"In a special sense Seventh-day Adventists have been set in the world as watchmen and light bearers. To them has been entrusted the last warning for a perishing world. They have been given a work of the most solemn import--the proclamation of the first, second, and third angels' messages. There is no other work of so great importance. They are to allow nothing else to absorb their attention."
Testimonies for the Church vol.9, p.19 E.G.W.
Testimonies for the Church vol.9, p.19 E.G.W.
Revelation 14:6-10
"Here we stand then,
with the last,
the greatest,
and the most solemn crisis in the history of our race immediately impending.
The plan of salvation is about finished.
The last precious years of probation are almost finished.
The Lord is about to come to save those who are ready and waiting,
and to cut asunder the careless and unbelieving.
the inhabitants have not a moment to spare for listening to solemn truth,
nor a thought to bestow upon their eternal interests.
Let the people of God,
with eternity in view,
be careful to escape the corruption that is in the world through lust,
and prepare to pass the searching test when their cases shall come up
for examination at the great tribunal above.
This suggests a reform in our obedience to that great standard of morality.
The opening of this heavenly temple,
or the beginning of the service in its second apartment,
marks the commencement of the sounding of the seventh angel. (Revelation 11: 15, 19.)
The work performed therein is the foundation of the third angel's message of Revelation 14,--the last message of mercy to a perishing world. This subject of the sanctuary renders harmonious and clear past prophetic fulfillments which are otherwise involved in impenetrable obscurity. It gives a definite idea of the position and work of our great High Priest, and brings out the plan of salvation in its distinctive and beautiful features."
Daniel & the Revelation Ch.9 Uriah Smith
"Here we stand then,
with the last,
the greatest,
and the most solemn crisis in the history of our race immediately impending.
The plan of salvation is about finished.
The last precious years of probation are almost finished.
The Lord is about to come to save those who are ready and waiting,
and to cut asunder the careless and unbelieving.
The world--alas!
What shall we say of it?
Deceived with error,
crazed with cares and business,
delirious with pleasure,
and paralyzed with vice,
the inhabitants have not a moment to spare for listening to solemn truth,
nor a thought to bestow upon their eternal interests.
Let the people of God,
with eternity in view,
be careful to escape the corruption that is in the world through lust,
and prepare to pass the searching test when their cases shall come up
for examination at the great tribunal above.
To the careful attention of every student of prophecy we commend
the subject of the sanctuary and its service.
In the sanctuary is seen the ark of God's testament,
containing His holy law.
This suggests a reform in our obedience to that great standard of morality. or the beginning of the service in its second apartment,
marks the commencement of the sounding of the seventh angel. (Revelation 11: 15, 19.)
The work performed therein is the foundation of the third angel's message of Revelation 14,--the last message of mercy to a perishing world. This subject of the sanctuary renders harmonious and clear past prophetic fulfillments which are otherwise involved in impenetrable obscurity. It gives a definite idea of the position and work of our great High Priest, and brings out the plan of salvation in its distinctive and beautiful features."
Daniel & the Revelation Ch.9 Uriah Smith