What does EGW write about...
Ellen Gould White über: "Does Ellen White write that the judgment moves from the dead to the living as soon as the Sunday law comes into effect?"
Answer
Ellen White makes clear that reports claiming she has already announced the beginning of the judgment on the living are false. She does emphasize that the judgment has been carried out on the dead since 1844 and will \"soon\" shift to the living, but she does not specify a particular time or a direct event such as the Sunday law as a trigger. While the Sunday law is regarded as a doctrinal test stone for people's decision, the exact moment when the investigative judgment will move to the cases of the living remains unknown according to her writings.
\n\nClarification on reports about the judgment on the living
\n\n\nSeveral times during the past winter [1888-89] I encountered the report that \"Sister White, during the conference in Minneapolis, was shown that the judgment, which had been carried out on the righteous dead since 1844, had now begun on the living.\" This report is not true. ... In a letter ... from Basel, Switzerland, to a preacher in California I made the following remark in substance: \"The judgment has been in progress on the cases of the dead for over forty years, and we do not know how soon it will shift to the cases of the living.\
The unknown time of the transition
\n\n\nThe scenes associated with the consummation of the work of reconciliation are solemn. The interests involved therein are significant. The judgment now takes place in the heavenly sanctuary. This work has been in progress for more than forty years. Soon—no one knows how soon—it will shift to the cases of the living.
The Sunday law as the final test
\n\n\nThe replacement of God's laws with human laws, the elevation of Sunday in place of the biblical Sabbath by purely human authority, is the final act in the drama. When this replacement becomes universal, God will reveal Himself. He will rise in His Majesty to terrifyingly shake the earth.
Scope of the investigative judgment
\n\n\nAt the appointed time for the judgment—the end of the 2300 days in 1844—the work of investigation and the erasing of sins began. All who have ever taken upon themselves the name of Christ must stand up to its testing investigation. Both the living and the dead are to be judged \"according to the things written in the books, according to their works.\
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- Investigative judgment living dead \n
- Timing Sunday law judgment \n
- Ellen White 1844 judgment decision \n
Original Sources (English)
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