Adventistische Schriften über: "Compose a positive, encouraging English image message with a headline about the lamb-like beast from Revelation 13, biblical faithfulness, freedom of conscience, and the danger of religious coercion by state power. Find exact Ellen White sources and verify the biblical details."

The message calls for vigilance and steadfastness while emphasizing the divine promise of freedom of conscience. Ellen White identifies the lamb-like beast as a symbol for the United States, which could pose a danger to biblical truth through the enforcement of Sunday observance. At the same time, an encouraging perspective is offered: faithfulness to God's commandments and the protection of freedom of conscience make the decisive difference.

The lamb-like beast and the United States as a symbol of the danger of state coercion

»“The United States is the power represented by the beast with lamblike horns. This prophecy will be fulfilled when the United States shall enforce Sunday observance, which Rome claims as the acknowledgment of her supremacy.”«

1 - Ellen Gould White, From Here to Forever (HF 353.2)

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The contradiction between lamb-like appearance and dragon-like action

»“But the beast with lamb-like horns “spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast...” The lamb-like horns and dragon voice of the symbol point to a striking contradiction between the professions and the practice of the nation thus represented.”«

2 - Ellen Gould White, The Great Controversy (1888 ed.) (GC88 442.1)

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The duty to protect freedom of conscience and to obey God above all human laws

»“We are to recognize human government as an ordinance of divine appointment, and teach obedience to it as a sacred duty, within its legitimate sphere. But when its claims conflict with the claims of God, we must obey God rather than men. God's word must be recognized as above all human legislation.”«

3 - Ellen Gould White, Christian Service (ChS 161.3)

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The danger of the emergence of an "image" through the union of church and state

»“When the leading churches of the United States, uniting upon such points of doctrine as are held by them in common, shall influence the State to enforce their decrees and to sustain their institutions, then Protestant America will have formed an image of the Roman hierarchy, and the infliction of civil penalties upon dissenters will inevitably result.”«

4 - Ellen Gould White, The Great Controversy (1888 ed.) (GC88 445.2)

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