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Last Day Events
God’s Faithful Will Be Revealed
The Lord has faithful servants who in the shaking, testing time
will be disclosed to view. There are precious ones now hidden who
have not bowed the knee to Baal. They have not had the light which
has been shining in a concentrated blaze upon you. But it may be
under a rough and uninviting exterior the pure brightness of a genuine
Christian character will be revealed. In the daytime we look toward
heaven but do not see the stars. They are there, fixed in the firmament,
but the eye cannot distinguish them. In the night we behold their
genuine luster.—
Testimonies for the Church 5:80, 81
(1882).
On every occasion that persecution takes place, the witnesses make
decisions, either for Christ or against Him. Those who show sympathy
for the men wrongly condemned, who are not bitter against them, show
their attachment for Christ.—
The Signs of the Times, February 20,
1901
.
Let opposition arise, let bigotry and intolerance again bear sway,
let persecution be kindled, and the half-hearted and hypocritical will
waver and yield the faith; but the true Christian will stand firm as a
rock, his faith stronger, his hope brighter than in days of prosperity.—
The Great Controversy, 602
(1911).
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New Converts Will Take the Places of Those Who Leave
Some had been shaken out and left by the way. The careless
and indifferent, who did not join with those who prized victory and
salvation enough to perseveringly plead and agonize for it, did not
obtain it, and they were left behind in darkness, and their places were
immediately filled by others taking hold of the truth and coming into
the ranks.—
Early Writings, 271
(1858).
The broken ranks will be filled up by those represented by Christ as
coming in at the eleventh hour. There are many with whom the Spirit
of God is striving. The time of God’s destructive judgments is the time
of mercy for those who [now] have no opportunity to learn what is
truth. Tenderly will the Lord look upon them. His heart of mercy is
touched, His hand is still stretched out to save, while the door is closed
to those who would not enter. Large numbers will be admitted who in
these last days hear the truth for the first time.—
Letter 103, 1903
.