Future Events Come in Order

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for September 7
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Future Events Come in Order

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you
as a thief. 1 Thess. 5:4. 


I saw that Jesus would not leave the most holy place until every case
was decided either for salvation or destruction, and that the wrath of
God could not come until Jesus had finished His work in the most holy
place, laid off His priestly attire, and clothed Himself with the
garments of vengeance. Then Jesus will step out from between the Father
and man, and God will keep silence no longer, but pour out His wrath on
those who have rejected His truth. I saw that the anger of the nations,
the wrath of God, and the time to judge the dead were separate and
distinct, one following the other, also that Michael had not stood up,
and that the time of trouble, such as never was, had not yet commenced.
The nations are now getting angry, but when our High Priest has finished
His work in the sanctuary, He will stand up, put on the garments of
vengeance, and then the seven last plagues will be poured out. 

I saw that the four angels would hold the four winds until Jesus' work
was done in the sanctuary, and then will come the seven last plagues.
These plagues enraged the wicked against the righteous; they thought
that we had brought the judgments of God upon them, and that if they
could rid the earth of us, the plagues would then be stayed. A decree
went forth to slay the saints, which caused them to cry day and night
for deliverance. This was the time of Jacob's trouble. Then all the
saints cried out with anguish of spirit, and were delivered by the voice
of God. 

Before His crucifixion the Savior explained to His disciples that He was
to be put to death and to rise again from the tomb. . . . But the
disciples were looking for temporal deliverance from the Roman yoke, and
they could not tolerate the thought that He in whom all their hopes
centered should suffer an ignominious death. . . . So in the prophecies
the future is opened before us as plainly as it was opened to the
disciples by the words of Christ. The events connected with the close of
probation and the work of preparation for the time of trouble, are
clearly presented. But multitudes have no more understanding of these
important truths than if they had never been revealed.

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