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populous cities of the land, and in the places where men have gone
to the greatest lengths in speaking against the Most High, the voice
of stern rebuke will be heard. Boldly will men of God’s appointment
denounce the union of the church with the world. Earnestly will they
call upon men and women to turn from the observance of a man-made
institution to the observance of the true Sabbath. “Fear God, and give
glory to Him,” they will proclaim to every nation; “for the hour of His
judgment is come: and worship Him that made heaven, and earth, and
the sea, and the fountains of waters.... 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.”
Revelation 14:7-10
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God will not break His covenant, nor alter the thing that has gone
out of His lips. His word will stand fast forever as unalterable as His
throne. At the judgment this covenant will be brought forth, plainly
written with the finger of God, and the world will be arraigned before
the bar of Infinite Justice to receive sentence.
Today, as in the days of Elijah, the line of demarcation between
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God’s commandment-keeping people and the worshipers of false gods
is clearly drawn. “How long halt ye between two opinions?” Elijah
cried; “if the Lord be God, follow Him: but if Baal, then follow
him.”
1 Kings 18:21
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great is fallen, is fallen.... Come out of her, My people, that ye be
not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For
her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her
iniquities.”
Revelation 18:2, 4, 5
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The time is not far distant when the test will come to every soul.
The observance of the false sabbath will be urged upon us. The contest
will be between the commandments of God and the commandments
of men. Those who have yielded step by step to worldly demands and
conformed to worldly customs will then yield to the powers that be,
rather than subject themselves to derision, insult, threatened imprison-
ment, and death. At that time the gold will be separated from the dross.
True godliness will be clearly distinguished from the appearance and
tinsel of it. Many a star that we have admired for its brilliance will
then go out in darkness. Those who have assumed the ornaments of
the sanctuary, but are not clothed with Christ’s righteousness, will then
appear in the shame of their own nakedness.