Then Shall the Sanctuary Be Cleansed - Donald K. Short
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shoulders of <strong>the</strong> final generation, a responsibility<br />
that can only be met when that generation senses<br />
<strong>the</strong> travail and distress it has caused, but which in<br />
its immaturity has mercifully been hidden from it.<br />
We are that generation! We have not fathomed<br />
<strong>the</strong> pain which <strong>the</strong> Lamb has borne since <strong>the</strong><br />
inception of sin nor perceived <strong>the</strong> continued agony<br />
of <strong>the</strong> human race as <strong>the</strong> result of our blindness.<br />
We have yet to learn "that whosoever shall call on<br />
<strong>the</strong> name of <strong>the</strong> Lord shall be delivered: for in<br />
mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverence,<br />
as <strong>the</strong> Lord hath said, and in <strong>the</strong> remnant whom <strong>the</strong><br />
Lord shall call" (Joel 2:32).<br />
We are that Remnant. The repentance of <strong>the</strong><br />
ages is still in <strong>the</strong> future. We have yet to receive<br />
that which heaven would pour out upon us, for <strong>the</strong><br />
promise is: "I will pour out upon <strong>the</strong> house of<br />
David, and upon <strong>the</strong> inhabitants of Jerusalem, <strong>the</strong><br />
spirit of grace and supplications: and <strong>the</strong>y shall<br />
look upon me whom <strong>the</strong>y have peirced, and <strong>the</strong>y<br />
shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only<br />
son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is<br />
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