{"id":530,"date":"2019-03-23T18:00:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T18:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/loud-cry.com\/wordpress\/?p=530"},"modified":"2019-03-23T18:06:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-23T18:06:30","slug":"the-storm-that-is-coming-la-tempestad-que-viene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loud-cry.com\/wordpress\/2019\/03\/23\/the-storm-that-is-coming-la-tempestad-que-viene\/","title":{"rendered":"The storm that is coming! \/ \u00a1La tempestad que viene!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The storm that is coming!<br>\n(Spanish down \/ Espa\u00f1ol abajo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2 Timothy 1:1-2 King James Version (KJV)<br>\n1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,<br>\n2 To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2 Timothy 4:6-9 King James Version (KJV)<br>\n6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.<br>\n7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:<br>\n8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.<br>\n9 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Comment of 2 Timothy)<br>\nChapter 1<br>\n1, 2 (2 Timothy 4:6-9). Paul\u2019s Second Letter to Timothy\u2014<br>\nThis letter was written to Timotheus, the first bishop of the church at Ephesus, after Paul had been brought before Nero the second time to witness with his life to the faith he held. In placing on record this account of his trials through men who turned from the faith, Paul speaks words which should encourage our hearts as we pass over the same ground (The Signs of the Times, July 18, 1907).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Affection Between Paul and Timothy\u2014The apostle\u2019s speech had gained him many friends, and he was visited by persons of rank, who accounted his blessing of greater value than the favor of the<br>\nemperor of the world. But there was one friend for whose sympathy and companionship he longed in those last trying days. That friend was Timothy, to whom he had committed the care of the church at<br>\nEphesus, and who had therefore been left behind when Paul made his last journey to Rome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The affection between Paul and Timothy began with Timothy\u2019s conversion; and the tie had strengthened as they had shared the hopes, the perils, and the toils of missionary life, till they seemed to be as one. The disparity in their ages and the difference in their characters made their love for each other more earnest. The ardent, zealous, indomitable spirit of Paul found repose and comfort in the mild, yielding, retiring disposition of Timothy. The faithful ministration and tender love of this tried companion had brightened many a dark hour in the apostle\u2019s life. All that Melanchthon was to Luther, all that a son could be to a loved and honored father, the youthful Timothy was to the tried and lonely Paul (The Youth\u2019s Instructor, July 10, 1902).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conscientious obedience to the word of God will be treated as rebellion. Blinded by Satan, the parent will exercise harshness and severity toward the believing child; the master or mistress will oppress the commandment-keeping servant. Affection will be alienated; children will be disinherited and driven from home. The words of Paul will be literally fulfilled: \u201cAll that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.\u201d 2 Timothy 3:12. As the defenders of truth refuse to honor the Sunday-sabbath, some of them will be thrust into prison, some will be exiled, some will be treated as slaves. To human wisdom all this now seems impossible; but as the restraining Spirit of God shall be withdrawn from men, and they shall be under the control of Satan, who hates the divine precepts, there will be strange developments. The heart can be very cruel when God&#8217;s fear and love are removed. GC 608.1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the storm approaches, a large class who have professed faith in the third angel&#8217;s message, but have not been sanctified through obedience to the truth, abandon their position and join the ranks of the opposition. By