Then Shall the Sanctuary Be Cleansed - Donald K. Short

whole episode and He does not need to be
convinced or to be prayed to about the situation—
not even by Jesus.
This plan provided that from the time of the
cross and the gospel commission to the year 1844,
the message was to go to the world. Then, at the
end-time in 1844, a new work was to start. The
hour of God's judgment had come and something
that had never happened before was now to take
place. God's judgment was to be made on the basis
of the everlasting gospel which the second angel
said had become corrupted in the hands of Babylon
as "she made all nations drink of the wine of the
wrath of her fornication." Her wine, her false
doctrines, had been accepted by all nations in place
of the true gospel. The whole world needed to be
warned of this terrible perversion of truth. This
unique final judgment of God would not be an
outward act of wrath and vengeance. Rather it
would be a final overwhelming inward conviction
of God's people without any misconception of His
character and justice. It would end wickedness and
vindicate His name.
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