With these words of light and truth before them, how dare men neglect so plain a duty? How dare they disobey God when obedience to His requirements means His blessing in both temporal and spiritual things, and disobedience means the curse of God? Satan is the
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destroyer. God cannot bless those who refuse to be faithful
stewards. All He can do is to permit Satan to accomplish
his destroying work. We see calamities of every kind and
in every degree coming upon the earth, and why? The
Lord's restraining power is not exercised. The world has
disregarded the word of God. They live as though there
were no God. Like the inhabitants of the Noachic world,
they refuse to have any thought of God. Wickedness
prevails to an alarming extent, and the earth is ripe for
the harvest.