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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Aug 4, 1904

Prepare the Way

By Editor

Editorial

Prepare the Way

THE urgent command is now given, “Prepare ye the way of the Lord.” Do you wish to hasten the day of the return of the blessed Master? “Prepare ye the way of the Lord.” Do you wish to see the King in his beauty as he descends from heaven to take his waiting people unto himself? “Prepare ye the way of the Lord.” Do you wish to join in the song of Moses and the Lamb? “Prepare ye the way of the Lord.” Do you wish to enter in through the gates into the city? “Prepare ye the way of the Lord.” Do you wish to enter speedily upon the enjoyment of all that awaits the redeemed in the heavenly kingdom? “Prepare ye the way of the Lord.” “Lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold, your God!” “Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world!”

Foretold — Fulfilled

THE general course of human history, so far as it relates to the kingdom of God in the earth, has been foretold in the prophecies of the Scripture; and in these closing years of the last generation we can write “fulfilled” upon nearly every one of these divine predictions. The prophecy of the four universal kingdoms has been fulfilled. The prophecies relating to “the man of sin” have been fulfilled. The prophecies in which are found definite periods of time have all been fulfilled. Our Lord’s great prophecy which covers the period from his own time to his coming in the clouds of heaven, has all been fulfilled up to the very last specifications. We are now living in the time of the seventh church, the sixth seal, and the seventh trumpet. The last message is being proclaimed. We are in the day of the Lord’s preparation. The prophecies which foretell the coming of the Son of man “on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory” will be fulfilled in our time. In a very short time all the things which have been foretold will have been fulfilled, and the realities of the eternal world will be upon us. “Are you awake to these solemn realities? Do you realize the grand work of preparation that is going on in heaven and on earth? Let all who have received the light, who have had the opportunity of reading and hearing the prophecy, take heed to those things that are written therein; ‘for the time is at hand.’” Nearly all of that which has been foretold has been fulfilled, and the remainder will be fulfilled speedily. “Everything is now clothed with a solemnity that all who believe the truth for this time should realize. They should act in reference to the day of God.” Remember the foolish virgins.

Our Risen Saviour

WHEN the women sought Jesus in the tomb, they found him not, but they heard from the heavenly messengers the announcement, “He is not here; for he is risen.” On that day when the Son of man was lifted up on Calvary, death appeared to be the conqueror, but in reality it was only the introduction to that victory which followed on the third day. God raised him up, “having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.”

“Death can not keep his prey, Jesus, my Saviour! He tore the bars away, Jesus, my Lord!” “Up from the grave he arose, With a mighty triumph o’er his foes; He arose a victor from the dark domain, And he lives forever with his saints to reign: He arose! He arose! Hallelujah! Christ arose!”

We have a risen Saviour, who “ever liveth to make intercession” for us. He has said, “I am the resurrection and the life.” To John in vision he declared, “I am the first and the last, and the Living one; and I became dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.” This living conqueror over death is our Saviour, “able to save to the uttermost them that draw near unto God through him.” The resurrection power and the resurrection life are assured to every believer in Jesus. “The same power that raised Christ from the dead will raise his church, and glorify it with him, above all principalities, above all powers, above every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in the world to come.” This is the gospel of our risen Saviour.