uniting with the world and partaking of its spirit, they have come to view matters in nearly the same light; and when the test is brought, they are prepared to choose the easy, popular side. Men of talent and pleasing address, who once rejoiced in the truth, employ their powers to deceive and mislead souls. They become the most bitter enemies of their former brethren. When Sabbathkeepers are brought before the courts to answer for their faith, these apostates are the most efficient agents of Satan to misrepresent and accuse them, and by false reports and insinuations to stir up the rulers against them. GC 608.2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this time of persecution the faith of the Lord&#8217;s servants will be tried. They have faithfully given the warning, looking to God and to His word alone. God&#8217;s Spirit, moving upon their hearts, has constrained them to speak. Stimulated <br>\nwith holy zeal, and with the divine impulse strong upon them, they entered upon the performance of their duties without coldly calculating the consequences of speaking to the people the word which the Lord had given them. They have not consulted their temporal interests, nor sought to preserve their reputation or their lives. Yet when the storm of opposition and reproach bursts upon them, some, overwhelmed with consternation, will be ready to exclaim: \u201cHad we foreseen the consequences of our words, we would have held our peace.\u201d They are hedged in with difficulties. Satan assails them with fierce temptations. The work which they have undertaken seems far beyond their ability to accomplish. They are threatened with destruction. The enthusiasm which animated them is gone; yet they cannot turn back. Then, feeling their utter helplessness, they flee to the Mighty One for strength. They remember that the words which they have spoken were not theirs, but His who bade them give the warning. God put the truth into their hearts, and they could not forbear to proclaim it. GC 608.3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The same trials have been experienced by men of God in ages past. Wycliffe, Huss, Luther, Tyndale, Baxter, Wesley, urged that all doctrines be brought to the test of the Bible and declared that they would renounce everything which it condemned. Against these men persecution raged with relentless fury; yet they ceased not to declare the truth. Different periods in the history of the church have each been marked by the development of some special truth, adapted to the necessities of God&#8217;s people at that time. Every new truth has made its way against hatred and opposition; those who were blessed with its light were tempted and tried. The Lord gives a special truth for the people in an emergency. Who dare refuse to publish it? He commands His servants to present the last invitation of mercy to the world. They cannot remain silent, except at the peril of their souls. Christ&#8217;s ambassadors have nothing to do with consequences. They must perform their duty and leave results with God. GC 609.1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the opposition rises to a fiercer height, the servants of God are again perplexed; for it seems to them that they have brought the crisis. But conscience and the word of God assure them that their course is right; and although the trials continue, they are strengthened to bear them. The contest grows closer and sharper, but their faith and courage rise with the emergency. Their testimony is: \u201cWe dare not tamper with God&#8217;s word, dividing His holy law; calling one portion essential and another nonessential, to gain the favor of the world. The Lord whom we serve is able to deliver us. Christ has conquered the powers of earth; and shall we be afraid of a world already conquered?