CLIMATE CHANGE

MOVEMENT
and
THE LAST DAYS: GREEN SABBATH

*
ELLEN G. WHITE PROPHECY

(1827-1915)

“And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to
them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had
power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship
the image of the beast should be killed. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their
right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save that he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the
number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and
his number is six hundred threescore and six [666]”
Revelation 13:14-18

“And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the
wrath of her fornication. And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and
receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture
into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence
of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast
and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the
commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”
Revelation 14:8-12

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A. WHAT “ANCIENT CONFLICT” WILL CHARACTERISE THE LAST DAYS OF PLANET EARTH?

1. “In the last conflict the Sabbath will be the special point of controversy throughout all Christendom. Secular rulers
and religious leaders will unite to enforce the observance of the Sunday; and as milder measures fail, the most
oppressive laws will be enacted. It will be urged that the few who stand in opposition to an institution of the
church and a law of the land ought not to be tolerated; and a decree will finally be issued denouncing them as
deserving of the severest punishment, and giving the people liberty, after a certain time, to put them to death.
Romanism in the Old World, and apostate Protestantism in the New, will pursue a similar course toward those who
honor the divine precepts.”
4 Spirit of Prophecy, 444:2- 445:0

2. “In the warfare to be waged in the last days there will be united in opposition to God’s people, all the corrupt
powers that have apostatized from allegiance to the law of Jehovah. In this warfare the Sabbath of the fourth
commandment will be the great point at issue; for in the Sabbath commandment the great Lawgiver identifies
Himself as the Creator of the heavens and the earth.”
Maranatha, 187:4.

3. “Those who live during the last days of this earth’s history will know what it means to be persecuted for the
truth’s sake. In the courts injustice will prevail. The judges will refuse to listen to the reasons of those who are
loyal to the commandments of God, because they know that arguments in favor of the fourth commandment are
unanswerable. They will say, ‘We have a law, and by our law he ought to die.’ God’s law is nothing to them. ‘Our
law’ with them is supreme. Those who respect this human law will be favored, but those who will not bow to the
idol sabbath will have no favors shown them. “
Maranatha, 195:3.

4. “Romanism in the Old World, and apostate Protestantism in the New, will pursue a similar course toward those
who honor all the divine precepts.”
Great Controversy, 616:0 (1911).

5. “As the Sabbath has become the special point of controversy throughout Christendom and religious and secular
authorities have combined to enforce the observance of the Sunday, the persistent refusal of a small minority to
yield to the popular demand will make them objects of universal execration. “
Great Controversy, 615:2.

B. PRIOR TO CONFLICT CLIMAX, THE WORLD PLUNGES INTO TURMOIL/CHAOS

1. “Just before we entered it [the great time of trouble], we all received the seal of the living God. Then I saw the
four angels cease to hold the four winds. And I saw famine, pestilence and sword, nation rose against nation,
and the whole world was in confusion.”
7 Bible Commentary, 968/2:2.

2. “In the last scenes of this earth’s history, war will rage. There will be pestilence, plague, and famine. The waters
of the deep will overflow their boundaries. Property and life will be destroyed by fire and flood. We should be
preparing for the mansions that Christ has gone to prepare for them that love Him. There is a rest from earth’s
conflict.”
Maranatha, 174:5.

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3. “It is Satan’s power that is at work at sea and on land, bringing calamity and distress and sweeping off multitudes
to make sure of his prey, “
Last Day Events, 242:1-2.

4. “God will use His enemies as instruments to punish those who have followed their own pernicious ways whereby
the truth of God has been misrepresented, misjudged, and dishonored.”
Last Day Events, 242:3.

5. “Soon strife among the nations will break out with an intensity that we do not now anticipate. The present is a
time of overwhelming interest to all living. Rulers and statesmen, men who occupy positions of trust and authority,
thinking men and women of all classes, have their attention fixed upon the events taking place around us. They
are watching the strained, restless relations that exist among the nations. They observe the intensity that is taking
possession of every earthly element, and they realize that something great and decisive is about to take place,
that the world is on the verge of a stupendous crisis … “I was shown the Inhabitants of the earth in the utmost
confusion. War, bloodshed, privation, want, famine, and pestilence were abroad in the land. As these things
surrounded God’s people, they began to press together, and to cast aside their little difficulties. Self-dignity no
longer controlled them; deep humility took its place. Suffering, perplexity, and privation caused reason to resume
its throne, and the passionate and unreasonable man became sane, and acted with discretion and wisdom … “My
attention was then called from the scene. There seemed to be a little time of peace. Once more the inhabitants
of the earth were presented before me; and again everything was in the utmost confusion. Strife, war, and
bloodshed, with famine and pestilence, raged everywhere. Other nations were engaged in this war and
confusion. War caused famine. Want and bloodshed caused pestilence. And then men’s hearts failed them for
fear, ‘and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth.’ “
1 Testimonies, 268:1-2.

6. “The signs of the times give evidence that the judgments of heaven are being poured out, that the day of the
Lord is at hand. The daily papers are full of indications of an intense conflict in the future. Bold robberies are of
frequent occurrence. Strikes are common. Thefts and murders are committed on every hand. Men possessed by
demons are taking the lives of men, women, and little children. All these things testify that the Lord’s coming is
near ... “The restraining Spirit of God is even now being withdrawn from the world. Hurricanes, storms, tempests,
disasters by sea and by land, follow one another in quick succession. The signs thickening around us, telling of
the near approach of the Son of God, are attributed to any other than the true cause ….“The time is right upon us
when there will be sorrow in the world that no human balm can heal. Even before the last great destruction
comes upon the world, the flattering monuments of man’s greatness will be crumbled in the dust. God’s
retributive judgments will fall on those who in the face of great light have continued in sin. Costly buildings,
supposed to be fireproof, are erected. But as Sodom perished in the flames of God’s vengeance, so will these
proud structures become ashes. I have seen vessels which cost immense sums of money wrestling with the mighty
ocean, seeking to breast the angry billows. But with all their treasures of gold and silver, and with all their human
freight, they sank into a watery grave. . But amid the tumult of excitement, with confusion in every place, there is
a work to be done for God in the world.”
Maranatha, 175:2-4.

7. “Those who honor the law of God have been accused of bringing the judgments upon the world, and they will
be regarded as the cause of the fearful convulsions of nature and the strife and bloodshed among men that are
filling the earth with woe. The power attending the last warning has enraged the wicked; their anger is kindled
against all who have received the message, and Satan will excite to still greater intensity the spirit of hatred and
persecution.”
Great Controversy, 614:9-615:0.

8. “Satan works through the elements also to garner his harvest of unprepared souls. He has studied the secrets of
the laboratories of nature, and he uses all his power to control the elements as far as God allows. . While
appearing to the children of men as a great physician who can heal all their maladies, he will bring disease and

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 disaster, until populous cities are reduced to ruin and desolation. Even now he is at work. In accidents and
calamities by sea and by land, in great conflagrations, in fierce tornadoes and terrific hailstorms, in tempests,
floods, cyclones, tidal waves, and earthquakes, in every place and in a thousand forms, Satan is exercising his
power. He sweeps away the ripening harvest, and distress follow. He imparts to the air a deadly taint, and
thousands perish by the pestilence. These visitations are to become more and more frequent and disastrous.
Destruction will be upon both man and beast.”
Great Controversy, 589:2-590:0.

9. “The judgments will be according to the wickedness of the people and the light of truth that they have had. If
they have had the truth, according to that light will be the punishment.”
Maranatha, 176:3.

10. “Famines will increase. Pestilences will sweep away thousands. Dangers are all around us from the powers
without and satanic workings within, but the restraining power of God is now being exercised.”
Manuscript Releases 19:382 (1897).

11. “Frequently we hear of earthquakes, of tempests and tornadoes, accompanied by thunder and lightning.
Apparently these are capricious outbreaks of seemingly disorganized, unregulated forces. But God has a purpose
in permitting these calamities to occur. They are one of His means of calling men and women to their senses. By
unusual workings through nature, God will express to doubting human agencies that which He clearly reveals in His
Word … “Local disturbances in nature are permitted to take place as symbols of that which may be expected all
over the world when the angels loose the four winds of the earth. The forces of nature are under the direction of
an eternal Agency.”
Manuscript 159, 1902, pp. 1-6. (Calamities, November 5, 1902). [See also: Mar 205; TE 95.}

C. WHAT WILL BE THE WORLD’S SUGGESTED “SOLUTION” TO CLIMATE CHANGE & CALAMITIES?

1. “Satan puts his interpretation upon events, and they [leading men] think, as he would have them, that the
calamites which fill the land are a result of Sunday-breaking. Thinking to appease the wrath of God, these
influential men make laws enforcing Sunday observance. They think that by exalting this false rest-day higher, and
still higher, compelling obedience to the Sunday law, the spurious sabbath, they are doing God service. Those who
honor God by observing the true Sabbath are looked upon as disloyal to God, when it is really those who thus
regard them who are themselves disloyal, because they are trampling under foot the Sabbath originated in Eden,
“
Maranatha, 176:4.

2. “We see that efforts are being made to restrict our religious liberties. The Sunday question is now assuming large
proportions. An amendment to our [US] Constitution is being urged in Congress, and when it is obtained,
oppression must follow.”
Review Extra, December 18, 1888.

3. “If the people can be led to favor a Sunday law, then the clergy intend to exert their united influence to obtain a
religious amendment to the Constitution, and compel the nation to keep Sunday.”
Review Extra, December 24, 1889.

4. “Protestantism shall give the hand of fellowship to the Roman power. Then there will be a law against the Sabbath
of God’s creation, and then it is that God will do His ‘strange work’ in the earth.”
7 Bible Commentary, 910/2:0-1.

