The First Present Truth Articles
by
Ellen G. White
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August 1, 1849 Dear Brethren and Sisters--
The Lord has shown me that it is my duty to relate to you, what he has
revealed to me relating to the present truth, our present tried, scattered
and tempted state, and our duty in view of the coming judgments of God. {RH,
August 1, 1849 par. 1}
Sabbath, March 24th, 1849, we had a sweet, and very interesting meeting
with the Brethren at Topsham, Me. The Holy Ghost was poured out upon us, and
I was taken off in the Spirit to the City of the living God. There I was
shown that the commandments of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ,
relating to the shut door, could not be separated, and that the time for the
commandments of God to shine out, with all their importance, and for God's
people to be tried on the Sabbath truth, was when the door was opened in the
Most Holy Place of the Heavenly Sanctuary, where the Ark is, containing the
ten commandments. This door was not opened, until the mediation of Jesus was
finished in the Holy Place of the Sanctuary in 1844. Then, Jesus rose up, and
shut the door in the Holy Place, and opened the door in the Most Holy, and
passed within the second vail, where he now stands by the Ark; and where the
faith of Israel now reaches. {RH, August 1, 1849 par. 2} I
saw that Jesus had shut the door in the Holy Place, and no man can open it;
and that he had opened the door in the Most Holy, and no man can shut it:
(See Rev. iii:7, 8:) and that since Jesus has opened the door in the Most
Holy Place, which contains the Ark, the commandments have been shining out to
God's people, and they are being tested on the Sabbath question. {RH, August
1, 1849 par. 3} I
saw that the present test on the Sabbath could not come, until the mediation
of Jesus in the Holy Place was finished; and he had passed within the second
vail; therefore, Christians, who fell asleep before the door was opened in the
Most Holy, when the midnight cry was finished, at the seventh month 1844; and
had not kept the true Sabbath, now rest in hope; for they had not the light,
and the test on the Sabbath, which we now have, since that door was opened. I
saw that Satan was tempting some of God's people on this point. Because so
many good Christians have fallen asleep in the triumphs of faith, and have
not kept the true Sabbath, they were doubting about it being a test for us
now. {RH, August 1, 1849 par. 4} I
saw that the enemies of the present truth have been trying to open the door
of the Holy Place, that Jesus has shut; and to close the door of the Most
Holy Place, which he opened in 1844, where the Ark is containing the two
tables of stone, on which are written the ten commandments, by the finger of
Jehovah. {RH, August 1, 1849 par. 5}
Satan is now using every device in this sealing time, to keep the
minds of God's people from the present, sealing truth; and to cause them to
waver. I saw a covering that God was drawing over his people, to protect them
in the time of trouble; and every soul that was decided on the truth, and was
pure in heart, was to be covered with the covering of Almighty God. {RH,
August 1, 1849 par. 6}
Satan knew this, and was at work in mighty power, to keep the minds of
as many as he possibly could unsettled, and wavering on the truth. I saw that
the mysterious knocking in N.Y. and other places, was the power of Satan; and
that such things would be more and more common, clothed in a religious garb,
to lull the deceived to more security; and to draw the minds of God's people,
if possible, to those things and cause them to doubt the teachings, and power
of the Holy Ghost. {RH, August 1, 1849 par. 7} I
saw that Satan was working through agents, in a number of ways. He was at
work through ministers, who have rejected the truth, and are given over to
strong delusions to believe a lie that they might be damned. While they were
preaching, or praying some would fall prostrate and helpless; not by the
power of the Holy Ghost, no, no; but by the power of Satan breathed upon
these agents and through them to the people. Some professed Adventists who
had rejected the present truth, while preaching praying or in conversation
used Mesmerism to gain adherents, and the people would rejoice in this
influence, for they thought it was the Holy Ghost. And even some that used
it, were so far in the darkness and deception of the Devil, that they thought
it was the power of God, given them to exercise. They had made God altogether
such an one as themselves; and had valued his power as a thing of naught.
{RH, August 1, 1849 par. 8}
Some of these agents of Satan were affecting the bodies of some of the
saints; those that they could not deceive and draw away from the truth by a
satanic influence. Oh! that all could get a view of it as God revealed it to
me, that they might know more of the wiles of Satan, and be on their guard. I
saw that Satan was at work in these ways to distract, deceive, and draw away
God's people, just now in this sealing time. I saw some who were not standing
stiffly for present truth. Their knees were trembling, and their feet were
sliding; because they were not firmly planted on the truth, and the covering
of Almighty God could not be drawn over them while they were thus trembling.
