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Have I been born again? Am I complying with the invitation, “Come
unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you
rest” (
Matthew 11:28
)? ... Do you count all things but loss for the
excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus? And do you feel it
your duty to believe every word that proceeds out of the mouth of
God?—
Manuscript 32, 1896
.
Two Temple Cleansings—Two Calls Out of Babylon
While you hold the banner of truth firmly, proclaiming the law
of God, let every soul remember that the faith of Jesus is connected
with the commandments of God. The third angel is represented as
flying through the midst of heaven, crying with a loud voice, “Here
are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus”
(
Revelation 14:12
). The first, second, and third angels’ messages
are all linked together. The evidences of the abiding, ever-living
truth of these grand messages, that mean so much to us, that have
awakened such intense opposition from the religious world, cannot be
extinguished. Satan is constantly seeking to cast his hellish shadow
about these messages, so that the remnant people of God shall not
clearly discern their import, their time, and place; but they live, and
are to exert their power upon our religious experience while time shall
last.
The influence of these messages has been deepening and widening,
setting in motion the springs of action in thousands of hearts, bringing
into existence institutions of learning, publishing houses, and health
institutions; all these are the instrumentalities of God to cooperate in
the grand work represented by the first, second, and third angels flying
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in the midst of heaven to warn the inhabitants of the world that Christ
is coming again with power and great glory.
The prophet says, “I saw another angel come down from heaven,
having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And
he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is
fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils” (
Revelation
18:1, 2
). This is the same message that was given by the second
angel. Babylon is fallen, “because she made all nations drink of the
wine of the wrath of her fornication” (
Revelation 14:8
). What is that
wine?—Her false doctrines. She has given to the world a false sabbath