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The Sabbath Proclaimed More Fully, June 11
I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting
gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every
nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice,
Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is
come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea,
and the fountains of waters.
Revelation 14:6, 7
.
At the commencement of the time of trouble, we were filled with the
Holy Ghost as we went forth and proclaimed the Sabbath more fully.
“The commencement of that time of trouble,” here mentioned, does not
refer to the time when the plagues shall begin to be poured out, but to a
short period just before they are poured out, while Christ is in the sanctuary.
At that time, while the work of salvation is closing, trouble will be coming
on the earth, and the nations will be angry, yet held in check so as not
to prevent the work of the third angel. At that time the “latter rain,” or
refreshing from the presence of the Lord, will come, to give power to the
loud voice of the third angel, and prepare the saints to stand in the period
when the seven last plagues shall be poured out.
[The angel of
Revelation 14
] presents a message that is to be proclaimed
to the world just before Christ comes in the clouds of heaven.... Just prior to
this time, then, the attention of the people is to be called to the down-trodden
law of God, which is contained in the ark of the testament....
They see that instead of observing the seventh day, the day that God
sanctified, and commanded to be observed as the Sabbath, they are keeping
the first day of the week. But they honestly desire to do God’s will, and
they begin to search the Scriptures to find the reason for the change. Failing
to find any scriptural authority for the custom, the question arises, Shall we
accept a truth that has become unpopular, and obey the commandments of
God, or shall we continue with the world, and obey the commandments of
men? With open Bibles they weep, and pray, and compare scripture with
scripture, until, convinced of the truth, they conscientiously take their stand
as keepers of the commandments of God.
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