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Contents
1 - The Counterfeit Revival and The Threefold Union
2 - The National Sunday Law
3 - The False Latter Rain
4 - The Shaking and Sifting
5 - The Seal and the Mark
6 - Perfection of Character
7 - The Judgment Passes to the Living and The Blotting Out of Sin
8 - The Marriage in the Most Holy Place
9 - The Latter Rain
10 - The Loud Cry
11 - The Little Time of Trouble
12 - The Close of Probation
13 - The Great Time of Trouble
14 - The Voice of God
15 - The Second Coming of Christ
16 - The Ascension and Millennium
17 - The Third Advent of Christ
18 - The Eternity Beyond
We urgently need a clearer understanding of coming events. That knowledge can help protect us from a
variety of errors when they are presented.
(NOTE- This series has not only the more common quotes from the Spirit of Prophecy, but also many rare and
even some unpublished material.)
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-5 SUNDAY LAW DECREE IS THE WORSHIP OF THE BEAST AND HIS IMAGE AND BRINGS
THE MARK OF THE BEAST
1 - The decree requires the worship of the beast and the receiving of his mark.
This small remnant, unable to defend themselves in the deadly conflict with the powers of earth that are
marshaled by the dragon host, make God their defense. The decree has been passed by the highest earthly
authority that they shall worship the beast and receive his mark under pain of persecution and death. -5
Testimonies, 213:0.
2 - No one receives the mark, until he understands the issues and obeys the Sunday law.
With the Issue thus clearly brought before him, whoever shall trample upon Gods law to obey a
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THE NO-BUY-SELL PROVISO
What about the No-buy-sell penalty? Is it the same as the national Sunday law, or is it issued later as a
separate decree or law? We are not told much about it, and it could be a follow-up piece of legislation to render
even more stringent the provisions and penalties of the national Sunday law (cf. DA 121-122).
(1) The present writer knows of no conclusive instance in which the no-buy-sell stipulation is referred to
as a separate piece of legislation (but see 5T 152, quoted below).
(2) The penalties in the original national Sunday law are so strong that all but the totally principled -in
spite of learning the momentous issues involved -will yield, keep Sunday, and receive the mark.
(3) We are told that the threat of imprisonment and death will be included in the Sunday law itself, and that would be far stronger than the no- buy-sell stipulation.
(4) Thus-whether or not the no-buy-sell proviso is a separate act -does not seem to be significant.
1 - Assets will then be worthless.
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.
2 - The no-buy-sell restriction will apply to commandment-keepers.
The work must not stop for want of means. More means must be invested in it. Brethren in America, in the
name of my Master I bid you wake upl You that are placing your talents of means in a napkin, and hiding them in
the earth, who are building houses and adding land to land, God calls upon you, Sell that ye have, and give alms.
There Is a time coming when commandment keepers can neither buy nor sell. Make haste to dig out your
buried talents. If God has entrusted you with money, show yourselves faithful to your trust; unwrap you napkin,
and send you talents to the exchangers, that when Christ shall come, He may receive His own with interest. Counsels on Stewardship, 40:1,
3 - The faithful will be penalized for refusing to break Gods law.
When we learn the power of His word, we shall not follow the suggestions of Satan in order to obtain food or
to save our lives. Our only questions will be, What is Gods command? and what His promise? Knowing these,
we shall obey the one, and trust the other.
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.
4 - Only those with the mark will be permitted to buy and sell.
It is now that our brethren should be cutting down their possessions instead of increasing them. We are
about to move to a better country, even a heavenly. Then let us not be dwellers upon the earth, but be getting
things into as compact a compass as possible.
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 Gods 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.
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TO LEAVING THE SMALL ONES
1 - Move out of the cities-before you can no longer do so.
The trades unions and confederacies of the world are a snare. Keep out of them, and away from them,
brethren. Have nothing to do with them. 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. Educate our people to get out of the cities into the country, where they can obtain a
small piece of land, and make a home for themselves and their children. .
Our restaurants must be in the cities; for otherwise the workers in these restaurants could not reach the
people and teach them the principles of right living. And for the present we shall have to occupy meetinghouses in
the cities. But erelong there will be such strife and confusion In the cities, that those who wish to leave them
will not be able. We must be preparing for these Issues. -2 Selected Messages, 142:3-4.
