Signs Are Fulfilled by Angela J. Edmunds

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 10, 1874

Signs Are Fulfilled.

By Angela J. Edmunds

THE sun has been darkened, the moon refused to give her light, and the stars have fallen. Thus have the words of our Saviour come to pass. Only one sign more to be fulfilled before he will be seen coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory, when all the tribes of the earth shall mourn.

How good our dear Saviour has been. He came to this earth the first time to die for sinners. Yes; he died, that we might have eternal life; and before he left this earth he told what should be the sign of his second coming and of the end of the world. He ascended up on high, and to-day he pleads his blood before his Father for those who believe on him. In a little while the great plan of salvation will be accomplished; Jesus will come and take his followers to himself. Those signs have been witnessed by the last generation living upon the earth that we may not be in darkness and that day come upon us while unprepared. He said, “This generation shall not pass, till all these things be done. Heaven and earth shall pass away; but my words shall not pass away.” Mark 13:30, 31.

How can we doubt his words. Man can have no control of the signs given. Men of science try in vain to explain them away. The darkening of the sun and the falling of the stars as they then transpired can only be understood to herald the coming of the Son of man. Besides these signs and the complete fulfillment of chains of prophecy and prophetic time, we have other signs. “I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood and fire, and pillars of smoke.” Joel 2:30. We are living in the last days, for there are many scoffers saying, “Where is the promise of his coming?” 2 Peter 3:4. “They willingly are ignorant,” for our Bible is full of the advent doctrine, and the heavens and the earth declare it. Only the great God who ruleth all has control of these things. He maketh known the day and the hour. Then shall the last sign be fulfilled. The powers of the heaven shall be shaken.

Believer, can you be idle? The sun was darkened in 1780. The stars fell in 1833. How much time remains in which to work? This generation will soon pass. Have you not a work to do?

The last warning message of the third angel must be proclaimed, and there is a call for small and great to work in the vineyard of the Lord. If every believer realized the importance of making the best use of their time and talents, what an impetus would be given to the work. All have one talent. If you cannot preach you can write. If you cannot write, you can give a tract or speak a word; and all may offer a prayer that the Holy Spirit may attend our efforts, for without this, the greatest among us can do nothing. It is God who giveth the increase. The Lord will require all that he has given, with usury. May he say to us, “Well done; enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.”

Angela J. Edmunds.