The European Union in Prophecy The EU in Prophecy I | Página 510

The European Union in Prophecy
also which pierced Him" (Revelation 1:7), those that mocked and derided Christ's
dying agonies, and the most violent opposers of His truth and His people, are raised
to behold Him in His glory and to see the honour placed upon the loyal and obedient.
Thick clouds still cover the sky; yet the sun now and then breaks through,
appearing like the avenging eye of Jehovah. Fierce lightnings leap from the heavens,
enveloping the earth in a sheet of flame. Above the terrific roar of thunder, voices,
mysterious and awful, declare the doom of the wicked. The words spoken are not
comprehended by all; but they are distinctly understood by the false teachers. Those
who a little before were so reckless, so boastful and defiant, so exultant in their cruelty
to God's commandment-keeping people, are now overwhelmed with consternation and
shuddering in fear. Their wails are heard above the sound of the elements. Demons
acknowledge the deity of Christ and tremble before His power, while men are
supplicating for mercy and groveling in abject terror.
Said the prophets of old, as they beheld in holy vision the day of God: "Howl ye;
for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty."
Isaiah 13:6. "Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and
for the glory of His majesty. The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the
haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that
day. For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon everyone that is proud and lofty,
and upon everyone that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low." "In that day a man
shall cast the idols of his silver, and the idols of his gold, which they made each one
for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; to go into the clefts of the rocks,
and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of His
majesty, when He ariseth to shake terribly the earth." Isaiah 2:10-12, 20, 21, margin.
Through a rift in the clouds there beams a star whose brilliancy is increased
fourfold in contrast with the darkness. It speaks hope and joy to the faithful, but
severity and wrath to the transgressors of God's law. Those who have sacrificed all for
Christ are now secure, hidden as in the secret of the Lord's pavilion. They have been
tested, and before the world and the despisers of truth they have evinced their fidelity
to Him who died for them. A marvellous change has come over those who have held
fast their integrity in the very face of death. They have been suddenly delivered from
the dark and terrible tyranny of men transformed to demons. Their faces, so lately
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