\u201d GC 610.1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Persecution in its varied forms is the development of a principle which will exist as long as Satan exists and Christianity has vital power. No man can serve God without enlisting against himself the opposition of the hosts of darkness. Evil angels will assail him, alarmed that his influence is taking the prey from their hands. Evil men, rebuked by his example, will unite with them in seeking to separate him from God by alluring temptations. When these do not succeed, then a compelling power is employed to force the conscience. GC 610.2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But so long as Jesus remains man&#8217;s intercessor in the sanctuary above, the restraining influence of the Holy Spirit is felt by rulers and people. It still controls to some extent the laws of the land. Were it not for these laws, the condition of the world would be much worse than it now is. While many of our rulers are active agents of Satan, God also has His agents among the leading men of the nation. The enemy moves upon his servants to propose measures that would greatly impede the work of God; but statesmen who fear the Lord are influenced by holy angels to oppose such propositions with unanswerable arguments. Thus a few men will hold in check a powerful current of evil. The opposition of the enemies of truth will be restrained that the third angel&#8217;s message may do its work. When the final warning shall be given, it will arrest the attention of these leading men through whom the Lord is now working, and some of them will accept it, and will stand with the people of God through the time of trouble. GC 610.3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The angel who unites in the proclamation of the third angel&#8217;s message is to lighten the whole earth with his glory. A work of world-wide extent and unwonted power is here foretold. The advent movement of 1840-44 was a glorious manifestation of the power of God; the first angel&#8217;s message was carried to every missionary station in the world, and in some countries there was the greatest religious interest which has been witnessed in any land since the Reformation of the sixteenth century; but these are to be exceeded by the mighty movement under the last warning of the third angel. GC 611.1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The work will be similar to that of the Day of Pentecost. As the \u201cformer rain\u201d was given, in the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at the opening of the gospel, to cause the upspringing of the precious seed, so the \u201clatter rain\u201d will be given at its close for the ripening of the harvest. \u201cThen shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: His going forth is prepared as the morning; and He shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.\u201d Hosea 6:3. \u201cBe glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for He hath given you the former rain moderately, and He will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain.\u201d Joel 2:23. \u201cIn the last days, saith God, I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh.\u201d \u201cAnd it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.\u201d Acts 2:17, 21. GC 611.2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The great work of the gospel is not to close with less manifestation of the power of God than marked its opening. The prophecies which were fulfilled in the outpouring of the former rain at the opening of the gospel are again to be fulfilled in the latter rain at its close. Here are \u201cthe times of refreshing\u201d to which the apostle Peter looked forward when he said: \u201cRepent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; and He shall send Jesus.\u201d Acts 3:19, 20. GC 611.3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many look with horror at the course of the Jews in rejecting and crucifying Christ; and as they read the history of His shameful abuse, they think they love Him, and would not have denied Him as did Peter, or crucified Him as did the Jews. But God who reads the hearts of all, has brought to the test that love for Jesus which they professed to feel. All heaven watched with the deepest interest the reception of the first angel&#8217;s message. But many who professed to love Jesus, and who shed tears as they read the story of the cross, derided the good news of His coming. Instead of receiving the message with gladness, they declared it to be a delusion. They hated those who loved His appearing and shut them out of the churches. Those who rejected the first message could not be benefited by the second; neither were they benefited