Only One Reminder of Sin

[Thompson, Darryl]

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for December 6
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Only One Reminder of Sin

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the
wicked and the sinner. Prov. 11:31. 


The wicked receive their recompense in the earth. Proverbs 11:31. They
"shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the
Lord of hosts." Malachi 4:1. Some are destroyed as in a moment, while
others suffer many days. All are punished "according to their deeds."
The sins of the righteous having been transferred to Satan, he is made
to suffer not only for his own rebellion, but for all the sins which he
has caused God's people to commit. His punishment is to be far greater
than that of those whom he has deceived. After all have perished who
fell by his deceptions, he is still to live and suffer on. In the
cleansing flames the wicked are at last destroyed, root and
branch--Satan the root, his followers the branches. 

Satan and all who have joined him in rebellion will be cut off. . . .
Then "the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his
place, and it shall not be "; "they shall be as though they had not
been." Ps. 37:10; Obadiah 16. 

The justice of God is satisfied, and the saints and all the angelic host
say with a loud voice, Amen. 

While the earth is wrapped in the fire of God's vengeance, the righteous
abide safely in the Holy City. Upon those that had part in the first
resurrection, the second death has no power. (Rev. 20:6.) While God is
to the wicked a consuming fire, He is to His people both a sun and a
shield. (Ps. 84:11.) 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. . . . 

All that was lost by sin has been restored. . . . God's original purpose
in the creation of the earth is fulfilled as it is made the eternal
abode of the redeemed. "The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell
therein for ever." Psalm 37:29.

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