James White
10 Not tbo.t the s:lints will he killed; for then none would remaill till the chong«: hut to fulfil this \ltophcs y, n decree must go forth to kill the saints, which wi I cause fear, anu distress When Jacoh was troubled, he wrestled with the angels "until the brllakiul! orlhe dilY ." GOIl. 32; 34. In the lnst closing litrifo with the Image Beast, when n uecrcc goes forth that liS many (IS wi!! nut worship the ilnnll'c of the Letls! sha.!1 "he kill cd", the saints will cry !.lay nnd mght, and be nelivered by the voice of Que(. Then "tho hOllse of Jncob shall be a tire ..and tbe hOllse of JOSCI,h n flame, nud the house f'f ESUli rurtubhlc and they lw!l kinule in them, and devour thorn, nml thetfl shall lIot be allY remainill'; of the hOllse of Esou ; for tho Lord hath J!lpokcn il." Obfli;th, 18th verse. I have not beeu uble to seo lny thing ill our Pllst nnd presellt hitory, which answers to Jacoh's trouble, nlld the duy unn (light cry of the elect. Luko J7 : 7. I havo loccl! nstoni$hetl at 60me of our brcthrcll, while tboy have urgcd us to go nbout the work of crying day nnd night for deliverance. Not long since, I was in n mecting where the sentiment prevliiled, thut if nil would then go ohout the work they might proy Christ down to tbe eartb in twenty fOLlr hours. his elenr that when the time comC8 fOf Ihis cry that the elcct will have the 51)irit ofprayp-r poured upon them And I will [lour upon the hOLlse ofDttvid,and upon theinhllb itllnt, of Jeru$aiem, the spirit of gra ... e nnd Buplication," etc And the land shall mourn, every fnmily IIpart; the family of the house of David !l1)lIrt, nlill their wives apart;" See Zech. 12 ; 14 Eze. 7 : J5, 16 When JeslIs hs finished his work in the Henvenly Sanctuary and comes out upon tho great white cloud, with his sharp sickle then will be the time for the day and night cry, which is rcpre len ted ily the nngcJ> ('rying to Jesus, to tbrust iu his ahnrp lickle, and renp.-Rev, 14: 14,15 l'he rlesirc, and proyer of every pure soul is, "Th.v kingdom come." Dut tho spccinl mourning, praying time of the aaints is evidently yet to corne. :::7 THOUGHTS ON REVELATION 14 fhe 13th challter of Revelatioc find tho first fivo verses of the 14th, is one connected chain of pat, present, and (uture events, down to the complete redemption of the 144000: then tbe 61b verse eonlluences another chain of evefl!S, which carry U do)wn through the history of God's ]?(lopla in this mortal state John bad II view of the beast and hIS Ullage, all recorded itl chapter 13th; 111111 how natural it would Le for Ilim to view Oil II little further, !llld sea the 14..1000, who hart gotten the victory over the bC!lst, and over hi image, Btllnding 00 mount Zion with tho LnlOb-, etc., as recorded in chapter 14: 1-5. So I think the division 6hould be between the 5th, and 61h verses of the 14th chapter; and the 6th verso commences n series of events, rell1llve to the uccessive messagcs of hol.v advent truth All claBse ofsccond advent believllre agree, that the angel brought to view in the 6th, and 7th verses of tbis ebJ\pter, rep digitized by InspiredBooks.de