26. Because the Lord Jesus said, “Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour” (Matt. 25:13).
27. The preparation for the opening of the seven seals of God’s providential judgments on the earth (Rev. 5).
28. (1) Moral supremacy and victorious power.
(2) Warfare.
(3) Famine.
(4) Death.
29. The time of awful trial for the Jewish nation, called the “time of Jacob’s trouble” (Jer. 30:7), “such as was not from the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be” (Matt. 24:21). It has no connection with the Church (Rev. 3:10).
30. Ruling powers from the supreme to the lesser (Gen. 1:16; 37:9; Num. 24:17).
“Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and
He shall strengthen thine heart: wait,
I say, on the Lord” (Psa. 27:14).
To those who wait upon the Lord, there is always given strength adequate to the trials or the day, and there ought to be no anxiety as to the trials of the morrow. The peace which a true Christian might possess if he would take God at His word and trust Him to make good His promises, is beyond words. Day by day his duties might be more arduous, his temptations stronger, his trials more severe. But he would ascertain that the imparted strength grew at the same rate. so that he was always equal to the duties, victorious over the temptations, and sustained under the trials.