed on every
hand. Men possessed of demons are taking the lives of men and women and little
children. All these things testify that the coming of Christ is near at hand....
In accidents and calamities by land and by sea, in great conflagrations, in fierce
tornadoes and terrific hailstorms, in tempests, floods, cyclones, tidal waves, and
earthquakes, in every place and in a thousand forms, Satan is exercising his power....
The crisis is stealing gradually upon us.
The sun shines in the heavens,
passing over its usual round, and the heavens still declare the glory of God.
Men are still eating and drinking, planting and building, marrying and giving
in marriage. Merchants are still buying and selling.... Pleasure lovers are still
crowding to theaters, horse races, gambling hells. The highest excitement prevails,
yet probation’s hour is fast closing, and every case is about to be eternally decided.
Satan sees that his time is short. He has set all his agents to work, that men may
be deceived, deluded, occupied, and entranced, until the day of probation shall be
ended and the door of mercy be forever shut. The time is right upon us when there
will be sorrow that no human balm can heal. Sentinel angels are now restraining
the four winds, that they shall not blow till the servants of God are sealed in their
foreheads; but when God shall bid His angels loose the winds, there will be a scene
of strife such as no pen can picture....
“Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence.... He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. Gather my saints
together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice” (Psalm
50:3-5)."

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