Beginning of the End - Ellen G. White

make a quick end of Israel.
But Moses kept his eyes on the cloudy pillar. This evidence of
God's presence was still with them. At the same time he directed
them to do all that human power could do in preparing for war.
Their enemies were confident that they would blot out the Israelites
from the land. But from the Owner of all lands the message had be
given to Israel: "Rise, take your journey, and cross over the River
Arnon. Look, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king
of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to possess it, and engage him in
battle. This day will I begin to put the dread of you and fear of you
upon the nations under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report
of you, and shall tremble and be in anguish because of you."
How God Revealed His Love to Wicked Nations
These nations on the borders of Canaan would have been
spared if they had not stood to oppose Israel in defiance of God's
word. The Lord gave Abraham the promise, "In the fourth
generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is
not yet complete" (Genesis 15:16). God spared them for four
hundred years to give unmistakable evidence that He was the only
true God. All His miracles in bringing Israel from Egypt were
familiar to them. They could have known the truth, but they rejected
the light and clung to their idols.
When the Lord brought His people to the borders of Canaan a
second time, those heathen nations were given more evidence of His
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