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5. “When the angel of mercy folds her wings and departs, Satan will do the evil deeds he has long wished to do. Storm
and tempest, war and bloodshed −in these things he delights, and thus he gathers in his harvest. And so secration
of the first day of the week. From the pulpits of the popular churches will be heard the statement that the world
is being punished because Sunday is not honored as it should be.”
Last Day Events, 256:3.

6. “The professed Protestant world will form a confederacy with the man of sin, and the church and the world will
be in corrupt harmony.”
7 Bible Commentary, 975/2:2.

7. “The Protestants of the United States will be foremost in stretching their hands across the gulf to grasp the hand
of Spiritualism; they will reach over the abyss to clasp hands with the Roman power; and under the influence of
this threefold union, this country will follow in the steps of Rome in trampling on the rights of conscience.”
Great Controversy, 588:1.

8. “The church appeals to the strong arm of civil power, and in this work papists and Protestants unite.”
Great Controversy, 607:1.

9. “When the leading churches of the United States, uniting upon such points of doctrine as are held by them in
common, shall influence the state to enforce their decrees and to sustain their institutions, then Protestant
America will have formed an image of the Roman hierarchy, and the infliction of civil penalties upon dissenters
will inevitable result. “
Great Controversy, 445:1.

10. “Not a move has been made in exalting the idol Sabbath, in bringing around Sunday observance through
legislation, but Satan has been behind it, and has been the chief worker.”
7 Bible Commentary, 910.

11. “This false Sabbath is to be enforced by an oppressive law. Satan and his angels are wide awake and intensely
active, working with energy and perseverance through human instrumentalities to bring about his purpose of
obliteration from the minds of men the knowledge of God.”
7 Bible Commentary, 985.

12. “The wide diversity of belief in the Protestant churches is regarded by many as decisive proof that no effort to
secure a forced uniformity can ever be made. But there has been for years, in churches of the Protestant faith, a
strong and growing sentiment in favor of a union based upon common points of doctrine. To secure such a union,
the discussion of subjects upon which all were not agreed-however important they might be from a Bible
standpoint-must necessarily be waived.”
Great. Controversy, 444:2.

13. “When our nation [the United States] shall so abjure the principles of its government as to enact a Sunday law,
Protestantism will in this act join hands with popery; it will be nothing else than giving life to the tyranny which
has long been eagerly watching its opportunity to spring again into active despotism.”
5 Testimonies, 712:0.

14. “When the legislature frames laws which exalt the first day of the week, and put it in the place of the seventh day,
the device of Satan will be perfected, “
7 Bible Commentary, 976.

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15. “There are many, even of those engaged in this movement for Sunday enforcement, who are blinded to the
results which will follow this action. They do not see that they are striking directly against religious liberty. There
are many who have never understood the claims of the Bible Sabbath and the false foundation upon which the
Sunday institution rests. “
5 Testimonies, 711:4.

16. “They are working in blindness. They do not see that if a Protestant government sacrifices the principles that have
made them a free, independent nation, and through legislation brings into the Constitution, principles that will
propagate papal falsehood and papal delusion, they are plunging into the Roman horrors of the Dark Ages.”
Review Extra, December 11, 1888.

17. “There is a satanic force propelling the Sunday movement, but it is concealed. Even the men who are engaged in
the work, are themselves blinded to the results which will follow their movement.”
Review, January 1, 1889.

18. “The same masterful mind that plotted against the faithful in ages past is still seeking to rid the earth of those
who fear God and obey His law. Satan will excite indignation against the humble minority who conscientiously
refuse to accept popular customs and traditions, Men of position and reputation will join with the lawless and the
vile to take counsel against the people of God. Wealth, genius, education, will combine to cover them with
contempt. Persecuting rulers, ministers, and church members will conspire against them, with voice and pen, by
boasts, threats, and ridicule, they will seek to overthrow their faith, by false representations and angry appeals
they will stir up the passions of the people. Not having a ‘Thus said the Scriptures’ to bring against the advocates
of the Bible Sabbath, they will resort to oppressive enactments to supply the lack. To secure popularity and
patronage, legislators will yield to the demand for a Sunday law. Those who fear God cannot accept an institution
that violates a precept of the Decalogue. On this battlefield comes the last great conflict of the controversy
between truth and error, and we are not left in doubt as to the issue. Now, as in the days of Mordecai, the Lord
will vindicate His truth and His people,”
5 Testimonies, 450:2-451:0.

19. “Then signs of dissolution will be plainly revealed to the God-fearing student of prophecy. The great Secession. .
[will have] taken place −the world and [the] church united to tear down God’s great moral standard and erect a
standard instituted by the man of sin. Then earnest, distinguished men, blinded and deluded with false doctrines,
because they have taken a deep draught of [the] wine of Babylon, rush into superstitious doctrines, into the great
apostasy, bearing the very stamp of that dress. God has plainly pointed out in prophecy [that] they are drunk with
the wine of Babylon, and the same spirit moves the whole.”
Undated Manuscript 153, pp. 1-4. (Copenhagen, Denmark, 1886.)

20. “Satan will excite the indignation of apostate Christendom against the humble remnant who conscientiously
refuse to accept their customs and traditions. Blinded by the prince of darkness, popular religionists will see only
as he sees, and feel as he feels. They will determine as he determines, and oppress as he oppresses. Liberty of
conscience, which has cost this nation so great a sacrifice, will no longer be respected. The church and the world
will unite, and the world will lend to the church her power to crush out the right of the people to worship God
according to His word. “
Manuscript 51, 1899, pp. 6-12. (“The Seal of God,” April 2, 1899). [See also: EV 234-235.]

21. “Men do not seem to understand that they are taken in Satan’s snare when they attempt to tamper with the laws
of God. Satan has them in just the position he wants them when they manufacture laws to control the world and
place those laws where God’s laws should be. The enemy knows that, if the church can be controlled by political
enactments, she will lose her garments of light as did Adam and Eve. If he can lead the church to unite with the

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 world and accept worldly enactments, they virtually acknowledge him as their head. The authority of man-made
commandments will work to oppose the rule of the government of heaven. Under the leadership of Satan the
knowledge of good and evil will work to dispense with the righteous, holy enactments of God concerning the
Sabbath, the observance of which is to be a sign between God and His people forever.”
Manuscript 77, 1899, pp. 12-15. (“God’s Law Immutable,” May 14, 1899).

22. “The professed Protestant world will form a confederacy with the man of sin, and the church and the world will
be in corrupt harmony.”
7 Bible Commentary, 975/2:2.

23. “In order for the United States to form an image of the beast, the religious power must so control the civil
government that the authority of the state will also be employed by the church to accomplish her own ends … It
was apostasy that led the early church to seek the aid of the civil government, and this prepared the way for the
development of the papacy, −the beast.”
Great Controversy, 443:2, 4.

24. “What is it that gives its kingdom to this power? Protestantism, a power which, while professing to have the
temper and spirit of a Iamb and to be allied to Heaven, speaks with the voice of a dragon. It is moved by a power
from beneath. “
7 Bible Commentary, 983/2:1.

25. “The prophecy of Revelation 13 declares that the power represented by the beast with Iamblike horns shall cause
‘the earth and them which dwell therein’ to worship the papacy −there symbolized by the beast ‘like unto a
leopard.’ The beast with two horns is also to say ‘to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an Image
to the beast;’ and, furthermore, it is to command all, ‘both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond,’ to receive
‘the mark of the beast.’ It has been shown that the United States is the power represented by the beast with
Iamblike horns, and that this prophecy will be fulfilled when the United States shall enforce Sunday observance,
which Rome claims as the special acknowledgment of her supremacy. But in this homage to papacy the United
States will not be alone. The influence of Rome in the countries that once acknowledged her dominion, is still far
from being destroyed. And prophecy foretells a restoration of her power.”
Great Controversy, 578:9579:0.

26. “Foreign nations will follow the example of the United States. Though she leads out, yet the same crisis will come
upon our people in all parts of the world.”
6 Testimonies, 395:1.

D. DOES LEGISLATION OF NATIONAL SUNDAY LAW GOING TO SOLVE ANYTHING?

1. “When Protestant churches shall unite with the secular power to sustain a false religion, for opposing which their
ancestors endured the fiercest persecution, then will the papal sabbath be enforced by the combined authority
of church and state. There will be a national apostasy, which will end only in national ruin.”
Evangelism, 235:1.

2. “The substitution of the false for the true is the last act in the drama. When this substitution becomes universal,
God will reveal Himself. When the laws of men are exalted above the laws of God, when the powers of this earth
try to force men to keep the first day of the week, know that the time has come for God to work. He will arise in

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 His majesty, and will shake terrible the earth. He will come out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the world
for their iniquity.”
7 Bible Commentary, 980.

3. “When Christ ceases His intercession in the Sanctuary, the unmingled wrath threatened against those who
worship the beast and his image and receive his mark (Rev. 14:9-10) will be poured out. The plagues upon Egypt
when God was about to deliver Israel were similar in character to those more terrible and extensive judgments
which are to fall upon the world just before the final deliverance of God’s people.”
Great Controversy, 627:2,3-628:0 (TM 182:2-183:0)

4. “The world is soon to be left by the angel of mercy, and the seven last plagues are to be poured out... The bolts
of God’s wrath are soon to fall, and when He shall begin to punish the transgressors, there will be no period of
respite until the end.”
Testimonies to Ministers 182:2.

5. “I saw that the four angels would hold the four winds until Jesus’ work was done in the Sanctuary, and then will
come the seven last plagues. These plagues enraged the wicked against the righteous; they thought that we had
brought the judgments of God upon them, and that if they could rid the earth of us, the plagues would then be
stayed. A decree went forth to slay the saints.”
Early Writings,36:1-37:0.

6. “In that day, multitudes will desire the shelter of God’s mercy which they have so long despised.”
Great Controversy, 629:1.