He wants us to live where we can have elbow room. His people are not to crowd into the cities. He
wants them to take their families out of the cities, that they may better prepare for eternal life. In a little while they
will have to leave the cities . . Get out of the cities as soon as possible. 2 Selected Message, 356:3, 5.
2 - The Sunday law decree will be a special sign to leave the large cities.
It is no time now for Gods 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 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).
3 - In view of that, we are now to have no centers in any city.
For years I have been given special light that we are not to center our work in the cities. The turmoil
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FINAL CONFLICT
1 - Beware of organizations opposed to the law of God.
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.
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.
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.
2 - Men are binding into bundles of disobedient ones.
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.
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THE ENTIRE WORLD WILL BE OPPOSED TO THE FAITHFUL WHO WILL REMAIN
FAITHFUL TO GOD
1 - The small group loyal to God will be the subject of universal execration.
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.
2 - Amid all that happens, the faithful will stand true.
The season of distress before Gods 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.
3 - All the corrupt powers of earth will be in opposition to Gods people.
In the warfare to be waged in the last days there will be united, In opposition to Gods 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.
4 - The whole wicked world will be converted, keep Sunday, and oppose Gods faithful ones.
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.
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In Revelation 13, we are told about the first (Ieopardlike) beast, which is Rome. Then we are shown a
second (Iamblike) beast, which is the United States of America. This second beast makes an image of (also to) the
first beast. The setting up of that image constitutes a church-state union mirroring the earlier 1260-year
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1 - The image is formed when the religious power, because of apostasy, tries - and succeeds - in
controlling the government to enforce church decrees; just as the papacy did centuries earlier.
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.
2 - It will be formed when apostate Protestantism coerces civil authorities into enforcing church
doctrines. In so doing the Protestant/government union will have produced a working image of the papacy.
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.
3 - It will be formed when the churches unite with the state to enforce a false religion.
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.
4 - It will be the civil enforcement of a religious duty.
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THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST
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THE SEAL, AND THE MARK ARE PLACED PRIOR TO THE GENERAL CLOSE OF
PROBATION
The seal is placed before the general close of probation. .Everyone will be given the light and have his
opportunity to make his decision in regard to Sabbath/Sunday sacredness. When the last one has decided,
probation will have closed for everyone. We call that point in time the general close of probation.
1 - The seal will be placed before probationary time ends.
The living righteous will receive the seal of God prior to the close of probation. -1 Selected Messages,
66:2. (Also see EW 38:1-2.)
2 - The (protestant-government) Image (of/to the papacy) will be the test, and it will be set up before the
close of probation.
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.. [Revelation 13:11-17
quoted] . . This is the test that the people of God must have before they are sealed. -7 Bible Commentary,
976/1:2-3.
3 - The sealing time (which is also the loud cry time) 18 the closing work for the church.
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THOSE NOT RECEIVING THE SEAL WILL HAVE NO PROTECTION AFTER PROBATION
CLOSES
Those who do not receive the seal of God before the close of probation can have no protection from the
events which will follow the close of probation.
1 After probation ends, the faithful will still have trials, but they will be shut in by Gods sealing
protection.
And even after the saints are sealed with the seat of the livlng God, His elect will have trials
individually. Personal afflictions will come, but the furnace is closely by an eye that will not suffer the gold to be
consumed. The indelible mark of God is upon them. God can plead that His own name is written there. The Lord
has shut them in. Their destination is inscribed- GOD, NEW JERUSALEM. They are Gods property, His
possession.- Testimonies to Ministers, 446:1.
2 - After probation ends, all are either protected or not protected.
I also saw that many do not realize what they must be In order to live in the sight of the Lord without a
high priest in the sanctuary through the time of trouble. Those who receive the seal of the living God and are
protected in the time of trouble must reflect the image of Jesus fully.
