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Terrible Beyond Comprehension
The season of distress and anguish before us will require a faith
that can endure weariness, delay, and hunger—a faith that will not
faint, though severely tried....
The “time of trouble such as never was,” is soon to open upon us;
and we shall need an experience which we do not now possess, and
which many are too indolent to obtain. It is often the case that trouble
is greater in anticipation than in reality; but this is not true of the crisis
before us. The most vivid presentation cannot reach the magnitude of
the ordeal.—
The Great Controversy, 621, 622
(1911).
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When Jesus leaves the most holy His restraining Spirit is with-
drawn from rulers and people. They are left to the control of evil
angels. Then such laws will be made by the counsel and direction
of Satan that, unless time should be very short, no flesh could be
saved.—
Testimonies For The Church 1:204
(1859).
Many Laid to Rest Before Time of Trouble
It is not always safe to ask for unconditional healing.... He knows
whether or not those for whom petitions are offered would be able
to endure the trial and test that would come upon them if they lived.
He knows the end from the beginning. Many will be laid away to
sleep before the fiery ordeal of the time of trouble shall come upon
our world.—
Counsels on Health, 375
(1897).
The Lord has often instructed me that many little ones are to be
laid away before the time of trouble. We shall see our children again.
We shall meet them and know them in the heavenly courts.—
Selected
Messages 2:259
(1899).
Satan’s Goal: Destroy All Sabbathkeepers
Says the great deceiver: ... “Our principal concern is to silence this
sect of Sabbathkeepers.... We will finally have a law to exterminate all
who will not submit to our authority.”—
Testimonies to Ministers and
Gospel Workers, 472, 473
(1884).
It is the purpose of Satan to cause them to be blotted from the
earth in order that his supremacy of the world may not be disputed.—
Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers, 37
(1893).
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