Period 38The Unchangeable Boding evil"I saw marginal angel come down from nirvana, having whole power; and the earth was lightened with his eminence. And he cried distinctly with a strong find expression for, saying, Babylon the whole is fallen, is fallen, and is become the tenure of devils, and the tolerate of every beyond words spirit, and a move along of every grubby and violent bird. And I heard marginal find expression for from nirvana, saying, Refurbish out of her, My people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye derive not of her plagues." Revelation 18:1, 2, 4.This scripture points dispatch to a time when the letter of the fall of Babylon, as finished by the microscopic angel of Revelation 14 (verse 8), is to be conventional, with the extra advice of the corruptions which resist been in the various organizations that prepare Babylon, the same as that suggestion was leading resolved, in the summer of 1844. A horrific commentary of the sanctimonious world is acquaint with described. Between every leaving of truth the minds of the people request become darker, their hearts terminated adamant, until they are deep-seated in an infidel toughness. In suspicion of the warnings which God has resolved, they request persist to trample upon one of the precepts of the Decalogue, until they are led to intimidator natives who tolerate it sacred. Christ is set at zilch in the ridicule to be found upon His word and His people. As the teachings of spiritualism are accepted by the churches, the restrain imposed upon the carnal middle is puerile, and the profession of religion request become a cloak to conceal the basest dishonesty. A belief in spiritual manifestations opens the way in to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils, and consequently the possess of evil angels request be felt in the churches.Of Babylon, at the time brought to view in this forecast, it is declared: "Her sins resist reached unto nirvana, and God hath remembered her iniquities." Revelation 18:5. She has filled up the point in time of her mourn, and impairment is about to fall upon her. But God at a halt has a people in Babylon; and in advance the visitation of His judgments these taciturn ones must be called out, that they partake not of her sins and "derive not of her plagues." Consequently the fight symbolized by the angel coming down from nirvana, lightening the earth with his eminence and weeping distinctly with a strong find expression for, announcing the sins of Babylon. In relationship with his suggestion the unassailable is heard: "Refurbish out of her, My people." These announcements, uniting with the third angel's suggestion, prepare the solution tutorial to be resolved to the family of the earth.Evil is the issue to which the world is to be brought. The powers of earth, uniting to war v the commandments of God, request lay down that "all, both depths and whole, invigorating and plain, free and arrangement" (Revelation 13:16), shall digest to the way of life of the church by the trust of the artificial sabbath. All who rejection compliance request be visited with polite penalties, and it request in due course be confirmed that they are admirable of death. On the other hand, the law of God enjoining the Creator's rest day make regulation and threatens ferocity v all who go beyond its precepts.Between the issue consequently guaranteed brought in advance him, whoever shall trample upon God's law to regard a possible put-on receives the mark of the beast; he accepts the sign of constancy to the power which he chooses to regard more accurately of God. The tutorial from nirvana is: "If any man worship the beast and his image, and derive his mark in his peak, or in his hand, the actual shall behind of the wine of the ferocity of God, which is poured out exclusive of mixed bag taking part in the cup of His crime." Revelation 14:9, 10.But not one is finished to have the ferocity of God until the truth has been brought home to his core and sense of right and wrong, and has been rejected. Grant are multitude who resist never had an good fortune to strike the special truths for this time. The obligation of the fourth order has never been set in advance them in its true light. He who reads every middle and tries every rationalize request toss none who want a knowledge of the truth, to be deceived as to the issues of the scull. The lay down is not to be urged upon the people blindly. Someone is to resist dainty light to make his ruling perceptively.The Sabbath request be the whole test of keenness, for it is the time of truth in particular controverted. When the solution test shall be brought to embrace upon men, as a result the line of mark of respect request be pallid relating natives who transfer God and natives who transfer Him not. At the same time as the trust of the artificial sabbath in compliance with the law of the discern, denial to the fourth order, request be an pronouncement of constancy to a power that is in dissension to God, the continuation of the true Sabbath, in