I saw that many were neglecting the preparation so needful and were looking to the time of refreshing
and the latter rain to fit them to stand in the day of the Lord and to live in His sight. Oh, how many I saw in the
time of trouble without a shelter! They had neglected the needful preparation; therefore they could not receive the
refreshing that all must have to fit them to live in the sight of a holy God. Those who refuse to be hewed by the
prophets and fail to purify their souls in obeying the whole truth, and who are willing to believe that their
condition is far better than it really is, will come up to the time of the falling of the plagues, and then see that they
needed to be hewed and squared for the building.
But there will be no time then to do it and no Mediator to plead their cause before the Father. Before
this time the awfully solemn declaration has gone forth, He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is
filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy
still. I saw that none could share the refreshing unless they obtain the victory over every besetment, over pride,
selfishness, love of the world, and over every wrong word and action. We should, therefore, be drawing nearer and
nearer to the Lord and be earnestly seeking that preparation necessary to enable us to stand in the battle in the
day of the Lord. -Early Writings, 71:1-2.
3 - How Satan is working to keep you from becoming covered in this covering time.
Satan is now using every device in this sealing time to keep the minds of Gods people from the present
truth and to cause them to waver. I saw a covering that God was drawing over His people to protect them in the
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IS A SEAL PLACED BEFORE THE NATIONAL SUNDAY LAW?
In this section, we have observed abundant evidence that the sealing and marking occur at the same time.
It is also clear that the mark does not begin being applied until the national Sunday law has been enacted and men
have made their decision In the matter, and that the seal will be Impressed at that time.
But is there not some kind of earlier sealing? A careful reading of the Spirit of Prophecy indicates that,
throughout our lifetime-right now, -we are individually deciding for the right or wrong side in the great
controversy. As, by faith in Christ, we consistently choose submission and obedience to God, a covering or
sealing is being drawn over us. But the evidence indicates that that seal, although being firmed in by the time of
very advanced age, is not completed until the death of the righteous. .
In the New Testament we are also told about the sealing, and we note that there appears to be an early
rain seal (2 Cor 1:22; Eph 1:13), and a latter rain seal. In Acts 3:19-20, we are told that there is a putting away of
sin, then a blotting out of sin, then the outpouring of the Spirit, and then the second advent of Christ.
The latter rain seal is especially discussed in Revelation 7, as something given to the 144,000. For more
on the experience of the 144,000, see Great Controversy, 648:3-649:0. (We will discuss it in a later study.) That
passage indicates that this group (the 144,000) is the one which choses Gods side in the crisis, obtains the victory
over the beast and his mark, and goes through the final conflict of Jacobs trouble after the close of probation.
Gods people who-through Christs strength, maintain their faithful submission and obedience to Him are presently in the sealing process. This would mean that you and I are now in the sealing process. That process
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6. PERFECTION OF CHARACTER
Perfection of character is an aspect in last-day events. This major section should actually be placed prior
to the church-state union and the national Sunday law-for that is when it occurs, but, by locating it here, you will
be better able to compare it with five closely related topics: the seal of God, the passing of the judgment to the
living, the blotting out of sin, the marriage, and the latter rain. Because all six topics are very closely intertwined
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If we are continuing In repentance our sins will be removed. A group in the early 1960s believed that their sins
would be removed when the judgment passed to the living, and, prior to then, they need only pray for
repentance and await the forthcoming removal of their sins in the twinkling of an eye. That concept is a serious
error.
Now it is true that the record of the sins of the faithful will be cancelled when the investigative judgment
passes to their names. But that occurs only because those individuals had, in the strength of Christ, earlier put
away the sin. It is now that we are to put away sin, in preparation for that time when our cases will come up in the
judgment.
Gods Word is very clear on when sin must be removed from our lives. Spirit of Prophecy statements, as
given in two of our earlier tracts, clearly disprove the errors. You Can Overcome [IC-1] clearly reveal that our sins
CAN be eliminated and that it is NOW that we must put them away. The Center of the Crisis [IC-2] show that
they must be put away prior to the sealing, latter rain, close of probation, and second advent of Christ.
In contrast to these errors, in this present study, below, it is quite clear that, in the strength of Christ, our
sins must be put away NOW before the Sunday law crisis begins. This is a daily work, and, frankly, it is a sweet
work. Our happiest hours are when we live in conscious approval by our kind heavenly Father. He is so good to
us, and we are so happy to please the One we love so much. The wicked can denounce us as legalists, but we
are quite content to live close to Jesus, and dwell in the cleft of such a mighty Rock of protection and enabling.
