Scriptural Confirmations (Whitehead) n. 78

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78. Seven. Behold the day of Jehovah cometh. I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle. Then shall Jehovah go forth, and fight against those nations. His feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives shall be cleft, part of it toward the east and toward the sea, with a very great valley, and part of the mountain shall remove toward the north and part toward the south. It shall come to pass in that day, there shall not be light, brightness, nor condensation. And there shall be one day which shall be known to Jehovah, not day nor night: for at evening time there shall be light (Zech. 14:1-7; especially Ps. 9:5-9, 18). A day of anger (Lam. 1:12; 2:1). A time of anger (Ps. 21:10). For His anger shall burn up quickly: spoken of the Lord (Ps. 2:12). Of the Last Judgment (Ps. 9:5-9,18). The earth shook, and the earth trembled, and the foundations of the mountains were shaken when He was wroth. There went up a smoke in His nostrils. He bowed the heaven, He came down: and thick darkness was under His feet (Ps. 18:7-11 seq.). By all these things the Last Judgment is described. The judgment is described (Ps. 9:5-9, 18, also Ps. 18:8-20). Here are described the destruction of the impious, and the salvation of the faithful. Of the judgment wrought by the Lord (Ps. 45:4-6), and then His kingdom (verse 7 seq.). See article concerning Desolation. Out of Zion God shall shine. Our God shall come and shall not keep silence; a fire shall devour before Him, and about Him a storm shall rage vehemently. He shall call to the heaven above, and to the earth, to judge His people. Gather to Me My saints. The heavens shall declare His justice. God is judge (Ps. 50:2-6). Thou, Jehovah, God of armies, the God of Israel, awake to visit all nations (Ps. 59:5). Concerning the judgment, and, after it, concerning the kingdom of the Lord (Ps. 72:1-17). The day of battle (Ps. 78:9). Jehovah cometh, He cometh to judge the earth; He shall judge the peoples in uprightness, and the world in justice (Ps. 96:10, 13; also 98:9). In this Psalm the coming of the Lord is treated of. In the dawn Jehovah will cut off all the impious of the earth; He will cut off from the city of Jehovah all that do iniquity (Ps. 101:8). The saying of Jehovah to my Lord, Sit thou at My right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. Jehovah shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power. The Lord at thy right hand hath struck down kings in the day of His anger. He shall judge among the nations; He hath filled with dead bodies; He hath stricken down the head over many lands (Ps. 110:1-7). That there will be a judgment as of Sodom upon all when the Son of man shall be revealed (Luke 17:22-37).


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