3. How did Isaiah speak of this time of trouble? Isaiah 26:21-22.
NOTE: ‘“Behold, the Lord cometh out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.” Isaiah 26:21. The storm of God’s wrath is gathering; and those only will stand who respond to the invitations of mercy, as did the inhabitants of Nineveh under the preaching of Jonah, and become sanctified through obedience to the laws of the divine Ruler. The righteous alone shall be hid with Christ in God till the desolation be overpast.’ Prophets & Kings, page 278.
4. How does Zechariah describe the fate of those who unite to destroy God’s people? Zechariah 14:12-13.
NOTE: ‘In the mad strife of their own fierce passions, and by the awful outpouring of God’s unmingled wrath, fall the wicked inhabitants of the earth, priests, rulers, and people, rich and poor, high and low.’ Great Controversy, page 656.