[THY
WRATH IS COME,
CONT.]
[the seventh
vial]
In the
account of the seventh and last vial it is written that
'there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and
there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men
were on the
earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.' (16:18).
This great earthquake will be caused by the
touching of His feet on the Mount of Olives, which
will split in
the midst.
(Zech, 14:4), There shall be shakings and
eruptions throughout the earth, causing many changes in
the topography of most land masses. Islands and
mountains shall 'flee away' and not be found. (16:20).
The continuing effect of atomic heat, causing great
amounts of water to be vaporized and frozen in the
lofty heights above, is seen in the fact that 'there
fell on men a
great hail out of heaven.’ (16:21). Even in their death
agonies the unrepentant 'blaspheme God because of the
plague of the hail.' (16:21).
There is yet
one more thing to notice in this final vial of wrath.
The scripture says 'the great city was divided into
three parts, and the cities of the nations fell; and
great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give to her the cup
of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.' (16:19).
The 'city' which is divided into three parts, represents
the three aspects of the world-wide system of Babylon;
the religious,
the political and the commercial. 'Babylon' is the
symbolic designation of all that is of man: his
ways and his works. That which is of man always brings
tyranny and oppression in one way or another. For
millenniums man has suffered the inhumanity of man by
means of the iniquitous systems known as 'Babylon.’
Therefore Babylon is remembered and
must drink of the wine of His
wrath.
As I have
unveiled to you the meaning of the seven vials of wrath it would
appear that the picture is a negative one,
but the
contrary is true. The overtones
are definitely positive. Consider,
says the
Lord, what you would do if you wanted to build
a beautiful building on a certain site; yet the site is
cluttered with
the remains of an old broken and decayed
building with much rubbish and debris
accumulated. Would you not tear down the old
building,
burn its remains, and clear
away the
rubbish and debris? Man's ways,
and
man's Babylonian systems, as well as
rebellious man
himself, is represented
by the
old building, broken and rotten to the core,
unredeemable in his present state. I have
purposed to usher in a
golden age of righteousness and peace;
a society
builded by God and not
by man. Therefore the seven vials of
wrath
are designed to clear away
all that is of man's evil
designs, and prepare the way for a world of
righteousness.
A remnant of all nations will be protected and
preserved through the
vials of
wrath. They
are the ones who have called on the name of the
Lord that they might be ‘saved’ or preserved. In western
nations, where a larger portion of the
population is Christian, many more will be
preserved from
death.
Think not that all
Christians are to be taken when the Lord
returns for His
saints. Only those fully
sanctified, or separated, to Him by a
complete work of His Spirit will be ready for entrance
into the heavenly Kingdom. These are the 100-fold or
‘full grain in the ear' Christians. (Mark 4:20
& 28). The 30-fold and
60-fold,
or the 'blade' and ‘ear’
Christians will remain on the earth. Shortly after the
glorified saints return WITH the Lord, they will take up
their posts of responsibility to shepherd and govern the
inhabitants of the earth. Then shall righteousness begin
to flourish, and the knowledge of the glory of the Lord
shall fill the earth as the waters cover the sea
(Habakkuk 2:14). So you see, my people, why I must visit
the earth and sweep away the refuge of lies (Isa.
28:17), and begin to build that which is founded in
truth. Therefore know that your days are
numbered, for surely I will fulfill that which I have
spoken."
(End of
prophecy.)
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