spake unto Moses, saying, Speak thou also unto the children of
Israel, saying, Verily My Sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign
between Me and you throughout your generations; that ye may
know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.” Exodus 31:12, 13.
Here the Sabbath is clearly designated as a sign between God and
His people.
The mark of the beast is the opposite of this—the observance
of the first day of the week. This mark distinguishes those who
acknowledge the supremacy of the papal authority from those who
acknowledge the authority of God. [118]
The Loud Cry
As foretold in the eighteenth of Revelation, the third angel’s
message is to be proclaimed with great power by those who give
the final warning against the beast and his image: “I saw another
angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth
was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong
voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become
the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage
of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the
wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the Kings of the earth have
committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are
waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard
another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, My people, that
ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered
her iniquities. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double
unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath
filled fill to her double.” Revelation 18:1-6.
This is the message given by God to be sounded forth in the loud
cry of the third angel.
Those whose faith and zeal are proportionate to their knowledge
of the truth will reveal their loyalty to God by communicating the
truth, in all its saving, sanctifying power, to those with whom they
associate. Their lives of holiness and unselfish service will be in
conformity with the vital principles of the kingdom of heaven.
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It is a solemn and terrible truth that many who have been zealous
in proclaiming the third angel’s message are now becoming listless
and indifferent! The line of demarcation between worldlings and
[119] many professed Christians is almost indistinguishable. Many who
once were earnest Adventists are conforming to the world—to its
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practices, its customs, its selfishness. Instead of leading the world
to render obedience to God’s law, the church is uniting more and
more closely with the world in transgression. Daily the church is
