The Wicked Acknowledge God's Justice

[Thompson, Darryl]

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for December 3
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The Wicked Acknowledge God's Justice

We shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. For it is
written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and
every tongue shall confess to God. Rom. 14:10, 11. 


As if entranced, the wicked have looked upon the coronation of the Son
of God. They see in His hands the tables of the divine law, the statutes
which they have despised and transgressed. They witness the outburst of
wonder, rapture, and adoration from the saved; and as the wave of melody
sweeps over the multitudes without the city, all with one voice exclaim,
"Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are
thy ways, thou King of saints" (Revelation 15:3); and, falling
prostrate, they worship the Prince of life. 

Satan seems paralyzed as he beholds the glory and majesty of Christ. He
who was once a covering cherub remembers whence he has fallen. A shining
seraph, "son of the morning;" how changed, how degraded! From the
council where once he was honored, he is forever excluded. He sees
another now standing near to the Father, veiling His glory. He has seen
the crown placed upon the head of Christ by an angel of lofty stature
and majestic presence, and he knows that the exalted position of this
angel might have been his. 

Memory recalls the home of his innocence and purity. . . . As Satan
looks upon his kingdom, the fruit of his toil, he sees only failure and
ruin. . . . 

The time has now come when the rebellion is to be finally defeated and
the history and character of Satan disclosed. In his last great effort
to dethrone Christ, destroy His people, and take possession of the City
of God, the archdeceiver has been fully unmasked. Those who have united
with him see the total failure of his cause. . . . He is the object of
universal abhorrence. 

Satan sees that his voluntary rebellion has unfitted him for heaven. He
has trained his powers to war against God; the purity, peace, and
harmony of heaven would be to him supreme torture. His accusations
against the mercy and justice of God are now silenced. The reproach
which he has endeavored to cast upon Jehovah rests wholly upon himself.
And now Satan bows down and confesses the justice of his sentence.

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