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The European Union in Prophecy
children. He who numbers the hairs of their head will care for them, and in time of
famine they shall be satisfied. While the wicked are dying from hunger and pestilence,
angels will shield the righteous and supply their wants. To him that "walketh
righteously" is the promise: "Bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure."
"When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for
thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them." Isaiah
33:15, 16; 41:17.
"Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the
labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off
from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls;" yet shall they that fear Him
"rejoice in the Lord" and joy in the God of their salvation. Habakkuk 3:17, 18. "The
Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite
thee by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: He
shall preserve thy soul." "He shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from
the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee with His fathers, and under His wings
shalt thou trust: His truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid
for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; nor for the pestilence that
walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand
shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh
thee. Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the Most High, thy
habitation; there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy
dwelling." Psalms 121:5-7; 91:3-10.
Yet to human sight it will appear that the people of God must soon seal their
testimony with their blood as did the martyrs before them. They themselves begin to
fear that the Lord has left them to fall by the hand of their enemies. It is a time of
fearful agony. Day and night they cry unto God for deliverance. The wicked exult, and
the jeering cry is heard: "Where now is your faith? Why does not God deliver you out
of our hands if you are indeed His people?" But the waiting ones remember Jesus
dying upon Calvary's cross and the chief priests and rulers shouting in mockery: "He
saved others; Himself He cannot save. If He be the King of Israel, let Him now come
down from the cross, and we will believe Him." Matthew 27:42. Like Jacob, all are
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