Of a letter from Bro. Wm. Miller, taken from the Voice of Truth, of 1845.
"Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit saith the Lord of hosts. Who art thou, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace, unto it. Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me saying, The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it: and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you. For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth." Zech. iv, 6-10.
"Will some of our Judaizing brethren tell us how any stones can be added to the building, of which Christ laid the foundation, and is builded by the Spirit, after the cap, or headstone is brought in when he shall descend from heaven with a shout, (1 Thess. iv, 16,) and finish it.
Can carnal Jew and heathen be converted and placed in the same, after the headstone is brought in, and the building is finished at the second coming of Jesus Christ?
"Now let them read Acts iii, 19-24. 'Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out when the times of refreshings shall come from the presence of the Lord; and he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you. Whom the heaven must receive, until the times of restitution of all things which God hath spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets, since the world began.—For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass, that every soul which will not hear that Prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel, and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.'
"How can they restore the unrepenting and unconverted Jew, or heathen, after Christ comes, whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, spoken by the mouth of all the holy prophets since the world began? after every soul is cut off, or destroyed from among the people who will not hear Christ—when he shall come to be admired in all them that believe? 2 Thes. i, 7-10: 'And to you who are troubled, rest with us when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.' Can Judaizers reconcile these texts with their views in a plain and simple manner and agree without comparing notes or views?"