{RH, August 1, 1849 par. 9}
Satan was trying his every art to hold them where they were, until the
sealing was past, and the covering drawn over God's people, and they left
out, without a shelter from the burning wrath of God, in the seven last
plagues. {RH, August 1, 1849 par. 10}
God has begun to draw this covering over his people, and it will very
soon be drawn over all who are to have a shelter in the day of slaughter. God
will work in power for his people; and Satan will be permitted to work also.
{RH, August 1, 1849 par. 11} I
saw that the mysterious signs and wonders, and false reformations would
increase, and spread. The reformations that were shown me, were not
reformations from error to truth; but from bad to worse; for those who
professed a change of heart, had only wrapt about them a religious garb,
which covered up the iniquity of a wicked heart. Some appeared to have been
really converted, so as to deceive God's people; but if their hearts could be
seen, they would appear as black as ever. {RH, August 1, 1849 par. 12}
My accompanying angel bade me look for the travail of soul for sinners
as used to be. I looked, but could not see it; for the time for their
salvation is past. {RH, August 1, 1849 par. 13}
At the commencement of the Holy Sabbath, (Jan. 5,) we engaged in
prayer with Bro. Belden's family at Rocky Hill, Ct., and the Holy Ghost fell
upon us. I was taken off in vision to the Most Holy Place, where I saw Jesus
still interceding for Israel. On the bottom of his garment was a bell and a
pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate. Then I saw that Jesus would not leave
the Most Holy Place, until every case was decided either for salvation or
destruction: and that the wrath of God could not come until Jesus had
finished his work in the Most Holy Place--laid off his priestly attire and
clothed himself with the garments of vengeance. Then Jesus will step out from
between the Father and man, and God will keep silent no longer; but pour out
his wrath on those who have rejected his truth. I saw that the anger of the
nations, the wrath of God, and the time to judge the dead, were separate
events, one following the other. I saw that Michael had not stood up, and
that the time of trouble, such as never was, had not yet commenced. The
nations are now getting angry, but when our High Priest has finished his work
in the Sanctuary, he will stand up, put on the garments of vengeance, and
then the seven last plagues will be poured out. I saw that the four angels
would hold the four winds until Jesus' work was done in the Sanctuary, and
then will come the seven last plagues. These plagues enraged the wicked
against the righteous, and they thought that we had brought them down upon
them, and if they could rid the earth of us, then the plagues would be
stayed. A decree went forth to slay the saints, which caused them to cry day
and night for deliverance. This was the time of Jacob's trouble. Then all the
saints cried out with anguish of spirit, and were delivered by the Voice of
God. Then the 144,000 triumphed. Their faces were lighted up with the glory
of God. Then I was shown a company who were howling in agony. On their
garments was written in large characters, "thou art weighed in the
balance, and found wanting." I asked who this company were. The angel
said, "these are they who have once kept the Sabbath and have given it
up." I heard them cry with a loud voice--"we have believed in thy
coming, and taught it with energy." And while they were speaking, their
eyes would fall upon their garments and see the writing, and then they would
wail aloud. I saw they had drunk of the deep waters, and fouled the residue
with their feet--trodden the Sabbath underfoot, and that is why they were
weighed in the balance and found wanting. Then my attending angel directed me
to the City again, where I saw four angels winging their way to the gate of
the City, and were just presenting the golden card to the angel at the gate.
Then I saw another angel swiftly flying from the direction of the most
excellent glory, and crying with a loud voice to the other angels, and waving
something up and down in his hand. I asked my attending angel for an
explanation of what I saw. He told me that I could see no more then, but he
would shortly show me what those things that I then saw meant. {RH, August 1,
1849 par. 14}
Sabbath afternoon one of our number was sick, and requested prayers
that he might be healed. We all united in applying to the Physician who never
lost a case, and while healing power came down, and the sick was healed, the
Spirit fell upon me, and I was taken off in vision. I saw four angels who had
a work to do on the earth, and were on their way to accomplish it. Jesus was
clothed with Priestly garments. He gazed in pity on the remnant, then raised
his hands upward, and with a voice of deep pity cried--"My Blood,
Father, My Blood, My Blood, My Blood". Then I saw an exceeding bright
light come from God, who sat upon the great white throne, and was shed all
about Jesus. Then I saw an angel with a commission from Jesus, swiftly flying
to the four angels who had a work to do on the earth, and waving something up
and down in his hand, and crying with a loud voice--"Hold! Hold! Hold!
