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The European Union in Prophecy
last destroyed, root and branch-Satan the root, his followers the branches. The full
penalty of the law has been visited; the demands of justice have been met; and heaven
and earth, beholding, declare the righteousness of Jehovah.
Satan's work of ruin is forever ended. For six thousand years he has wrought his
will, filling the earth with woe and causing grief throughout the universe. The whole
creation has groaned and travailed together in pain. Now God's creatures are forever
delivered from his presence and temptations. "The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet:
they [the righteous] break forth into singing." Isaiah 14:7. And a shout of praise and
triumph ascends from the whole loyal universe. "The voice of a great multitude," "as
the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings," is heard, saying:
"Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth." Revelation 19:6.
While the earth was wrapped in the fire of destruction, the righteous abode
safely in the Holy City. Upon those that had part in the first resurrection, the second
death has no power. While God is to the wicked a consuming fire, He is to His people
both a sun and a shield. Revelation 20:6; Psalm 84:11. "I saw a new heaven and a
new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away." Revelation 21:1.
The fire that consumes the wicked purifies the earth. Every trace of the curse is swept
away. No eternally burning hell will keep before the ransomed the fearful
consequences of sin.
One reminder alone remains: Our Redeemer will ever bear the marks of His
crucifixion. Upon His wounded head, upon His side, His hands and feet, are the only
traces of the cruel work that sin has wrought. Says the prophet, beholding Christ in
His glory: "He had bright beams coming out of His side: and there was the hiding of
His power." Habakkuk 3:4, margin. That pierced side whence flowed the crimson
stream that reconciled man to God--there is the Saviour's glory, there "the hiding of
His power." "Mighty to save," through the sacrifice of redemption, He was therefore
strong to execute justice upon them that despised God's mercy. And the tokens of His
humiliation are His highest honour; through the eternal ages the wounds of Calvary
will show forth His praise and declare His power.
"O Tower of the flock, the stronghold of the daughter of Zion, unto Thee shall it
come, even the first dominion." Micah 4:8. The time has come to which holy men have
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