(5) In contrast with the above four errors, which postpone separation from sin to some later time, there is
a fifth error: There are those who claim they have perfection of character and have not sinned for so many months
or years. Some in this group travel from place to place, and teach that all present and future sin can instantly be
put away never to return. All that is necessary to have temptation removed forever from your life is to believe the
speaker standing before you and therefore it is so immediately, that night!
But BEWARE OF SUCH PEOPLE! The Spirit of Prophecy statements are clear that the closer we come
Christ, the more we will sense our inadequacies, frailness, and great need of His enabling grace. We are told that
those who live the closest to God are the last to parade their virtues or tell men they are sinless.
Gods people can draw very close to God as His trusting children, and then be deluded into accepting this
false teaching that they are now perfect. Instantly, Satan enters their mind. We know of instances in which
Christian wives accept this teaching and, within a week, leave their husbands and have sexual relations with the
itinerant perfect man who took over their minds. They were deluded into forsaking Scripture and trust in Christ,
and instead placing their faith in the words of a holy man they had never met before.
Friend, apart from Christ you are nothing! Apart from Him you are lost and a captive of Satan. In Christ,
you are His obedient child. Only through His strength can you depart from a single sin; only by His continual help
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IN HIS ATONING BLOOD
Now, while our great High Priest is making the atonement for us, we should seek to become perfect in
Christ. Not even by a thought could our Saviour be brought to yield to the power of temptation. Satan finds in
human hearts some point where he can gain a foothold; some sinful desire is cherished, by means of which his
temptations assert their power. But Christ declared of Himself: The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing
in Me. John 14:30. Satan could find nothing in the Son of God that would enable him to gain the victory. He had
kept His Fathers commandments, and there was no sin in Him that Satan could use to his advantage. This is the
condition in which those must be found who shall stand in the time of trouble.
It is In this life that we are to separate sin from us, through faith in the atoning blood of Christ. . None
can neglect or defer this work but at the most fearful peril to their souls.-Great Controversy, 623:1-2.
Had not Jacob previously repented of his sin in obtaining the birthright by fraud, God would not have
heard his prayer and mercifully preserved his life. So, in the time of trouble, if the people of God had unconfessed
sins to appear before them while tortured with fear and anguish, they would be overwhelmed; despair would cut
off their faith, and they could not have confidence to plead with God for deliverance. But while they have a deep
sense of their unworthiness, they have no concealed wrongs to reveal. Their sins have gone beforehand to
judgment and have been blotted out, and they cannot bring them to remembrance, -Great Controversy, 620:1.
Satan leads many to believe that God will overlook their unfaithfulness in the minor affairs of life; but
the Lord shows in His dealings with Jacob that He will in no wise sanction or tolerate evil. All who endeavor to
excuse or conceal their sins, and permit them to remain upon the books of heaven, unconfessed and unforglven,
will be overcome by Satan. The more exalted their profession and the more honourable the position which they
hold, the more grievous is their course in the sight of God and the more sure the triumph of their great adversary.
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I also saw that many do not realize what they must be in order to live in the sight of the Lord without a
high priest in the sanctuary through the time of trouble. Those who receive the seal of the living God and are
protected in the time of trouble must reflect the Image of Jesus fully.
I saw that many were neglecting the preparation so needful and were looking to the time of refreshing
and the latter rain to fit them to stand in the day of the Lord and to live in His sight. Oh, how many I saw in the
time of trouble without a shelter! They had neglected the needful preparation; therefore they could not receive the
refreshing that all must have to fit them to live in the sight of a holy God. - Early Writings, 71:1-2.
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WHEN WE ENTER THE JUDGMENT OF THE LIVING
The law of God is the standard by which the characters and the lives of men will be tested in the
judgment. . Every mans work passes in review before God, and is registered for faithfulness or unfaithfulness.
Opposite each name in the books of heaven is entered, with terrible exactness, every wrong word, every selfish
act, every unfulfilled duty, and every secret sin. . Jesus will appear as their advocate, to plead in their behalf before
God. . Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth
to make intercession for them. -Great Controversy, 482:2, 1,4.