by the midnight cry, which was to prepare them to enter with Jesus by faith into the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary. And by rejecting the two former messages, they have so darkened their understanding that they can see no light in the third angel&#8217;s message, which shows the way into the most holy place. I saw that as the Jews crucified Jesus, so the nominal churches had crucified these messages, and therefore they have no knowledge of the way into the most holy, and they cannot be benefited by the intercession of Jesus there. Like the Jews, who offered their useless sacrifices, they offer up their useless prayers to the apartment which Jesus has left; and Satan, pleased with the deception, assumes a religious character, and leads the minds of these professed Christians to himself, working with his power, his signs and lying wonders, to fasten them in his snare. Some he deceives in one way, and some in another. He has different delusions prepared to affect different minds. Some look with horror upon one deception, while they readily receive another. Satan deceives some with Spiritualism. He also comes as an angel of light and spreads his influence over the land by means of false reformations. The churches are elated, and consider that God is working marvelously for them, when it is the work of another spirit. The excitement will die away and leave the world and the church in a worse condition than before. EW 260.1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I saw that God has honest children among the nominal Adventists and the fallen churches, and before the plagues shall be poured out, ministers and people will be called out from these churches and will gladly receive the truth. Satan knows this; and before the loud cry of the third angel is given, he raises an excitement in these religious bodies, that those who have rejected the truth may think that God is with them. He hopes to deceive the honest and lead them to think that God is still working for the churches. But the light will shine, and all who are honest will leave the fallen churches, and take their stand with the remnant. EW 261.1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Commentary on Revelation 6)<br>\nChapter 6<br>\n9 (Revelation 18:1-5; see EGW comment on Romans 12:19).<br>\nOpening of the Fifth Seal\u2014When the fifth seal was opened, John the Revelator in vision saw beneath the altar the company that were slain for the Word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. After<br>\nthis came the scenes described in the eighteenth of Revelation, when those who are faithful and true are called out from Babylon [Revelation 18:1-5 quoted] (Manuscript 39, 1906).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeremiah 4:6-8 King James Version (KJV)<br>\n6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.<br>\n7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.<br>\n8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>*****************************************<br>\n\u00a1La tempestad que viene!<br>\n(Spanish below \/ Espa\u00f1ol debajo):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2 Timoteo 1:1-2 Reina-Valera Antigua (RVA)<br>\n1 PABLO, ap\u00f3stol de Jesucristo por la voluntad de Dios, seg\u00fan la promesa de la vida que es en Cristo Jes\u00fas,<br>\n2 A Timoteo, amado hijo: Gracia, misericordia, y paz de Dios el Padre y de Jesucristo nuestro Se\u00f1or.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2 Timoteo 4:6-9 Reina-Valera Antigua (RVA)<br>\n6 Porque yo ya estoy para ser ofrecido, y el tiempo de mi partida est\u00e1 cercano.<br>\n7 He peleado la buena batalla, he acabado la carrera, he guardado la fe.<br>\n8 Por lo dem\u00e1s, me est\u00e1 guardada la corona de justicia, la cual me dar\u00e1 el Se\u00f1or, juez justo, en aquel d\u00eda; y no s\u00f3lo \u00e1 m\u00ed, sino tambi\u00e9n \u00e1 todos los que aman su venida.<br>\n9 Procura venir presto \u00e1 m\u00ed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Comentario de 2 Timoteo)<br>\nCAP\u00cdTULO 1<br>\n1-2 (cap. 4: 6-9).<br>\nSegunda carta de Pablo a Timoteo.