The End of Time A REMARKABLY COMPLETE COLLECTION OF SPIRIT OF PROPHECY STATEMENTS ON FINAL EVENTS

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1 The End of Time A REMARKABLY COMPLETE COLLECTION OF SPIRIT OF PROPHECY STATEMENTS ON FINAL EVENTS FROM JUST BEFORE THE NATIONAL SUNDAY LAW TO THE END OF SIN AND ETERNITY BEYOND HARVESTIME BOOKS

2 HB 3600 The End of Time Statements by Ellen G. White on End-time Events Compiled by Vance Ferrell Published by Harvestime Books Altamont, TN USA Printed in the United States of America Cover and Text Copyright 2005 by Vance Ferrell The great controversy is nearing its end.. Is there a Christian whose pulse does not beat with quickened action as he anticipates the great events before us? Evangelism, 219. To us who are standing on the very verge of their fulfillment, of what deep moment, what living interest, are these delineations of the things to come events for which, since our first parents turned their steps from Eden, God s children have watched and waited, longed and prayed! Prophets and Kings, 731. Look up, look up, and let your faith continually increase. Let this faith guide you along the narrow path that leads through the gates of the City into the great beyond, the wide, unbounded future of glory that is for the redeemed. Prophets and Kings, 732. All heaven is astir, engaged in preparing for the day of God s vengeance, the day of Zion s deliverance. The time of tarrying is almost ended. The pilgrims and strangers who have so long been seeking a better country are almost home. I feel as if I must cry aloud, Homeward bound! Rapidly we are nearing the time when Christ will come to gather His redeemed to Himself. Evangelism, 219. Listed below are the Spirit of Prophecy books (and their abbreviations), which may be quoted or referred to in this book. The list is alphabetized by abbreviations, not by book titles. NSL - National Sunday Law Ms - Manuscript Spirit of Prophecy Books - Currently in Print AA - Acts of the Apostles AG - God s Amazing Grace AH - Adventist Home 1BC, etc. - SDA Bible Commentary, Vol. 7A CC - Conflict and Courage CDF - Counsels on Diet and Foods CG - Child Guidance ChS - Christian Service CL - Country Living CM - Colporteur Ministry COL - Christ s Object Lessons CS - Counsels on Stwardship CSW - Counsels on Sabbath School Work CT - Counsels to Parents and Teachers DA - Desire of Ages Ed - Education Ev - Evangelism EW - Early Writings FE - Fundamentals of Christian Education FL - Faith I Live By FW - Faith and Works GC - Great Controversy GW - Gospel Workers HP - Heavenly Places KH - That I May Know Him LDE - Last Day Events LHU - Lift Him Up LS - Life Sketches Mar - Maranatha MB - Mount of Blessing 1 (2) MCP - Mind, Character, and Personality, Vol. 1 (2) MH - Ministry of Healing ML - My Life Today MM - Medical Ministry 1 (2-21) MR - Manuscript Releases, Vol. 1 MYP - Messages to Young People OHC - Our High Calling PK - Prophets and Kings PM - Publishing Ministry PP - Patriarchs and Prophets RC - Reflecting Christ RY - Retirement Years SC - Steps to Christ SD - Sons and Daughters of God 1 (2-4) SG - Spiritual Gifts, Vol. 1 (2-4) SL - Sanctified Life 1 (2-3) SM - Selected Messages, Book 1 (2-3) 1 (2) Ser - Sermons and Talks, Vol 1 (2) SR - Story of Redemption 1 (2-9) T - Testimonies, Vol. 1 (2-9) Te - Temperance TM - Testimonies to Ministers TSB - Testimonies on Sexual Behavior, Adultery, and Divorce UL - Upward Look UT - (Spalding-Magan) Unpublished Testimonies WM - Welfare Ministry VSS - Voice in Speech and Song Spirit of Prophecy Periodical Articles AST - Australian Signs of the Times BE - Bible Echoes GCB - General Conference Bulletin RH - Review and Herald ST - Signs of the Times FOR ADDITIONAL COPIES: One copy - $10.00, plus $3.00 p&h / Available at very low cost in small boxful quantities. In Tennessee, add 9.25% tax on total. HARVESTIME BOOKS - BOX ALTAMONT, TN /

3 CONTENTS 3 OVERVIEW TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 14 Correlative Study Guide 15 Preface: World Conditions Right Now 18 PART ONE: Events before the General Close of Probation 1 - The Threefold Union and the Counterfeit Revival The National Sunday Law The Image of the Beast The False Latter Rain The Shaking and Sifting The Seal and Mark Perfection of Character The Judgment of the Living The Blotting Out of Sin The Marriage in the Most Holy Place The Latter Rain The Loud Cry of the Third Angel The Fourth Angel Strengthens the Loud Cry The Little Time of Trouble The Individual Close of Probation The General Close of Probation 176 PART TWO: Events after the General Close of Probation 17 - The Great Time of Trouble Deliverance by the Voice of God The Second Coming of Christ The Millennium The Third Advent of Christ The Executive Judgment Eternity Beyond 248 Appendix: Additional End-Time Quotations 285 Locator Index 302

