The Fall of the Rossberg?

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Many years ago among the Alps in Switzerland stood a towering peak called the "Rossberg." At the foot of one side which was nearly perpendicular, there nestled a little village. Just below this was one of those blue mountain lakes so common in Switzerland.
One day a government geologist came to the little village. He lodged at the hotel, and every day for a week, with pick and shovel and hammer, he climbed and dug and examined. At last he had the people all called together, and said to them: "I am an officer sent here by the government to examine this mountain. I find that the top of it is composed of separate boulders, resting on a foundation of gravel. One of these days it will fall! The wisest thing you can do is to move away!”
Of course the people were much alarmed at the message, and some hurriedly moved to another village. Others were not so hasty; and as time went by and the mountain did not fall immediately, they began to laugh at their fears. The mountain still stood. Days, weeks, months and years rolled away, and still it stood. Old men and women died and were buried. A new generation of children played in the streets, and all went on as usual. The officer and his message were nearly forgotten.
But one night, nineteen years after the warning, with an awful roar the mountain fell, burying the little village and half filling up the lake. Very few of the villagers escaped.
Now, my friend, has this no warning voice for you? You are living in a scene which has been solemnly threatened with the judgments of God. God has set the very day! "He hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by that Man whom He hath ordained; whereof He hath given assurance unto all men, in that He hath raised Him from the dead." Acts 17:3131Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. (Acts 17:31).
All of a sudden, like a thief, it will be here!
There is one way of escape, and only one. Jesus died on a cross of shame for you, and you must flee to Him by faith.
"The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." 2 Peter 3:99The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9).