James White
n IH.LI, and the word that I shall &pe8;1r, shall come to pass; etc! Now utbe burden of tbis Pro:rbecllS limo j I think all will admit that the word. that the Lord Go is 10 speak, II the troe time. The false visions that bave been wrilleo, Rod proclaimed by the "rebellious house" of Israel, have railed: but the word to be 5poken by the "Lord God," will be the troe time, and will surely come to pass Jesus has leCt os the sure promise, that hi.! Father lIill make kno the day and the hour of hi. coming. The ''Lord God" hu promised 10 speflk, and assure, os that the word that he will speak, "shall come 10 pus." With &\leh testimony a.s this before us, from the Father and Son, what orher eopdu$ion can we come 10, than that the "'II-"Ord which tbe FaLher is to speak, is the true time, aDd when he speaks, his voico will make it known to his 5ainlS r As the signs in the run, moon, and s\al'3, have been lileral, the sb.ng of the powen of the heavens, nIat. 24 ; 29, roust also be literal Tbis si;n is not in the pa.st, and as it is II. sign, il muat come prinr tn the advent itulf Thererore, it is cle:!.f, that this last sign will appear when the "Lord roars out or Zion," aDd shakl'S the heM'cns and the eanh. We believe that the signs in Rev. 6: 12_14, are the same as in Mat. 24: 29, and Mark, 13: 24,25. Then the shaking of the powers of the heavens Mat. 24: 29, is the same as the heavens lIerarting "as a IICTOII, " 'hen it is roIJed together." Rev. 6: u: ror they both follow tbe falling .f the stars Now wbal is this heaven tbot is 10 be shaken and rolled together IIt5 a rolJ f We may not !;ee this e\'enl so clnr!y now, as we shall about the time or its fulfilment; but still. it i our duty to receive, and cberish all the light that w.! can see on this, Of any other. future eveu! As we tmvel onward toward the Huly City, our b"Mlinll: lamps discov er new Qbject.: but we cnnnot see all at once. If we reject a ilule light. l>ccauso we cnnnot soc the whule clearly a.t ooce, it will disVlca..se our hC:J.vcnly le:u:\er. and we shall be lcft in the da.rk. Bu if we cher isb the light, u fost :I.lI it is our Lord's "ill to open it to us, he will in creuse the h1(hl j and our souls wm fcat upon. Ihe opening truths of tbe blessed bible The word bea.\·cn, is npplicd 1001 least fonr pll\ces or thillgs in the seriptUfCS. nt, It is apphed to Paradise, whcr, St. Paul was taken in 1'i5ioo.2 Cor. 12: 2-4. Znd. To Ihe regiun oCllle lIn, moon, ond SUIrs Gen. I : 8-17. 3d. To the ntmphere which encomJ>f.SSCS tbis earth in which the fowl$ ofheven lIy. Rev. 19: 17, 18. Anll 4th, To the cburch of God on carlh. Rev. 14: 6, 7. It cannot be Paradiso, nor the region oflbe heavenly lights, neither tb e church of God on fllnh th.t is 10 be ah:!.Ken and rolled. together M a scrull: tiltrcfon, it must be the Ilir around the nh, in which the fowls uf heaven Oy And tile seventh angel poured. OUt bis vial into th AIR; and there came II. great voice out of tbe temple of heaven from tb throne, 5I1ying II is done!' Rev. Iii: 17 We may now see that it is the $C\'cnlb \'ial, Ilnd voice of God, which will Ih:lke the powers of the he:lvens, and cause the great eanhQu:!.ke or the sbaking of the e rtb: Ilnd that this event conStit utes the last literal sij.tTl. just before the sign of the Son of man appears in heaven It sems clear thalllU the Yils, the voice of God from Ibe throne Ihe YDices, anll tlatnllc rs, Inll linlnings, and the great earthquake, aDd lhe falling of the cilin of the naltOnS, and the removing o! tbe mount aiUI ..nd the Islands, art to take place before the advent digitized by InspiredBooks.de