4 4 THE END OF TIME COMPLETE TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 14 Correlative Study Guide 15 Preface: World Conditions Right Now 18 PART ONE: Events before the General Close of Probation 1 - The Threefold Union and the Counterfeit Revival 23 Introduction: The threefold union 23 1 A Protestant-Catholic confederation will form the basis for this union 23 It will appear to be a twofold union 23 The union will greatly affect Protestantism 24 2 Satanic excitement empowers the church union to take action 25 3 Coercion of the government by the threefold union 26 4 Effect of the union on God s people 27 Caused by hatred of Sabbathkeepers 27 Intense persecution will result 28 Last Days appendix 29 The union The National Sunday Law 30 1 Importance of this event 30 It will destroy religious freedom 31 Sabbathkeepers will be opposed and hated 31 2 The timing of the National Sunday Law 31 3 Lamb-like beast institutes the National Sunday Law 31 4 Enactment of the National Sunday Law brings worship of the leopard beast 31 5 Sunday law decree is the worship of the beast and his image and brings the mark 32 Why we must ever call ourselves Seventh-day Adventists 33 What will our people do at that time? 34 6 The no-buy-sell decree 34 7 The Sunday law is the sign to leave the large cities, preparatory to leaving the small ones 35 8 Trades, professional associations, and other unions will play a part in this final conflict 36 We are to have nothing to do with them 37 Labor unions will become oppressive agencies of Satan 37

5 CONTENTS 5 9 The Universal Sunday law 37 Protestantism in America and Catholicism in Europe will lead out 38 All the nations of Christendom will become involved 38 Then the non-christian nations will adopt it 38 Every nation on earth will require it 38 The entire world will be opposed to those who remain faithful to God 39 Universal Sunday law occurs prior to the general close of probation 40 Last days appendix 40 National Sunday Law 41 Out of the cities 41 Labor unions 43 Binding into bundles The Image of the Beast 45 1 What the image is 45 2 How the image will be formed 45 3 Implications of this terrible event 46 4 Image formed before probation closes 47 5 Image formed when the National Sunday Law is enacted 47 6 Formation of image will bring national apostasy and national ruin 48 7 How to avoid worshiping the beast and his image 49 8 We should now try to defeat Sunday laws 49 Last days appendix 50 image of the beast The False Latter Rain 51 Overview: From counterfeit revival to full-blown false latter rain 51 1 When the false latter rain will occur 52 2 How Satan and his devils will work to capture and destroy 53 Satan wants to overcome everyone 53 False teachings will be taught 54 The spirits will demand Sundaykeeping 54 God s people will be called lawbreakers 54 Fanaticism will occur 54 Miracles will be seen 55 Demons will appear as men 55 The dead will apparently appear 57 Heathen deites will appear as incarnate 57 Satan promises a millennium of happiness 58 Satan will bring terrible disasters 58 3 Satan will personate Christ 58 Satan wants to deceive and control the world 59 Both Satan and his angels will appear 60 Satan will be against God s law 60 He cannot imitate the Second Advent 61 He will personally work miracles 61 He will bring down fire 61 He will deceive all except the faithful 62

6 6 THE END OF TIME 4 The Great Controversy passage, pages The False revival will continue after the close of probation 64 Last days appendix 64 Heathen deities 64 Science 65 Spiritualism 65 Lying wonders and miracles 65 Satanic appearances 67 Satantic influence The Shaking and the Sifting 69 1 The climax of the shaking and the sifting in the future 69 2 Things that cause the shaking 70 3 The wheat will be separated from the chaff 71 4 The crisis of the mark will purify the church of its dross 72 5 The church appears as about to fall, but does not fall 73 6 At that time, a majority of Sabbathkeepers will then forsake us 74 7 Many among us will depart 75 8 Many will come in and take the places of those who depart 76 9 When the shaking and the sifting is finished Locating the climax of the shaking/sifting When the probation of the church will close What will survive the crisis? Something to think about 78 Last days appendix 79 Sifting The Seal and the Mark 81 1 The nature of the seal 81 2 Mark of the beast is the opposite of the seal of God 83 3 Mark and seal placed at the same time 84 4 Which decree begins the marking and sealing? 86 5 When the Sunday law decree goes forth, marking and sealing begin 87 6 The faithful will be tested by the image before being sealed 87 7 When a person will receive the mark 88 8 The sealing and marking is a progressive work 90 9 All will be marked or sealed Seal and mark (applied at the same time) are placed prior to general close of probation We are now deciding whether we will later receive the seal or the mark 92

7 CONTENTS 7 12 Those not receiving the seal will have no protection after probation closes The mark will be a test to the church before it is a test to the world The mark will be a test to the church before the loud cry begins Sealing events in 5 Testimonies, pages The deciding point Is a seal placed before the National Sunday Law? Can the final seal or mark be received several times? 101 Last days appendix Perfection of Character 103 Introduction: Why this chapter is here Christ is waiting for us to cooperate with Him in doing a special work in preparation for His second coming An important message in Great Controversy, pages Perfection of character is the aim set before us All prepared for the Second Advent will have perfection of character It must be obtained now, during these hours of probation It must be attained now, through faith in His atoning blood, while the atonement continues The seal will be placed on the heads of those who obtain it It must not be neglected until after the latter rain and sealing We must prepare now for what is ahead When we enter the judgment of the living Jesus is now pleading for us We must now prepare for the investigative judgment The controversy began in heaven over obedience to the law In Christ you can overcome The Judgment of the Living The Sunday law decree brings judgment to the living The timing of the investigative judgment Judgment of the living still future Judged by the light we have received The hinge of the judgment The Blotting Out of Sin The nature and timing of the blotting out of sin What happens in the blotting out of sin? 122

