Then Shall the Sanctuary Be Cleansed - Donald K. Short

accomplished, the followers of Christ will be ready
for His appearing.
As a people we cannot escape our connection
with the messages of Revelation 14. That means
for us there is a "special work of purification, of
putting away of sin." The first angel proclaimed the
hour of God's judgment, which was the message of
William Miller and his associates, and continues to
this day. The second angel went forth and the
believers were called out of the nominal churches
before the disappointment that they be ready for
His appearing. This work continues to this day.
These two messages (Revelation 14:6-8) preceded
that of the third angel who gave the most terrible
message ever proclaimed to the human race. The
third angel said: "If any man worship the beast and
his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or
in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the
wrath of God" (Revelation 14:9, 10).
The sin that calls down the wrath of God must
be a very real sin. Whatever Adventists may have
said in the past about who the beast is and his
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