310 The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan
[ 300 ] that dwelt in Eden, he who for three centuries on earth walked with his God, was permitted to behold from afar the coming of the Deliverer.“ Behold,” he declared,“ the Lord cometh with ten thousands of His saints, to execute judgment upon all.” 450 The patriarch Job in the night of his affliction exclaimed with unshaken trust:“ I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:... in my flesh shall I see God: whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another.” 451
The coming of Christ to usher in the reign of righteousness, has inspired the most sublime and impassioned utterances of the sacred writers. The poets and prophets of the Bible have dwelt upon it in words glowing with celestial fire. The psalmist sung of the power and majesty of Israel ' s King:“ Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence.... He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that He may judge His people.” 452“ Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad... before the Lord: for He cometh, for He cometh to judge the earth: He shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with His truth.” 453
Said the prophet Isaiah:“ Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.”“ Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise.”“ He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of His people shall He take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it. And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for Him, we will be glad and
450 Jude 14, 15. 451 Job 19:25-27. 452 Ps. 50:2-4. 453 Ps. 96:11, 13.