8 8 THE END OF TIME 3 The blotting out of sin will accompany the latter rain Summary The Marriage in the Most Holy Place The symbol of the marriage The parable of the ten virgins The call to the marriage The Latter Rain When the latter rain occurs The timing of the latter rain The latter rain falls on a sealed people Those receiving the seal will already have hearts cleansed of sin The seal will only be placed on those who are praying about, and rebuking, sin The latter rain will give power to the third angel s message, swelling it into a loud cry The latter rain will continue as the power in the loud cry Preparation for the latter rain 139 Last days appendix 145 Latter Rain The Loud Cry of the Third Angel Timing of the loud cry God s people in the other churches will be called out During the crisis, what should God s people do on Sundays? The third angel s message warns against the mark The third angel s message also includes the message of obedience to the Father s laws by faith in the Son s enabling grace The third angel points mankind to the Most Holy Place The messages of all three angels will be combined in the loud cry Events before the loud cry The Fourth Angel Strengthens the Loud Cry The world will fully awaken when the Revelation 18 angel strengthens the loud cry The Revelation 18 angel repeats the second angel s message The Revelation 18 angel s message will intensify the loud cry of the third angel The loud cry message will have great power and worldwide extent God s people will speak before many Thousands will be converted in one day 155

9 CONTENTS 9 7 The loud cry message will go rapidly The loud cry message will go to the entire world Many will accept the message It will be rejected by most Giving the loud cry will largely be a laymen s movement God will use unusual agencies Many will resist and oppose God s chosen methods 161 Last days appendix 161 Loud cry The Little Time of Trouble The little time of trouble begins when the loud cry begins The little time of trouble extends to the end of the loud cry Peace and safety has been the assurance Strife and warfare continues, but restrained somewhat during the loud cry Satan will bring great disasters The faithful will be blamed for the many calamities The world will be against God s people The faithful will stand before courts and councils God s people will be persecuted Rome intends to renew its persecutions: The persecutions of the past will be repeated Protestants will also persecute the faithful The faithful will be threatened with death Prior to the general close of probation, there will be martyrs 171 Last days appendix 172 Great troubles will occur 172 Martyrs The Individual Close of Probation 174 Judgment and individual probation will close for some before others The General Close of Probation This solemn event is just before us The entire world has been warned and all probationary events are ended Human probation has closed The timing of the close of probation No one can predict when probation will finally close The loud cry is finished and the faithful have been sealed 179

10 10 THE END OF TIME 7 Jesus throws down the censer, utters the It is done, and leaves the heavenly Sanctuary When Christ leaves the Sanctuary, the world is without an intercessor Christ places the sins on the scapegoat, preparatory to sending him to a desolate land Jesus removes His priestly garments and puts on His garments of vengeance There is no second probation What the people in the world are doing when probation closes 183 Last days appendix 184 Close of probation 184 PART TWO: Events after the General Close of Probation 17 - The Great Time of Trouble and the Seven Last Plagues A terrible ordeal God removes His protection from the wicked The four winds are loosed as Satan is permitted to cause great troubles Satan plunges the world into conflict and disasters The faithful are blamed for the convulsions and strife The wicked still consider themselves servants of God Satan will work great miracles Satan personates Christ The death decree Satan s primary objective is to destroy the Sabbathkeepers The time of Jacob s trouble A final, special test The righteous flee to secluded locations, especially in the mountains The seven last plagues The judgments sent directly from God The pouring out of the plagues The death decree Some of the wicked plead with the righteous for help Jacob s time of trouble reaches its climax and angels protect them There are no martyrs after the close of probation On the night appointed for slaughter, deliverance comes at midnight 201 Last days appendix 202 Seven last plagues 202

11 CONTENTS Deliverance by the Voice of God 203 The Battle of Armageddon Twelve rapid events 205 Darkness and rainbows 205 The bow of promise, vision of Christ, and shout of victory 205 Saints are glorified 205 The voice of God shakes the heavens and the earth 206 The great earthquake; 44 signs and wonders occur 206 The special resurrection 207 The doom of the wicked predicted; their terrible fear 208 The righteous know they are delivered and sing praises to God 208 The ten commandments are opened to the view of all 209 The horror of the wicked is indescribable 209 The day and hour of Christ s coming is announced 211 The faithful are given the Sabbath blessing Christ s journey to earth 211 Last days appendix 212 Armageddon 212 The Voice of God 212 The ten commandments opened The Second Coming of Christ The jubilee begins The sign of the Son of Man Timing of the Second Advent Jesus returns for His people Every eye shall see Him return The display of overmastering power brings fear and apprehension The heavens and the earth are shaken Crying for the rocks to fall, the wicked flee into caves The insolence of the wicked is ended as they awaken to the reality of the situation Those also who pierced Him shall see Him return The saints cry out, This is our God; He will save us! The resurrection of the righteous dead The appearance of the saints Living saints made immortal and caught up with the risen saints Friends and loved ones are reunited The Millennium 225 Post-ascension events on earth All the wicked have made decisions in the great controversy The slaughtering begins Strife by men and wrath from God will slay the wicked An incredibly immense destruction occurs 226