7. “The plagues were falling upon the inhabitants of the earth. Some were denouncing God and cursing Him. Others
rushed to the people of God and begged to be taught how they might escape His judgments. But the saints had
nothing for them. The last tear for sinners had been shed, the last agonizing prayer offered, the last burden borne,
the last warning given. The sweet voice of mercy was no more to invite them. When the saints, and all heaven,
were interested for their salvation, they had no interest for themselves. Life and death had been set before them.
Many desired life, but made no effort to obtain it. They did not choose life, and now there was no atoning blood
to cleanse the guilty, no compassionate Saviour to plead for them, and cry, ‘Spare, spare the sinner a little
longer.’ All heaven had united with Jesus, as they heard the fearful words, ‘It is done. It is finished.’ The plan of
salvation had been accomplished, but few had chosen to accept it. And as mercy’s sweet voice died away, fear
and horror seized the wicked. With terrible distinctness they heard the words, ‘Too late! too late!’

“Those who had not prized God’s Word were hurrying to and fro, wandering from sea to sea, and from the north
to the east, to seek the Word of the Lord. Said the angel, ‘They shall not find it. There is a famine in the land; not
a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but for hearing the words of the Lord. What would they not give for one
word of approval from God! but no, they must hunger and thirst on. Day after day have they slighted salvation,
prizing earthly riches and earthly pleasure higher than any heavenly treasure or inducement. They have rejected
Jesus and despised His saints. The filthy must remain filthy forever.

Many of the wicked were greatly enraged as they suffered the effects of the plagues. It was a scene of fearful
agony. Parents were bitterly reproaching their children, and children their parents, brothers their sisters, and
sisters their brothers. Loud, wailing cries were heard in every direction, “It was you who kept me from receiving
the truth which would have saved me from this awful hour.” The people turned upon their ministers with bitter
hate and reproached them, saying, “You have not warned us. You told us that all the world was to be converted,
and cried, Peace, peace, to quiet every fear that was aroused. You have not told us of this hour; and those who
warned us of it you declared to be fanatics and evil men, who would ruin us.” But I saw that the ministers did not
escape the wrath of God. Their suffering was tenfold greater than that of their people.
Early Writings, 281:1-282:0.

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E. AS CALAMITIES RESULTANTLY BECOME MORE INTOLERABLE, WHO WILL BE CONDEMNED?

1. “As men depart further and further from God, Satan is permitted to have power over the children of
disobedience. He hurls destruction among men. There is calamity by land and sea … Property and life are destroyed
by fire and flood, Satan resolves to charge this upon those who refuse to bow to the idol which he has set up. His
agents point to Seventh-day Adventists as the cause of the trouble. ‘These people stand out in defiance of law,’
they say, ‘They desecrate Sunday. Were they compelled to obey the law for Sunday observance, there would be a
cessation of these terrible judgments,’ “
Maranatha, 176:1.

2. “Our people have been regarded as too insignificant to be worthy of notice, but a change will come. The Christian
world is now making movements which will necessarily bring commandment-keeping people into prominence.”
5 Testimonies, 546:2.

3. “The whole world is to be stirred with enmity against Seventh-day Adventists, because they will not yield homage
to the papacy, by honoring Sunday, the institution of this antichristian power. It is the purpose of Satan to cause
them to be blotted from the earth, in order that his supremacy of the world may not be disputed.”
Testimonies to Ministers, 37:0.

4. The spirit of the world is no more in harmony with the spirit of Christ today than in earlier times, and those who
preach the word of God in its purity will be received with no greater favor now than then. The forms of opposition
to the truth may change, the enmity may be less open because it is more subtle; but the same antagonism still
exists and will be manifested to the end of time.
Great Controversy, 144:2

5. “When the angel of mercy folds her wings and departs, Satan will do the evil deeds he has long wished to do. Storm
and tempest, war and bloodshed −in these things he delights, and thus he gathers in his harvest. And so secration
of the first day of the week. From the pulpits of the popular churches will be heard the statement that the world is
being punished because Sunday is not honored as it should be.”
Last Day Events, 256:3.

6. “The time is not far off when the people of God will be called upon to give their testimony before the rulers of
the earth. Not one in twenty has a realization of what rapid strides we are making toward the great crisis in our
history. . There is no time for vanity, for trifling, for engaging the mind in unimportant matters.”
Maranatha, 258:1.

7. “Seventh-day Adventists will fight the battle over the seventh-day Sabbath. The authorities in the United States
and in other countries will rise up in their pride and power and make laws to restrict religious liberty.”
Last Day Events, 144:3.2

8. “Soon the Sunday laws will be enforced, and men in positions of trust will be embittered against the little handful
of God’s commandment-keeping people.”
4 Manuscript Releases, 279:0.

9. “No name which we can take will be appropriate but that which accords with our profession and expresses our
faith and marks us a peculiar people. The name Seventh-day Adventist is a standing rebuke to the Protestant
world. Here is the line of distinction between the worshipers of God and those who worship the beast and receive
his mark. The great conflict is between the commandments of God and the requirements of the beast. It is because
the saints are keeping all ten of the commandments that the dragon makes war upon them”
1 Testimonies, 223-224.

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10. “Those who honor the Bible Sabbath will be denounced as enemies of law and order, as breaking down the moral
restraints of society, causing anarchy and corruption, and calling down the judgments of God upon the earth. Their
conscientious scruples will be pronounced obstinacy, stubborness, and contempt of authority. They will be
accused of disaffection toward the government. Ministers who deny the obligation of the divine law will present
from the pulpit the duty of yielding obedience to the civil authorities as ordained of God. In legislative halls and
courts of justice, commandment keepers will be misrepresented and condemned. A false coloring will be given to
their words; the worst construction will be put upon their motives.”
Great Controversy, 592:1

F. WHY “SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS”? WHO ARE THEY, REALLY?

1. “Seventh-day Adventists have been chosen by God as a peculiar people, separate from the world. By the great
cleaver of truth He has cut them out from the quarry of the world and brought them into connection with Himself.
He has made them His representatives and has called them to be ambassadors for Him in the last work of
salvation. The greatest wealth of truth ever entrusted to mortals, the most solemn and fearful warnings ever sent
by God to man, have been committed to them to be given to the world.”
Testimonies for the Church 7:138 (1902).

2. “In a special sense Seventh-day Adventists have been set in the world as watchmen and light bearers. To them
has been entrusted the last warning for a perishing world. On them is shining wonderful light from the Word of
God. They have been given a work of the most solemn import—the proclamation of the first, second, and third
angels’ messages. There is no other work of so great importance. They are to allow nothing else to absorb their
attention.”
Testimonies for the Church 9:19 (1909).

3. “God’s people will feel the hand of persecution because they “keep holy the seventh day.”
9 Testimonies, 229:9.

4. “Let there be a revival of the faith and power of the early church, and the spirit of persecution will be revived,
and the fires of persecution will be rekindled.”
Great Controversy, 48:9.

5. “Before the warfare shall be ended and the victory won. . . Persecution will again be kindled against those who
are true to God; their motives will be impugned, their best efforts misinterpreted ... their names cast out as evil. .
God would have His people prepared for the soon-coming crisis. Prepared or unprepared. We must all meet it.”
Life of Paul, 251-252.

6. “There will come a time when, because of our advocacy of Bible truth, we [Seventh-Day Adventists] shall be
treated as traitors. “
6 Testimonies, 994:2.

7. “As men depart further and further from God, Satan is permitted to have power over the children of disobedience.
He hurls destruction among men. There is calamity by land and sea. Property and life are destroyed by fire and
flood. Satan resolves to charge this upon those who refuse to bow to the idol which he has set up. His agents
point to Seventh-day Adventists as the cause of the trouble. ‘These people stand out in defiance of law,’ they say.
‘They desecrate Sunday. Were they compelled to obey the law for Sunday observance, there would be a cessation
of these terrible judgments.’ ”
Maranatha, 176:2.

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8. “The whole world is to be stirred with enmity against Seventh-day Adventists because they will not yield homage
to the papacy by honoring Sunday, the institution of this antichristian power.”
Testimonies to Ministers, 37:0.

9. “Those who trample upon God’s law make human laws which they will force the people to accept. Men will devise
and counsel and plan what they will do. The whole world keeps Sunday, they say, and why should not this people
[Seventh-Day Adventists], who are so few in number, do according to the laws of the land?”
Last Day Events, 136:3.

10. “The Protestant world today see in the little company keeping the Sabbath a Mordecai in the gate. His character
and conduct, expressing reverence for the law of God, are a constant rebuke to those who have cast off the fear
of the Lord and are trampling upon His Sabbath; the unwelcome intruder must by some means be put out of the
way.”
5 Testimonies, 450:1.

G. WHAT TWO LEADING LIES SATAN USES TO DECEIVE MULTITUDES?

1. “Through the two great errors, the immortality of the soul and Sunday sacredness, Satan will bring the people
under his deceptions. While the former lays the foundation of Spiritualism, the latter creates a bond of sympathy
with Rome.”
Great Controversy, 588:1.

H. WHAT WILL ALSO RESULT FROM THIS GREAT CONFLICT?

1. “These truths, as presented in Revelation 14 in connection with ‘the everlasting gospel,’ will distinguish the church
of Christ at the time of His appearing. For as the result of the threefold message it is announced: ‘Here are they
that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.’ And this message is the last to be given before the
coming of the Lord.”
Great Controversy, 453:3-454:0.4

2. “The three angels’ messages are to be combined, giving their threefold light to the world. In the Revelation, John
says, ‘I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory’
(Rev. 18:2-5, quoted). This represents the giving of the last and threefold message of warning to the world.”
7 Bible Commentary, 985/2:2.

3. “But I speak not my own words when I say that God’s Spirit will pass by those who have had their day of test and
opportunity, but who have not distinguished the voice of God or appreciated the movings of His Spirit. Then
thousands in the eleventh hour will see and acknowledge the truth. “
2 Selected Messages, 16:1.

