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of heaven. He rushes into the midst of his subjects and endeavors to
inspire them with his own fury and arouse them to instant battle. But
of all the countless millions whom he has allured into rebellion, there
are none now to acknowledge his supremacy. His power is at an end.
The wicked are filled with the same hatred of God that inspires Satan;
but they see that their case is hopeless, that they cannot prevail against
Jehovah. Their rage is kindled against Satan and those who have been his
agents in deception, and with the fury of demons they turn upon them.
Saith the Lord: “Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of
God; behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of
the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy
wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness. They shall bring thee down
to the pit.” “I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of
the stones of fire.... I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before
kings, that they may behold thee.... I will bring thee to ashes upon the
earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.... Thou shalt be a terror,
and never shalt thou be any more.” Ezekiel 28:6-8, 16-19.
“Every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments
rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.” “The
indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and His fury upon all their
armies: He hath utterly destroyed them, He hath delivered them to the
slaughter.” “Upon the wicked He shall rain quick burning coals, fire and
brimstone and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.”
Isaiah 9:5; 34:2; Psalm 11:6, margin. Fire comes down from God out of
heaven. The earth is broken up. The weapons concealed in its depths are
drawn forth. Devouring flames burst from every yawning chasm. The
very rocks are on fire. The day has come that shall burn as an oven. The
elements melt with fervent heat, the earth also, and the works that are
therein are burned up. Malachi 4:1; 2 Peter 3:10. The earth’s surface
seems one molten mass—a vast, seething

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