-<br>\nEsta carta fue escrita a Timoteo, el primer obispo de la iglesia de Efeso, despu\u00e9s de que<br>\nPablo compareci\u00f3 ante Ner\u00f3n por segunda vez para que diera testimonio con su vida de la fe<br>\nque profesaba. Al registrar este relato de las pruebas que pas\u00f3 entre hombres que se hab\u00edan<br>\napartado de la fe, Pablo habla palabras que debieran reanimar nuestro coraz\u00f3n cuando<br>\npasemos por el mismo terreno (RH 18-7-1907).<br>\nAfecto entre Pablo y Timoteo.-<br>\nEl discurso del ap\u00f3stol le hab\u00eda ganado muchos amigos, y era visitado por personas de<br>\njerarqu\u00eda que consideraban la bendici\u00f3n de \u00e9l de mayor valor que la protecci\u00f3n del<br>\nemperador del mundo; pero hab\u00eda un amigo cuya simpat\u00eda y compa\u00f1\u00eda \u00e9l anhelaba en esos<br>\n\u00faltimos d\u00edas de prueba. Ese amigo era Timoteo, a quien hab\u00eda encargado el cuidado de la<br>\niglesia de Efeso y que, por lo tanto, hab\u00eda quedado lejos cuando Pablo hizo su \u00faltimo<br>\nviaje a Roma.<br>\nEl afecto entre Pablo y Timoteo comenz\u00f3 cuando \u00e9ste se convirti\u00f3, y ese v\u00ednculo se hab\u00eda<br>\nfortalecido mientras compart\u00edan las esperanzas, los peligros y los afanes de la vida<br>\nmisionera, hasta que parec\u00eda que eran una sola persona. La diferencia de edades y la<br>\ndisparidad de caracteres hicieron que su amor mutuo fuera m\u00e1s intenso. El esp\u00edritu ardiente,<br>\nentusiasta, indomable de Pablo, encontraba reposo y consuelo en la disposici\u00f3n suave,<br>\ncomplaciente y discreta de Timoteo. El fiel ministerio y tierno amor de este leal compa\u00f1ero<br>\nhab\u00edan iluminado muchas horas oscuras de la vida del ap\u00f3stol. Todo lo que Melanchton fue<br>\npara Lutero, todo lo que un hijo podr\u00eda ser para un amado y reverenciado Padre, lo fue el<br>\njoven Timoteo para el probado y solitario Pablo (YI 10- 71902).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A los que obedezcan con toda conciencia a la Palabra de Dios se les tratar\u00e1 como rebeldes. Cegados por Satan\u00e1s, padres y madres habr\u00e1 que ser\u00e1n duros y severos para con sus hijos creyentes; los patrones o patronas oprimir\u00e1n a los criados que observen los mandamientos. Los lazos del cari\u00f1o se aflojar\u00e1n; se desheredar\u00e1 y se expulsar\u00e1 de la casa a los hijos. Se cumplir\u00e1n a la letra las palabras de San Pablo: \u201cTodos los que quieren vivir p\u00edamente en Cristo Jes\u00fas, padecer\u00e1n persecuci\u00f3n\u201d. 2 Timoteo 3:12. Cuando los defensores de la verdad se nieguen a honrar el domingo, unos ser\u00e1n echados en la c\u00e1rcel, otros ser\u00e1n desterrados y otros a\u00fan tratados como esclavos. Ante la raz\u00f3n humana todo esto parece ahora imposible; pero a medida que el esp\u00edritu refrenador de Dios se retire de los hombres y estos sean dominados por Satan\u00e1s, que aborrece los principios divinos, se ver\u00e1n cosas muy extra\u00f1as. CS 593.2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Muy cruel puede ser el coraz\u00f3n humano cuando no est\u00e1 animado del temor y del amor de Dios. CS 593.3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conforme vaya acerc\u00e1ndose la tempestad, muchos que profesaron creer en el mensaje del tercer \u00e1ngel, pero que no fueron santificados por la obediencia a la verdad, abandonar\u00e1n su fe, e ir\u00e1n a engrosar las filas de la oposici\u00f3n. Uni\u00e9ndose con el mundo y participando de su esp\u00edritu, llegar\u00e1n a ver las cosas casi bajo el mismo aspecto; as\u00ed que cuando llegue la hora de prueba estar\u00e1n preparados para situarse del lado m\u00e1s f\u00e1cil y de mayor popularidad. Hombres de talento y de elocuencia, que se gozaron un d\u00eda en la verdad, emplear\u00e1n sus facultades para seducir y descarriar almas. Se convertir\u00e1n en los enemigos m\u00e1s encarnizados de sus hermanos de anta\u00f1o. Cuando los observadores del s\u00e1bado sean llevados ante los tribunales para responder de su fe, estos ap\u00f3statas ser\u00e1n los agentes m\u00e1s activos de Satan\u00e1s para calumniarlos y acusarlos y para incitar a los magistrados contra ellos por medio de falsos informes e insinuaciones. CS 593.4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En aquel tiempo de persecuci\u00f3n la fe de los siervos de Dios ser\u00e1 probada duramente. Proclamaron fielmente la