How does this explanation of what will happen at the very end compare with what happened in the early/middle history of Israel?

I guess it is all about God's justice as well as His compassion and mercy.

In the case of Sodom & Gomorrah we saw both the compassion and the judgment of God in his communication with Abraham.

The Scriptures show both the mercy and judgment of God as shown by what God did to Sodom & Gomorrah, but not before his talk with Abraham.

Here is an interesting link that will be of great assistance in this topic:

http://www.whiteestate.org/issues/rev-egw.html

Here's a statement about the destruction of the cities of the plain (of which Sodom and Gomorrah were a part):



Here's a couple of Scripture texts which show that God's justice (or judgment in the KJV) is manifest in mercy:

Tom,

How does what you posted relate to this particular topic?

I was responding to posts #80316 and #80317.

Then, I guess we, myself included, need to get back on topic.

Getting back on topic, here is a link to what EGW has to say about how God speaks to us:

http://www.whiteestate.org/issues/rev-egw.html

The third paragraph in that link spoke directly to this topic:


EGW in the above quote started that paragraph by saying that "The Bible points to God as its author..."

Elsewhere in the same article she points out that God as a writer, or in terms of logic, is not on trial in the Bible. When we say that God is the author of Scripture, we need to be very careful as to what we mean by that.

Here's the actual quote:



I had a teacher at the seminary who pointed out that many Adventists have the idea God only inspired thoughts and not words, so that the thought process was purely of God and the writing process purely of man. He pointed out that both the thought process and the writing process were a joint process involving both man and God. This is why we are told that "holy men of old" were inspired, because not just anyone could receive what God wanted to communicate. Even for a great saint like Daniel, it took many years to receive that which God had to communicate.