Question:
When the plagues begin to fall, can someone tell whether he will be saved? Will the first plague, the noisome and grievous sore, affect God’s people?
Answer:
According to the ninety-first psalm, God’s children will be saved from the fearful plagues that fall upon the earth, as indicated in Revelation 14, 15, 16. Indeed, when the plagues begin to fall, God’s children will suffer by seeing others’ suffering. They will suffer more or less through the time of trouble, but the plagues will not fall upon them. “Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation; there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.” Every sin will have been confessed. Every wrong thing will have gone to judgment beforehand, and Christ’s righteousness will cover all. Doubtless, there will be feelings of deep unworthiness, sometimes almost despondency. The righteous will cry, as did Jacob at the brook Jabbok, “I will not let Thee go, except Thou bless me.” In the language of Jer. 30:7, “It is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.”
