Testimonies for the Church Volume 1 - A New You Ministry

Those who are urging their way through the crowd for the heavenly crown, attendedby holy angels, were shown me to be God’s faithful people. Angels lead them on, andthey are inspired with zeal to press forward for the heavenly treasure.The black balls which were thrown after the saints were the reproachful falsehoodsput in circulation concerning God’s people by those who love and make a lie. Weshould take the greatest care to live a blameless life, and abstain from all appearanceof evil, and then it is our duty to move boldly forward, and pay no regard to thereproachful falsehoods of the wicked. While the eyes of the righteous are fixed uponthe heavenly priceless treasure, they will become more and more like Christ, and thusthey will be transformed and fitted for translation.*****Chap. 68 - The FutureAt the transfiguration, Jesus was glorified by His Father. We hear Him say: “Nowis the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in Him.” Thus before His betrayaland crucifixion He was strengthened for His last dreadful sufferings. As the membersof the body of Christ approach the period of their last conflict, “the time of Jacob’strouble,” they will grow up into Christ, and will partake largely of His spirit. As thethird message swells to a loud cry, and as great power and glory attend the closingwork, the faithful people of God will partake of that glory. It is the latter rain whichrevives and strengthens them to pass through the time of trouble. Their faces will shinewith the glory of that light which attends the third angel.I saw that God will in a wonderful manner preserve His people through the time oftrouble. As Jesus poured out His soul in agony in the garden, they will earnestly cryand agonize day and night for deliverance. The decree will go353