p. 9 | Our Glorious Hope

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 22, 1911

Our Glorious Hope.

—“Seal not up the words of the prophecy of this book; for the time is at hand.” The book of Revelation deals with the culmination of things. The fulfilment of its prophecies furnishes the last chapter in the history of this world. There is a cleansing of individual hearts on the part of some, a decided rejection of the last message of righteousness and truth on the part of the many, a declaration of final awards on the part of the great Judge; and then comes the declaration of the Lord himself: “Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to render to each man according as his work is.” That is the end of the controversy. To the unprepared, it is the terror of terrors; it is the death that has no glimmer of hope beyond, the darkness through which can shine no ray of sun or moon or star. But to those who have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb, it is the day of days, the joy of joys, the life that has all hope for all things good through all eternity, the light that has no shade of gloom. It is a wonderful hope, a glorious truth, and its fruition is soon to be.