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Last Day Events
The remnant church will be brought into great trial and distress.
Those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus will
feel the ire of the dragon and his hosts. Satan numbers the world as his
subjects. He has gained control of the apostate churches; but here is a
little company that are resisting his supremacy. If he could blot them
from the earth, his triumph would be complete. As he influenced the
heathen nations to destroy Israel, so in the near future he will stir up
the wicked powers of earth to destroy the people of God.—
Testimonies
for the Church 9:231
(1909).
Arguments Used Against God’s People
I saw that the four angels would hold the four winds until Jesus’
work was done in the sanctuary, and then will come the seven last
plagues. These plagues enraged the wicked against the righteous;
they thought that we had brought the judgments of God upon them,
and that if they could rid the earth of us, the plagues would then be
stayed.—
Early Writings, 36
(1851).
When the angel of mercy folds her wings and departs Satan will
do the evil deeds he has long wished to do. Storm and tempest, war
and bloodshed—in these things he delights, and thus he gathers in his
harvest. And so completely will men be deceived by him that they will
declare that these calamities are the result of the desecration of the
first day of the week. From the pulpits of the popular churches will be
heard the statement that the world is being punished because Sunday
is not honored as it should be.—
The Review and Herald, September
17, 1901
.
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It will be urged that the few who stand in opposition to an institu-
tion of the church and a law of the state, ought not to be tolerated; that
it is better for them to suffer than for whole nations to be thrown into
confusion and lawlessness. The same argument eighteen hundred years
ago was brought against Christ by the “rulers of the people”.... This
argument will appear conclusive.—
The Great Controversy, 615
(1911).
Death for All Who Do Not Honor Sunday
A decree went forth to slay the saints, which caused them to cry
day and night for deliverance.—
Early Writings, 36, 37
(1851).