3923 — The Seven Last Plagues
Can one tell whether he will be saved, or not, when the plagues begin to fall? Will the first plague, the noisome and grievous sore, have any effect on God's people? According to the 91st Psalm, God's children will be saved from the fearful plagues that fall upon the earth; and this is also indicated in Revelation 14, 15, 16. Certainly when the plagues begin to fall, God's children will know that they are safe. They will suffer by seeing others suffering. There will be more or less suffering all through the time of trouble, but the plagues themselves will not fall upon them. "Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation; there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling." Every sin will be confessed. Every wrong thing will have gone beforehand to judgment, and the righteousness of Christ will cover all. There will be doubtless feelings of deep unworthiness, feelings sometimes of almost despondency. They will cry, as did Jacob at the brook Jabbok, "I will not let Thee go, except Thou bless me." In the language of Jer. 30:7, "It is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it."