The Great Second Advent Movement: Its Rise and Progress

The Message Compared with that of John the Baptist

Thus we see that the advent doctrine was proclaimed to an extent quite sufficient to fulfil the scripture predictions concerning it. GSAM 106.3

The message which was to herald the first advent of Christ was stated by the prophet Isaiah in these words: “The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it.” ¹² This prophecy was accomplished in the labors of “John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” ¹³ GSAM 106.4

This man, alone, during six months of labor in the one country of Judea, fulfilled this wonderful prediction. While this prophecy limited John’s work as to time and place, it is not so with those prophecies which relate to the heralding of the second advent, for the work was to be with a “loud cry,” world wide in its extent. GSAM 107.1

Thus it is seen, in the light of the facts present, how accurately prophecy concerning the advent message was fulfilled. God’s time came for the parable of the fig-tree to be taught, for the first announcement of the first angel’s message to be given, and he raised up his messengers to herald the cry to all nations, peoples, and tongues. GSAM 107.2