amonestaci\u00f3n mirando tan solo a Dios y a su Palabra. El Esp\u00edritu de Dios, que obraba en sus corazones, les constri\u00f1\u00f3 a hablar. Estimulados por santo celo e impulso divino, cumplieron su deber y declararon al pueblo las palabras que de Dios recibieran sin detenerse en calcular las consecuencias. No consultaron sus intereses temporales ni miraron por su reputaci\u00f3n o sus vidas. Sin embargo, cuando la tempestad de la oposici\u00f3n y del vituperio estalle sobre ellos, algunos, consternados, estar\u00e1n listos para exclamar: \u201cSi hubi\u00e9semos previsto las consecuencias de nuestras palabras, habr\u00edamos callado\u201d. Estar\u00e1n rodeados de dificultades. Satan\u00e1s los asaltar\u00e1 con terribles tentaciones. La obra que habr\u00e1n emprendido parecer\u00e1 exceder en mucho sus capacidades. Los amenazar\u00e1 la destrucci\u00f3n. El entusiasmo que les animara se desvanecer\u00e1; sin embargo no podr\u00e1n retroceder. Y entonces, sintiendo su completa incapacidad, se dirigir\u00e1n al Todopoderoso en demanda de auxilio. Recordar\u00e1n que las palabras que hablaron no eran las suyas propias, sino las de Aquel que les ordenara dar la amonestaci\u00f3n al mundo. Dios hab\u00eda puesto la verdad en sus corazones, y ellos, por su parte, no pudieron hacer otra cosa que proclamarla. CS 594.1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En todas las edades los hombres de Dios pasaron por las mismas pruebas. Wiclef, Hus, Lutero, Tyndale, Baxter, Wesley, pidieron que todas las doctrinas fuesen examinadas a la luz de las Escrituras, y declararon que renunciar\u00edan a todo lo que estas condenasen. La persecuci\u00f3n se ensa\u00f1\u00f3 entonces en ellos con furor; pero no dejaron de proclamar la verdad. Diferentes per\u00edodos de la historia de la iglesia fueron se\u00f1alados por el desarrollo de alguna verdad especial adaptada a las necesidades del pueblo de Dios en aquel tiempo. Cada nueva verdad se abri\u00f3 paso entre el odio y la oposici\u00f3n; los que fueron favorecidos con su luz se vieron tentados y probados. El Se\u00f1or env\u00eda al pueblo una verdad especial para la situaci\u00f3n en que se encuentra. \u00bfQui\u00e9n se atrever\u00e1 a publicarla? El manda a sus siervos a que dirijan al mundo el \u00faltimo llamamiento de la misericordia divina. No pueden callar sin peligro de sus almas. Los embajadores de Cristo no tienen por qu\u00e9 preocuparse de las consecuencias. Deben cumplir con su deber y dejar a Dios los resultados. CS 594.2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conforme va revistiendo la oposici\u00f3n un car\u00e1cter m\u00e1s violento, los siervos de Dios se ponen de nuevo perplejos, pues les parece que son ellos mismos los que han precipitado la crisis; pero su conciencia y la Palabra de Dios les dan la seguridad de estar en lo justo; y aunque sigan las pruebas se sienten robustecidos para sufrirlas. La lucha se encona m\u00e1s y m\u00e1s, pero la fe y el valor de ellos aumentan con el peligro. Este es el testimonio que dan: \u201cNo nos atrevemos a alterar la Palabra de Dios dividiendo su santa ley, llamando parte de ella esencial y parte de ella no esencial, para obtener el favor del mundo. El Se\u00f1or a quien servimos puede librarnos. Cristo venci\u00f3 los poderes del mundo; \u00bfy nos atemorizar\u00eda un mundo ya vencido?\u201d CS 595.1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En sus diferentes formas, la persecuci\u00f3n es el desarrollo de un principio que ha de subsistir mientras Satan\u00e1s exista y el cristianismo conserve su poder vital. Un hombre no puede servir a Dios sin despertar contra s\u00ed la oposici\u00f3n de los ej\u00e9rcitos de las tinieblas. Le asaltar\u00e1n malos \u00e1ngeles alarmados al ver que su influencia les arranca la presa. Hombres malvados reconvenidos por el ejemplo de los cristianos, se unir\u00e1n con aquellos para procurar separarlo de Dios por medio de tentaciones sutiles. Cuando este plan fracasa, emplean la fuerza para violentar la conciencia. CS 595.2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pero mientras Jes\u00fas siga intercediendo por el hombre en el santuario celestial, los gobernantes y el pueblo seguir\u00e1n sintiendo la influencia refrenadora del Esp\u00edritu