“For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?”
– 1 Corinthians 14:8
The light that Christ revealed to His servant the prophet is for us. In His revelation are given the three angels’ messages, and a description of the angel that was to come down from heaven with great power, lightening the earth with his glory. In it are warnings against the wickedness that would exist in the last days, and against the mark of the beast. We are not only to read and understand this message, but to proclaim it with no uncertain sound to the world. By presenting these things revealed to John, we shall be able to stir the people. The usual subjects on which the ministers of nearly all other denominations dwell will not move them. We must proclaim our God-given message to them. The world is to be warned by the proclamation of this message. If we blanket it, if we hide our light under a bushel, if we so circumscribe ourselves that we cannot reach the people, we are answerable to God for our failure to warn the world. (1)
“And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. And there followed another angel, saying, “Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.” [Revelation 14:6-8.]
“And the third angel followed them.” [Verse 9.] The first and the second angels’ messages are of great importance and are followed by the third angel’s message. All three should be understood and combined. The warning contained in these messages means much more to the whole world than the majority of God’s people comprehend. We are in the Lord’s great day of preparation. (2)
God has given the messages of (Revelation 14) their place in line of prophecy, and their work is not to cease till the close of this earth’s history. The first and second angels’ messages are still truth for this time and are to run parallel with that which follows. The third angel proclaims his warning with a loud voice.… In this illumination [Revelation 18:1], the light of all the three messages is combined. (3)
Charge for the Day: Ponder the thought that “the usual subjects on which the ministers of … other denominations dwell will not move” people. What can you do to make sure you share Christ in the context of the three angels’ messages?
1. Manuscript 169, 1902
2. Manuscript 124, 1901
3. Manuscript 31, 1890