Chapter 20
What To Expect If God Is Angry
By Ernie Knoll
In my dream, I find I am once again back in the same cave. Again I look back a ways into the cave, and remember the light that shined in the back of the cave. I walk back and look up on the ceiling again.
I look at the text and it shows:
Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and He shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. Isaiah 13:9
The Scripture clears and I now read this:
Shall I not visit them for these things? Jeremiah 9:9
I think how people have been laying up for themselves wrath, against the day of wrath, because God will reward every person according to their works. These people do not worship God. It is self that is their idol. They put justice and mercy out of their minds. They replace these things with greed and strife.
I pause here and think of those who claim that God will not destroy. They make a claim that He is all love.
The Guide angel speaks my heavenly name. He returns to the back of the cave. Then the Guide angel speaks and points to the wall of the cave, and it illuminates and becomes bright. I am reclining and looking straight ahead at the wall that is now illuminated.
The Guide angel begins telling me it is written in Romans 12:19.
… vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
And in “The Desire of Ages,” p. 764, it is written.
The glory of Him who is love will destroy them.
The Guide angel continues talking, and as he does, these words appear on the wall.
Many think that the earth will only be destroyed with fireballs. This is not so. If needed, God will use other means to destroy. You have been shown many different ways that God will allow the earth to be destroyed. This is not to say that He Himself will not destroy. Many have said that He does not kill or destroy. They have forgotten the flood of Noah’s day, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, the death of Pharaoh and his massive army. That is the problem. Many have forgotten. God can and will destroy and if needed will allow destruction to occur. The Creator of all can destroy as He has before. Remember He loves the sinner but hates sin.
Throughout thousands of years until the present day, has God tried to reach the human race, and if so, how?
God can speak to us through things in nature.
God can speak to us through dreams.
God can speak to us to help us make right choices.
God can speak to us through other people.
God can speak to us through prophets.
God can speak to us through His words in the Bible.
God can speak to us through the life of Jesus.
God can speak to us and put good thoughts in our minds.
The Guide angel continues telling me that no one can claim that God has not tried many times to reach us. If you are not ready when Jesus comes, you are the one to blame.
From the dream, “The Hourglass:”
Many were told to prepare, but few are ready. Many sleep, while around them God’s wrath is demonstrated.
From the dream, “In His Time:”
Many I will call but they will not listen to My voice. They do not know My voice.
From the dream, “Remorse or Rejoice:”
I hear Him saying how He sent a message telling all to get ready because He is coming. He says how He told us not to say He is coming soon because that implies that it will be sometime down the road. He told us to get ready because He is coming. He says He came to the church and was not welcomed because they do not worship the Father but rather Satan. He says how He went to the small home church, but they were not ready and instead told Him He came too soon.
The Guide angel points to the wall and he tells me this is what Ellen White was instructed to write. It is from “Manuscript Releases,” Vol. 4, p. 321.
The Lord has shown plainly that He has a controversy with His people. The fires that have lately raged in New York and other cities were no accident. It was the hand of omnipotent power. The Spirit of God is withdrawing from the world because the warnings of heaven have not been heeded. We need to beware, for a similar condition of things is coming in amongst us as a people.
The Guide angel points to the wall and the statement clears. He then says that I was shown a message with clear instructions in the dream called, “Stand Fast” from 2008.
Pointing at the wall again, I now read the following from that dream.
… The Father has shown me much over the last few months and that now it is time to show me what I am to share with His people. He says that these things need to be understood, because they are a map of what we are to expect. We should not be discouraged but know that just as our Father knows the beginning, He also knows the end. The Herald stands up and says to hold fast to my courage, as he will now show me things which must happen. He again says he has much to show me. We begin walking through the corridor wall. On the other side I find we are at a very high altitude in the sky, as if we are a bird flying, watching our country. I see destruction unfold on the face of the earth. Great round burning objects hit certain cities which destroy all who live there. These round objects cause the earth to shake. Other cities hundreds and hundreds of miles away from where those cities were destroyed begin to shake and the buildings fall, crashing to the ground. I see explosions of immense heat and fire emerging from the ground. What looks like liquid fire runs through many areas. This liquid consumes everything in its path. I see fire shoot up in the sky as if it were a fountain of water, except it is burning. All across the country I see certain cities with unfathomable destruction.
Even though I cannot see other parts of the world, I know the things I see in front of me are happening there as well. In order to see better, we descend closer to a certain city. I watch as vehicles on highways and interstates crash. The roads that the cars and trucks are traveling on open up into crevasses. It is as if the road is pulled apart. In other areas I see the roads begin to crunch together and the pavement stack up on top of each other, becoming pavement on top of pavement. We turn and I see large airports. The runways disappear into the earth. The airplanes have no place to land. I am now taken to other areas that are not as densely populated, and the people there are unharmed. There are many towns and cities that are not destroyed. I ask the Herald if I may tell which cities. He answers, “No, that is not permitted.” He explains that each must learn the guidance of the Holy Spirit concerning where God would have them live…
And finally, I am to show you a part of the dream called, “Repent as I Am Coming.”
“God wants His people to know that now is the time to get ready. Now is the time to put away self-importance and each must crawl to the throne of God, to repent and ask for forgiveness. Each must decide to follow God and to walk in that new way. Each must put away jealousy. Each must know that they will stand alone before God. He asks if each will stand as one of God’s or ask to be covered with rocks and be as dumb dogs. You have been shown the correct path to follow. If the Holy Spirit that God said He would send does not come over the cold heart then that heart will remain cold. If the naysayers and the discontented walk in a path to cause discontent and spread lies, they will each stand before God to answer for their deeds. This especially applies to those whom God has anointed who spread lies without verifying what they have been told. These are dumb dogs and God will turn His face from them. When He does this, Satan will take God’s place and will have them doing his work. So today you must decide if you will repent and turn from your ways or allow Satan to lead you hand in hand to eternal damnation.”
The Guide angel looks at me and says that it is understood that from a human standpoint I have aged greatly over the past many years, since I began writing and storing the messages. He smiles and says, “Even though you suffer from the inherited sins of age, it is understood that you are sustained in your health. You still have much you are to share. You will always remember that you serve as a messenger. Know that God will always give justice to those who serve and speak against you, you who are His messenger. It is best said: Woe unto those who speak against you, His messenger. You look as one very tired and weary.” The Guide angel now tells me to rest, because on the next tomorrow, he is to show me something very important.