Santo, la cual seguir\u00e1 tambi\u00e9n dominando hasta cierto punto las leyes del pa\u00eds. Si no fuera por estas leyes, el estado del mundo ser\u00eda mucho peor de lo que es. Mientras que muchos de nuestros legisladores son agentes activos de Satan\u00e1s, Dios tiene tambi\u00e9n los suyos entre los caudillos de la naci\u00f3n. El enemigo impele a sus servidores a que propongan medidas encaminadas a poner grandes obst\u00e1culos a la obra de Dios; pero los estadistas que temen a Dios est\u00e1n bajo la influencia de santos \u00e1ngeles para oponerse a tales proyectos con argumentos irrefutables. Es as\u00ed como unos cuantos hombres contienen una poderosa corriente del mal. La oposici\u00f3n de los enemigos de la verdad ser\u00e1 coartada para que el mensaje del tercer \u00e1ngel pueda hacer su obra. Cuando la amonestaci\u00f3n final sea dada, cautivar\u00e1 la atenci\u00f3n de aquellos caudillos por medio de los cuales el Se\u00f1or est\u00e1 obrando en la actualidad, y algunos de ellos la aceptar\u00e1n y estar\u00e1n con el pueblo de Dios durante el tiempo de angustia. CS 595.3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El \u00e1ngel que une su voz a la proclamaci\u00f3n del tercer mensaje, alumbrar\u00e1 toda la tierra con su gloria. As\u00ed se predice una obra de extensi\u00f3n universal y de poder extraordinario. El movimiento adventista de 1840 a 1844 fue una manifestaci\u00f3n gloriosa del poder divino; el mensaje del primer \u00e1ngel fue llevado a todas las estaciones misioneras de la tierra, y en algunos pa\u00edses se distingui\u00f3 por el mayor inter\u00e9s religioso que se haya visto en pa\u00eds cualquiera desde el tiempo de la Reforma del siglo XVI; pero todo esto ser\u00e1 superado por el poderoso movimiento que ha de desarrollarse bajo la proclamaci\u00f3n de la \u00faltima amonestaci\u00f3n del tercer \u00e1ngel. CS 596.1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Esta obra ser\u00e1 semejante a la que se realiz\u00f3 en el d\u00eda de Pentecost\u00e9s. Como la \u201clluvia temprana\u201d fue dada en tiempo de la efusi\u00f3n del Esp\u00edritu Santo al principio del ministerio evang\u00e9lico, para hacer crecer la preciosa semilla, as\u00ed la \u201clluvia tard\u00eda\u201d ser\u00e1 dada al final de dicho ministerio para hacer madurar la cosecha. \u201cY conoceremos, y proseguiremos en conocer a Jehov\u00e1: como el alba est\u00e1 aparejada su salida, y vendr\u00e1 a nosotros como la lluvia, como la lluvia tard\u00eda y temprana a la tierra\u201d. \u201cVosotros tambi\u00e9n, hijos de Si\u00f3n, alegraos y gozaos en Jehov\u00e1 vuestro Dios; porque os ha dado la primera lluvia arregladamente, y har\u00e1 descender sobre vosotros lluvia temprana y tard\u00eda como al principio\u201d. \u201cY ser\u00e1 en los postreros d\u00edas, dice Dios, derramar\u00e9 de mi Esp\u00edritu sobre toda carne\u201d. \u201cY ser\u00e1 que todo aquel que invocare el nombre del Se\u00f1or, ser\u00e1 salvo\u201d. Oseas 6:3; Joel 2:23; Hechos 2:17, 21. CS 596.2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La gran obra de evangelizaci\u00f3n no terminar\u00e1 con menor manifestaci\u00f3n del poder divino que la que se\u00f1al\u00f3 el principio de ella. Las profec\u00edas que se cumplieron en tiempo de la efusi\u00f3n de la lluvia temprana, al principio del ministerio evang\u00e9lico, deben volverse a cumplir en tiempo de la lluvia tard\u00eda, al fin de dicho ministerio. Esos son los \u201ctiempos de refrigerio\u201d en que pensaba el ap\u00f3stol Pedro cuando dijo: \u201cAs\u00ed que, arrepent\u00edos y convert\u00edos, para que sean borrados vuestros pecados; pues que vendr\u00e1n los tiempos del refrigerio de la presencia del Se\u00f1or, y enviar\u00e1 a Jesucristo\u201d. Hechos 3:19, 20. CS 596.3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Muchos miran con horror la conducta seguida por los jud\u00edos al rechazar a Cristo y crucificarle; y cuando leen la historia del trato vergonzoso que recibi\u00f3, piensan que le aman, y que no le habr\u00edan negado como lo neg\u00f3 Pedro, ni le habr\u00edan crucificado como lo hicieron los jud\u00edos. Pero Dios, quien lee en el coraz\u00f3n de todos, prob\u00f3 aquel amor hacia Jes\u00fas que ellos profesaban tener. Todo el cielo observ\u00f3 