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Read more at www.scribd.comand, since 1844, God has bore long with His remnant - see Great Controversy p. 457.Therefore, Overcomers must become
today manifesting Christ’s character(the fruit of the Holy Spirit) following the Lamb wherever He goes; hearing His voicetoday – see John 10:16, 27; Gal. 5:22-23, Rev. 14:1-5.Sadly Revelation 14:19 denotes a harvest of those that will have rejected the light of Godripening in iniquity, being cast into the great wine press of God’s wrath, corresponding with Rev. 8:3-5. Rev. 14:20 mentions the “wine press” being trodden without the city and the blood came out of the wine press. This last gathering in Rev. 14 represents those who are not apart of God’s remnant. Such a body of unrighteous believers will begathered, receiving the “wages of sin”, as they will be symbolically juiced and extractedonce probation is closed. The grapes will be mashed and the juice will run out of the winepress.Sadly the wicked have chosen to remain separate from God: and, He will not use force tosave them – Desire of Ages p. 22. The wine press’ blood represents a slaughter that willoccur during Jacob’s Time of Trouble, as the unrighteous will turn on each other andtheir false teachers. The weapons that the wicked plan to use to destroy God’s people will be turned on each other, their false teachers and apostate religious leaders – see GreatControversy p. 655 paragraph 4. The bloodshed will be unbearable, compared to winerunning out of a symbolic “winepress”. God will not be doing any destruction, nor willHis merciful angels. When the wicked are separated from the life-supporting mercy of God, every uncovered man will become an enemy, as God’s wrath will become fully developed, unmingled with mercy. “ At this time, mercy will have ceased and theheavenly administration will have changed, causing the execution of judgment, the MostHigh’s ‘strange act’ Isa. 28:21. For our eternally loving Father, “giving up” His creaturesto sinful destruction is a “strange act” Rom. 1:24, 26, 28, James 1:14-15,1John 4:16, 1:5. ‘How shall I give thee up, Ephraim?...’, ‘I will not execute the fiercenessof mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city’” Hosea 11:8, 9 – A Soul Sealedat Character Perfection p. 38."For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ ourLord" Rom. 6:23
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At the Second Advent, Christ will return, having nothing to do withdestruction or sin, as He will be returning to reap His righteous harvest/remnant Mark 4:29, Rev. 14:14-16. “The Life-giver is coming to break the fetters of the tomb. He is to bring forth the captives and proclaim, ‘I am the resurrection and the life.’" The Faith ILive by p. 181. God the “Consuming Fire” will consume sin and it will be cleansed fromthe earth never to arise again, Hallelujah Deut. 4:24, Heb. 12:29.
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