Don’t Be Distracted From The Real Issues. Part [8] 01/25/2026 (Morning thought)

Revelation 7:3 Saying, hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

[The Great Controversy pp 439] Winds are a symbol of strife. The four winds of heaven striving upon the great sea, represent the terrible scenes of conquest and revolution by which kingdoms have attained to power. [The Great Controversy pp 614] When he leaves the sanctuary, darkness covers the inhabitants of the earth. The restraint which has been upon the wicked is removed, and Satan has entire control of the finally impenitent. God’s long-suffering is ended.

The world has rejected his mercy, despised his love, and trampled upon his law. The wicked have passed the boundary of their probation. The Spirit of God, persistently resisted, has been at last withdrawn. Unsheltered by divine grace they have no protection from the wicked one. Satan will then plunge the inhabitants of the earth into one great, final trouble.

As the angels of God cease to hold in check the fierce winds of human passion, all the elements of strife will be let loose. The whole world will be involved in ruin more terrible than that which came upon Jerusalem of old…. [C.O.L pp 411] The class represented by the foolish virgins are not hypocrites. They have a regard for the truth, they have advocated the truth, they are attracted to those who believe the truth. But they have not yielded themselves to the Holy Spirit’s working. They have not fallen upon the Rock, Christ Jesus, and permitted their old nature to be broken up.

Matthew 25:10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

Don’t Be Distracted From The Real Issues. Part [7] 01/25/2026 (Evening thought)

Ecclesiastes 12: 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

[The Great Controversy pp 483] Names are accepted, names rejected. When anyone has sins remaining upon the books of record, unrepented of and unforgiven, their names will be blotted out of the book of life, and the record of their good deeds will be erased from the book of God’s remembrance…. [3] Another of the real issues is that whilst protests are erupting at home and abroad, the angels on the four corners of the earth are preparing to let loose the winds of strife, which will make current events seem like a walk in the park.

In other words, we haven’t seen anything as yet, for when the sealing work is completed, all the winds of strife will be let loose in the most literal sense. Therefore, at the forefront of the Christian’s mind should be our relationship with God, for the time is coming in the not-too distant future, when there would be a terrible shaking among the remnant. And when it occurs and intensifies, it will draw the clear line of demarcation between those who really believed and those who just went along for the ride.

This is clearly stated by the servant of The Lord, with the intent that we would do serious soul searching, instead of being consumed with riots…. Revelation 7:1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.

Revelation 7: 2 And 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, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!