Angels
Holding the Four Winds
I
saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God:
and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, . . . saying, Hurt not the
earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our
God in their foreheads. Rev. 7:2, 3
Four mighty angels are still holding the
four winds of the earth. Terrible destruction is forbidden to come in full. The
accidents by land and by sea; the loss of life, steadily increasing, by storm,
by tempest, by railroad disaster, by conflagration; the terrible floods, the
earthquakes, and the winds will be the stirring up of the nations to one deadly
combat, while the angels hold the four winds, forbidding the terrible power of
Satan to be exercised in its fury until the servants of God are sealed in their
foreheads.
Angels are holding the four winds, which
are represented as an angry horse seeking to break loose and rush over the face
of the whole earth, bearing destruction and death in its path.
A terrible conflict is before us. We are
nearing the battle of the great day of God Almighty. That which has been held
in control is to be let loose. The angel of mercy is folding her wings,
preparing to step down from the throne and leave the world to the control of
Satan. The principalities and powers of earth are in bitter revolt against the
God of heaven. They are filled with hatred against those who serve Him, and
soon, very soon, will be fought the last great battle between good and evil.
The earth is to be the battlefield--the scene of the final contest and the
final victory.
While their hands were loosening, and the
four winds were about to blow, the merciful eye of Jesus gazed on the remnant
that were not sealed, and He raised His hands to the Father and pleaded with
Him that He had spilled His blood for them. Then another angel was commissioned
to fly swiftly to the four angels and bid them hold until the servants of God
were sealed with the seal of the living God in their foreheads.
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