THE Gorge, which our picture shows, is a narrow strip of land in Victoria which is nearly level, and the sea comes in a way above the spot where the bridge crosses. When the tide comes in, it looks like a river flowing and rippling over the rocks but when the tide goes out it looks as if the river had changed its course and was flowing the opposite way. So one not acquainted with the place in looking down from that bridge at the time when the tide is corning in, and then when it is going out, would be very much surprised.
There is something this reminded me of, and that is how the grace of God is, flowing out to man at this time, but soon it will flow no longer, bringing its immense blessing with it, but the tide will turn and as it departs, judgment will be flowing over this poor world.
What a surprise that will be to many. They think not of the goodness and mercy of God now, and how He is beseeching- man to be reconciled to Him. Some treating it with indifference, others with contempt and others as a matter of course, but soon they will wake, up to the fact that the opportunity for them to be saved is over and they will find that the Lord has come and taken away His people and they will cry, “Lord, Lord, open to us.” Ah, the tide will have turned by that time and they must receive God’s judgment. How is it with you dear reader? Have you been looking at the blessing of God which many have received and yet never accepted Christ as your Saviour? Ah, remember that if you do not accept Christ now, the tide may turn at any moment and it will be no longer grace for you in offering Christ freely to you as a Saviour, but it will be His judgment.
“Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of His saints, to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.” Jude 14, 1514And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. (Jude 14‑15). But “Behold, now is the accepted time, behold, now is the day of salvation.”
Messages of God’s Love 6/21/1908