Broadside #2 1849/01/31 - To Those who are receiving the seal of the living God
At the commencement of the Holy Sabbath, (Jan. 5,) we engaged in
prayer with Bro. Belden's family at Rocky Hill, Ct., and the Holy Ghost
fell upon us. I was taken off in Vision to the most holy place, where I
saw Jesus still interceding for Israel. On the bottom of his garment
was a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate. Then I saw that
Jesus would not leave the most holy place until every case was decided
either for salvation or destruction: and that the wrath of God could
not come until Jesus had finished his work in the most holy place--laid
off his priestly attire and clothed himself with the garments of
vengeance. Then Jesus will step out from between the Father and man,
and God will keep silent no longer; but pour out his wrath on those who
have rejected his truth. I saw that the anger of the nations, the wrath
of God, and the time to judge the dead, were separate events, one
following the other. I saw that Michael had not stood up, and that the
time of trouble,
such as never was, had not yet commenced. The nations
are now getting angry, but when our High Priest has finished his work
in the Sanctuary, he will stand up, put on the garments of vengeance,
and then the seven last plagues will be poured out. I saw that the four
angels would hold the four winds until Jesus work was done in the
Sanctuary, and then will come the seven last plagues. These plagues
enraged the wicked against the righteous, and they thought that we had
brought them down upon them, and if they could rid the earth of us,
then the plagues would be stayed. A decree went forth to slay the
saints, which caused them to cry day and night for deliverance. This
was the time of Jacob's trouble. Then all the saints cried out with
anguish of spirit, and were delivered by the Voice of God. Then the
144,000 triumphed. Their faces were lighted up with the glory of God.
Then I was shown a company who were howling in agony. On their garments
was written in large characters--thou art weighed in the balance, and
found wanting. I asked who this company were. The angel said, "these
are they who have once kept the Sabbath and have given it up." I heard
them cry with a loud voice--"we have believed in thy coming, and taught
it with energy." And while they were speaking, their eyes would fall
upon their garments and see the writing, and then they would wail
aloud. I saw they had drunk of the deep waters, and fouled the residue
with their feet--trodden the Sabbath underfoot, and that is why they
were weighed in the balance and found wanting. Then my attending angel
directed me to the city again, where I saw four angels winging their
way to the gate of the city, and were just presenting the golden card
to the angel at the gate. Then I saw another angel swiftly flying from
the direction of the most excellent glory, and crying with a loud voice
to the other angels, and waving something up and down in his hand. I
asked my attending angel for an explanation of what I saw. He told me
that I could see no more then, but he would shortly show me what those
things that I then saw meant.
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