James White
glory or God, to prepanllhem to sland before the Son of God, when he comes wilh an the holy anls with him Our prenl tryinq, wl1itlng, wMehing slale, is represented by n dark night; and Ihe commg glor,)' before us, by the morning. There are 111'0 parts to the mornin"': hrst, Ihe dawn of day, !lDd econd, ful( day light, ""hieh is eomplelel.1. by tbe ,rising oflhe SUD .. So in the gl3d mon;t ing before us; the day of re51 Will d,,,'n 111 Ihe vOice of God, when blS light, and gll>ry, rest upon us j then "'C shnll rise from glory to glory till Christ appears, \0 clo,lhe us with immort!l.lIY, and give us elenal life. 0, Glory! HalleluJah!! my poor heart L! set on fire for,lhe kiDg dom, whi I dwell on Ibis sweet prospect, before the lrue believer. If we" hold f:lSl" but a few dl1Y more, the dark shades of night will v(I.I\ish before Ihe glory of the preparatory scenes of the coming oC the Soo oC man THE TlME OF 'fnOUBLE ADd at Ihat lime lihn-II Micbn-el stond up, the great prince which siandeth for the children eftby peeple: alld there $hali be. 1\ time oflrOllblo, sucb as never was since tbere wa . n notion even to that SAme tilne : and at Ih1l1 limo thy people shall be delivered, everyone tbat shall lie found wrinen III tho book And many of them thM sleep in the UUSI of tho earlh hall awake," etc.-Doli. I!! : 1,2 We fire lought lIy some, thtH the sioneling up of Michael, the time of trouhle, lind the delivering of tho ilainls are in Ihe fu ture; an,1 thai 1111 these evellt ore to be flceomJllibcd lit the second appenring or ChriM. Other te,wll, thllt MicJuu,l 6tool.! up on the 10th doy of the 7th month, 1944, ond thot ilJce Ihat time we hove beeu pnssing through tire "time of trouble, uch as never was;" Illld thPlthe clelh'eronce oftbe allillls. is at the first resurrection. DUI PS I cannot hormouize either of thflic views wilh tho bil,le, I wish to humbly j.!h·o my brethren lind sisterll my \' iew ofthce evell!!. It i'i clcar to lIle, that herc arc four tiistinct event3, 1111 in Ihe future. II. The stantilng up of Michael. :.lm/. The time of trouble. Sd. The deliver ance of tho spints; pull 4tb. Tho resurrection of the jUI, to 1I!\'erlasting life That Jesu;jl rose 'Jp, and hut Ihe door, nnd came tOlhe Ancient ofdoys, to receive his kingdom, at tbe 7th monlh, 1844, I fully believe. See Luke 13: 5; M"t. !!S: 10; Dpn. 7 ; 19, 14 But the ston(]ing up of Mit'haeJ, DRII . 12; I, appellTlIte be IIn other evenl, fot another purpose. Hi rising up ill 1944, was 10 ahut the (]oor, and come TO hi;jl Father, 10 receive hi king dom, IlItd powcr to rcign; but I'Jichpel's !;tonding np, is 10 manifest his kingly pewer, wbicll he already bll, in the de struction of the wir.ked, and in the ueliverMce of his people Michael is 10 stand "II at the lime Ihnt the last power in chap II, comes to hi3 end, Dnd none to help him. Tbis power is tha last that trends dowD the true church of God: and Illl the trua cb'lrcb il Ilill Iroden down, and cast out by all ch.ri.tltendolO, it digitized by InspiredBooks.de