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stand in solemn awe while " out of his own mouth " man shall be judged, and all his thoughts and words which spell out his own condemnation are set in order before him.[1]

But not only the ungodly and the sinners who have spoken " hard things " against God and His Anointed, but men in general, are called in a spirit of reverence and godly fear to await the solemn event announced; for the coming and visible interposition of God on this earth, while it will mean judgment to some, will mean the consummation of grace and fulness of blessedness to others; and when prophecy and vision is at last fulfilled, and " our God shall arise and His enemies are scattered, and they also that hate Him shall flee before His face " then, also, " the righteous shah" be glad, they shall exult before the face of God, yea, they shall rejoice exceedingly."[2] The last practical word on this Scripture to you, dear Christian reader, is, " Abide in Him," that when He shall appear (when He shall be manifested) we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.

  1. See the chapter, " The Silence of God: how it shall be Broken," in The Ancient Scriptures and the Modern Jew.
  2. See the Hebrew of Ps. xviii. 1-3.