As the books of record are opened in the judgment, the lives of all who have believed on Jesus come in
review before God. Beginning with those who first lived upon the earth, our Advocate presents the cases of each
successive generation, and closes with the living. . When any have sins remaining upon the books of record,
unrepented of and unforgiven, their names will be blotted out of the book of life, and the record of their good
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The good work begun will be finished; the holy thoughts, heavenly affections, and Christlike actions will
take the place of impure thoughts, perverse sentiments, and rebellious acts. -Counsels on Health, 561:1.
We may have had a measure of the Spirit of God, but by prayer and faith we are continually to seek
more of the Spirit. It will never do to cease our efforts. If we do not progress, if we do not place ourselves in an
attitude to receive both the former and the latter rain, we shall lose our souls, and the responsibility will lie at our
own door.-Testimonies to Ministers, 508:0.
The measure of the Holy Spirit we receive will be proportioned to the measure of our desire and the
faith exercised for it, and the use we shall make of the light and knowledge that shall be given to us. -Last Day
Events, 188:5.
A revival and a reformation must take place, under the ministration of the Holy Spirit. Revival and
reformation are two different things. Revival signifies a renewal of spiritual life, a quickening of the powers of
mind and heart, a resurrection from spiritual death. Reformation signifies a reorganization, a change In Ideas and
theories, habits and practices. Reformation will not bring forth the good fruit of righteousness unless it is
connected with the revival of the Spirit. Revival and reformation are to do their appointed work, and in doing this
work they must blend. -Last Day Events, 189:3-190:0.
2 . God is waiting for us to get ready to receive It.
The long night of gloom is trying, but the morning Is deferred In mercy, because if the Master should
come, so many would be found unready. Gods unwillingness to have His people perish, has been the reason of so
long delay.-2 Testimonies, 194:0.
Had the purpose of God been carried out by His people In giving to the world the message of mercy,
Christ would, ere this, have come to the earth, and the saints would have received their welcome into the city of
God. It -6 Testimonies, 1,.50:0.
I know that if Gods people had maintained a living connection with Him, If they had obeyed His word,
they would today have been in the heavenly Canaan.-General Conference Bulletin, March 90, 1909.
I asked my accompanying angel the meaning of what I heard, and what the four angels were about to
do. He said to me that it was God that restrained the powers, and that He gave his angels charge over things on the
earth; that the four angels had power from God to hold the four winds, and that they were about to let them go; but
while their hands were loosening, and the four winds were about to blow, the merciful eye of Jesus gazed on the
remnant that were not sealed, and He raised his hands to the Father, and pleaded with Him that He had spilled His
blood for them. Then another angel was commissioned to fly swiftly to the four angels, and bid them hold, until
the servants of God were sealed with the seal of the living God in their foreheads. -Early Writings, 98:2.
All we have to do is to keep the vessel clean and right side up and prepared for the reception of the
heavenly rain, and keep praying, Let the latter rain come into my vessel. Let the light of the glorious angel which
unites with the third angel shine upon me; give me a part in the work; let me sound the proclamation; let me be a
colaborer with Jesus Christ. Thus seeking God, let me tell you, He is fitting you up all the time, giving you His
grace. -Upward Look, 289:2.
3 - The latter rain will strengthen Gods people for the important events so soon to occur.
The latter rain, ripening earths harvest, represents the spiritual grace that prepares the church for the
coming of the Son of man. Testimonies to Ministers, 506:2.
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 later 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. -Early Writings, 85:9-86:0.
Oh, how many I saw in the time of trouble without a shelter! They had neglected the needful
preparation; therefore they could not receive the refreshing that all must have to fit them to live in the sight of a
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2 - Let us not seek to know that which God does not want us to know. (Actually, it would not be good for
us, in advance, to know that date.)
God has not revealed to us the time when this message will close, or when probation will have an end.
Those things that are revealed we shall accept for ourselves and for our children; but let us not seek to know that
which has been kept secret in the councils of the Almighty. It is our duty to watch and work and wait, to labor
every moment for the souls of men that are ready to perish. We are to keep walking continually in the footsteps of
Jesus, working in His lines, dispensing His gifts as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. Satan will be
ready to give to anyone who is not learning every day of Jesus, a special message of his own creating, in order to
make of no effect the wonderful truth for this time.
