Seven Last Plagues and the Wicked (The Great Time of Trouble, Part 1) 167
The Seventh Plague
We need to study the pouring out of the seventh vial [
Revelation
16:17-21
]. The powers of evil will not yield up the conflict without a
struggle. But Providence has a part to act in the battle of Armageddon.
When the earth is lighted with the glory of the angel of Revelation
eighteen, the religious elements, good and evil, will awake from slum-
ber, and the armies of the living God will take the field.—
The S.D.A.
Bible Commentary 7:983
(1899).
The battle of Armageddon is soon to be fought. He on whose
vesture is written the name, King of kings and Lord of lords, leads
forth the armies of heaven on white horses, clothed in fine linen, clean
and white [
Revelation 19:11-16
].—
The S.D.A. Bible Commentary
7:982
(1899).
The whole earth heaves and swells like the waves of the sea. Its
surface is breaking up. Its very foundations seem to be giving way.
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Mountain chains are sinking. Inhabited islands disappear. The seaports
that have become like Sodom for wickedness, are swallowed up by
the angry waters.... The proudest cities of the earth are laid low. The
lordly palaces, upon which the world’s great men have lavished their
wealth in order to glorify themselves, are crumbling to ruin before their
eyes. Prison walls are rent asunder, and God’s people, who have been
held in bondage for their faith, are set free.—
The Great Controversy,
637
(1911).
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