August

Vindication At Last! — August 1 ^{[Description]Overview of the Passage:
This passage assures believers that every act of injustice, suffering, and persecution endured by God’s people is carefully recorded by heavenly messengers. Though evil may seem to prosper for a time and God's justice may appear delayed, He is not indifferent. The day is coming—soon—when God will intervene with unmistakable power to vindicate His people, punish the wicked, and restore righteousness.
The passage draws parallels with the days of Noah to emphasize that God’s mercy has limits. It highlights how, throughout history, God has allowed crises to reach their peak before dramatically stepping in. It encourages believers to be patient, faithful, and confident in God's promises. In the end, all wrongs will be made right. God's people—despised, afflicted, and even martyred—will be vindicated, glorified, and gathered into His eternal kingdom.}

Spirit of Prophecy Reading

Christ’s Object Lessons pp.177-180: 365D 213.1

By these angel messengers a faithful record is kept of the words and deeds of the children of men. Every act of cruelty or injustice toward God's people, all they are caused to suffer through the power of evil workers, is registered in heaven. 365D 213.2

“Shall not God avenge His own elect, which cry day and night unto Him, though He bear long with them? I tell you that He will avenge them speedily.” 365D 213.3

“Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. For yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry.” Hebrews 10:35-37. “Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.” James 5:7, 8. 365D 213.4

The long-suffering of God is wonderful. Long does justice wait while mercy pleads with the sinner. But “righteousness and judgment are the establishment of His throne.” Psalm 97:2, margin. “The Lord is slow to anger;” but He is “great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath His way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of His feet.” Nahum 1:3. 365D 213.5

The world has become bold in transgression of God's law. Because of His long forbearance, men have trampled upon His authority. They have strengthened one another in oppression and cruelty toward His heritage, saying, “How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?” Psalm 73:11. But there is a line beyond which they cannot pass. The time is near when they will have reached the prescribed limit. Even now they have almost exceeded the bounds of the long-suffering of God, the limits of His grace, the limits of His mercy. The Lord will interpose to vindicate His own honor, to deliver His people, and to repress the swellings of unrighteousness. 365D 213.6

Whatever crosses they have been called to bear, whatever losses they have sustained, whatever persecution they have suffered, even to the loss of their temporal life, the children of God are amply recompensed. “They shall see His face; and His name shall be in their foreheads.” Revelation 22:4. 365D 213.7