Letters have come to me asking me if I have any special light as to the time when probation will close:
and I answer that I have only this message to bear, that it is now time to work while the day lasts, for the night
cometh in which no man can work. Now, just now, it is time for us to be watching, working, and waiting.-1
Selected Messages, 191:1-2; 7 Bible Commentary, 989/2:4-5.
Note: Satan wants men to imagine that probation has already closed for some people in the church, or for
all the people in the church. This teaching generally includes the idea that it is not now time to try to warn the
world and win souls. Those who accept these errors tend to spiritually stagnate. They are no longer warning the
church to repent of its sins, and they do not believe that, at this time, they should share the Advent truths with
those out in the world. They neither try to win souls in the world to God or draw men in the church back from
compromise and backsliding.
Do not cooperate with the devil! Reject the suggestion of those who declare that probation has already
closed for some groups. Assume it has not closed-and keep working as earnestly as you can to warn men
everywhere of the necessity of obedience to Gods requirements.
-5NO ONE CAN PREDICT WHEN PROBATION WILL FINALLY CLOSE
1 - Each one will have heard the warning and made his decision.
When the work of the investigative judgment closes, the destiny of all will have been decided for life or
death. Probation is ended a short time before the appearing of the Lord in the clouds of heaven . . Perilous is the
condition of those who, growing weary of their watch, turn to the attractions of the world. While the man of
business is absorbed in the pursuit of gain, while the pleasure-lover is seeking indulgence, while the daughter of
fashion is arranging her adornments, it may be in that hour the Judge of all the earth will pronounce the sentence,
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There is no forgiveness of sin after the close of probation. Early Writings, 71, quoted below, is one of the
most solemn warnings ever written to those willing who read it. Yet few of those, to whom these books have been
entrusted, read anything in that book. They are too busy compromising with the world. But the warning has been
given, and we had better heed it. That warning is this: It is now, with the enabling help of Christ, that we are to put
away our sins; later will be too late.
At this point in this set of studies on last day events, we will switch to present tense in our
paragraph introductions to quotations.
1 - There is no intercessor, the restraint removed, and Satan controls the wicked.
When He [Christ] leaves the sanctuary, darkness covers the inhabitants of the earth. In that fearful time
the righteous must live in the sight of a holy God without an Intercessor. The restraint which has been upon the
wicked is removed, and Satan has entire control of the finally impenitent. Gods long-suffering has ended. The
world has rejected His mercy, despised His love. and trampled upon His law. The wicked have passed the
boundary of their probation; the Spirit of God, persistently resisted, has been at last withdrawn. -Great
Controversy.
As Jesus moved out of the most holy place, I heard the tinkling of the bells upon His garment; and as He
left, a cloud of darkness covered the inhabitants of the earth. There was then no mediator between guilty man and
an offended God. While Jesus had been standing between God and guilty man, a restraint was upon the people;
but when He stepped out from between man and the Father, the restraint was removed and Satan had entire
control of the finally impenitent. Early Writings, 280:2.
When Christ shall cease His work as mediator in mans behalf, then this time of trouble will begin.
Then the case of every soul will have been decided, and there will be no atoning blood to cleanse from sin. When
Jesus leaves His position as mans Intercessor before God the solemn announcement is made, He that is unjust,
let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous
still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still (Revelation 22:11). Then the restraining Spirit of God is withdrawn
from the earth. -Patriarchs and Prophets. 201 :2.
2 - The wicked have no shelter, no mediator, and no preparation for the final conflict.
I also saw that many do not realize what they must be In order to live In the sight of the Lord without a
high priest In the sanctuary through the time of trouble. Those who receive the seal of the living God and are
protected in the time of trouble must reflect the image of Jesus fully.