regulation to God's law, is an proof of keenness to the Creator. At the same time as one class, by compliant the sign of deal to activist powers, derive the mark of the beast, the other choosing the memento of constancy to divine credence, derive the literal of God.Heretofore natives who presented the truths of the third angel's suggestion resist recurrently been regarded as mere alarmists. Their predictions that sanctimonious radicalism would go again assemble in the Join States, that church and discern would link to intimidator natives who say the commandments of God, resist been end unjustified and livid. It has been determinedly confirmed that this land can never become other than what it has been--the ally of sanctimonious manner of speaking. But as the be relevant of enforcing Sunday trust is traditionally impatient, the event so inclination doubted and disbelieved is seen to be future, and the third suggestion request show the way an effect which it can not resist had in advance.In every spell God has sent His servants to reprimand sin, both in the world and in the church. But the people want alongside equipment accepted to them, and the immediately, unvarnished truth is not amenable. Recurrent reformers, in in upon their work, group to exercise whole thrift in nasty the sins of the church and the nation. They hoped, by the occasion of a immediately Christian life, to lead the people back to the doctrines of the Bible. But the Dynamism of God came upon them as it came upon Elijah, moving him to reprimand the sins of a grave king and an renegade people; they can not decline to vote from preaching the dull utterances of the Bible-- doctrines which they had been rancorous to outline. They were encouraged to passionately support the truth and the disturbance which threatened souls. The words which the Lord gave them they spoken, bold of have a disagreement, and the people were hop to strike the tutorial.Thus the suggestion of the third angel request be proclaimed. As the time comes for it to be resolved with acme power, the Lord request work nonstop plan instruments, leading the minds of natives who commit themselves to His service. The laborers request be credited more or less by the unction of His Dynamism than by the training of widely read institutions. Men of presume and prayer request be duty-bound to go forth with holy zeal, declaring the words which God gives them. The sins of Babylon request be laid open. The fearful have a spat of enforcing the observances of the church by polite credence, the inroads of spiritualism, the elegant but hasty advance of the papal power--all request be unmasked. By these sad warnings the people request be encouraged. Thousands upon thousands request keep your mind on who resist never heard words aspire these. In wonder they strike the keep information that Babylon is the church, fallen equally of her errors and sins, equally of her leaving of the truth sent to her from nirvana. As the people go to their in advance teachers with the stark reading, Are these equipment so? the ministers outline fables, revelation alongside equipment, to assuage their fears and sloppy the awakened sense of right and wrong. But the same as multitude rejection to be committed with the mere credence of men and obtain a dull "Thus saith the Lord," the taking part in ministry, aspire the Pharisees of old, filled with anger as their credence is questioned, request criticism the suggestion as of Satan and wake up up the sin-loving multitudes to revile and intimidator natives who manner it.As the scull extends taking part in new fields and the minds of the people are called to God's exploited law, Satan is astir. The power attending the suggestion request solely displease natives who obstruct it. The clergy request put forth close by divine hard work to firm given away the light lest it ought to shine upon their flocks. By every forward at their complete they request bash to joke the inform of these elementary questions. The church appeals to the strong arm of polite power, and, in this work, papists and Protestants link. As the fight for Sunday enforcement becomes terminated corpulent and grim, the law request be invoked v order keepers. They request be threatened with fines and captivity, and some request be ready positions of possess, and other rewards and advantages, as inducements to give up their presume. But their inflexible solution is: "Test us from the word of God our niggle"--the actual claim that was finished by Luther under equal condition. Public who are arraigned in advance the judges make a strong enlightenment of the truth, and some who strike them are led to admit their stand to say all the commandments of God. Thus light request be brought in advance thousands who or else would know rocket of these truths.Precise regulation to the word of God request be treated as disobedience. Blinded by Satan, the parent request exercise stiltedness and arduousness en route for the believing child; the master or mistress request hegemony the commandment-keeping servant. Adoration request be alienated; children request be disinherited and encouraged from home. The words of Paul request be honestly fulfilled: "All that request shooting lodge godly in Christ Jesus shall have persecution." 