12 12 THE END OF TIME 5 - Earth is left uninhabited and desolate Sins are rolled back on Satan Satan is restricted to planet Earth for 1,000 years Unable to tempt, Satan will only have time to think 227 Post-ascension events in heaven The journey to the City of God The saints coronation on the sea of glass, outside of the City Jesus opens the gates and leads His faithful ones into the City A view of the City The two Adams meet Adam views the Garden of Eden The redeemed see the tree and the throne The 144,000 sing a new song on the crystal sea before the throne The redeemed meet their guardian angels Days of pain and weeping are forever ended Their understanding of the plan of salvation will enlarge forever The sentencing judgment during the millennium 233 Last days appendix 234 Second coming 234 Resurrection 234 Translation 234 On the sea of glass The Third Advent of Christ Christ and the redeemed return to the earth Christ descends upon the Mount of Olives The City of God descends Christ raises the dead to life Satan lays plans with the wicked to conquer those in the City The immense army marches to the City and surrounds it Christ appears on a throne high above the City Three groups of redeemed surround their Lord and Saviour Fearless of the onlooking wicked, they sing praises to their God The final coronation of Christ occurs The Executive Judgment Christ will be the judge All the worlds will view the proceedings of this judgment The books of record are opened The wicked know their own records Those records will also be open to everyone else The wicked are shown a panoramic view of Christ s life and death Some of those who are in the ranks of the wicked 241

13 CONTENTS 13 8 The sentence of eternal death is pronounced against the wicked All the wicked know and admit that God and His law are right Satan alone holds back; but now memories and facts fill his mind Everyone else recognizes that Satan is wrong; and, now, he finally admits it The great controversy is ended. There is no more reason for sinners to live Christ declares His love for His faithful ones Satan s last desperate revolt is useless Wicked people and angels turn on Satan and his leading agents God sends fire from heaven upon the wicked All are punished fairly in accordance with their deeds Sin and sinners are forever gone. The entire universe is at rest The City of God is protected during the purifying worldwide fire Only one reminder of sin will remain: the marks on Christ The final destruction of sinners will vindicate God and His law 245 Last days appendix 245 The final judgment Eternity Beyond Quotations from Early Writings and Great Controversy Quotations from other Spirit of Prophecy books 250 Non-compiled books: 1 - Education, 303:3-309: Acts of the Apostles, 601:1-602: Steps to Christ, 125:1-126: Christ s Object Lessons, 421: Compiled books: 5 - Child Guidance, 560:1-569: Adventist Home, 533:1-550: Christian Service, 266:1-275: Counsels on Stewardship, 348:1-350: Publishing Ministry, 402:7-404: Gospel Workers, 512:1-518: Bible Commentary, 988/1:1-990/1:2-2: My Life Today, 347:1, 3-365: Faith I Live By, 359:1-370: Reflecting Christ, 378: Amazing Grace, 363:1-367: Maranatha, 316:5-372:5 274 Last days appendix 282 Heaven 282 Appendix: Additional End-time Quotations 285 Locator Index 302

14 14 THE END OF TIME INTRODUCTION You have in hand what is probably the most complete collection of Spirit of Prophecy quotations on final events ever published. It spans a period of time from just prior to the enactment of the National Sunday Law, on through to the final destruction of the wicked and eternity beyond. The entire collection is categorically arranged. This collection, formerly in 18 booklets, is now being released in one 8½ x 11 book, divided into two major parts: Part One: Events before the Close of Probation Part Two: Events after the Close of Probation This book contains everything formerly in the 18 booklets; but the material has been arranged in a better format. For example, The Image of the Beast is now a separate chapter. All of the final events are keyed to one or another of six key events, which stand as major pillars: 1 - The U.S. National Sunday Law 2 - The general close of probation 3 - The sounding of the Voice of God 4 - The second coming of Christ 5 - The third coming of Christ 6 - The final destruction of the wicked Note: Because so many final events are mentioned, initial caps are generally only used for the following events: National Sunday Law (when the three words are used together) and Voice (when used in Voice of God). Chapter 1 deals with a few events which will throw us into the U.S. National Sunday Law. Chapter 2 deals with the enactment of that law. Chapters 3 through 11 are concerned with events which occur after the U.S. law s initial enactment and before the general close of probation. We will spend more time on this cluster of events than on any other. Many of those events tend to run simultaneously with one another. But there are exceptions. For example, the loud cry of the fourth angel begins part way through that period. Ellen White wrote more about events prior to the close of probation; because, when probation finally ends, it will then be too late for us to make changes in our lives. It is especially important that we now understand the events prior to the general close of probation. The decisions we are today making, along with the words and actions accompanying them, will greatly affect what we will do when the coming crisis suddenly breaks upon us all. It is urgent that we now study and, by faith in Christ, carefully obey what is written in the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy. The entire final crisis explodes into action as soon as a National (federal) Sunday Law is enacted in the United States. That event will catapult the entire world into the future windup of human affairs. All other final events find their reference point in that moment in time. The statements are clear that the passage of a National Sunday Law will quickly set into operation a surprising number of other important occurrences. One factor which will greatly accelerate the process is that, as soon as the law is enacted, Satan will be permitted to unleash a holocaust of spiritist activity and appearances of various kinds. Decades of increasing violation of the ten commandments by individuals, families, businesses, and governments has produced immorality, fiscal irresponsibility, confusion, crime, terror, and bloodshed. The mounting problems will lead the nation and then the entire world to the adoption of draconian governmental Sunday laws. As the time for the National Sunday Law nears, churchmen, desperate for power, will welcome a strange excitement that appears to be working in some of the churches. Evil spirits will prompt those leaders with the idea that the only solution is governmentally mandated Sundaykeeping. On this issue of Sunday legislation, apostate Protestant churches and the Vatican will find themselves in closer harmony than ever before. As a result, Protestantism and Catholicism will reach across the gulf and form a union. The sense of spiritist power undergirding it will help impel Catholicism and the fallen Protestant churches to lay aside their differences and form a close working union to achieve commonly held objectives. Their willingness to move into line on the Sunday issue will bring a response of approving spiritist manifestations. Even though based on shallow appearances and emotional highs, the powerful excitement which will immediately follow its passage will be accepted as proof that Sundaykeeping is the will of God for the nations. The awareness that hidden spirit power is sensed, as they work

