Early Writings
by Ellen G. White
The Shaking of the Powers of Heaven
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'Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened,
and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven,
and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.' Matthew 24:29
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December 16, 1848, the Lord gave me a view of the shaking of
the powers of the heavens. I saw that when the Lord said "heaven," in
giving the signs recorded by Matthew, Mark, and Luke, He meant heaven, and when
He said "earth" He meant earth. The powers of heaven are the sun,
moon, and stars. They rule in the heavens. The powers of earth are those that
rule on the earth. The powers of heaven will be shaken at the voice of God.
Then the sun, moon, and stars will be moved out of their places. They will not
pass away, but be shaken by the voice of God. {EW 41.1}
Dark, heavy clouds came up and clashed against each other.
The atmosphere parted and rolled back; then we could look up through the open
space in Orion, whence came the voice of God. The Holy City will come down
through that open space. I saw that the powers of earth are now being shaken
and that events come in order. War, and rumors of war, sword, famine, and
pestilence are first to shake the powers of earth, then the voice of God will
shake the sun, moon, and stars, and this earth also. I saw that the shaking of
the powers in Europe is not, as some teach, the shaking of the powers of
heaven, but it is the shaking of the angry nations. {EW 41.2}
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