“I saw that the anger of the nations, the wrath of God, and the time to judge the dead were
separate and distinct, one following the other, also that Michael had not stood up, and that the time of trouble, such as never was, had not yet commenced. The nations are now getting angry, but when our High Priest has finished His work in the sanctuary, He will stand up, put on the garments of vengeance, and then the seven last plagues will be poured out.
“I saw that the four angels would hold the four winds until Jesus’ work was done in the
sanctuary, and then will come the seven last plagues.”
Early Writings, 36.
Stirring
“The end of all things is at hand, and the message of warning must be given. A spirit of
anger is stirring the nations, and it will soon be too late to work for the Lord.”
The Paulson Collection, 196.
Are Angry
! “We are standing on the threshold of great and solemn events. Prophecies are fulfilling.
Strange and eventful history is being recorded in the books of heaven—events which it was
declared should shortly precede the great day of God. Everything in the world is in an unsettled state. The nations are angry, and great preparations for war are being made. Nation is plotting against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. The great day of God is hasting greatly. But although the nations are mustering their forces for war and bloodshed, the command to the angels is still in force, that they hold the four winds until the servants of God are sealed in their foreheads.”
Selected Messages, book 1, 221.
Already
!“Already kingdom is rising against kingdom. There is not now a determined engagement.
As yet the four winds are held until the servants of God shall be sealed in their foreheads. Then the powers of earth will marshal their forces for the last great battle. How carefully we should improve the little remaining period of our probation!”
Review and Herald, November 27, 1900.
“In the last scenes of this earth’s history, war will rage.”
Maranatha, 297.
That Spirit Will Increase
“There is a spirit of desperation, of war and bloodshed, and that spirit will increase until the very
close of time. Just as soon as the people of God are sealed in their foreheads—it is not any seal or
mark that can be seen, but a settling into the truth, both intellectually and spiritually, so they cannot
be moved—just as soon as God’s people are sealed and prepared for the shaking, it will come.
Indeed, it has begun already. The judgments of God are now upon the land, to give us warning,
that we may know what is coming.”
Manuscript Releases, volume 10, 252.
The Pioneers
! “This being the period for the fulfillment of the words of the prophet, ‘And the nations were
angry,’ we may reasonably expect that not only the nations of Europe will make great preparations for war, and even advance to battle; but that our own nation, and all the nations of the earth, may become unsettled and angry. But at the same time the four angels will hold the four winds in check, so that the great slaughter will be prevented, till the servants of God shall be sealed.”
James White, Review and Herald, March 7, 1854.
! “The nations will soon be angry, and the two-horned beast will act his part in the conflict that is
just before us; and God’s people will be tried. The Lord is now holding in check the four winds, that the wind may not hurt the earth till God’s remnant are sealed. Revelation 7:2, 3.”
Daniel T. Bourdeau, Review and Herald, July 26, 1860.
The Four Winds: War
! “Soon the four winds of heaven will be loosed, and in every part of the globe there will be
dissension, strife, war, bloodshed.” Manuscript Releases, volume 18, 177.
! And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth,
holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on
the sea, nor on any tree. And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the
seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was
given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the
trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. Revelation 7:1–3.
Strife & War
“Winds are a symbol of strife. The four winds of heaven striving upon the great sea represent
the terrible scenes of conquest and revolution by which kingdoms have attained to power.”
The Great Controversy, 439.
The Four Winds Will Stir Up Of The Nations
“Four mighty angels are still holding the four winds of the earth. Terrible destruction is
forbidden to come in full. The accidents by land and by sea; the loss of life, steadily increasing, by
storm, by tempest, by railroad disaster, by conflagration; the terrible floods, the earthquakes, and the winds will be the stirring up of the nations to one deadly combat, while the angels hold the four winds, forbidding the terrible power of Satan to be exercised in its fury until the servants of God are sealed in their foreheads.”
Review and Herald, June 7, 1887. 144
Their Hands Are Loosening
“I asked my accompanying angel the meaning of what I heard, and what the four angels
were about to do. He said to me that it was God that restrained the powers, and that He gave His
angels charge over things on the earth; that the four angels had power from God to hold the four
winds, and that they were about to let them go; but while their hands were loosening, and the four winds were about to blow, the merciful eye of Jesus gazed on the remnant that were not sealed, and He raised His hands to the Father and pleaded with Him that He had spilled His blood for them.” Early Writings, 38.
Now Being Withdrawn
“The restraining Spirit of God is even now being withdrawn from the world. Hurricanes,
storms, tempests, fire and flood, disasters by sea and land, follow each other in quick succession.
Science seeks to explain all these. The signs thickening around us, telling of the near approach of
the Son of God, are attributed to any other than the true cause. Men cannot discern the sentinel
angels restraining the four winds that they shall not blow until the servants of God are sealed; but when God shall bid His angels loose the winds, there will be such a scene of strife as no pen can picture.”
Testimonies, volume 6, 408.
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