The loud cry. Thus the message of the third angel will be proclaimed. As the time comes for it to be given with greatest power, the Lord will work through humble instruments, leading the minds of those who consecrate themselves to His service. The labourers will be qualified rather by the unction of His Spirit than by the training of literary institutions. Men of faith and prayer will be constrained to go forth with holy zeal, declaring the words which God gives them. The sins of Babylon will be laid open. The fearful results of enforcing the observances of the Church by civil authority, the inroads of spiritualism, the stealthy but rapid progress of the papal power—all will be unmasked. By these solemn warnings the people will be stirred. Thousands upon thousands will listen who have never heard words like these. In amazement they hear the testimony that Babylon is the Church, fallen because of her errors and sins, because of her rejection of the truth sent to her from heaven.(1).
Many other members from other denominations take their place. The seed has been sown, and now it will spring up and bear fruit. The publications distributed by missionary workers have exerted their influence, yet many whose minds were impressed have been prevented from fully comprehending the truth or from yielding obedience. Now the rays of light penetrate everywhere, the truth is seen in its clearness, and the honest children og God sever the bands which have held them. Family connections, Church relations, are powerless to stay them now. Truth is more precious than all besides. Notwithstanding the agencies combined against the truth, a large number take their stand upon the Lord´s side (2).
Many who have left the church like our children come back to the faith. Those who have had great light and precious privileges, but have not improved them, will, under one pretext or another, go out from us. Not having received the love of the truth, they will be taken in the delusions of the enemy; they will give heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils, and will depart from the faith. But, on the other hand, when the storm of persecution really breaks upon us, the true sheep will hear the Shepherd`s voice. Self-denying efforts will be put forth to save the lost, and many who have strayed from the fold will come back to follow the great Shepherd (3).
Some leaders in our church community leave their post and become our worst enemies. As the storm approaches, a large class who have professed faith in the third angel`s message, but have not been sanctified through obedience to the truth, abandon their position and join the ranks of the opposition. By uniting with the world and partaking of it`s spirit, they have come to view matters in nearly the same light; and when the test is brought, they are prepared to choose the easy, popular side. Men of talent and pleasing address, who once rejoiced in the truth, employ their powers to deceive and mislead souls. They become the most bitter enemies of their former brethren (4).
Satan will work his miracles to deceive; he will set up his power as supreme. The church may appear as about to fall, but it does not fall. It remains, while the sinners in Zion will be sifted out-the chaff separated from the precious wheat. This a terrible ordeal, but nevertheless it must take place (5).
He (God) knows whether or not those for whom petitions are offered would be able to endure the trial and test that would come upon them if they lived. He knows the end from the beginning. Many will be laid away to sleep before the fiery ordeal of the time of trouble shall come upon our world (6). (Many elderly people and children will be put to sleep into death before that day of the great tribulation comes, because God understands that they cannot go through such tribulation.)
“As the storm approaches, a large class who have professed faith in the third angels message, but have not been sanctified through obedience to the truth, abandon their position and join the ranks of the opposition. By uniting with the world and partaking of its spirit, they have come to view matters in nearly the same light; and when the test is brought, they are prepared to choose the easy, popular side. Men of talent and pleasing address, who one rejoiced in the truth, employ their powers to deceive and mislead souls. They become the most bitter enemies of their former brethren.”[7]
Now what does Ellen G. White mean here in this text in the book Confrontation page 608 when she is referring to a large class which will leave the Adventist church? A large group or a large class are the same thing. If a group of people consisting of 100 people are divide into two, they are evenly grouped. That is 50 people into each group or class. If one group is under 50 people, they are in the minority and this is called a small group. If the group is over 50 people, they are in the majority, this is called a large group or class. A large group or class means over 50%, or 50% to 75% of the church will leave the Adventist church before the Second Coming of Christ.
We are talking about over 50% to 75% of the leadership in the Adventist church; over 50% to 75% of the teachers and theologians in our universities and schools; over 50% to 75% of our pastors in our churches; over 50% to 75% of medical doctors and nurses in the hospitals.
“And at that time (of terrible crisis) the superficial, conservative class, whose influence has steadily retarded the progress of the work, will renounce the faith and take their stand with its avowed enemies toward whom their sympathies have long been tending.”[8]
Now when the tares or weeds are sifted out from the wheat in the church and many of the members and little ones have been laid to rest,[9] [10] there are not many members left. That is where we stand as a church before the Second Coming of Christ. The majority of the Adventist Church have joined the Harlot and that is the worldwide Ecumenical Church. That is why when Jesus comes back to this earth, he says in Luke 18:8. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he really find faith on the earth?
However, having stated these quotes from Ellen G. White which are negative as regards to the Seventh Day Adventist church, we can conclude on a positive quotation from her book “Notwithstanding the agencies combined against the truth, a large number take their stand upon the Lord´s side.”[11] Where does this large number come from? From sincere believers in the Roman Catholic Church, the fallen protestant church and all Christian churches worldwide.
I am being realistic when analyzing the text of the Bible from Luke 18:8 and the quotes from Ellen G. White. What constitutes an honest Christian in the book of Revelation? It is he who keeps the commandments of God and has the faith of Jesus Christ. But is that enough?