Hold! until the servants of God are sealed in their foreheads." I asked
my accompanying angel the meaning of what I heard, and what the four angels
were about to do. He shewed me that it was God that restrained the powers,
and that he gave his angels charge over things on the earth, and that the
four angels had power from God to hold the four winds, and that they were
about to let the four winds go, and while they had started on their mission
to let them go, the merciful eye of Jesus gazed on the remnant that were not
all sealed, then he raised his hands to the Father and plead with him that he
had spilled his blood for them.--Then another angel was commissioned to fly
swiftly to the four angels, and bid them hold until the servants of God were
sealed with the seal of the living God in their foreheads. {RH, August 1,
1849 par. 15} I
have seen the tender love that God has for his people, and that it is very
great. I saw an angel over every saint, with their wings spread about them:
and if the saints wept through discouragement, or were in danger, the angel
that ever attended them would fly quickly upward to carry the tidings, and
the angels in the City would cease to sing. Then Jesus would commission
another angel to descend to encourage, watch over and try to keep them from
going out of the narrow path: but, if they did not take heed to the watchful
care of these angels, and would not be comforted by them, and continued to go
astray, the angels would look sad and weep. Then they would bear the tidings
upward, and all the angels in the City would weep, and then with a loud voice
say, Amen. But if the saints fixed their eyes on the prize before them, and
glorified God by praising him, then the angels would bear the glad tidings to
the City, and the angels in the city would touch their golden harps and sing
with a loud voice--Alleluia! and the heavenly arches would ring with lovely
songs. I will here state, that there is perfect order and harmony in the holy
City. {RH, August 1, 1849 par. 16}
All the angels that are commissioned to visit the earth, hold a golden
card which they present to the angels at the gates of the City, as they pass
in and out. Heaven is a good place. I long to be there, and behold my lovely
Jesus, who gave his life for me, and be changed into his glorious image. Oh!
for language to express the glory of the bright world to come. I thirst for
the living streams that make glad the City of our God. {RH, August 1, 1849
par. 17}
The Lord has given me a view of other worlds. Wings were given me, and
an angel attended me from the City to a place that was bright and glorious.
The grass of the place was living green, and the birds there warbled a sweet
song. The inhabitants of the place were of all sizes, they were noble, majestic
and lovely. They bore the express image of Jesus, and their countenances
beamed with holy joy, expressive of the freedom and happiness of the place. I
asked one of them why they were so much more lovely than those on the earth.
The reply was--"we have lived in strict obedience to the commandments of
God and have not fallen by disobedience, like those on the earth. There I saw
two trees, one looked much like the tree of life in the City. The fruit of
both looked beautiful; but of one they could not eat. They had power to eat
of both, but were forbidden to eat of one. Then my attending angel said to
me--"none in this place have tasted of the forbidden tree; but if they
should eat they would fall." Then I was taken to a world which had seven
moons. Then I saw good old Enoch, who had been translated. On his right arm
he bore a glorious palm, and on each leaf was written Victory. Around his
head was a dazzling white wreath, and leaves on the wreath, and in the middle
of each leaf was written Purity; and around the leaf were stones of various
colors, that shone brighter than the stars, and cast a reflection upon the
letters, and magnified them. On the back part of his head was a bow that
confined the wreath, and upon the bow was written Holiness. Above the wreath
was a lovely crown that shone brighter than the sun. I asked him if this was
the place he was taken to from the earth. He said "it is not; but the
City is my home, and I have come to visit this place." He moved about
the place as if perfectly at home. I begged of my attending angel to let me
remain in that place. I could not bear the thought of coming back to this
dark world again. Then the angel said--"you must go back, and if you are
faithful, you, with the 144,000 shall have the privilege of visiting all the
worlds and viewing the handy work of God." {RH, August 1, 1849 par. 18}
Dec. 16, 1848, the Lord gave me a view of the shaking of the powers of
the heavens. I saw that when the Lord said "heaven" (in giving the
signs recorded by Matt., Mark and Luke,) he meant heaven, and when he said
"earth" he meant earth. The powers of heaven, are the Sun, Moon and
Stars: they rule in the heavens. The powers of earth are those who bear rule
on the earth. The powers of heaven will be shaken at the voice of God. Then
the Sun, Moon, and Stars will be moved out of their places. They will not
pass away, but be shaken by the voice of God. {RH, August 1, 1849 par. 19}
Dark, heavy clouds came up, and clashed against each other. The
atmosphere parted and rolled back, then we could look up through the open
space in Orion, from whence came the voice of God. The Holy City will come
down through that open space. I saw that the powers of earth are now being
shaken, and that events come in order. War, and rumors of war,--sword, famine
and pestilence, are first to shake the powers of earth, then the voice of God
will shake the Sun, Moon and Stars, and this earth also. I saw that the
shaking of the powers in Europe is not (as some teach) the shaking of the
powers of heaven, but it is the shaking of the angry nations. E.
