Angels Holding the Four Winds

[Thompson, Darryl]

Angels Holding the Four Winds

     I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the
living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, . . .
saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have
sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. Rev. 7:2, 3  

     Four mighty angels are still holding the four winds of the earth.
Terrible destruction is forbidden to come in full. The accidents by land
and by sea; the loss of life, steadily increasing, by storm, by tempest,
by railroad disaster, by conflagration; the terrible floods, the
earthquakes, and the winds will be the stirring up of the nations to one
deadly combat, while the angels hold the four winds, forbidding the
terrible power of Satan to be exercised in its fury until the servants
of God are sealed in their foreheads.  

     Angels are holding the four winds, which are represented as an
angry horse seeking to break loose and rush over the face of the whole
earth, bearing destruction and death in its path.  

     A terrible conflict is before us. We are nearing the battle of the
great day of God Almighty. That which has been held in control is to be
let loose. The angel of mercy is folding her wings, preparing to step
down from the throne and leave the world to the control of Satan. The
principalities and powers of earth are in bitter revolt against the God
of heaven. They are filled with hatred against those who serve Him, and
soon, very soon, will be fought the last great battle between good and
evil. The earth is to be the battlefield--the scene of the final contest
and the final victory.  

     While their hands were loosening, and the four winds were about to
blow, the merciful eye of Jesus gazed on the remnant that were not
sealed, and He raised His hands to the Father and pleaded with Him that
He had spilled His blood for them. Then another angel was commissioned
to fly swiftly to the four angels and bid them hold until the servants
of God were sealed with the seal of the living God in their foreheads. 

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