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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 28, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 35.

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To All Nations

By G. B. Starr

G. B. STARR
ONCE more, and finally, God has planned to give to all nations a revelation of his power, his love, and his salvation. The gospel of the kingdom of Christ is to be preached to all nations “for a witness,”—not against them, but to them and for them,—“and then shall the end come.” Matt. 24: 14.
The gospel is the power of God unto salvation. In it is revealed the power and love of God; and as converts are won to it from every nation, they become witnesses to their households and peoples of a power to save from the weaknesses and follies of humanity, from which all else has failed to save them. The changed life is the witness to the gospel. The light heart revealed in the happy countenance bears witness to the work of grace within. “Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before Me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no savior. I have declared, and have saved, and I have showed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God.” Isa. 43: 10-12.
“Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.” Isa. 45: 22. Those who look unto God and experience the power and joy of his salvation become his witnesses unto the ends of the earth. To carry this “everlasting gospel . . . to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people” is the work of the threefold message of Rev. 14: 6-12; and when witnesses of its power to save are raised up in every nation, and through their testimony, their labor of love, their victorious lives, their kindred are reached, and he “that made heaven and earth” is worshiped and known again in every land, “then shall the end come.”
But this is the very work now being accomplished by the everlasting gospel. These witnesses are now in the field, and their living testimony is winning many to the worship and service of God, until it can be said truthfully in every land and among every people, “Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” They are here,—God's witnesses of his power and love and salvation; and they are also witnesses to the soon coming of the Son of man in the clouds of heaven, for their presence and work are to be the final and sure sign of the approaching end. Matt. 24: 14; Rev. 14: 12, 14.
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