G. White. {RH, August 1, 1849 par. 20} September 1, 1849 Dear Brethren and Sisters
In this time of trial, we need to be encouraged, and comforted by each
other. The temptations of Satan are greater now, than ever before; for he
knows that his time is short, and that very soon, every case will be decided,
either for Life, or for Death. It is no time to sink down beneath
discouragement, and trial now; but we must bear up under all our afflictions,
and trust wholly in the mighty God of Jacob. {RH, September 1, 1849 par. 1}
The Lord has shown me that his grace is sufficient for all our trials;
and although they are greater than ever before, yet if we trust wholly in
God, we can overcome every temptation, and through his grace come off
victorious. {RH, September 1, 1849 par. 2}
If we overcome our trials, and get victory over the temptations of
Satan, then we endure the time of our faith, which is much more precious than
gold, and are stronger, and better prepared to meet the next. But if we sink
down, and give way to the temptations of Satan, we shall grow weaker, and get
no reward for the trial, and shall not be so well prepared to meet the next.
In this way we shall grow weaker, and weaker, until we are led captive by
Satan at his will. We must have on the whole armour of God, and be ready at
any moment, for a conflict with the powers of darkness. When temptations and
trials rush in upon us, let us go to God, and agonize with him in prayer. He
will not turn us away empty; but will give us grace and strength to overcome,
and to break the power of the enemy. O, that all could see these things in
their true light, and endure hardness as good soldiers of Jesus. Then would
Israel move forward, strong in God, and in the power of his might. {RH,
September 1, 1849 par. 3}
God has shown me that he gave his people a bitter cup to drink, to
purify and cleanse them. It is a bitter draught, and they can make it still
more bitter by murmuring, complaining, and repining. Those who receive it
thus, must have another draught; for the first does not have its designed
effect upon the heart. And if the second does not effect the work, then they
must have another, and another, until it does have its designed effect, or
they will be left filthy and impure in heart. I saw that this bitter cup can
be sweetened by patience, endurance and prayer, and that it will have its
designed effect upon the hearts of those who thus received it, and God will
be honored and glorified. It is no small thing to be a Christian, and be owned
and approved of God. The Lord has shown me some who profess the present
truth, whose lives do not correspond with their profession. They have got the
standard of piety altogether too low, and come far short of Bible holiness.
Some engage in vain, and unbecoming conversation; and others give way to the
risings of self. We must not expect to please ourselves, live and act like
the world, have its pleasures, and enjoy the company of those who are of the
world, and reign with Christ in glory. {RH, September 1, 1849 par. 4}
We must be partakers of Christ's sufferings here, if we would share in
his glory hereafter. If we seek our own interest, how we can best please
ourselves, instead of seeking to please God, and advance his precious,
suffering cause, we shall dishonor God, and the holy cause we profess. {RH,
September 1, 1849 par. 5}
We have but a little space of time left to work for God. Nothing
should be too dear to sacrifice, for the salvation of the scattered and torn
flock of Jesus. Those who make a covenant with God by sacrifice now, will
soon be gathered home to share a rich reward, and possess the new kingdom
forever and ever. {RH, September 1, 1849 par. 6}
O, let us live wholly for the Lord, and show by a well ordered life,
and godly conversation that we have been with Jesus, and are his meek and
lowly followers. We must work while the day lasts, for when the dark night of
trouble and anguish comes, it will be too late to work for God. Jesus is
still in his Holy Temple, and will now accept our sacrifices, our prayers,
and our confessions of faults and sins, and will now pardon all the
transgressions of Israel, that they may be blotted out before he leaves the
Sanctuary. When Jesus leaves the Sanctuary, then he that is holy and righteous,
will be holy and righteous still; for all their sins will then be blotted
out, and they will be sealed with the seal of the living God. But those that
are unjust and filthy, will be unjust and filthy still; for then there will
be no Priest in the Sanctuary to offer their sacrifices, their confessions,
and their prayers before the Father's throne. Therefore, what is done to
rescue souls from the coming storm of wrath, must be done before Jesus leaves
the Most Holy Place of the Heavenly Sanctuary. {RH, September 1, 1849 par. 7}
The Lord has shown me that precious souls are starving, and dying for