I saw that many were neglecting the preparation so needful and were looking to the time of refreshing
and the latter rain to fit them to stand in the day of the Lord and to live in His sight. Oh, how many I saw in the
time of trouble without a shelter! They had neglected the needful preparation; therefore they could not receive the
refreshing that all must have to fit them to live in the sight of a holy God. Those who refuse to be hewed by the
prophets and fail to purify their souls in obeying the whole truth, and who are willing to believe that their
condition is far better than it really is, will come up to the time of the falling of the plagues, and then see that they
needed to be hewed and squared for the building.
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Angels were all about us as we marched over the sea of glass to the gate of the city. Jesus raised His
mighty, glorious arm, laid hold of the pearly gate, swung it back on its glittering hinges, and said to us, You have
washed your robes in My blood, stood stiffly for My truth, enter in. We all marched in and felt that we had a perfect right in the city.- Early Writings, 17:0.
Jesus threw open the gates of the golden city and led us in. Here we were made welcome, for we had
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(Below is the only way anyone can be SEALED BY GOD, by being in the School of Christ.)
104. 5T502 The Lord has blessed you, but how little have you appreciated His loving kindness! How little
praise has He received from your lips! You may do a good work for the Master, but not with your ideas as
supreme. You must learn in the School of Christ, else you can never be qualified to enter the high grade,
RECEIVE THE SEAL OF THE LIVING GOD, enter in through the gates into the city of God, and be crowned
with glory, honor, and immortality.
105. 5T559 BOARD MEETINGS Those who compose our councils need to sit daily at the FEET OF
CHRIST IN HIS SCHOOL TO BE MEEK AND LOWLY OF HEART.
As they are only weak and erring men themselves, they should cherish feelings of kindness and pity for others
who may have erred. They are not prepared to deal justly, to love mercy, and to exercise the true courtesy which
characterized the life of Christ, unless they see the NECESSITY OF
BEING IN UNION WITH HIM.
106. 5T568 Dear Brother and Sister L: My heart is burdened on your account. What you need is the converting
grace of God in your heart. You need the spirit of Jesus. You should learn meekness and lowliness of heart IN
THE SCHOOL OF CHRIST. You do not feel your need of deep, inward piety, and on this account you are
BEING SELF-DECEIVED....We need that spirit which will show to others that we have been LEARNING IN
THE SCHOOL OF CHRIST and that we copy the pattern given us. We want a heart that is not lifted up into
vanity, a mind not settled on self.
107. 5T571 Talk less, and let true inward piety shine forth in good works. Be kind; cultivate love and gentleness.
Pray more: read your Bibles more. Be diligent students IN THE SCHOOL OF CHRIST. Then the members of the
church will not be finding fault with your brethren and sisters; THIS IS SATANS WORK.
108. 5T578 The trial of faith is more precious than gold. All SHOULD LEARN THAT THIS IS A PART OF
THE DISCIPLINE IN THE SCHOOL OF CHRIST, which is essential to purify and refine them from the dross of
earthliness. They must endure with fortitude the taunts and attacks of enemies, and overcome all obstacles that
Satan may place in their path to hedge up the way. He will try to lead them to neglect prayer and to discourage
them in the study
of the Scriptures, and he will throw his hateful shadow athwart their path to hide Christ and the heavenly
attractions from their view.
6T TESTIMONIES
109. 6T117 The Lord has a work for WOMEN as well as men to do. They may accomplish a good work for
God if they first learn in THE SCHOOL OF CHRIST the precious, all-important lesson of meekness. They must
not only bear the name of Christ, but possess His Spirit. They must walk even as He walked, purifying their souls
from everything that defiles. Then thy will be able to benefit others by presenting the all-sufficiency of Jesus,
110. 6T148 As the purchase of the Son of God, we are His property, and every one should have an education IN
THE SCHOOL OF CHRIST. Both teachers and pupils are to make diligent work for eternity. The end of things
is at hand. There is need now of men armed and equipped to battle for God.
111. 6T183-4 The living principles of the word of God need to brought into the lives of many who now find no
room for these principles. Those who are learning in the SCHOOL OF CHRIST will count every favor from God
as too good for them. They will realize that they do not deserve all the good things they receive, and they will
count themselves happy. Their faces will express peace and rest in the Lord, for they have the word of God that
He cares for them.
112. 6T201 There will be clouds and darkness, storms and tempests, prejudice to meet from parents who have
incorrect ideas of the characters
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