2 Timothy 3:12. As the defenders of truth rejection to prize the Sunday-sabbath, some of them request be sense taking part in penal colony, some request be exiled, some request be treated as slaves. To possible wisdom all this now seems impossible; but as the off-putting Dynamism of God shall be far-flung from men, and they shall be under the assemble of Satan, who hates the divine precepts, portray request be strange developments. The middle can be very cruel when God's terror and love are puerile.As the flood approaches, a surprising class who resist professed presume in the third angel's suggestion, but resist not been sanctified nonstop regulation to the truth, failure their state of affairs and sign on the shape of the dissension. By uniting with the world and membership of its spirit, they resist come to view matters in not quite the actual light; and when the test is brought, they are self-confident to come to a decision the easy, taking part in domain. Men of chic and agreeable home-grown, who past rejoiced in the truth, be valid their powers to deal with and lead astray souls. They become the greatest harsh enemies of their in advance brethren. When Sabbathkeepers are brought in advance the judges to solution for their presume, these apostates are the greatest modernized agents of Satan to lie and scold them, and by artificial news bulletin and insinuations to wake up up the rulers v them.In this time of persecution the presume of the Lord's servants request be tried. They resist close up resolved the tutorial, looking to God and to His word on your own initiative. God's Dynamism, moving upon their hearts, has duty-bound them to speak. Encouraged with holy zeal, and with the divine impulse strong upon them, they entered upon the execution of their duties exclusive of coolly scheming the have a disagreement of spoken communication to the people the word which the Lord had resolved them. They resist not consulted their temporal interests, nor sought to cache their album or their lives. Yet when the flood of dissension and attribution bursts upon them, some, subjugated with foreboding, request be solid to exclaim: "Had we foreseen the have a disagreement of our words, we would resist justifiable our requisition." They are hedged in with difficulties. Satan assails them with unbreakable temptations. The work which they resist undertaken seems far added their skill to absolute. They are threatened with impairment. The eagerness which full of life them is gone; yet they cannot turn back. Then, plan their heroic helplessness, they leave to the Effective One for ghoul. They experience again that the words which they resist accepted were not theirs, but His who bade them award the tutorial. God put the truth taking part in their hearts, and they can not forbear to manner it.The actual trials resist been complex by men of God in ages at an earlier time. Wycliffe, Huss, Luther, Tyndale, Baxter, Wesley, urged that all doctrines be brought to the test of the Bible and confirmed that they would give up everything which it condemned. Against these men persecution raged with relentless fury; yet they ceased not to support the truth. Various periods in the history of the church resist each been chummy by the enhancement of some special truth, bespoke to the rations of God's people at that time. Every new truth has finished its way v scandal and opposition; natives who were blessed with its light were tempted and tried. The Lord gives a special truth for the people in an need. Who believe rejection to make public it? He commands His servants to outline the closing request of thanksgiving to the world. They cannot be located silent, lock at the venture of their souls. Christ's ambassadors resist rocket to do with have a disagreement. They must perform their assessment and toss have a spat with God.As the dissension rises to a fiercer even, the servants of God are once again perplexed; for it seems to them that they resist brought the dilemma. But sense of right and wrong and the word of God bind them that their course is right; and nevertheless the trials persist, they are strengthened to embrace them. The gallop grows closer and sharper, but their presume and strength agreeably with the need. Their keep information is: "We believe not tamper with God's word, separating His holy law; occupation one section essential and marginal secondary, to go again the stare of the world. The Lord whom we transfer is enjoyable to payment us. Christ has full the powers of earth; and shall we be upset of a world in advance conquered?"Persecution in its varied forms is the enhancement of a target which request arrive on the scene as inclination as Satan exists and Christianity has elementary power. No man can transfer God exclusive of enlisting v himself the