15 CORRELATIVE STUDY GUIDE toward Sunday legislation, will prompt a move toward forming a solid union of denominations, representing millions of members determined to force the U.S. Congress to enact a binding National Sunday Law. There is only one issue which can unite Protestantism, Catholicism, the labor unions, and U.S. politicians on all levels and that is a strict Sunday law. The improvement of morals and health, and a general return to God will be declared to be important objectives. A coalition of Protestant churches will lead out in pressuring politicians, desperate for solutions, to enact such a law. That legislation may initially be enacted as a political favor; that is, the secular politicians will pass it, not really believing it will accomplish any more than their obtaining additional po- 15 litical backing from a suddenly energized religious right. But passage of that law will quickly, dramatically change everything! It will open the floodgates of satanic manifestations in the United States, as well as the entire world. Mankind will be thrown into the final crisis. About four dozen events will rapidly follow, which will plunge the world on a fast track to the Second Coming of Christ. The important question is this: What will be the first event in the entire series of occurrences leading to the Second Advent? We know the second event will be the threefold union. But another will precede it. Chapter 1 discusses that event. Each chapter will conclude with pertinent quotations from an unpublished study, called The Last Days, which we may reprint some day when we have time and funds to do so. CORRELATIVE STUDY GUIDE FIRST TIME PERIOD RELIGIOUS UNION IN THE U.S. of official Roman Catholicism and a significant portion of official Protestantism (including Greek Orthodox). They agree to work together to achieve commonly-held objectives. This apparent twofold union is actually threefold, including spiritist power. SECOND TIME PERIOD SATANIC EXCITEMENT IN THE U.S. begins in excitement-loving churches, bringing them under satanic control. This excitement spreads to other churches (and will tremendously expand after enactment of the NSL). The threefold union of Protestantism, Catholicism, and Spiritualism is fully formed. This immensely empowers the churches and their leaders to demand enactment of a strict, nationwide Sunday worship law by the U.S. Congress. THIRD TIME PERIOD NATIONAL SUNDAY LAW is enacted and remains unrepealed until the Second Advent. The Final Crisis has begun! 1 - U.S. Government is coerced to enact the National Sunday Law. 2 - National Sunday Law is actually passed. 3 - Enactment produces the worship of the beast and the formation of the image of/to the beast. FOURTH TIME PERIOD (During this period, the sealing/marking sequences occur in the U.S. A - SEALING SEQUENCE Sabbathkeepers in the U.S. already know the issues; so they must immediately decide to obey or disobey the law. Those who choose the right rapidly enter upon, what we might call, the sealing sequence of events, as follows: (Events occur to people as individuals, not as groups.) 1 - Shaking and Sifting in the U.S. Adventist Church climaxes as the church is purified of false brethren. (Both active and former church members make their choice.) 2 - Sealing of U.S. Sabbathkeepers rapidly occurs. 3 - Judgment of the Living begins. 4 - Blotting out of Sins from the heavenly Book of Records begins. 5 - Individual Close of Probation begins. 6 - True Latter Rain begins, as soon as the Seal is applied to an individual. 7 - Loud Cry of Third Angel begins, as the message of Revelation 14:6-12 and Matthew 25:6 is proclaimed by the faithful.