want of the present, sealing truth, the meat in due season; and that the
swift messengers should speed on their way, and feed the flock with the
present truth. I heard an Angel say, "speed the swift messengers, speed
the swift messengers; for the case of every soul will soon be decided, either
for Life, or for Death." {RH, September 1, 1849 par. 8} I
saw that those who had the means, were required to help speed those
messengers, that God had called to labor in his cause, and as they went from
place to place, they would be safe from the prevailing pestilence. But if any
went that were not sent of God, they would be in danger of being cut down by
the pestilence; therefore all should earnestly seek for duty, and be sure and
move by the direction of the Holy Spirit. {RH, September 1, 1849 par. 9}
What we have seen and heard of the pestilence, is but the beginning of
what we shall see and hear. Soon the
dead and dying will be all around us. I saw that some will be so
hardened, as to even make sport of the judgements of God. Then the slain of
the Lord will be from one end of the earth, to the other; they will not be
lamented, gathered, nor buried; but their ill savor will come up from the
face of the whole earth. Those only who have the seal of the living God, will
be sheltered from the storm of wrath, that will soon fall on the heads of
those who have rejected the truth. {RH, September 1, 1849 par. 10}
In Hope,
E.
G. White.
- {RH, September 1, 1849 par. 11} March 1, 1850 My Dear Brethren and Sisters
My Dear Brethren and Sisters--This is very important hour with us.
Satan has come down with great power, and we must strive hard, and press our
way to the kingdom. We have a mighty foe to contend with; but an Almighty
Friend to protect and strengthen us in the conflict. If we are firmly fixed
upon the present truth, and have our hope, like an anchor of the soul, cast
within the second vail, the various winds of false doctrine and error cannot
move us. The excitements and false reformations of this day do not move us,
for we know that the Master of the house rose up in 1844, and shut the door
of the first apartment of the heavenly tabernacle; and now we certainly
expect that they will "go with their flocks," "to seek the
Lord; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself (within the
second vail) from them." The Lord has shown me that the power which is
with them is a mere human influence, and not the power of God. {RH, March 1,
1850 par. 1}
Those who have published the "Watchman" have removed the
land-marks. I saw, two months ago, that their time would pass by; and then
some honest souls, who have been deceived by this time, will have a chance to
receive the truth. I saw that most of those who preach this new time do not
believe it themselves. I saw that our message was not to the shepherds who
have led the flock astray, but to the poor hungry, scattered sheep. {RH,
March 1, 1850 par. 2}
In hope,
E. G. White. - {RH, March 1, 1850 par. 3} April 1, 1850 To the "Little
Flock."
Dear Brethren.--The Lord gave me a view, January 26, which I will
relate. I saw that some of the people of God were stupid and dormant; and
were but half awake, and did not realize the time we were now living in; and
that the "man" with the "dirt-brush" had entered, and
that some were in danger of being swept away. I begged of Jesus to save them,
to spare them a little longer, and let them see their awful danger, that they
might get ready before it should be for ever too late. The angel said,
"Destruction is coming like a mighty whirlwind." I begged of the
angel to pity and to save those who loved this world, and were attached to
their possessions, and were not willing to cut loose from them, and sacrifice
them to speed the messengers on their way to feed the hungry sheep, who were
perishing for want of spiritual food. {RH, April 1, 1850 par. 1}
As I viewed poor souls dying for want of the present truth, and some
who professed to believe the truth were letting them die, by withholding the
necessary means to carry forward the work of God, the sight was too painful,
and I begged of the angel to remove it from me. I saw that when the cause of
God called for some of their property, like the young man who came to Jesus,
[Matt. xix, 16-22,] they went away sorrowful; and that soon the overflowing
scourge would pass over and sweep their possessions all away, and then it
would be too late to sacrifice earthly goods, and lay up a treasure in
heaven. {RH, April 1, 1850 par. 2} I
then saw the glorious Redeemer, beautiful and lovely, that he left the realms
of glory, and came to this dark and lonely world, to give his precious life
and die, the just for the unjust. He bore the cruel mocking and scourging,
and wore the platted crown of thorns, and sweat great drops of blood in the
garden; while the burden of the sins of the whole world were upon him. The
angel asked, "What for?" O, I saw and knew that it was for us; for
