Imminence of God's Judgments There are reasons why we should not build in the cities.

On these cities, God's judgments are soon to fall.--Letter 15 , 1!"#. $%L .#& The time is near when large cities will be swe't away, and all should be warned of these coming judgments.--()angelism, '. #!. *1!1"+ $%L .,& O that God's 'eo'le had a sense of the im'ending destruction of thousands of cities, now almost gi)en to idolatry.---e)iew and .erald, /e't. 1", 1!",. $%L .0& A View of Great Destruction Last 1riday morning, just before 2 awo3e, a )ery im'ressi)e scene was 'resented before me. 2 seemed to awa3e from slee', but was not in my home. 1rom the windows 2 could behold a terrible conflagration. Great balls of fire were falling upon houses, and from these balls fiery arrows were flying in e)ery direction. 2t was im'ossible to chec3 the fires that were 3indled, and many 'laces were being destroyed. The terror of the 'eo'le was indescribable. --()angelism, '. #!. *1!"4+ $%L .5& 5uring a )ision of the night, 2 stood on an eminence, from which 2 could see houses sha3en li3e a reed in the wind. 6uildings, great and small, were falling to the ground. 7leasure resorts, theaters, hotels, and the homes of the wealthy were sha3en and shattered. 8any li)es were blotted out of e9istence, and the air was filled with the shrie3s of the injured and the terrified. The destroying angels of God were at wor3. One touch, and buildings so thoroughly constructed that men regarded them as secure against e)ery danger, :uic3ly became hea's of rubbish. There was no assurance of safety in any 'lace. 2 did not feel in any s'ecial 'eril, but the awfulness of the scenes that 'assed before me 2 cannot find words to describe. 2t seemed that the forbearance of God was e9hausted, and that the judgment day had come. $%L !.1& The angel that stood at my side then instructed me that but few ha)e any conce'tion of the wic3edness e9isting in our world today, and es'ecially the wic3edness in the large cities. .e declared that the Lord has a''ointed a time when .e will )isit transgressors in wrath for 'ersistent disregard of .is law. $%L !.#& Terrible as was the re'resentation that 'assed before me, that which im'ressed itself most )i)idly u'on my mind was the instruction gi)en in connection with it. The angel that stood by my side declared that God's su'reme rulershi', and the sacredness of .is law, must be re)ealed to those who 'ersistently refuse to render obedience to the ;ing of 3ings. Those who choose to remain disloyal, must be visited in mercy with judgments, in order that, if 'ossible, they may be aroused to a reali<ation of the sinfulness of their course.-- Testimonies, )ol. !, ''. !#, !,. *1!"!+ $%L !.,& The seven trumpets /olemn e)ents before us are yet to trans'ire. Trum'et after trum'et is to be sounded= )ial after )ial 'oured out one after another u'on the inhabitants of the earth.--,/8 0#4 *1 !"+. $L5( #, .1& hen the plagues fall! there will be no period of respite until the end" The world is soon to be left by the angel of mercy and the se)en last 'lagues are to be 'oured out. . . . The bolts of God's wrath are soon to fall, and when .e shall begin to 'unish the transgressors there will be no 'eriod of res'ite until the end.--T8 1 # *1 !0+. $L5( #, .#&

arfare 1our mighty angels hold bac3 the 'owers of this earth till the ser)ants of God are sealed in their foreheads. The nations of the world are eager for conflict, but they are held in chec3 by the angels. >hen this restraining 'ower is remo)ed there will come a time of trouble and anguish. 5eadly instruments of warfare will be in)ented. ?essels with their li)ing cargo will be entombed in the great dee'. @ll who ha)e not the s'irit of truth will unite under the leadershi' of satanic agencies, but they are to be 3e't under control till the time shall come for the great battle of @rmageddon.--A6% !4A *1!""+. $L5( #, .,& The first two plagues >hen %hrist ceases .is intercession in the sanctuary, the unmingled wrath threatened against those who worshi' the beast and his image and recei)e his mar3 *-e)elation 10B!, 1"+, will be 'oured out. The 'lagues u'on (gy't when God was about to deli)er 2srael, were similar in character to those more terrible and e9tensi)e judgments which are to fall u'on the world just before the final deli)erance of God's 'eo'le. /ays the re)elator, in describing those terrific scourgesB CThere fell a noisome and grie)ous sore u'on the men which had the mar3 of the beast, and u'on them which worshi'ed his image.C The sea Cbecame as the blood of a dead manB and e)ery li)ing soul died in the seaC D-e)elation 14B#, ,E.--G% 4#A, 4# *1!11+. $L5( #00.1& The 'lagues were falling u'on the inhabitants of the earth. /ome were denouncing God and cursing .im. Others rushed to the 'eo'le of God and begged to be taught how they might esca'e .is judgments. 6ut the saints had nothing for them. The last tear for sinners had been shed, the last agoni<ing 'rayer offered, the last burden borne, the last warning gi)en.--(> # 1 *1 5 +. $L5( #00.#&