What does Ellen White write about...
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Answer
In Ellen White's writings it is emphasized that the number of the saved at the end of time will be small compared to the rest of the world’s population, just as in Noah’s time only eight persons were saved. Today’s world resembles that era in that warnings are ignored and people go about their daily lives eating, drinking and building, without preparing for the coming judgment.
It is especially stressed that even among those who profess to God, many will reject the message, because they lull themselves into false security and interpret God’s mercy as if He would not save only a small minority.
The Parallel between Noah’s Time and the Last Days
»Noah was thoroughly tested and tried, yet he kept his righteousness before the world—everyone, everyone was against him. So it will be when the Son of Man is revealed. The saved will be few, as shown through Noah and his family. The world could have believed the warnings; God’s Spirit wrestled with them to bring them to faith and obedience, but their own evil hearts rejected God’s counsel and resisted the pleading of infinite love.«
Rejection of the Warning by Science and False Security
»They argued that it would not be consistent with God’s character to save only Noah and his family—merely eight people—in this vast world and to wipe out the rest with the waters of the Flood. Oh no. There were great and good men on the earth. If they did not believe the same as Noah, then Noah was deceived. [...] God is too good and too merciful to save only a few who keep the Sabbath and believe the warning. The great and wise men, the philosophers, would recognize the Sabbath and the brevity of the time if it were true.«
Spiritual Blindness in the Churches
»I was shown that only a few are humbly devoted to God. There are only a few who, like stars in a stormy night, shine here and there among the clouds. Many who gladly listen to the truths of God’s Word are spiritually dead, while they profess to be alive. [...] The majority, even among professing Christians, are proud of their superior advantages, yet bring no fruit to God for these great blessings.«
Only Eight Souls from the Whole Humanity
»Noah preached for one hundred and twenty years to the people before the Flood, yet only few appreciated that precious time of grace. Apart from Noah and his family, no one else was counted among the believers and entered the ark. From the entire population of the earth only eight souls accepted the message; but this message condemned the world.«
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Original Sources (English)
Stephan Krol
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