our sins he suffered all this, that by his precious blood he might redeem us
unto God. {RH, April 1, 1850 par. 3}
Then again was held up before me those who were not willing to dispose
of this world's goods to save perishing souls, by sending them the truth,
while Jesus stands before the Father, pleading his blood, his sufferings and
his death for them; and while God's messengers were waiting, ready to carry
them the saving truth that they might be sealed with the seal of the living
God. It was hard for some who professed to believe the present truth, to even
do so little as to hand the messengers God's own money, that he had lent them
to be stewards over. {RH, April 1, 1850 par. 4}
Then the suffering Jesus, his sacrifice and love so deep, as to give
his life for them, was again held up before me; and then the lives of those
who professed to be his followers, who had this world's goods, and considered
it so great a thing to help the cause of salvation. The angel said, "Can
such enter heaven?" Another angel answered, "No, never, never,
never. Those who are not interested in the cause of God on earth, can never
sing the song of redeeming love above." {RH, April 1, 1850 par. 5} I saw that the quick work that God was doing
on earth would soon be cut short in righteousness, and that the swift
messengers must speed on their way to search out the scattered flock. An
angel said, "Are all messengers? No, no, God's messengers have a message."
{RH, April 1, 1850 par. 6} I
saw that the cause of God had been hindered, and dishonored by some
travelling who had no message from God. Such will have to give an account to
God for every dollar they have used in travelling where it was not their duty
to go; for that money might have helped on the cause of God, and for the lack
of it, souls have starved and died for the want of spiritual food, that might
have been given them by God's called and chosen messengers if they had had
the means. {RH, April 1, 1850 par. 7}
The mighty shaking has commenced, and will go on, and all will be
shaken out who are not willing to take a hold and unyielding stand for the
truth, and sacrifice for God and his cause. The angel said, "Think ye
that any will be compelled to sacrifice. No. no. It must be a free-will
offering. It will take all to buy the field."--I cried to God to spare
his people, some of whom were fainting and dying. {RH, April 1, 1850 par. 8} I
saw that those who have strength to labor with their hands, and help sustain
the cause, were as accountable for that strength, as others were for their
property. {RH, April 1, 1850 par. 9}
The I saw that the judgements of Almighty God were speedily coming. I
begged of the angel to speak in his language to the people. Said he,
"All the thunders and lightnings of Mount Sinai would not move those who
will not be moved by the plain truths of the word of God; neither would an
angel's message awake them." {RH, April 1, 1850 par. 10} I
then beheld the beauty and loveliness of Jesus. His robe was whiter than the
whitest white. No language can describe his glory and exalted loveliness.
All, all who keep the commandments of God, will enter in through the gates
into the City, and have right to the tree of life, and ever be in the
presence of the lovely Jesus, whose countenance shines brighter than the sun
at noonday. {RH, April 1, 1850 par. 11}
Then I was pointed to Adam and Eve in Eden. They partook of the
forbidden tree, and then the flaming sword was placed around the tree of
life, and they were driven from the Garden, lest they should partake of the
tree of life, and be immortal sinners. The tree of life was to perpetuate
immortality. I heard an angel ask, "Who of the family of Adam have passed
that flaming sword, and have partaken of the tree of life?" I heard
another angel answer, "Not one of the family of Adam have passed that
flaming sword, and partaken of that tree; therefore there is not an immortal
sinner. The soul that sinneth it shall die an everlasting death; a death that
will last for ever, where there will be no hope of a resurrection; and then
the wrath of God will be appeased." {RH, April 1, 1850 par. 12} I
saw that the saints will rest in the Holy City, and reign as kings and
priests one thousand years; then Jesus will descend with the saints upon the
mount of Olives, and the mount will part asunder, and become a mighty plain
for the Paradise of God to rest upon. The rest of the earth will not be
cleansed until the wicked dead are raised (at the end of the one thousand
years) and gather up around the city; for the feet of the wicked will never
desecrate the earth made new. Then fire will come down from God out of heaven
and devour them; burn them up root and branch. Satan is the root, and his
children are the branches. The same fire that will devour the wicked, will
purify the earth. {RH, April 1, 1850 par. 13}
In hope of immortality at the appearing of Jesus,
E. G. White.
- {RH, April 1, 1850 par. 14} |