Signs in the Sea | AdventAI

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 20, 1864

Signs in the Sea.

Just before the coming of the Son of man, he informs us that among other signs upon earth, the waters of the great deep will be unusually agitated. He expresses the fact by saying, "There shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring." Sea travelers tell us this is now true. Fourteen hundred shipwrecks are said to have taken place in the Mediterranean sea during the first week of December, 1863.

We are fully satisfied that all the signs which the Saviour and apostles gave as tokens of his second coming, will be literally fulfilled, as was the darkening of the sun and moon in 1780, and the falling of the stars in 1833. The distress of nations is being felt, and their death-pains are rapidly increasing. Yet they understand it not because led by blind leaders who promise them days of peace. But when they shall say peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them. .... But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. If we do not wish to be in darkness, we must take heed to the sure words of prophecy, from which cometh our light. One chief reason why so many are groping in darkness, is because they neglect the prophecies. He is not wise who does. Others see light, but will not walk in it, lest they receive reproach from the enemies of truth; they put their light under a bushel, and thus show they are ashamed of the words of Jesus. Such can have no ground to hope for acceptance at the coming of Christ. It will not do to make the least compromise with error or the workers of iniquity. Now is the time to be firm and bold, consecrating all to the Lord. We are rapidly nearing the heavenly harbor, where stormy seas and angry waves foam no more,—where all will be peace, love, and joy, for ever and ever. Shall we meet on that happy shore?—Sel.