In the Dens and Caves of the Earth

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for October 9
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In the Dens and Caves of the Earth

And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the
earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he
ariseth to shake terribly the earth. Isa. 2:19. 


The hidden ones have been scattered because of man's enmity against the
law of Jehovah. They have been oppressed by all the powers of the earth.
They have been scattered in the dens and caves of the earth through the
violence of their adversaries, because they are true and obedient to
Jehovah's laws. But deliverance comes to the people of God. To their
enemies God will show Himself a God of just retribution. . . . 

>From the dens and the caves of the earth, that have been the secret
hiding places of God's people, they are called forth as His witnesses,
true and faithful. 

The people who have braved out their rebellion will fulfill the
description given in Revelation 6:15-17. In these very caves and dens
they find the very statement of truth in the letters and in the
publications as witness against them. The shepherds who lead the sheep
in false paths will hear the charge made against them, "It was you who
made light of truth. It was you who told us that God's law was
abrogated, that it was a yoke of bondage. It was you who voiced the
false doctrines when I was convicted that these Seventh-day Adventists
had the truth. The blood of our souls is upon your priestly garments. .
. . Now will you pay the ransom for my soul? . . . What shall we do who
listened to your garbling of the Scriptures and your turning into a lie
the truth which if obeyed would have saved us?" 

When Christ comes to take vengeance on those who have educated and
trained the people to trample on God's Sabbath, to tear down His
memorial, and tread down with their feet the feed of His pastures,
lamentations will be in vain. Those who trusted in the false shepherds
had the word of God to search for themselves, and they find that God
will judge every man who has had the truth and turned from the light
because it involved self-denial and the cross. Rocks and mountains
cannot screen them from the indignation of Him that sitteth on the
throne and from the wrath of the Lamb.

>From Maranatha - Page 290