REDEMPTION OF GOD'S PEOPLE


A. "HE SENT REDEMPTION UNTO HIS PEOPLE"
  1. Redemption of God's people will come at the right time; it always has:
    1. Deliverance of ancient Israel came at the right time - Compare Gen. 15:13-16 with Ex. 12:40-43
    2. Our time, too, has been set by our Redeemer, and when it is here God will redeem His own - Rev. 14:6-12; Dan. 8:13, 14
  2. God plans wisely, and God will do all things for the good of His people and to the glory of His wonderful name:
    1. He guided his ancient people by the gift of prophecy - Ex. 4:10; Num. 12:1; Deut. 34:3; Hos. 12:13
    2. He is guiding His remnant people by the same gift back to the Bible - 1 Cor. 1:6; Rev. 12:17; 19:10; Isa. 8:16
B. EVENTS CONNECTED WITH THE DELIVERANCE OF GOD'S PEOPLE
  1. Anciently: The plagues and marvelous protection of the Israelites from the plagues - Ex. 8:18-22
  2. Before the deliverance of the remnant of the church:
    1. The seven last plagues will fall after probation has closed - Rev. 15; 16
    2. The Lord will protect His people from the plagues - Ps. 90:1-8
  3. There will be a sifting time before the deliverance:
    1. Amos 9:9
    2. Luke 22:31; Heb. 3:7
  4. Deliverance will come at midnight:
    1. That was true in the experience of ancient Israel - Ex. 12:42
    2. The church will be delivered in the darkest hour - Job 34:20; Dan. 12:1-3; Matt. 25:1-12
    3. Severe persecution will prevail; many of the saints will be hidden in places prepared by the Lord - Dan. 12:1; Rev. 12:17
C. PREPARATION FOR OUR DELIVERANCE
  1. Must precede our deliverance:
    1. The Lord warns His people, in these words: "Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come."
    2. "Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh". Matt. 24:42- 44
  2. Our preparation must be completed before the door of probation closes:
    1. The door of mercy will close and not open again. Compare Luke 13:24-28 with Rev. 22:10-12
    2. God will have a people that have made themselves ready for the appearing of their Lord and Saviour - Rev. 19:7; 1 John 3:1-3; Eph. 5:24-27
  3. The Three Angels' Message will be God's means to prepare a people for the coming of the Lord:
    1. The hour of the Investigative Judgment.
    2. The announcement of the fall of Babylon.
    3. The warning against the beast, his image, and his mark, will prepare a people - Rev. 14:6-12
  4. The coming of the Lord will be marked by a great shout: Compare Josh. 21:45 with chapter 23:14; Ex. 15:1-6; Rev. 15:2-4
  5. How our hearts should be set to be among those who will be ready to meet the Lord in the air when He comes to receive those that are ready and waiting!
  6. Dear reader, will you, will I, be among God's waiting people? Or will the cares of this world keep us so occupied that we will not be ready when the Master appears!
  7. Surely, none of us wants to be lost, and yet the testimony of the true witness to the church is against us; we are totally unprepared to face the crisis of the last days; we are not ready to meet the Lord when He comes: Rev. 3:14-17
  8. But we must not become discouraged; there is, as yet, time to make ready; let us cast off the works of darkness, and put on the Lord; walk in the light, lest darkness overtake us at last: Rom. 13:11-14


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