16 Little Time of Trouble begins for God s people: Flight and witnessing will occur. There will be persecution, court appearances, imprisonment and (for some) death. 9 - Fourth Angel comes down, greatly strengthens their loud cry witness to the world, and renders it immensely convictive. B - MARKING SEQUENCE Sabbathkeepers in the U.S. already know the issues; so they must immediately decide to obey or disobey the law. Those who choose the wrong rapidly enter upon, what we might call, the marking sequence of events, as follows: 1 - Shaking and Sifting in U.S. Adventist Church (by members and former members) climaxes as many forsake the truth. 2 - Marking of U.S. former Sabbathkeepers rapidly occurs. 3 - Judgment of the Living begins. 4 - Blotting out of Names from Book of Life begins. 5 - Individual Close of Probation begins. 6 - Former believers, embossed with a satanic spirit, become leading enemies of the truth and those proclaiming it. 7 - They are bound in bundles with the wicked. C - SATANIC MANIFESTATIONS 1 - False Latter Rain begins in the U.S. and swells to massive proportions, as it falls upon those who are rejecting the truth. 2 - Calamities begin for worldlings: satanically caused strife, warfare, and disasters. FIFTH TIME PERIOD UNIVERSAL SUNDAY LAW 1 - Satan appears in various parts of the world. 2 - False Latter Rain and Calamities spread to other nations. 3 - Under the Threefold Union, with coercion, the U.S. Government coerces other nations throughout the world to enact their own National Sunday Laws. 1. First, throughout the so-called Christian nations. 2. Second, throughout the non-christian nations. The resultant laws are known by the general term, the Universal Sunday Law. THE END OF TIME 4a - Sabbathkeepers in other nations know the issues, choose the right, and receive the Sealing sequence. 4b - Sabbathkeepers in other nations know the issues, choose the wrong, and receive the Marking sequence. 5a - Non-Sabbathkeepers in other nations learn the issues, choose the right, and receive the Sealing sequence. 5b - Non-Sabbathkeepers in other nations learn the issues, choose the wrong, and receive the Marking sequence. 6 - Intense persecution of God s people throughout the world. SIXTH TIME PERIOD GENERAL CLOSE OF PROBATION The individual probation closed for mankind, one by one, as they received the seal or mark. When the last people have made their decision for the one side or the other, then comes the General Close of Probation, marking the end of all human probation forever: 1 - Christ throws down the censer of intercession. Grace, the atonement, and forgiveness have forever ended. 2 - The marriage of Christ to His kingdom and to His church occurs in the Most Holy Place. 3 - Christ stands up and leaves His position of intercession before the Father. 4 - Christ tarries for a moment in the outer apartment and, as Priest, places the sins of the righteous on Satan, who will bear them in the final punishment of sin. 5 - Christ then removes His priestly garments, puts on garments of vengeance, and leaves the Sanctuary, preparatory to returning to earth. He is no longer a Priest, but a soon-returning King. SEVENTH TIME PERIOD GREAT TIME OF TROUBLE Events between the General Close of Probation and the Voice of God: 1 - False Revival continues to keep people in deception. 2 - Four winds are loosed as Satan is permitted to bring severe calamities upon the wicked. 3 - Angels from heaven begin pouring the

17 CORRELATIVE STUDY GUIDE Seven Last Plagues upon the wicked. 4 - The Great Time of Trouble begins for the faithful. 5 - The faithful are blamed for the disasters. 6 - Heavy persecution of the faithful, but none are slain. 7 - The Death Decree is enacted. 8 - The crisis for the faithful swells into Jacob s Trouble. 9 - The last of the faithful flee from urban areas The Death Decree is slated to take effect at midnight. EIGHTH TIME PERIOD VOICE OF GOD Events from the Voice of God to the Second Advent: 1 - Twelve rapid events occur, including about 50 subsidiary events. 2 - Christ s journey to earth. NINTH TIME PERIOD SECOND ADVENT OF CHRIST Events at the Second Coming of Christ: 1 - Jesus returns for His people. 2 - The wicked are slain by the brightness of His coming. 3 - The righteous dead are raised. 4 - The righteous living are translated without seeing death. 5 - Both are glorified and caught up to meet Christ in the air. 6 - Satan and his angels are bound to this world. 7 - The sins of the righteous are rolled back on Satan. TENTH TIME PERIOD THE MILLENNIUM Events during the thousand years: 1 - The earth is desolate. 2 - The wicked are dead. 3 - Satan and his angels are bound to this earth. 4 - The righteous are taken to heaven with Jesus. 5 - Arriving there, they stand on the sea of glass outside the gate; and each receives 17 his overcomer s crown. 6 - They enter through the gate and behold the holy City, the Garden of Eden, the throne, and the tree of life. 7 - With Jesus, they begin the sentencing judgment of the wicked. ELEVENTH TIME PERIOD THE THIRD ADVENT Events from the Third Advent to the Destruction of the Wicked: 1 - Christ and the redeemed return to the earth. 2 - He descends upon the Mount of Olives, and flattens and purifies a large area. 3 - The holy City descends and alights on that area. 4 - Christ and the faithful enter the City, emerge once again, and Christ calls the wicked to life. 5 - Christ and the redeemed reenter the City. 6 - Satan immediately enlists the wicked in a plan to conquer the City. 7 - Preparations are completed and the march is begun. 8 - The City is encircled and Christ and the redeemed appear above the walls. 9 - The saints sing praises to Jesus The sentencing begins The wicked acknowledge God s justice Satan finally does also The fire falls, destroying the wicked and purifying the earth The great controversy is entirely ended! TWELFTH TIME PERIOD ETERNITY BEYOND A brief overview of eternal life with Christ: 1 - Earth is the home of the redeemed. 2 - The faithful live in homes by the broad streams. 3 - They will engage in many activities, including gardening, the study of natural science, and the study of the plan of redemption. They will converse with one another, angels, and unfallen intelligences. Each will travel to other worlds. 4 - They will frequently break into song and sing praises to God and to the Lamb. 5 - They will gather to worship the Creator on the holy Sabbath.