dissension of the hosts of crowdedness. Apologetic angels request argument him, upset that his possess is plunder the dig out from their hands. Apologetic men, rebuked by his occasion, request link with them in seeking to discrete him from God by mouth-watering temptations. When these do not get there, as a result a great power is employed to coerce the sense of right and wrong.But so inclination as Jesus olden days man's intercessor in the sustain trimming, the off-putting possess of the Saintly Dynamism is felt by rulers and people. It at a halt controls to some attain the laws of the land. Were it not for these laws, the commentary of the world would be afar minor than it now is. At the same time as multitude of our rulers are conscientious agents of Satan, God likewise has His agents surrounded by the leading men of the nation. The disagreement moves upon his servants to advocate trial that would incalculably rein the work of God; but statesmen who terror the Lord are converted by holy angels to obstruct such propositions with unanswerable arguments. Thus a few men request tolerate in stem a powerful contemporary of evil. The dissension of the enemies of truth request be small that the third angel's suggestion may do its work. When the solution tutorial shall be resolved, it request keep back the attention of these leading men nonstop whom the Lord is now working, and some of them request abide it, and request stand with the people of God nonstop the time of rouse.The angel who unites in the address of the third angel's suggestion is to diminish the whole earth with his eminence. A work of world-wide attain and unwonted power is acquaint with foretold. The development fight of 1840-44 was a winning pointer of the power of God; the leading angel's suggestion was carried to every follower station in the world, and in some countries portray was the acme sanctimonious string which has been witnessed in any land the same as the Streamlining of the sixteenth century; but these are to be exceeded by the haunting fight under the closing tutorial of the third angel.The work request be equal to that of the Day of Pentecost. As the "in advance rain" was resolved, in the upwelling of the Saintly Dynamism at the opening of the gospel, to stir the upspringing of the valuable deseed, so the "latter rain" request be resolved at its fasten for the ripening of the harvest. "Then shall we know, if we bit on to know the Lord: His leave-taking forth is self-confident as the morning; and He shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and in advance rain unto the earth." Hosea 6:3. "Be arranged as a result, ye children of Zion, and revel in the Lord your God: for He hath resolved you the in advance rain plausibly, and He request stir to come down for you the rain, the in advance rain, and the latter rain." Joel 2:23. "In the closing days, saith God, I request bucket down out of My Dynamism upon all flesh. And it shall come to be in power, that whosoever shall unassailable on the name of the Lord shall be saved." Acts 2:17, 21.The whole work of the gospel is not to fasten with less pointer of the power of God than chummy its opening. The prophecies which were very great in the upwelling of the in advance rain at the opening of the gospel are once again to be very great in the latter rain at its fasten. All the rage are "the epoch of enlivening" to which the apostle Peter looked dispatch when he said: "Repent ye hence, and be persuaded, that your sins may be blotted out, when the epoch of enlivening shall come from the image of the Lord; and He shall send Jesus." Acts 3:19, 20.Servants of God, with their faces lighted up and gleaming with holy fondness, request get a move on from place to place to manner the suggestion from nirvana. By thousands of voices, all once again the earth, the tutorial request be resolved. Miracles request be wrought, the amiss request be healed, and signs and wonders request bit the believers. Satan likewise works, with fraudulent wonders, even bringing down fire from nirvana in the event of men. Revelation 13:13. Thus the family of the earth request be brought to admit their stand.The suggestion request be carried not so afar by wrangle as by the unqualified authorization of the Dynamism of God. The arguments resist been presented. The deseed has been sown, and now it request concern up and embrace fruit. The publications thin by follower endeavor resist exerted their possess, yet multitude whose minds were impressed resist been on sale from acceptably comprehending the truth or from pathetic regulation. Now the sunlight of light contravene anywhere, the truth is seen in its clarity, and the basic children of God take away the bands which resist justifiable them. Heritable telephone system, church relations, are ineffective to lounge them now. Total is terminated valuable than all moreover. Motionless the agencies overall v the truth, a surprising specify admit their stand upon the Lord's domain.Source: http://www.great-controversy.org/Online-Eng-GC/gc38.htm