“As the storm approaches, a large class who have professed faith in the third angels message, but have not been sanctified through obedience to the truth, abandon their position and join the ranks of the opposition.”[12] What does “sanctified through obedience to the truth” mean in this quote? It means faith without works is dead. It is cheap grace. Faith without witnessing for Christ as a lifestyle, is cheap grace and is dead according to the Bible.
What about the two passages in scripture: Ezekiel 33:7-9 and in James 2:14-17, which many christians avoid, and that includes ministers and theologians in the church.
Ezekiel 33:7-9. So you, son of man: I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for me. Verse 8. When I say to the wicked, “O wicked man, you shall die!” and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. Verse 9. Nevertheless if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul. There are not many sermons preached on this text in the Adventist church, because it involves personal witnessing to the public. If we do not witness to our friends and neighbors from door to door , then the responsibility lies with us and this may prevent us coming to heaven because of our pride and selfishness.
James 2:14-17. What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? Verse 17. Thus, also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. This is the problem with the Laodicean Church in the book of Revelation 3:14-22. They believe in the Bible, but do not practice all what it says in the Bible. Jesus says he will vomit this church out of his mouth. The church spoken about in Rev 2:1-7 to the church at Ephesus. Verse 2.3. I know your works, your labor, your patience – – -. And you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for my name´s sake and have not become weary. Verse 4, that you have left your first love.
What is this first love Christ is talking about in this text? It is where every member of the church is revealing the love for Christ and the works of Christ´s example to others. Helping people in need and preaching the gospel through witnessing from door to door like the twelve discipes did in the beginning of the church. Luke 10:1-11.
Helping people and witnessing is not the same as attending church and sitting in the pews every week and going home and doing nothing for Christ. In fact, there is no record of any church building in the New Testament. All the believers met in homes, which are some of the most welcoming, comforting and most friendliest places on earth. They never met in a cold churches, where one cannot communicate with more than 12 members, at a time, each week.
The first church building was built in AD 250. That is 250 years after Christ and this kind of church setup continued into the great age of Basilicas designed by man, to show his great pride in what he can achieve. Furthermore, we have inherited from the Roman Catholic Church a set up where the priest stands up on a platform and preachers a sermon every week, while the members sit on their benches and say amen! This is the high point for all church members each week. But this was not so, during the times of Christ and the apostles. The early church did not have a church building on every street corner in their home town. The early believers met in homes on a weekly basis, and all participated in the church service and witnessing for Christ to the public. This is how the church expanded like dynamite in Israel and the diaspora during the first century.
So the problem with my own church is, the majority are not witnessing for Christ. They are becoming like the harlot, worshipping God on a weekly basis in large churches. “By uniting with the world and partaking of its spirit, they have come to view matters in nearly the same light; and when the test is brought, they are prepared to choose the easy, popular side.”[13]
What we need is, to get back to the time of the New Testament and practice on a daily basis witnessing for Christ, going from door to door and giving christian literature to people personally and speaking to them persoinally, helping anyone in need, and inviting them into our homes for a meal and get together. OK!
Greenland
I would like to give an example of what God can do when two people try a project in witnessing.
My wife and I made plans to visit every house and talk to people personly in Nuuk the Capitol of Greenland. We made plans to visit the place every year for three months during the Summer when it did not snow. This was a self supporting endeavor.
We decided to use two books. The Great Controversy for the adults and a childrens book with the gospel with lots of coloured pictures. This book was donated to us with no copyright money by a teacher who worked in Alaska and therefore the pictures of the people where of a darker skin.
By visiting Greenland each year for three months we completed the city of Nuuk and visited other towns and cities. This project developed so we had to have help from the Church in Denmark and form a committee with policies so we could recieve donations from church members.
That was six years ago and this Summer 2026 will be the last visit when we shall have completed visiting all the towns and cities in the whole of Greenland.
Now if two people can cover a continent such as Greenland, what can many more church members do? They can move the whole world with God`s help.
If someone would like to try what we did in going from door to door. This is what I said to the the people:
“Good evening! I am not a Jehovas Witness. I am giving books out for free. They do not cost any money. The Great Controversy book tells us about the fight between good and evil in the world today, and about Martin Luther who started the Lutheran church. It tells us in prophecy about how the USA who will try to rule the world and also Greenland. The book is free and you can get a childrens book free if you have children. If they ask what church I belong to I reply that I am Adventist.”
Any member of the church can do this work with God`s help. Don`t forget to pray before going out from door to door because you are fighting against Satan when we do it.
When doing this work you are fulfilling the message of the “Loud Cry”. You will be fulfilling the work which Christ taught his disciples to do and that is door to door work.
(1) Ellen G. White, The Great Controversy, 606.
(2) Ellen G. White, The Great Controversy, 612.
(3) Ellen G. White, Testimonies to the Church. Vol 6, 400. 401.
(4) Ellen G. White, The Great Controversy, 608.
(5) Ellen G. White, Selected Messages volume 2, 380.
(6) Ellen G. White, Counsels on Health. Page 375.
[7] Ellen G. White, Confrontation (Grantham, Lincolnshire: The Stanborough Press, 1978), 608.
[8] Ellen G. White, Testimonies for the Church Vol. 5. 463.
[9] Ellen G. White, Counsels on Health (Mountain View, California: Pacific Press Pub., Assoc., 1951), 375.
[10] Ellen G. White, Selected Messages Vol. 2. 259.
[11] White, Confrontation, 612.
[12] Ibid., 608.
[13] Ibid., 608.