18 18 THE END OF TIME PREFACE WORLD CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW 1 - A power from beneath is working to bring about the last great scenes. The world is a theater; the actors, its inhabitants, are preparing to act their part in the last great drama. With the great masses of mankind, there is no unity, except as men confederate to accomplish their selfish purposes. God is looking on. His purposes in regard to His rebellious subjects will be fulfilled. The world has not been given into the hands of men, though God is permitting the elements of confusion and disorder to bear sway for a season. A power from beneath is working to bring about the last great scenes in the drama Satan coming as Christ, and working with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in those who are binding themselves together in secret societies. Those who are yielding to the passion for confederation are working out the plans of the enemy. The cause will be followed by the effect. 8 Testimonies, 27:4-28: The wicked have almost filled up the measure of their iniquity. Never did this message apply with greater force than it applies today. More and more the world is setting at naught the claims of God. Men have become bold in transgression. The wickedness of the inhabitants of the world has almost filled up the measure of their iniquity. This earth has almost reached the place where God will permit the destroyer to work his will upon it. The substitution of the laws of men for the law of God, the exaltation, by merely human authority, of Sunday in place of the Bible Sabbath, is the last act in the drama. When this substitution becomes universal, God will reveal Himself. He will arise in His majesty to shake terribly the earth. He will come out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the world for their iniquity, and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. 7 Testimonies, 141: We are standing on the threshold of the crisis of the ages. We are standing on the threshold of the crisis of the ages. In quick succession the judgments of God will follow one another, fire, and flood, and earthquake, with war and bloodshed. We are not to be surprised at this time by events both great and decisive; for the angel of mercy cannot remain much longer to shelter the impenitent. Prophets and Kings, 278: Every case is about to be eternally decided, and Satan sees that his time is short. The crisis is stealing gradually upon us. The sun shines in the heavens, passing over its usual round, and the heavens still declare the glory of God. Men are still eating and drinking, planting and building, marrying and giving in marriage. Merchants are still buying and selling. Men are jostling one against another, contending for the highest place. Pleasure lovers are still crowding to theaters, horse races, gambling hells. The highest excitement prevails, yet probation s hour is fast closing, and every case is about to be eternally decided. Satan sees that his time is short. He has set all his agencies at work that men may be deceived, deluded, occupied, and entranced until the day of probation shall be ended and the door of mercy forever shut. Southern Watchman, Oct. 3, We who know the truth should be preparing. Transgression has almost reached its limit. Confusion fills the world, and a great terror is soon to come upon human beings. The end is very near. We who know the truth should be preparing for what is soon to break upon the world as an overwhelming surprise. 8 Testimonies, 28: When the defiance of God s law is almost universal. In this time of prevailing iniquity we may know that the last great crisis is at hand. When the defiance of God s law is almost universal, when His people are oppressed and afflicted by their fellow men, the Lord will interpose. Christ s Object Lessons, 178: Everything in our world is in agitation. We are standing upon the threshold of great and solemn events. Prophecies are fulfilling. Strange, eventful history is being recorded in the books of heaven. Everything in our world is in agitation. There are wars and rumors of wars. The na-

19 WORLD CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW tions are angry, and the time of the dead has come, that they should be judged. Events are changing to bring about the day of God, which hasteth greatly. Only a moment of time, as it were, yet remains. But while already nation is rising against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, there is not now a general engagement. As yet the four winds are held until the servants of God shall be sealed in their foreheads. Then the powers of earth will marshal their forces for the last great battle. 6 Testimonies, 14: Signs thickening around us, telling of the near approach of the Son of God. The restraining Spirit of God is even now being withdrawn from the world. Hurricanes, storms, tempests, fire and flood, disasters by sea and land, follow each other in quick succession. Science seeks to explain all these. The signs thickening around us, telling of the near approach of the Son of God, are attributed to any other than the true cause. Men cannot discern the sentinel angels restraining the four winds that they shall not blow until the servants of God are sealed; but when God shall bid His angels loose the winds, there shall be such a scene of strife as no pen can picture. 6 Testimonies, 408: The agencies of evil are combining their forces and consolidating for the last great crisis. The days in which we live are solemn and important. The Spirit of God is gradually but surely being withdrawn from the earth. Plagues and judgments are already falling upon the despisers of the grace of God. The calamities by land and sea, the unsettled state of society, the alarms of war, are portentous. They forecast approaching events of the greatest magnitude. The agencies of evil are combining their forces, and consolidating. They are strengthening for the last great crisis. Great changes are soon to take place in our world, and the final movements will be rapid ones. 9 Testimonies, 11: God is trying to arouse men to the danger. The time is at hand when there will be sorrow in the world that no human balm can heal. The Spirit of God is being withdrawn. Disasters by sea and by land follow one another in quick succession. How frequently we hear of earthquakes and tornadoes, of destruction by fire and flood, with great loss of life and property! Apparently these calamities are capricious outbreaks of disorganized, unregulated forces of nature, wholly beyond the control of man; but in them all, God s purpose may be read. They are among the agencies by which He seeks to arouse men and women to a sense of their danger. Prophets and Kings, 277: Not progress and enlightenment, but corruption and violence. Men in their blindness boast of wonderful progress and enlightenment; but the heavenly watchers see the earth filled with corruption and violence. Because of sin the atmosphere of our world has become as the atmosphere of a pesthouse. 6 Testimonies, 10: Who can doubt that satanic agencies are at work among men with increasing activity? We are living in the midst of an epidemic of crime, at which thoughtful, God-fearing men everywhere stand aghast. The corruption that prevails, it is beyond the power of the human pen to describe. Every day brings fresh revelations of political strife, bribery, and fraud. Every day brings its heart-sickening record of violence and lawlessness, of indifference to human suffering, of brutal, fiendish destruction of human life. Every day testifies to the increase of insanity, murder, and suicide. Who can doubt that satanic agencies are at work among men with increasing activity to distract and corrupt the mind, and defile and destroy the body? Ministry of Healing, 142:4-143: The spirit of anarchy is permeating the nations. The spirit of anarchy is permeating all nations, and the outbreaks that from time to time excite the horror of the world are but indications of the pentup fires of passion and lawlessness that, having once escaped control, will fill the earth with woe and desolation. The picture which Inspiration has given of the antediluvian world represents too truly the condition to which modern society is fast hastening. Even now, in the present century, and in professedly Christian lands, there are crimes daily perpetrated, as black and terrible as those for which the old-world sinners were destroyed. Before the flood, God sent Noah to warn the world, that the people might be led to repentance, and thus escape the threatened destruction. As the time of Christ s second appearing draws near, the Lord sends His servants with a warning to the world to prepare for that great event. Multitudes have been living in transgression of God s law, and now He in mercy calls them to obey its sacred precepts. All who will put away their sins by repentance toward God and faith in Christ are offered pardon. Patriarchs and Prophets, 102: Satan is putting forth desperate efforts to ensnare the world. At the present time, when the end of all things earthly is rapidly approaching, Satan is putting forth desperate efforts to ensnare the world. He is devising many plans to occupy minds and to divert atten-

