The Warning

From: Gospel Light: Volume 12 (1922)

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"For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them."—1 Thess. 5:3³For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. (1 Thessalonians 5:3).

Speak not of "The good time coming"; Luke 17:26, 30²⁶And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. (Luke 17:26)
³⁰Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. (Luke 17:30).

Say not, "Happy times draw nigh." 2 Tim. 3:1¹This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. (2 Timothy 3:1).

Lo! the clouds with terror looming, Rev. 1:7⁷Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. (Revelation 1:7).

Darken o'er the future sky! 2 Thess. 1:7, 8, 9⁷And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, ⁸In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: ⁹Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; (2 Thessalonians 1:7‑9).

Undeceive thyself, O mortal! 2 Tim. 3:13¹³But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. (2 Timothy 3:13).

To the winds such dreaming’s give. Eccl. 5:7⁷For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God. (Ecclesiastes 5:7).

Think upon the fearful purging Matt. 13:40, 41⁴⁰As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. ⁴¹The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; (Matthew 13:40‑41).

That the earth must first receive. Matt. 13:43⁴³Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. (Matthew 13:43).

Rather tell of wrath and vengeance, Isa. 13:9⁹Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. (Isaiah 13:9).

Pending o'er this guilty race; Jude 14¹⁴And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, (Jude 14), 15.

In its shame still glorying, boasting; Phil. 3:19¹⁹Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) (Philippians 3:19).

Deaf to all the calls of grace; Luke 14; 16-24.

God forgetting, God dishonoring, Rom. 3:10-23¹⁰As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: ¹¹There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. ¹²They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. ¹³Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: ¹⁴Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: ¹⁵Their feet are swift to shed blood: ¹⁶Destruction and misery are in their ways: ¹⁷And the way of peace have they not known: ¹⁸There is no fear of God before their eyes. ¹⁹Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. ²⁰Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. ²¹But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; ²²Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: ²³For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (Romans 3:10‑23).

Guilty world, thy doom is nigh. Rom. 2:5⁵But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; (Romans 2:5).

Fear unknown will seize upon thee, Prov. 1:24-30²⁴Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; ²⁵But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: ²⁶I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; ²⁷When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. ²⁸Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: ²⁹For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord: ³⁰They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. (Proverbs 1:24‑30).

When He shakes the earth and sky. Hag. 2:6, 7⁶For thus saith the Lord of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; ⁷And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts. (Haggai 2:6‑7),

Sodom's fall but faintly pictures, Jude 7⁷Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. (Jude 7).

What thy awful lot will be; Luke 10:12¹²But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city. (Luke 10:12).

It had not so many warnings, Matt. 24:39³⁹And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. (Matthew 24:39).

As the Lord hath sent to thee. Mark 16:15¹⁵And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. (Mark 16:15).

Grace refused makes judgment sorer: Prov. 29:1¹He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. (Proverbs 29:1).

Oh, what grace hast thou refused John 3:16¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16).

Guilty world, thy judgments hover, 2 Peter 3:7⁷But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. (2 Peter 3:7).

All escape for thee is closed. 1 Thess. 5:3³For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. (1 Thessalonians 5:3).

Yet, as in the case of Sodom, 2 Peter 2:6⁶And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; (2 Peter 2:6).

Lot departed ere it fell; Gen. 19:29²⁹And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. (Genesis 19:29).

So, the Lord will come from heaven, John 14:3³And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. (John 14:3).

Take His Church with Him to dwell, 1 Thess. 4:17¹⁷Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. (1 Thessalonians 4:17).

Ere destruction's work commences, 2 Thess. 1:7⁷And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, (2 Thessalonians 1:7).

On this Sodom's guilty ones: Rev. 11:8⁸And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. (Revelation 11:8).

They, the salt, alone preserve it; Matt. 5:13¹³Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. (Matthew 5:13).

They removed, the judgment comes. Luke 17:29, 30²⁹But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. ³⁰Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. (Luke 17:29‑30)

To the Ark and from destruction Gen. 7:1¹And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. (Genesis 7:1).

All who'd be preserved, then, haste I 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).

Christ's alone the Ark of safety; Acts 4:12¹²Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. (Acts 4:12).

Come, and full salvation taste: Rev. 22:17¹⁷And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. (Revelation 22:17).

Tarry not for reformation; Rom. 4:5⁵But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. (Romans 4:5).

Sinners-Jesus died to save. Mark 2:17¹⁷When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. (Mark 2:17).

Art thou lost? He came to find thee; Matt. 18:11¹¹For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. (Matthew 18:11).

Thou, believing, life shalt have. Acts 16:31³¹And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. (Acts 16:31).

Then, amid the coming glory, Rev. 20:4⁴And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. (Revelation 20:4).

Which the Church with Christ shall share; 1 Thess. 4:17¹⁷Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. (1 Thessalonians 4:17).

Thou shalt have thy hippy portion, Eph. 2:6. 7.

Bride of His, His image bear. 1 John 3:2²Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. (1 John 3:2).

Then, His earthly people gathered, Ezek. 37:24-28²⁴And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. ²⁵And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever. ²⁶Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. ²⁷My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. ²⁸And the heathen shall know that I the Lord do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore. (Ezekiel 37:24‑28)

Earth made clean, and Satan bound; Rev. 20:2²And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, (Revelation 20:2).

Thou shalt, with thy Saviour, reigning Rev. 5:10¹⁰And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. (Revelation 5:10).

O'er a happy world be found! Rev. 11:15¹⁵And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. (Revelation 11:15).

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Gospel Light: Volume 12 (1922)

• Jesus of Nazareth Passeth by.

• Loose Him, and Let Him Go.

• More Wonderful Than Creation

• Name of Jesus, The

• Not Salvation Only but a Saviour

• Open Letter on the Subject of Salvation, An

• Perfect and Permanent Good: Is It Yours?, The

• Pharisee and the Publican, The

• Pugilist and the Gospel, The

• R.a.'S Conversion and Confession, An

• Sailor Jim; or, My First Soul.

• Searched and Known

• Some Great Things

• Spending All

• the Kingdom of Heaven Is Like Unto a Certain King, Which Made a Marriage for His Son.

• the Night Cometh

• the Witness of God Is Greater

• There Is No Difference.

• Warning, The

• What Is It to Repent?

• Young Sailor's First and Last Voyage, A