con el m\u00e1s profundo inter\u00e9s la recepci\u00f3n otorgada al mensaje del primer \u00e1ngel. Pero muchos que profesaban amar a Jes\u00fas, y que derramaban l\u00e1grimas al leer la historia de la cruz, se burlaron de las buenas nuevas de su venida. En vez de recibir el mensaje con alegr\u00eda, declararon que era un enga\u00f1o. Aborrecieron a aquellos que amaban su aparici\u00f3n y los expulsaron de las iglesias. Los que rechazaron el primer mensaje no pudieron recibir beneficio del segundo; tampoco pudo beneficiarles el clamor de media noche, que hab\u00eda de prepararlos para entrar con Jes\u00fas por la fe en el lugar sant\u00edsimo del santuario celestial. Y por haber rechazado los dos mensajes anteriores, entenebrecieron de tal manera su entendimiento que no pueden ver luz alguna en el mensaje del tercer \u00e1ngel, que muestra el camino que lleva al lugar sant\u00edsimo. Vi que as\u00ed como los jud\u00edos crucificaron a Jes\u00fas, las iglesias nominales han crucificado estos mensajes y por lo tanto no tienen conocimiento del camino que lleva al sant\u00edsimo, ni pueden ser beneficiados por la intercesi\u00f3n que Jes\u00fas realiza all\u00ed. Como los jud\u00edos, que ofrecieron sus sacrificios in\u00fatiles, ofrecen ellos sus oraciones in\u00fatiles al departamento que Jes\u00fas abandon\u00f3; y Satan\u00e1s, a quien agrada el enga\u00f1o, asume un car\u00e1cter religioso y atrae hacia s\u00ed la atenci\u00f3n de esos cristianos profesos, obrando con su poder, sus se\u00f1ales y prodigios mentirosos, para sujetarlos en su lazo. A algunos los enga\u00f1a de una manera; y a otros, de otra. Tiene diferentes seducciones preparadas para afectar diferentes mentalidades. Algunos consideran con horror un enga\u00f1o, mientras que reciben otro con facilidad. Satan\u00e1s seduce a algunos con el espiritismo. Tambi\u00e9n viene como \u00e1ngel de luz y difunde su influencia sobre la tierra por medio de falsas reformas. Las iglesias se alegran, y consideran que Dios est\u00e1 obrando en su favor de una manera maravillosa, cuando se trata de los efectos de otro esp\u00edritu. La excitaci\u00f3n se apagar\u00e1 y dejar\u00e1 al mundo y a la iglesia en peor condici\u00f3n que antes. PE 260.1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vi que Dios tiene hijos sinceros entre los adventistas nominales y las iglesias ca\u00eddas, y antes que sean derramadas las plagas, los ministros y la gente ser\u00e1n invitados a salir de esas iglesias y recibir\u00e1n gustosamente la verdad. Satan\u00e1s lo sabe; y antes que se d\u00e9 el fuerte preg\u00f3n del tercer \u00e1ngel, despierta excitaci\u00f3n en aquellas organizaciones religiosas, a fin de que los que rechazaron la verdad piensen que Dios los acompa\u00f1a. Satan\u00e1s espera enga\u00f1ar a los sinceros e inducirlos a creer que Dios sigue obrando en favor de las iglesias. Pero la luz resplandecer\u00e1, y todos los que tengan coraz\u00f3n sincero dejar\u00e1n a las iglesias ca\u00eddas, y se decidir\u00e1n por el residuo. PE 261.1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Comentario de Apocalipsis 6)<br>\nCAP\u00cdTULO 6<br>\n9 (cap. 18: 1-5; ver EGW com. Rom. 12: 19).<br>\nApertura del quinto sello.-<br>\nCuando fue abierto el quinto sello, Juan el Revelador vio en visi\u00f3n debajo del altar al conjunto<br>\nde los que hab\u00edan sido muertos por la Palabra de Dios y por el testimonio de Jesucristo.<br>\nDespu\u00e9s de esto vinieron las escenas descritas en Apocalipsis dieciocho, cuando los que son<br>\nfieles y leales son llamados a salir de Babilonia [se cita Apoc. 18: 1-5] (MS 39, 1906).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jerem\u00edas 4:6-8 Reina-Valera Antigua (RVA)<br>\n6 Alzad bandera en Si\u00f3n, juntaos, no os deteng\u00e1is; porque yo hago venir mal del aquil\u00f3n, y quebrantamiento grande.<br>\n7 El le\u00f3n sube de su guarida, y el destruidor de gentes ha partido; salido ha de su asiento para poner tu tierra en soledad; tus ciudades ser\u00e1n asoladas, y sin morador.<br>\n8 Por esto vest\u00edos de saco, endechad y aullad; porque la ira de Jehov\u00e1 no se ha apartado de nosotros.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The storm that is coming! 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