4. “The time of God’s destructive judgments is the time of mercy for those who have no opportunity to learn what
is truth. Tenderly will the Lord look upon them. His heart of mercy is touched;. Large numbers will be admitted
who in these last days hear the truth for the first time.”
7 Bible Commentary, 979/1:3.

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I. THE WHOLE WORLD DIVIDES INTO ONLY “TWO” OPPOSING CLASSES

1. “The Sabbath will be the great test of loyalty, for it is the point of truth especially controverted. When the final
test shall be brought to bear upon men, then the line of distinction will be drawn between those who serve God
and those who serve Him not. While the observance of the false sabbath in compliance with the law of the state,
contrary to the fourth commandment, will be an avowal of allegiance to a power that is in opposition to God, the
keeping of the true Sabbath, in obedience to God’s law, is an evidence of loyalty to the Creator. While one class,
by accepting the sign of submission to earthly powers, receive the mark of the beast, the other, choosing the token
of allegiance to divine authority, receive the seal of God.”
Great Controversy, 605:2.

2. “After the warning against the worship of the beast and his image, the prophecy declares, ‘Here [in contrast] are
they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.’ Since those who keep God’s commandments
are thus placed in contrast with those that worship the beast and his image and receive his mark, it follows that
the keeping of God’s law, on the one hand, and its violation, on the other, will make the distinction between the
worshipers of God and the worshipers of the beast.”
Great Controversy, 445:3-446:0.

3. “The two armies will stand distinct and separate, and this distinction will be so marked that many who shall be
convinced of truth will come on the side of God’s commandment-keeping people, When this grand work is to take
place in the battle, prior to the last closing conflict, many will be imprisoned, many will flee for their lives from
cities and towns, and many will be martyrs for Christ’s sake in standing in defense of the truth.”
Maranatha, 199:2.

4. “In the great conflict between faith and unbelief the whole Christian world will be involved. All will take sides.
Some apparently may not engage in the conflict on either side. They may not appear to take sides against the truth,
but they will not come out boldly for Christ through fear of losing property or suffering reproach. All such are
numbered with the enemies of Christ.”
Last Day Events, 215:2.

5. “The worshipers of God will be especially distinguished by their regard for the fourth commandment—since this
is the sign of His creative power and the witness to His claim upon man’s reverence and homage. The wicked will
be distinguished by their efforts to tear down the Creator’s memorial, to exalt the institution of Rome. In the issue
of the contest all Christendom will be divided into two great classes—those who keep the commandments of God
and the faith of Jesus, and those who worship the beast and his image and receive his mark. Although the church
and state will unite their power to compel ‘all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond’ (Rev.13:16), to
receive the mark of the beast, yet the people of God will not receive it.”
2 Selected Messages, 55:1 (similar but shorter: Great Controversy, 450:1).

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J. WHAT IS THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST?

1. “The ‘image to the beast’ represents that form of apostate Protestantism which will be developed when the
Protestant churches shall seek the aid of the civil power for the enforcement of their dogmas. “
Great Controversy, 445:2.

2. “It [the image of the beast] will be formed before probation closes. “The Lord has shown me clearly that the Image
of the beast will be formed before probation closes; for it is to be the great test for the people of God, by which
their eternal destiny will be decided.”
2 Selected Messages, 81:0.

3. “The enforcement of Sunday-keeping on the part of Protestant churches is an enforcement of the worship of the
papacy of the beast. Those who, understanding the claims of the fourth commandment, choose to observe the
false instead of the true Sabbath, are thereby paying homage to that power by which alone it is commanded. But
in the very act of enforcing a religious duty by secular power, the churches would themselves form an image to the
beast; hence the enforcement of Sunday-keeping in the United States would be an enforcement of the worship of
the beast and his Image.”
Great Controversy, 448:3-449:0.

4. “With rapid steps we are approaching this period. When the Protestant churches shall unite with the secular
power to sustain a false religion, for opposing which their ancestors endured the fiercest persecution: When the
state shall use its power to enforce the decrees and sustain the Institutions of the church, -then will Protestant
America have formed an image to the Papacy, and there will be a national apostasy which will end only in national
ruin.”
7 Bible Commentary, 976/1:4.

5. “But in the very act of enforcing a religious duty by secular power, the churches would themselves form an image
to the beast; hence the enforcement of Sunday-keeping in the United States would be an enforcement of the
worship of the beast and his image.”
Great Controversy, 449:0.

6. “Wealth, genius, education, will combine to cover them with contempt. Persecuting rulers, ministers, and church
members will conspire against them. With voice and pen, by boasts, threats, and ridicule, they [persecutors] will
seek to overthrow their [Adventists’] faith.”
5 Testimonies, 450:2.

K. WHAT IS THE CHARACTER OF THE CATHOLIC PAPACY?

1. “Church and state are now making preparations for the future conflict. Protestants are working in disguise to
bring Sunday to the front, as did the Romanists. Throughout the land the papacy is piling up her lofty and massive
structures, in the secret recesses of which her former persecutions are to be repeated. And the way is preparing
for the manifestation, on a grand scale, of those lying wonders by which, if it were possible, Satan would deceive
even the elect.”
5 Testimonies, 449:3-450:0.

2. “The papal church will never relinquish her claim to infallibility. All that she has done in her persecution of those
who reject her dogmas she holds to be right; and would she not repeat the same acts, should the opportunity be

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 presented? Let the restraints now imposed by secular governments be removed and Rome be reinstated in her
former power, and there would speedily be a revival of her tyranny and persecution. “
Great Controversy, 564:2.

3. “The Roman Church is far-reaching in her plans and modes of operation. She is employing every device to extend
her influence and increase her power in preparation for a fierce and determined conflict to regain control of the
world, to re-establish persecution, and to undo all that Protestantism has done.”
Great Controversy, 565:4-566:0.

4. “The influence of Rome in the countries that once acknowledged her dominion is still far from being destroyed.
And prophecy foretells a restoration of her power. “
Great Controversy, 579:0

5. “Let the principle once be established in the United States that the church may employ or control the power of the
state; that religious observances may be enforced by secular laws; in short, that the authority of church and state
is to dominate the conscience, and the triumph of Rome in this country is assured … “God’s word has given warning
of the impending danger; let this be unheeded, and the Protestant world will learn what the purposes of Rome
really are, only when it is too late to escape the snare. She is silently growing into power. Her doctrines are
exerting their influence in legislative halls, in the churches, and in the hearts of men. She is piling up her lofty and
massive structures in the secret recesses of which her former persecutions will be repeated, stealthily and
unsuspectedly she is strengthening her forces to further her own ends when the time shall come for her to strike.
All that she desires is vantage ground, and this is already being given her, we shall soon see and shall feel what the
purpose of the Roman element is. Whoever shall believe and obey the word of God will thereby incur reproach
and persecution.”
Great Controversy, 581:1-2.

6. “If the reader would understand the agencies to be employed in the soon-coming contest, he has but to trace the
record of the means which Rome employed for the same object in ages past. If he would know how papists and
Protestants united will deal with those who reject their dogmas, let him see the spirit which Rome manifested
toward the Sabbath and its defenders. “
Great Controversy, 573:2-574:0.

7. “‘There is no reason to consider the antichristian spirit and practices to be confined to that which is now called the
Church of Rome. The Protestant churches have much of antichrist in them, and are far from being wholly reformed
from ... corruptions and wickedness.’ “
Great Controversy, 984:2.

8. “ ‘(In past ages] we (Satan and his hosts] led the Romish church to inflict imprisonment, torture, and death upon
those who refused to yield to her decrees; and now that we are bringing the Protestant churches and the world
into harmony with this right arm of our strength, we will finally have a law to exterminate all who will not submit
to our authority,’ “
Testimonies to Ministers, 479:1 {the complete statement by Satan is also quoted in the 1884 edition
of Great Controversy (pp. 997-940)}.

9. “How the Roman church can clear herself from the charge of idolatry we cannot see. . And this is the religion which
Protestants are beginning to look upon with so much favor, and which will eventually be united with
Protestantism. This union will not, however, be effected by a change in Catholicism, for Rome never changes. She
claims infallibility. It Is Protestantism that will change. The adoption of liberal ideas on its part will bring it where it
can clasp the hand of Catholicism.”
Review, June 1, 1886.

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10. “In (Revelation] chapter 13 (verses 1-10) is described another beast, ‘like unto a leopard’, to which the dragon
gave ‘his power, and his seat, and great authority.’ This symbol, as most Protestants have believed, represents the
papacy, which succeeded to the power and seat and authority once held by the ancient Roman Empire ... This
prophecy, which is nearly identical with the description of the little horn of Daniel 7, unquestionably points to the
papacy.”
Great Controversy, 439:1.

11. “The special characteristic of the beast, and therefore of his image, is the breaking of God’s commandments. “
Great Controversy, 446:1.

12. “Roman Catholic principles will be taken under the care and protection of the state. This national apostasy will
speedily be followed by national ruin.”
Review, June 15, 1897

13. “If popery or its principles shall again be legislated into power, the fires of persecution will be rekindled against
those who will not sacrifice conscience and the truth in deference to popular errors. This evil is on the point of
realization.”
5 Testimonies,712:1.

14. “Many will plead that there is no prospect that popery will ever be revived. If it shall regain its lost ascendancy, it
will be by Protestantism’s giving it the right hand of fellowship. If it shall be legislated into power by the concessions
of timeserving men, the fires of persecution will be rekindled against those who will not sacrifice conscience and
the truth for the errors of the papacy. Once let the minds of the Christian world be turned away from God; let His
law be dishonoured and His holy day trampled upon, and they will be ready to take any step where Satan may lead
the way.”
Review, January 1, 1889.

15. “When do her sins reach unto heaven [Revelation 18:2-5]? When the law of God is finally made void by
legislation.”
Last Day Events, 198:5.

