We used to hear it said, “There’ll always be an England!” But an ongoing phenomenon raises doubts: English people are forsaking England in hundred thousands while Islamic immigrants flood in. This with their much higher birth rate makes the world wonder if the “England” to come will leave the grand buildings of Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s, the Houses of Parliament empty of Englishmen but filled with Islamic people who have transformed the culture.
The prophecy of Daniel 2 posits seven nations that were once the Roman Empire as still in existence when the great Stone strikes the image on its clay-mixed-with-iron feet. There’ll be an “England” until the prophecies of Daniel and the Revelation meet their end-time fulfillment before the world.
But another serious question: will there always be a “remnant” church of Revelation 12:17 and 14:12 that relates to the true Holy Spirit in this Day of Atonement truth? Could it be that beautiful church buildings will be filled with people who do not believe they are living in the time of the cleansing of the sanctuary; that our raison d’etre has quietly vanished while we’ve slept?
The question ceases to be a hypothetical future issue; even now there are sincere people whose hearts are moved by the prophecies of Daniel and the Revelation, who treasure the unpopular truth of Christ’s righteousness, who don’t know where to go for fellowship in the Holy Spirit on the Sabbath day.
The true Holy Spirit’s first work is always conviction of sin, for example, “thou art lukewarm,” Rev. 3:16); and there is a counterfeit who ministers corporate and individual self-esteem and worldly self-satisfaction (“I am rich, ... in need of nothing”).
The true one ministers self-respect, a heart appreciation for the Price paid by the Son of God who has redeemed and saved you through His cross. Your individual faith in Him (“which works by love [agape],” Gal. 5:6) will sustain you with bread and water of life, even if the local church is “desolate.” But now, don’t stay home; you can bring the true Holy Spirit with you when you come to the worship and Sabbath School services. Do it!
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