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Last Day Events
Gluttony and Intemperance
Gluttony and intemperance lie at the foundation of the great moral
depravity in our world. Satan is aware of this and he is constantly
tempting men and women to indulge the taste at the expense of health
and even life itself. Eating, drinking, and dressing are made the aim
of life with the world. Just such a state of things existed before the
Flood. And this state of dissipation is one of the marked evidences of
the soon close of this earth’s history.—
Letter 34, 1875
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The picture which Inspiration has given of the antediluvian world
represents too truly the condition to which modern society is fast
hastening.—
Patriarchs and Prophets, 102
(1890).
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We know that the Lord is coming very soon. The world is fast
becoming as it was in the days of Noah. It is given over to selfish in-
dulgence. Eating and drinking are carried to excess. Men are drinking
the poisonous liquor that makes them mad.—
Letter 308, 1907
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Deeds of Violence
In the days of Noah the overwhelming majority was opposed to
the truth, and enamored with a tissue of falsehoods. The land was
filled with violence. War, crime, murder, was the order of the day.
Just so will it be before Christ’s second coming.—
The S.D.A. Bible
Commentary 1:1090
(1891).
The labor unions are quickly stirred to violence if their demands
are not complied with. Plainer and plainer is it becoming that the
inhabitants of the world are not in harmony with God. No scientific
theory can explain the steady march of evil workers under the general-
ship of Satan. In every mob wicked angels are at work, rousing men
to commit deeds of violence....
The perversity and cruelty of men will reach such a height that
God will reveal Himself in His majesty. Very soon the wickedness of
the world will have reached its limit and, as in the days of Noah, God
will pour out His judgments.—
The Upward Look, 334
(1903).
The terrible reports we hear of murders and robberies, of railway
accidents and deeds of violence, tell the story that the end of all things
is at hand. Now, just now, we need to be preparing for the Lord’s
second coming.—
Letter 308, 1907
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