J. TIME OF TROUBLE

1. “The time of trouble is about to come upon the people of God. Then it is that the decree will go forth forbidding
those who keep the Sabbath of the Lord to buy or sell, and threatening them with punishment, and even death,
if they do not observe, the first day of the week as the sabbath,”
Maranatha, 198:1.

2. “As he [Satan) influenced the heathen nations to destroy Israel, so in the near future he will stir up the wicked
powers of earth to destroy the people of God. Men will be required to render obedience to human edicts in
violation of the divine law, Those who are true to God will be menaced, denounced, proscribed, They will be
‘betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinskfolk, and friends,’ even unto death. “
Prophets and Kings, 587:2 - 588:0.

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3. ”Only for a very short time longer will the Lord bear with the gross wickedness that fills the world. Oh, how suddenly
will the end come, surprising the world in their increasing iniquity.”
Manuscript 20, 1906, pp. 2-9. (“Preach The Word,” February 7, 1906). [See also: Ev 616-17; PM
224-5.J

4. “When the law of God is made void; when the Christian world is joined to the Catholic and the worldly, in making
of none effect the commandments of God, then God’s chosen people arise to defend the law of Jehovah:”
Evangelism, 226:5227:0.

5. “As we approach the last crisis it is of vital moment that harmony and unity exist among the Lord’s instrumentalities.
The world is filled with storm and war and variance. Yet under one head −the papal power −the people will unite
to oppose God in the person of His witnesses. This union is cemented by the great apostate.”
7 Testimonies, 182:2.

6. “Protestants … are opening the door for the papacy to regain in Protestant America the supremacy which she has
lost in the Old World. “
Great Controversy, 573:1.

7. “Satan will work miracles to deceive those who dwell on the earth. Spiritualism will do its work, by causing the
dead to be personated. Those religious bodies that refuse to hear God’s message of warning will be under strong
deception, and will unite with the civil power in persecuting the [true] church. The Protestant churches will unite
with the papal power in persecuting the commandment-keeping people of God. This union will constitute the
great system of persecution that will exercise spiritual tyranny over the consciences of men.”
Manuscript 16, 1899, pp. 1-6, 1011. “The Word for This Time,” February 20, 1900).

8. “Satan seems to have been permitted to gain many points of advantage. But the Lord will bring men of
understanding from the various churches to combat the enforcement of a law, that the first day of the week shall
be honored as a day when no business shall be transacted. “
Letter 168, 1909, pp. 2, 5. (“To the Officers of the General Conference, “ December 1, 1909). {See
also: Ev 33, 1,.0, 71-72, 377, 388; MM 300, 308-10.}

9. “Our land is in jeopardy. The time is drawing on when its legislators shall so abjure the principles of Protestantism
as to give countenance to Romish apostasy. The people for whom God has so marvelously wrought, strengthening
them to throw off the galling yoke of popery, will by a national act give vigor to the corrupt faith of Rome, and thus
arouse the tyranny which only waits for a touch to start again into cruelty and despotism.”
4 Spirit of Prophecy, 410.

10. “A more decided effort will be made to exalt the false sabbath, and to cast contempt upon God Himself by
supplanting the day He has blessed and sanctified. This false sabbath is to be enforced by an oppressive law. “
7 Bible Commentary, 985.

11. “By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect
herself fully from righteousness.”
5 Testimonies, 451.

12. “We see that efforts are being made to restrict our religious liberties. The Sunday question is now assuming large
proportions. An amendment to our [US] Constitution is being urged in Congress, and when it is obtained,
oppression must follow.”
Review Extra, December 18, 1888.

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13. “If the people can be led to favor a Sunday law, then the clergy intend to exert their united influence to obtain a
religious amendment to the Constitution, and compel the nation to keep Sunday.”
Review Extra, December 24, 1889.

14. “The law of God, through the agency of Satan, is to be made void. In our land of boasted freedom religious liberty
will come to an end. The contest will be decided over the Sabbath question, which will agitate the whole world.”
Evangelism, 296:9.

15. “The prophecy of Revelation 13 declares that the power represented by the beast with Iamblike horns shall cause
‘the earth and them which dwell therein’ to worship the papacy −there symbolized by the beast ‘like unto a
leopard.’ The beast with two horns is also to say ‘to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an Image
to the beast;’ and, furthermore, it is to command all, ‘both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond,’ to receive
‘the mark of the beast.’ It has been shown that the United States is the power represented by the beast with
Iamblike horns, and that this prophecy will be fulfilled when the United States shall enforce Sunday observance,
which Rome claims as the special acknowledgment of her supremacy. But in this homage to papacy the United
States will not be alone. The influence of Rome in the countries that once acknowledged her dominion, is still far
from being destroyed. And prophecy foretells a restoration of her power.”
Great Controversy, 578:9579:0.

16. “The decree shall go forth requiring all to worship the beast and his image.”
5 Testimonies, 525:2.

L. SEAL OF GOD VS. MARK OF THE BEAST ( LOYALTY TO GOD VS. LOYALTY TO SATAN )

1. “John was called to behold a people distinct from those who worship the beast or his image by keeping the first
day of the week. The observance of this day is the mark of the beast.”
Testimonies to Ministers, 133:1.

2. “After the warning against the worship of the beast and his image, the prophecy declares, ‘Here are they that keep
the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.’ Since those who keep God’s commandments are thus placed
in contrast with those that worship the beast and his image and receive his mark, it follows that the keeping of
God’s law, on the one hand, and its violation, on the other, will make the distinction between the worshipers of
God and the worshipers of the beast. “
Great Controversy, 445:9.

3. “A great crisis awaits the people of God. Very soon our nation will attempt to enforce upon all, the observance of
the first day of the week as a sacred day. In doing this, they will not scruple to compel men against the voice of
their own conscience to observe the day the nation declares to be the Sabbath.”
Review Extra, December 11, 1888.

4. “When the Sabbath was changed by the papal power, the seal was taken from the law.”
Great Controversy, 452:1.

5. “The change of the Sabbath is the sign or mark of the authority of the Romish church … The mark of the beast is
the papal sabbath [Sunday].”
Evangelism, 234:1.

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6. “Roman Catholics acknowledge that the change in the Sabbath was made by their church, and they cite this very
change as evidence of the supreme authority of the church.”
Signs, November 1, 1899.

7. “Only by changing God’s law could the papacy exalt itself above God; whoever should understandingly keep the
law as thus changed would be giving supreme honor to that power by which the change was made. Such an act of
obedience to papal laws would be a mark of allegiance to the pope in the place of God.”
Great Controversy, 446:1.

8. “The spurious sabbath [Sunday] … Satan has exalted as the sign of his authority. But God has set His seal
[Sabbath] upon His royal requirement. Each Sabbath institution bears the name of its author, an ineffaceable mark
that shows the authority of each. It is our work to lead the people to understand this. We are to show that it is of
vital consequence whether they bear the mark of God’s kingdom or the mark of rebellion, for they acknowledge
themselves subjects of the kingdom whose mark they bear.”
6 Testimonies, 352:1.

9. “God has given men a Sabbath … but they have changed the rest day which God sanctified in Eden, placing in its
stead a spurious sabbath, which bears the mark of the man of sin.”
15 Manuscript Releases, 33:1.

10. “The sign, or seal, of God is revealed in the observance of the seventh day Sabbath, the Lord’s memorial of
creation . . . The mark of the beast is the opposite of this—the observance of the first day of the week. This mark
distinguishes those who acknowledge the supremacy of the papal authority from those who acknowledge the
authority of God.”
8 Testimonies, 117:3-4.

11. “The sanctification of the Spirit signalizes the difference between those who have the seal of God and those who
keep a spurious rest day. “When the test comes, it will be clearly shown what the mark of the beast is. It is the
keeping of Sunday. Those who, after hearing the truth, continue to regard this day as holy bear the signature of
the man of sin, who thought to change times and laws.”
7 Bible Commentary, 980/2:2-3.

12. “When you obey the decree that commands you to cease from labor on Sunday and worship God, while you know
that there is not a word in the Bible showing Sunday to be other than a common working day, you consent to
receive the mark of the beast, and refuse the seal of God.”
7 Bible Commentary, 980/1:1 (Ev 235:2).

13. “Those who yield the truth of heavenly origin, and accept the Sunday sabbath, will receive the mark of the beast.”
7 Bible Commentary, 916/1:3.

14. “To receive this mark means to come to the same decision as the beast has done, and to advocate the same ideas,
in direct opposition to the Word of God.”
7 Bible Commentary, 979/2:5.

15. “All who prove their loyalty to God by observing His law, and refusing to accept a spurious sabbath, will rank
under the banner of the Lord God Jehovah, and will receive the seal of the living God.”
15 Manuscript Releases, 15:3.

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16. “God has given men the Sabbath as a sign between Him and them as a test of their loyalty. Those who, after the
light regarding God’s law comes to them, continue to disobey and exalt human laws above the law of God in the
great crisis before us, will receive the mark of the beast.”
Evangelism, 235:3.

17. “The worshipers of God will be especially distinguished by their regard for the fourth commandment—since this
is the sign of His creative power and the witness to His claim upon man’s reverence and homage. The wicked will
be distinguished by their efforts to tear down the Creator’s memorial, to exalt the institution of Rome. In the issue
of the contest all Christendom will be divided into two great classes—those who keep the commandments of God
and the faith of Jesus, and those who worship the beast and his image and receive his mark. Although the church
and state will unite their power to compel ‘all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond’ (Rev.13:16), to
receive the mark of the beast, yet the people of God will not receive it.”
2 Selected Messages, 55:1 (similar but shorter: Great Controversy, 450:1).

18. “The Sabbath will be the great test of loyalty, for it is the point of truth especially controverted. When the final
test shall be brought to bear upon men, then the line of distinction will be drawn between those who serve God
and those who serve Him not. While the observance of the false sabbath in compliance with the law of the state,
contrary to the fourth commandment, will be an avowal of allegiance to a power that is in opposition to God, the
keeping of the true Sabbath, in obedience to God’s law, is an evidence of loyalty to the Creator. While one class,
by accepting the sign of submission to earthly powers, receive the mark of the beast, the other, choosing the token
of allegiance to divine authority, receive the seal of God.”
Great Controversy, 605:2.

