But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him.....To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. Psalm 103:17,18
"The decree which is to go forth against the people of God will be very similar to that issued by Ahasuerus against the Jews in the time of Esther.
The Persian edict sprang from the malice of Haman toward Mordecai. Not that Mordecai had done him harm,
---but he had refused to show him reverence which belongs only to God.
---The king's decision against the Jews was secured under false pretenses through misrepresentation of that peculiar people.
---Satan instigated the scheme in order to rid the earth of those who preserved the knowledge of the true God.
But his plots were defeated by a counterpower that reigns among the children of men.
Angels that excel in strength were commissioned to protect the people of God, and the plots of their adversaries returned upon their own heads.
---The Protestant world today see in the little company keeping the Sabbath a Mordecai in the gate.
---His character and conduct, expressing reverence for the law of God, are a constant rebuke to those who have cast off the fear of the Lord and are trampling upon His Sabbath; the unwelcome intruder must by some means be put out of the way.
The same masterful mind that plotted against the faithful in ages past is still seeking to rid the earth of those who fear God and obey His law.
Satan will excite indignation......Men of position and reputation will join with the lawless and the vile to take counsel against the people of God.
*Wealth, genius, education, will combine to cover them with contempt. 
*Persecuting rulers, ministers, and church members will conspire against them.
*With voice and pen, by boasts, threats, and ridicule, they will seek to overthrow their faith.
*By false representations and angry appeals they will stir up the passions of the people.
*Not having a "Thus saith the Scriptures" to bring against the advocates of the Bible Sabbath, they will resort to oppressive enactments to supply the lack.
*To secure popularity and patronage, legislators will yield to the demand for a Sunday law. Those who fear God cannot accept an institution that violates a precept of the Decalogue.
On this battlefield comes
--the last great conflict of the controversy ----between truth and error."
E.G.W.
