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FM94The Finished Mystery(19) Habakkuk was the next one of the holyProphets, and in Hab. 2:14 he says, "The earthshall be filled with the knowledge of the glory ofthe Lord as the waters cover the sea." In places,the water in the Pacific Ocean is seven milesdeep. Imagine a condition in which theknowledge of the glory of God is like that in theearth! It will be as impossible for a man not toknow about God as it would be for one to bedown at the bottom of the ocean without gettingwet.(20) Zephaniah foretold that the Lord will starveall the false gods to death; for all men willworship the one only and true God, evenincluding the heathen we have worried so muchabout (Zeph. 2:11); that after the presentinequitable condition of society has passedaway— been devoured, not with literal fire butwith the fire of the Lord's jealousy— there willbe no more sectarianism, but all the people willbe taught the pure Truth and worship the Lordwith one consent; the liar and deceiver will nolonger be abroad in the land and the people willeat and rest without fear of disaster,dispossession or death.— Zeph. 3:9, 13.(21) Haggai was the next one of the holyProphets, and he says in Hag. 2:7, "The desire ofall nations shall come." In Rom. 8:19-22, theApostle tells us what is the desire of all nations.He says, "The whole creation groaneth andtravaileth in pain, waiting for the manifestation[showing forth] of the sons of God." It is in theplural, and means not Jesus only, but all of theLittle Flock. The groaning will not be in vain; forin the same passage the Apostle says theoutcome will be that the groaning creation shallbe delivered from the bondage of corruption intoa glorious liberty from sin and every evil thing.(22) Zechariah prophesied that many nationsshall be joined to the Lord in that Day and be Hispeople and He will dwell in the midst of them(Zech. 2:11); that when every man dwells under