The One Fulfilment by W. A. S.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 20, 1906

The One Fulfilment

By W. A. S.

A BRAZILIAN pastor embarked on our boat at Rio de Janeiro, on his way to Europe. In conversation one day, he rather complained of the fact that our work in Brazil not only touched Catholics, but drew members also from Protestant churches.

I explained to him that this advent movement was the fulfilment of the prophecy of Rev. 14:6-12, and that the proclamation was sent not only to Catholics and unbelievers, but to Protestants, and to pastors as well; that we would not have to come to Rio to preach it, if only the pastors themselves would give the message.

“But,” he said, “we do preach it.” “Very well,” I said, “the message begins, ‘Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come.’ Paul preached, in his day, of a judgment ‘to come.’ When did the hour of God’s judgment actually come?”

“I don’t know,” he replied. “I have never really studied Revelation. Some day I want to take up the study of that book.” Of course I urged him to go at the study.

Here was the pastor disturbed because we were telling his people the judgment-hour message, when he himself had never studied to find out the meaning of the thrilling prophecies showing what must be the burden of the gospel proclamation in the last days.

Not only this prophecy, but others, show beyond controversy that in the days before the coming of Christ a warning message is to be carried to every nation, proclaiming the hour of God’s judgment come, and calling upon men to keep “the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”

There is just one movement in the world doing this—the advent movement, the work of Seventh-day Adventists. It is the only fulfilment of the prophecy that men can point to in all this world. And this movement came into being just at the right time,—1844,—and ever since the message has been sounding in the very terms of the prophecy, “Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come.”

That which John saw in vision centuries ago we see before us to-day. We hear the cry of it. The Lord is fulfilling his word. W. A. S.