19. “Just as soon as the people of God are sealed in their foreheads—it is not any seal or mark that can be seen, but
a settling into the truth, both intellectually and spiritually, so they cannot be moved—just as soon as God’s people
are sealed and prepared for the shaking, it will come. Indeed, it has begun already.”
4 Bible Commentary 4:1161 (1902).

20. “The seal of the living God is placed upon those who conscientiously keep the Sabbath of the Lord.”
7 Bible Commentary, 980/1:2.

21. “Just as soon as the people of God are sealed in their foreheads—it is not any seal or mark that can be seen, but a
settling into the truth, both intellectually and spiritually, so they cannot be moved—just as soon as God’s people
are sealed and prepared for the shaking, it [the shaking] will come.”
4 Bible Commentary, 1161/2:3.

22. “Men have confederated to oppose the Lord of hosts. These confederacies will continue until Christ shall leave His
place of intercession before the mercy seat and shall put on the garments of vengeance. Satanic agencies are in
every city, busily organizing into parties those opposed to the law of God. Professed saints and avowed
unbelievers take their stand with these parties. This is no time for the people of God to be weaklings. We cannot
afford to be off our guard for one moment. “
8 Testimonies, 42:2.

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M. TRADE UNIONS COOPERATE WITH PAPACY

1. “The trades unions will be one of the agencies that will bring upon this earth a time of trouble such as has not
been since the world began.”
2 Selected Messages, 142:1.

2. “Because of these unions and confederacies, it will soon be very difficult for our institutions to carry on their work
in the cities. My warning is: Keep out of the cities. Build no sanitariums in the cities.”
2 Selected Messages, 142:3.

3. “These unions are one of the signs of the last days. Men are binding up in bundles ready to be burned. They may
be church members, but while they belong to these unions, they cannot possibly keep the commandments of
God; for to belong to these unions means to disregard the entire Decalogue.”
2 Selected Messages, 143:3.

4. “Those who claim to be the children of God are in no case to bind up with the labor unions that are formed or
that shall be formed. This the Lord forbids. Cannot those who study the prophecies see and understand what is
before us? “
2 Selected Messages, 144:1.

5. “Those who claim to be the children of God are in no case to bind up with the labor unions that are formed or
that shall be formed. This the Lord forbids. Cannot those who study the prophecies see and understand what is
before us? “
2 Selected Messages, 144:1.

6. “The work of the people of God is to prepare for the events of the future, which will soon come upon them with
blinding force. In the world gigantic monopolies will be formed. Men will bind themselves together in unions that
will wrap them in the folds of the enemy. A few men will combine to grasp all the means to be obtained in certain
lines of business. Trade unions will be formed, and those who refuse to join these unions will be marked men. “
2 Selected Messages, 142:2.

7. “The trades unions will be one of the agencies that will bring upon this earth a time of trouble such as has not
been since the world began.”
2 Selected Messages, 142:1.

N. MORE MIRACLES BY SATAN TO FURTHER DECEIVE MULTITUDES

1. “Fearful sights of a supernatural character will soon will soon be revealed in the heavens, in token of the power of
miracle-working demons. The spirits of devils will go forth to the kings of the earth and to the whole world, to
fasten them in deception, and urge them on to unite with Satan in his last struggle against the government of
heaven. By these agencies, rulers and subjects will be alike deceived. Persons will arise pretending to be Christ
Himself, and claiming the title and worship which belong to the world’s Redeemer. They will perform wonderful
miracles of healing and will profess to have relations from heaven contradicting the testimony of the Scriptures
… As the crowning act in the great drama of deception, Satan himself will personate Christ. The church has long
professed to look to the Saviour’s advent as the consummation of her hopes. Now the great deceiver will make it
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 being of dazzling brightness, resembling the description of the Son of God given by John in the Revelation.
Revelation 1:13-15. The glory that surrounds him is unsurpassed by anything that mortal eyes have yet beheld. The
shout of triumph rings out upon the air: ‘Christ has come! Christ has come!’ The people prostrate themselves in
adoration before him, while he lifts up his hands and pronounces a blessing upon them, as Christ blessed His
disciples when He was upon the earth. His voice is soft and subdued, yet full of melody. In gentle, compassionate
tones he presents some of the same gracious, heavenly truths which the Saviour uttered; he heals the diseases
of the people, and then, in his assumed character of Christ, he claims to have changed the Sabbath to Sunday and
commands all to hallow the day which he has blessed. He declares that those who persist in keeping holy the
seventh day are blaspheming his name by refusing to listen to his angels sent to them with light and truth.”
Great Controversy, 624

2. “The things you have described as taking place in Indiana, the Lord has shown me would take place just before
the close of probation. Every uncouth thing will be demonstrated. There will be shouting, with drums, music,
and dancing. The senses of rational beings will become so confused that they cannot be trusted to make right
decisions ... A bedlam of noise shocks the senses and perverts that which if conducted aright might be a
blessing…The powers of satanic agencies blend with the din and noise to have a carnival [i.e., a Celebration],
and this is termed the Holy Spirit’s working. . Those things which have been in the past will be in the future.
Satan will make music a snare by the way in which it is conducted.”
2 Selected Messages,36:2-3, 38:1.

3. “Fanaticism, false excitement, false talking in tongues, and noisy exercises have been considered gifts which
God has placed in the church. Some have been deceived here. The fruits of all this have not been good. ‘Ye
shall know them by their fruits.’ Fanaticism and noise have been considered special evidences of faith. Some
are not satisfied with a meeting unless they have a powerful and happy time. They work for this and get up
an excitement of feeling. But the influence of such meetings is not beneficial. When the happy flight of feeling
is gone, they sink lower than before the meeting because their happiness did not come from the right source.”
1 Testimonies, 412:1.

4. “In this age antlchrlst will appear as the true Christ, and then the law of God will be fully made void in the nations
of our world. Rebellion against God’s holy law will be fully ripe. But the true leader of all this rebellion is Satan
clothed as an angel of light. Men will be deceived and will exalt him to the place of God, and deify him. But
Omnipotence will interpose, and to the apostate churches that unite in the exaltation of Satan, the sentence will
go forth, ‘Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly
burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.”
Testimonies to Ministers, 62:1.

5. “As the second appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ draws near, satanic agencies are moved from beneath. Satan will
not only appear as a human being, but he will personate Jesus Christ; and the world that has rejected the truth
will receive him as the Lord of lords and King of kings. “
5 Bible Commentary, 1105/2:4-1106/1:0.

6. “And, furthermore, Satan is not permitted to counterfeit the manner of Christ’s advent. The Saviour has warned
His people against deception upon this point, and has clearly foretold the manner of His second coming. ‘There
shall arise false christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were
possible, they shall deceive the very elect. . Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, He is in the desert; go not
forth: behold, He is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightening cometh out of the east, and shineth
even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.’ Matthew 24:24-27, 31; 25:31; Revelation 1:7;
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17. This coming there is no possibility of counterfeiting. It will be universally known
−witnessed by the whole world … “Only those who have been diligent students of the Scriptures and who have
received the love of the truth will be shielded from the powerful delusion that takes the world captive. By the Bible

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 testimony these will detect the deceiver in his disguise. To all the testing time will come. By the sifting of
temptation the genuine Christian will be revealed. Are the people of God so firmly established upon His word that
they would not yield to the evidence of their senses? Would they, in such a crisis, cling to the Bible and the Bible
only? Satan will, if possible, prevent them from obtaining a preparation to stand in that day. He will so arrange
affairs as to hedge up their way, entangle them with earthly treasures, cause them to carry a heavy, wearisome
burden, that their hearts may be overcharged with the cares of this life and the day of trial may come upon them
as a thief.”
Great Controversy, 625:2-626:0.

7. “Wonderful scenes, with which Satan will be closely connected, will soon take place. God’s Word declares that
Satan will work miracles. He will make people sick, and then will suddenly remove from them his satanic power.
They will then be regarded as healed. These works of apparent healing will bring Seventh-day Adventists to the
test.”
2 Selected Messages, 53:3.

8. “The apostles, as personated by these lying spirits, are made to contradict what they wrote at the dictation of the
Holy Spirit when on earth. They deny the divine origin of the Bible.”
Great Controversy, 557:1

O. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

1. “In homage to the Papacy the United States will not be alone. The influence of Rome in the countries that once
acknowledge her dominion, is still far from being destroyed.”
Maranatha, 188:1.

2. “The so-called Christian world is to be the theater of great decisive actions. Men in authority will enact laws
controlling the conscience, after the example of the Papacy. Babylon will make all nations drink of the wine of the
wrath of her fornication. Every nation will be involved [Rev 18:3-7 quoted].”
Maranatha, 188:3.

3. “As America, the land of religious liberty, shall unite with the papacy in forcing the conscience and compelling men
to honor the false Sabbath, the people of every country on the globe will be led to follow her example.”
6 Testimonies, 18:2.

4. “The substitution of the false for the true is the last act in the drama. When this substitution becomes universal
God will reveal Himself, when the laws of men are exalted above the laws of God, when the powers of this earth
try to force men to keep the first day of the week, know that the time has come for God to work. “-
7 Bible Commentary, 980/2:4.

5. “As the Sabbath has become the special point of controversy throughout Christendom and religious and secular
authorities have combined to enforce the observance of the Sunday, the persistent refusal of a small minority to
yield to the popular demand will make them objects of universal execration. “
Great Controversy, 615:2.

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6. “The wicked ... declared that they had the truth, that miracles were among them, that angels from heaven talked
with them and walked with them, that great power and signs and wonders were performed among them, and that
this was the temporal millennium that they had been expecting so long. The whole world was converted and in
harmony with the Sunday law.”
3 Selected Messages, 427:5, 428:1.