20 20 tion from the truths essential to salvation. In every city his agencies are busily organizing into parties those who are opposed to the law of God. The archdeceiver is at work to introduce elements of confusion and rebellion, and men are being fired with a zeal that is not according to knowledge. Acts of the Apostles, 219: Satan is seeking at every point to counterwork the work of the Lord upon this earth. Satan is a diligent Bible student. He knows that his time is short, and he seeks at every point to counterwork the work of the Lord upon this earth. 9 Testimonies, 16: Satan is now seeking to hold God s people in a state of inactivity. Satan is now seeking to hold God s people in a state of inactivity, to keep them from acting their part in spreading the truth, that they may at last be weighed in the balance and found wanting. 1 Testimonies, 260: Soon the final scenes of trouble will begin. The world is stirred with the spirit of war. The prophecy of the eleventh chapter of Daniel has nearly reached its complete fulfillment. Soon the scenes of trouble spoken of in the prophecies will take place. 9 Testimonies, 14: The world is filled with terrible disasters. I was shown the inhabitants of the earth in the utmost confusion. War, bloodshed, privation, want, famine, and pestilence were abroad in the land.. My attention was then called from the scene. There seemed to be a little time of peace. Once more the inhabitants of the earth were presented before me; and again everything was in the utmost confusion. Strife, war, and bloodshed, with famine and pestilence, raged everywhere. Other nations were engaged in this war and confusion. War caused famine. Want and bloodshed caused pestilence. And then men s hearts failed them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth. 1 Testimonies, 268: It is a time of spiritual darkness in the churches. This is a time of spiritual darkness in the churches of the world. Ignorance of divine things has hidden God and the truth from view. The forces of evil are gathering in strength. Satan flatters his coworkers that he will do a work that will captivate the world. While partial inactivity has come upon the church, Satan and his hosts are intensely active. The professed Christian churches are not converting the world; for they are themselves corrupted THE END OF TIME with selfishness and pride, and need to feel the converting power of God in their midst before they can lead others to a purer or higher standard. 9 Testimonies, 65: The seeds of infidelity are sown broadcast by the ministers. In our day, as of old, the vital truths of God s Word are set aside for human theories and speculations. Many professed ministers of the gospel do not accept the whole Bible as the inspired Word. One wise man rejects one portion; another questions another part. They set up their judgment as superior to the Word; and the Scripture which they do teach rests upon their own authority. Its divine authenticity is destroyed. Thus the seeds of infidelity are sown broadcast; for the people become confused, and know not what to believe. There are many beliefs that the mind has no right to entertain. Christ s Object Lessons, 39: God s faithful messengers must go steadily forward with their work. Wickedness is reaching a height never before attained, and yet many ministers of the gospel are crying, Peace and safety. But God s faithful messengers are to go steadily forward with their work. Clothed with the panoply of heaven, they are to advance fearlessly and victoriously, never ceasing their warfare until every soul within their reach shall have received the message of truth for this time. Acts of the Apostles, 220: The world is fast becoming ripe for destruction. There is a cause for alarm in the condition of the religious world today. God s mercy has been trifled with. The multitudes make void the law of Jehovah, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Infidelity prevails in many of the churches in our land; not infidelity in its broadest sense, an open denial of the Bible, but an infidelity that is robed in the garb of Christianity while it is undermining faith in the Bible as a revelation from God. Fervent devotion and vital piety have given place to hollow formalism. As the result, apostasy and sensualism prevail. Christ declared, As it was in the days of Lot.. even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. The daily record of passing events testifies to the fulfillment of His words. The world is fast becoming ripe for destruction. Soon the judgments of God are to be poured out, and sin and sinners are to be consumed. Patriarchs and Prophets, 166: Some will be saved while the door will be closed to those who reject it. The time of God s destructive judgments is the time of mercy for those who have had no opportunity to learn what is truth. Tenderly will the Lord