Chapter II.
"I. Verse 18: "Then will the Lord be jealous for His land, and pity His people." When there is full repentance, God will
accomplish the following things, as brought to view in
2. Verses 19-27:
a. No more shall the heathen rule over our children (God's heritage, as in verse 17) ; no more shall we be a reproach among the heathen. Verse 19.
b. God will remove all oppressions of the past, especially the stroke of the seven last plagues; He will remove the northerner. Verse 20.
c. God will restore the wasted years. Verse 25.
d. God will cause to come down the second Pentecost. Verse 23.
2. Verses 28, 29: "I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh; . . . your sons and your daughters shall prophesy. . . your young men shall see visions. And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out My Spirit."
"I heard those clothed with the armor speak forth the truth with great power. It had effect. Many had been bound, some wives by their husbands, and some children by their parents. ... All fear of their relatives was gone, and the truth alone was exalted to them. . . ...what had made this great change. ... ' It is the latter rain, the refreshing from the presence of the Lord, the loud cry of the third angel.' "—Early Writings, p. 271.
3. The Remnant: A Product of Repentance and the Latter Rain (Joel 2: 30.32)
I. Verse 31: A people who recognize the meaning of the dark day of May 19, 1780.
a. Verse 30: "Abraham . . . looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, . . . and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace." Gen. 19:27, 28. The "remnant " did not mingle with Sodom and Gomorrah, but stayed where there was not so much worldly profit, but more of a spiritual atmosphere.
b. Verse 32: The "remnant " continued steadfastly in the doctrine of the third angel's message. In that doctrine, and in that alone, will salvation, in the time of this eternal crisis, be found."B.G.Wilkinson/1928
"I. Verse 18: "Then will the Lord be jealous for His land, and pity His people." When there is full repentance, God will
2. Verses 19-27:
a. No more shall the heathen rule over our children (God's heritage, as in verse 17) ; no more shall we be a reproach among the heathen. Verse 19.
b. God will remove all oppressions of the past, especially the stroke of the seven last plagues; He will remove the northerner. Verse 20.
c. God will restore the wasted years. Verse 25.
d. God will cause to come down the second Pentecost. Verse 23.
2. Verses 28, 29: "I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh; . . . your sons and your daughters shall prophesy. . . your young men shall see visions. And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out My Spirit."
"I heard those clothed with the armor speak forth the truth with great power. It had effect. Many had been bound, some wives by their husbands, and some children by their parents. ... All fear of their relatives was gone, and the truth alone was exalted to them. . . ...what had made this great change. ... ' It is the latter rain, the refreshing from the presence of the Lord, the loud cry of the third angel.' "—Early Writings, p. 271.
3. The Remnant: A Product of Repentance and the Latter Rain (Joel 2: 30.32)
I. Verse 31: A people who recognize the meaning of the dark day of May 19, 1780.
a. Verse 30: "Abraham . . . looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, . . . and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace." Gen. 19:27, 28. The "remnant " did not mingle with Sodom and Gomorrah, but stayed where there was not so much worldly profit, but more of a spiritual atmosphere.
b. Verse 32: The "remnant " continued steadfastly in the doctrine of the third angel's message. In that doctrine, and in that alone, will salvation, in the time of this eternal crisis, be found."B.G.Wilkinson/1928