7. “I am instructed to declare the message that the cities, full of transgression and sinful in the extreme, will be
destroyed by earthquakes, by fire, by flood. All the world will be warned that there is a God who will display His
authority as God. His unseen agencies will cause destruction, devastation, and death. All the accumulated riches
will be as nothingness. Notwithstanding the scientific care with which men safeguard buildings from destruction,
one touch of the great and rightful Ruler will bring to nothingness the idolatrous possessions that have been laid
up in a sightly and magnificent display. The devices of men will come to naught.”
Manuscript 35, 1906, pp. 5, 8-11. (The Judgments of God, copied, April 27, 1906). [See also: 7BC
20, 33, 219; Ev 27.]

8. “The Lord will not suddenly cast off all transgressors and destroy entire nations, but He will punish cities and
places where men have given themselves up to the possession of satanic agencies. Strictly will the cities of the
nations be dealt with, and yet they will not be visited in the extreme of God’s indignation, because some souls
will yet break away from the delusions of the enemy, and will repent and be converted, while the masses of the
people will be treasuring up wrath against the day of wrath. “
Manuscript 35, 1906, pp. 5, 8-11. (The Judgments of God, copied April 27, 1906). [See also: 7BC 20,
33, 219; Ev 27.]

9. “In the time of testing and trial the shield of Omnipotence will be spread over those whom God has made the
depositories of His law. When legislators shall abjure the [religious liberty] principles of Protestantism, so as to give
countenance and the right hand of fellowship to Romanlsm, then God will interpose in a special manner in behalf
of His own honor and the salvation of His people.”
5 Testimonies, 525:1.

10. “But God’s people are not to fear. Satan cannot go beyond his limit. The Lord will be the defense of His people.
He regards the injury done to His servants for the truth’s sake as done to Himself. When the last decision has been
made, when all have taken sides, either for Christ and the commandments or for the great apostate. God will arise
In His power, and the mouths of those who have blasphemed against Him will be forever stopped. Every opposing
power will receive its punishment.”
Maranatha, 191:2.

11. “God’s Sabbath will be trampled underfoot, and a false Sabbath will be exalted. In a Sunday law there is possibility
for great suffering to those who observe the seventh day. The working out of Satan’s plans will bring persecution
to the people of God. But the faithful servants of God need not fear the outcome of the conflict. “
2 Selected Messages, 975:1.

12. “The Protestant world today see in the little company keeping the Sabbath a Mordecai in the gate. His character
and conduct, expressing reverence for the law of God, are a constant rebuke to those who have cast off the fear
of the Lord and are trampling upon His Sabbath; the unwelcome intruder must by some means be put out of the
way.”
5 Testimonies, 450:1.

13. “Wealth, genius, education, will combine to cover them with contempt. Persecuting rulers, ministers, and church
members will conspire against them. With voice and pen, by boasts, threats, and ridicule, they will seek to
overthrow their faith.”
5 Testimonies, 450:2.

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14. “The fearful judgments denounced against the worship of the beast and his image, should lead all to a diligent
study of the prophecies to learn what the mark of the beast is, and how they are to avoid receiving it.”
Great Controversy, 594:2.

15. “If we are true servants of God, there should be no question in our minds as to whether we will obey His
commandments or consult our own temporal interests. If the believers in the truth are not sustained by their faith
in these comparatively peaceful days. What will uphold them when the grand test comes and the decree goes
forth against all those who will not worship the Image of the beast and receive his mark in their foreheads or in
their hands? This solemn period is not far off. Instead of becoming weak and irresolute, the people of God should
be gathering strength and courage for the time of trouble.”
4 Testimonies, 251:1.

16. “Those who would not receive the mark of the beast and his Image when the decree goes I forth, must have
decision now to say, Nay, we will I not regard the institution of the beast.”
Early Writings, 67:2.

17. “.. The conflict is between the requirements of God and the requirements of the beast. The first day, a papal
institution which directly contradicts the fourth commandment, is yet to be made a test by the two-horned beast.
And then the fearful warning from God declares the penalty of bowing to the beast and his image. They shall drink
the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of His indignation.”
1 Testimonies, 223:2.

18. “Hoarded wealth will soon be worthless. When the decree shall go forth that none shall buy or sell except they
have the mark of the beast, very much means will be of no avail. God calls for us now to do all in our power to
send forth the warning to the world.”
Last Day Events, 148:2.

19. “In the last great conflict of the controversy with Satan those who are loyal to God will see every earthly support
cut off. Because they refuse to break His law in obedience to earthly powers, they will be forbidden to buy or
sell. It will finally be decreed that they shall be put to death. See Revelation 13:11-17. But to the obedient is given
the promise, ‘He shall dwell on high: his place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him;
his waters shall be sure.’ Isaiah 33:16. By this promise the children of God will live. When the earth shall be wasted
with famine, they shall be fed. ‘They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be
satisfied.’ Psalm 37:19.”
Desire of Ages, 121:2-122:0.

20. “The time is coming when we cannot sell at any price. The decree will soon go forth prohibiting men to buy or
sell of any man save him that hath the mark of the beast. We came near having this realized in California a short
time since; but this was only the threatening of the blowing of the four winds. As yet they are held by the four
angels. We are not just ready. There is a work yet to be done, and then the angels will be bidden to go, that the
four winds may blow upon the earth. That will be a decisive time for God’s children, a time of trouble such as never
was since there was a nation. Now is our opportunity to work.”
5 Testimonies, 152:3-2.

21. “It is no time now for God’s people to be fixing their affections or laying up their treasure in the world. The time is
not far distant, when, like the early disciples, we shall be forced to seek a refuge in desolate and solitary places. As
the siege of Jerusalem by the Roman armies was the signal for flight to the Judean Christians, so the assumption
of power on the part of our nation in the decree enforcing the papal Sabbath will be a warning to us. It will then

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 be time to leave the large cities, preparatory to leaving the smaller ones for retired homes in secluded places
among the mountains.”
5 Testimonies, 464:3-465:0 (Country Living, 32).

22. “For years I have been given special light that we are not to center our work in the cities. The turmoil and confusion
that fill these cities, the conditions brought about by the labor unions and the strikes, would prove a great hindrance
to our work. Men are seeking to bring those engaged in the different trades under bondage to certain unions. This
is not God’s planning, but the planning of a power that we should in no wise acknowledge. God’s word is fulfilling;
the wicked are binding themselves up in bundles ready to be burned.”
7 Testimonies, 84:2.

23. “We are not to locate ourselves where we will be forced into close relations with those who do not honor God . . .
A crisis is soon to come in regard to the observance of Sunday. . “The Sunday party is strengthening itself in its
false claims, and this will mean oppression to those who determine to keep the Sabbath of the Lord. We are to
place ourselves where we can carry out the Sabbath commandment in its fullness. ‘Six days shall thou labor,’ the
Lord declares, ‘and do all thy work; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shall not do
any work.’ And we are to be careful not to place ourselves where it will be hard for ourselves and our children to
keep the Sabbath. “If in the providence of God we can secure places away from the cities, the Lord would have us
do this. There are troublous times before us ... I see the necessity of making haste to get all things ready for the
crisis.”
2 Selected Messages, 359:2-5

24. “I was pleading with some families to avail themselves of God’s appointed means, and get away from the cities
to save their children. Some were loitering, making no determined efforts. “The angels of mercy hurried Lot and
his wife and daughters by taking hold of their hands. Had Lot hastened as the Lord desired him to, his wife would
not have become a pillar of salt. Lot had too much of a lingering spirit. Let us not be like him. The same voice that
warned Lot to leave Sodom bids us, ‘Come out from among them, and be ye separate … and touch not the
unclean.’ Those who obey this warning will find a refuge. Let every man be wide awake for himself, and try to
save his family. Let him gird himself for the work. God will reveal from point to point what to do next.”
Country Living, 6:6-7:0.

25. “The season of distress before God’s people will call for a faith that will not falter. His children must make it manifest
that He is the only object of their worship, and that no consideration, not even that of life itself, can Induce them
to make the least concession to false worship. To the loyal heart the commands of sinful, finite men will sink into
insignificance beside the word of the eternal God. Truth will be obeyed though the result be imprisonment or exile
or death.”
Prophets and Kings, 512:2-513:0.

26. “In the warfare to be waged in the last days there will be united, in opposition to God’s people, all the corrupt
powers that have apostatized from allegiance to the law of Jehovah. In this warfare the Sabbath of the fourth
commandment will be the great point at issue, for in the Sabbath commandment the great Lawgiver identifies
Himself as the Creator of the heavens and the earth.”
3 Selected Messages, 392:5-393:0.

27. “The principles necessary for our youth to cultivate must be kept before them in their daily education, that when
the decree shall go forth requiring all to worship the beast and his image, they may make the right decisions, and
have strength to declare, without wavering, their confidence in the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus,
even at the very time when the law of God is made void by the religious world;”
5 Testimonies, 525:1-2.

28. “John was shown the last great struggles of the church with earthly powers, he was also permitted to behold the
final victory and deliverance of the faithful. He saw the church brought into deadly conflict with the beast and his

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 Image, and the worship of the beast enforced on pain of death. But looking beyond the smoke and din of the
battle, he beheld a company upon Mount Zion with the Lamb, having, instead of the mark of the beast, the ‘Father’s
name written in their foreheads.’ And again he saw ‘them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his
image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God’
and singing the song of Moses and the Lamb.”
5 Testimonies, 752:3-753:0.

29. “When the law of God has been made void, and apostasy becomes a national sin, the Lord will work in behalf of
His people.”
Review Extra, December 24, 1889.

30. “Those who are now keeping the commandments of God need to bestir themselves that they may obtain the
special help which God alone can give them. They should work more earnestly to delay as long as possible the
threatened calamity. “
Last Day Events, 126:1-127:0

31. “Let not the commandment-keeping people of God be silent at this time as though we gracefully accepted the
situation.”
7 Bible Commentary, 975/1 :1.

