The Angel of Revelation 18

Thu Jul 29 08:16:43 PDT 2004

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for July 29
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The Angel of Revelation 18

And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great 
power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. Rev. 18:1. 

The prophecies in the eighteenth of Revelation will soon be fulfilled. During 
the proclamation of the third angel's message, "another angel" is to "come 
down from heaven, having great power," and the earth is to be "lightened with 
his glory." The Spirit of the Lord will so graciously bless consecrated human 
instrumentalities that men, women, and children will open their lips in praise 
and thanksgiving, filling the earth with the knowledge of God, and with His 
unsurpassed glory, as the waters cover the sea. 

Those who have held the beginning of their confidence firm unto the end will 
be wide-awake during the time that the third angel's message is proclaimed 
with great power. During the loud cry, the church, aided by the providential 
interpositions of her exalted Lord, will diffuse the knowledge of salvation so 
abundantly that light will be communicated to every city and town. The earth 
will be filled with the knowledge of salvation. So abundantly will the 
renewing Spirit of God have crowned with success the intensely active 
agencies, that the light of present truth will be seen flashing everywhere. 

There is to be, at this period, a series of events which will reveal that God 
is Master of the situation. The truth will be proclaimed in clear, 
unmistakable language. As a people, we must prepare the way of the Lord, under 
the overruling guidance of the Holy Spirit. The gospel is to be given in its 
purity. The stream of living water is to deepen and widen in its course. In 
all fields, nigh and afar off, men will be called from the plow and from the 
more common commercial business vocations that largely occupy the mind, and 
will be educated in connection with men of experience. As they learn to labor 
effectively, they will proclaim the truth with power. Through most wonderful 
workings of divine providence, mountains of difficulties will be removed, and 
cast into the sea. The message that means so much to the dwellers upon the 
earth will be heard and understood. Men will know what is truth. Onward, and 
still onward the work will advance, until the whole earth shall have been 
warned. And then shall the end come.

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