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A MESSAGE FROM CHRIST

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jan 16, 1901

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 27, No. 3.

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A MESSAGE FROM CHRIST.

By A. Smith

In Rev. 13:11-17 and 14:9-11 are predicted two mighty antagonistic movements to transpire in the earth at some time; and these movements involve the temporal and eternal interests of all mankind living upon the earth at the time of the prophetic application.
God never sends a message to the earth without giving men the ability to comprehend it. Therefore the fact that these movements are made a subject of divine revelation shows that every one concerned can understand the issues involved. If, then, the great majority fail to recognize the time and application of the message, the neglect implies indifference or unbelief.
It is said of the antediluvians that “knew not until the flood came, and took them all away.” Noah warned them of the coming Deluge, and built the ark in their presence; but they did not believe his message, and therefore were all lost. “So shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” Matt. 24:39. The antediluvians did not have a tithe of evidence of the impending flood that the people of this generation have of the near coming of Christ and the issues involved.
The book of Revelation is the only one in the Bible that is specifically declared to be “the Revelation of Jesus Christ.” Then the third angel’s message of Rev. 14:9-12 is a message from Christ. It is evident, therefore, that any one who, while professing to be His follower, treats that message with indifference, or who despises or rejects it, is a servant of Christ only in form, and he is rejecting the only means of salvation when the issue is impending, just as surely as did the antediluvians, however punctilious he may be on other points of faith and morals.
When God sends a message to man, He awakens in the mind a conviction that it is the truth, usually with emphasis upon some point demanding a practical response in the religious life of the individual. It may be, as an example, on the question of the Sabbath. If the ray of new light is cherished, the whole message will become illuminated, and easy to comprehend. If, however, the light is rejected, the mind will be led by deception from one point of objection to another until all becomes involved in the darkness of skepticism, and the soul is lost. Study the message. A. Smith.