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Testimonies for the Church Volume 9
tried and tested people will find their power in the sign spoken of in
Exodus 31:12-18
. They are to take their stand on the living word:
“It is written.” This is the only foundation upon which they can stand
securely. Those who have broken their covenant with God will in
that day be without God and without hope.
The worshipers of God will be especially distinguished by their
regard for the fourth commandment, since this is the sign of God’s
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 and to exalt the institution of Rome.
In the issue of the conflict 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 church and state will unite their power to
compel all, “both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond,” to
receive the mark of the beast, yet the people of God will not receive
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it.
Revelation 13:16
. The prophet of Patmos beholds “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.
Revelation 15:2
.
Fearful tests and trials await the people of God. The spirit of war
is stirring the nations from one end of the earth to the other. But in
the midst of the time of trouble that is coming,—a time of trouble
such as has not been since there was a nation,—God’s chosen people
will stand unmoved. Satan and his host cannot destroy them, for
angels that excel in strength will protect them.
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God’s word to His people is: “Come out from among them,
and be ye separate, ... and touch not the unclean thing; and I will
receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be My sons
and daughters.” “Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an
holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises
of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvelous
light.”
2 Corinthians 6:17, 18
;
1 Peter 2:9
. God’s people are to
be distinguished as a people who serve Him fully, wholeheartedly,