The Only Hope

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Mar 30, 1905

THERE is no foundation in the Word of God for the expectation that the principles of righteousness will gradually permeate the world, and that thus the kingdoms of this world will become “the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ.” On the contrary, the times of Noah and of Lot, and the conditions prevailing in Sodom and Gomorrah, are declared to be typical of last-day experiences. The revelations of moral corruption, which are now coming so thick and fast, mark the nearness, not of a millennium of peace and righteousness on this earth, but of the sudden end of this order of things. All hopes, all plans, all schemes based upon a general reformation of society will end in disappointment. The third angel’s message and the coming of the Lord constitute the only hope in this time of overwhelming wickedness. Sin is revealing itself for destruction.