32. “We are not doing the will of God if we sit in quietude, doing nothing to preserve liberty of conscience. Fervent,
effectual prayer should be ascending to heaven that this calamity may be deferred until we can accomplish the
work, which has so long been neglected. Let there be most earnest prayer and then let us work in harmony with
our prayers.”
5 Testimonies, 714:0.

33. “There are many who are at ease, who are, as it were, asleep. They say, ‘If prophecy has foretold the enforcement
of Sunday observance the law will surely be enacted,’ and having come to this conclusion they sit down in a calm
expectation of the event, comforting themselves with the thought that God will protect His people in the day of
trouble. But God will not save us if we make no effort to do the work He has committed to our charge … “As
faithful watchmen you should see the sword coming and give the warning, that men and women may not pursue
a course through ignorance that they would avoid If they knew the truth. “
Last Day Events, 127:3-4.

34. “I do hope that the trumpet will give a certain sound in regard to this Sunday-law movement. I think that it would
be best if in our papers the subject of the perpetuity of the law of God were made a specialty. . We should now be
doing our very best to defeat this Sunday law. “
Counsels to Writers, 97:1, 98:1.

35. “In the great closing work we shall meet with perplexities that we know not how to deal with, but let us not forget
that the three great powers of heaven are working, that a divine hand is on the wheel, and that God will bring His
purposes to pass.”
Evangelism, 65:2.

36. “But so long as Jesus remains man’s Intercessor in the sanctuary above, the restraining Influence of the Holy
Spirit is felt by rulers and people, it still controls to some extent the laws of the land. Were it not for these laws,
the condition of the world would be much worse than it now is. While many of our rulers are active agents of Satan,
God also has His agents among the leading men of the nation. The enemy moves upon his servants to propose
measures that would greatly impede the work of God; but statesmen who fear the Lord are influenced by holy
angels to oppose such propositions with unanswerable arguments. Thus a few men will hold in check a powerful

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 current of evil. The opposition of the enemies of truth will be restrained that the third angel’s message may do
its work. When the final warning shall be given, it will arrest the attention of these leading men through whom the
Lord is now working, and some of them will accept it, and will stand with the people of God through the time of
trouble.”
Great Controversy, 610:2-611:0.

37. “As the storm approaches, a large class who have professed faith in the third angel’s message, but have not been
sanctified through obedience to the truth, abandon their position and join the ranks of the opposition. By uniting
with the world and partaking of its spirit, they have come to view matters in nearly the same light; and when the
test is brought, they are prepared to choose the easy, popular side. Men of talent and pleasing address, who once
rejoiced in the truth, employ their powers to deceive and mislead souls. They become the most bitter enemies of
their former brethren. When Sabbath keepers are brought before the courts to answer for their faith, these
apostates are the most efficient agents of Satan to misrepresent and accuse them, and by false reports and
insinuations to stir up the rulers against them.”
Great Controversy, 608:2.

38. “The solemn, sacred message of warning must be proclaimed in the most difficult fields and in the most sinful
cities, in every place where the light of the great threefold gospel message has not yet dawned. Everyone is to
hear the last call to the marriage supper of the Lamb. From town to town, from City to city, from country to country,
the message of present truth is to be proclaimed, not with outward display, but in the power of the Spirit.”
Gospel Workers. 27:1.

39. “The message of the renewing power of God’s grace will be carried to every country and clime, until the truth
shall belt the world. Of the number of them that shall be sealed will be those who have come from every nation
and kindred and tongue and people. From every country will be gathered men and women who will stand before
the throne of God and before the Lamb, crying, ‘Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the
Lamb.’ “ Revelation 7:10.”
Counsel to Parents and Teachers. 592:1.

K. CLOSE OF PROBATION AND THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST

1. “When Jesus ceases to plead for man, the cases of all are forever decided. This is the time of reckoning with His
servants. To those who have neglected the preparation of purity and holiness, which fits them to be waiting ones
to welcome their Lord, the sun sets in gloom and darkness, and rises not again. Probation closes; Christ’s
intercessions cease in heaven. This time finally comes suddenly upon all, and those who have neglected to purify
their souls by obeying the truth are found sleeping … “They became weary of waiting and watching; they became
indifferent in regard to the coming of their Master. They longed not for His appearing, and thought there was no
need of such continued, persevering watching. They had been disappointed in their expectations and might be
again, they concluded that there was time enough yet to arouse. [By such a course of action,] They would be sure
not to lose the opportunity of securing an earthly treasure. It would be safe to get all of this world they could. And
in securing this object, they lost all anxiety and interest in the appearing of the Master. They became indifferent
and careless, as though His coming were yet in the distance. But while their interest was buried up in their worldly
gains, the work closed in the heavenly sanctuary, and they were unprepared … “If such had only known that the
work of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary would close so soon, how differently would they have conducted
themselves, how earnestly would they have watched! The Master, anticipating all this, gives them timely warning
in the command to watch. He distinctly states the suddenness of His coming. He does not measure the time, lest
we shall neglect a momentary preparation, and in our indolence not.’ Yet this foretold uncertainty, and
suddenness at last, fails to rouse us from stupidity to earnest wakefulness, and to quicken our watchfulness for

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 our expected Master. Those not found waiting and watching are finally surprised in their unfaithfulness. The
Master comes, and instead of their being ready to open unto Him immediately, they are locked in worldly slumber,
and are lost at last.”
2 Testimonies. 191:1-192:0.

2. “When the third angel’s message closes, mercy no longer pleads for the guilty inhabitants of the earth. The people
of God have accomplished their work. They have received ‘the latter rain. . ‘the refreshing from the presence of
the Lord’ and they are prepared for the trying hour before them. Angels are hastening to and fro in heaven. An
angel returning from the earth announces that his work is done; the final test has been brought upon the world,
and all who have proved themselves loyal to the divine precepts have received ‘the seal of the living God.’ “
Great Controversy, 619:1-2.

3. “Oh, let us live wholly for the Lord and show by a well-ordered life and godly conversation that we have been with
Jesus and are His meek and lowly followers. We must work while the day lasts, for when the dark night of trouble
and anguish comes, it will be too late to work for God. Jesus is in His holy temple and will now accept our sacrifices,
our prayers, and our confessions of faults and sins and will pardon all the transgressions of Israel, that they may be
blotted out before He leaves the sanctuary. When Jesus leaves the sanctuary, then they who are holy and righteous
will be holy and righteous still; for all their sins will then be blotted out, and they will be sealed with the seal of
the living God. But those that are unjust and filthy will be unjust and filthy still; for then there will be no Priest In
the sanctuary to offer their sacrifices, their confessions, and their prayers before the Father’s throne. Therefore
what is done to rescue souls from the coming storm of wrath must be done before Jesus leaves the most holy place
of the heavenly sanctuary.”
Early Writings, 48: 1.

4. “Soon there appears in the east a small black cloud, about half the size of a man’s hand. It is the cloud which
surrounds the Saviour and which seems in the distance to be shrouded in darkness. The people of God know this
to be the sign of the Son of man. In solemn silence they gaze upon it as it draws nearer the earth, becoming lighter
and more glorious, until it is a great white cloud, its base a glory like consuming fire, and above it the rainbow of
the covenant.”
Great Controversy, 640:3-641:0.

5. “The clouds begin to roll back like a scroll and there is the bright, clear sign of the Son of man. The children of God
know what that cloud means. The sound of music is heard, and as it nears, the graves are opened and the dead
are raised.”
9 Manuscript Releases, 251:3-252:1.

6. “Christ will come in His own glory, in the glory of His Father, and in the glory of the holy angels. Ten thousand
times ten thousand and thousands of thousands of angels, the beautiful, triumphant sons of God, possessing
surpassing loveliness and glory, will escort Him on His way. In the place of a crown of thorns, He will wear a crown
of glory−a crown within a crown. In the place of that old purple robe, He will be clothed in a garment of whitest
white, ‘so as no fuller on earth can white’ (Mark 9:3) it. And on His vesture and on His thigh a name will be written,
‘King of kings, and Lord of lords.’ “
Our High Calling, 367:2.

7. “When the earth is reeling to and fro like a drunkard, when the heavens are shaking and the great day of the Lord
has come, who shall be able to stand? One object they behold in trembling agony from which they will try In vain
to escape. ‘Behold, He cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see Him’ (Revelation 1:7). The unsaved utter wild
imprecations to dumb nature−their god: ‘Mountains and rocks, fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that
sitteth on the throne’ (Revelation 6:16).”
That I May Know Him, 956:1.

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8. “The people who have braved out their rebellion will fulfill the description given in Revelation 6:15-17. In these
very caves and dens they find the very statement of truth in the letters and in the publications as witness against
them. The shepherds who lead the sheep in false paths will hear the charge made against them, ‘It was you who
made light of truth. It was you who told us that God’s law was abrogated, that it was a yoke of bondage. It was you
who voiced the false doctrines when I was convicted that these Seventh-day Adventists had the truth. The blood
of our souls is upon your priestly garments … Now will you pay the ransom for my soul? … What shall we do who
listened to your garbling of the Scriptures and your turning into a lie the truth which if obeyed would have saved
us?’ … When Christ comes to take vengeance on those who have educated and trained the people to trample on
God’s Sabbath, to tear down His memorial, and tread down with their feet the feed of His pastures, lamentations
will be in vain. Those who trusted in the false shepherds had the Word of God to search for themselves, and they
find that God will judge every man who has had the truth and turned from the light because it involved self-denial
and the cross. Rocks and mountains cannot screen them from the indignation of Him that sitteth on the throne
and from the wrath of the Lamb.”
Maranatha, 290:2-5.

“And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was
given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded
for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had
not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had
received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and
they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.”
[REVELATION 20:4]

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