What does Ellen White write about...
Adventistische Schriften über: "Sabbath, obedience to the Sunday law, rest on Saturday, Sunday worship, Ellen‑White doctrine, morality"
Answer
The Sabbath is described as the covenant sign between God and His people, revealing loyalty to the Creator and in the end times representing the dividing line between believers and unbelievers. While religious leaders and state powers will try to enforce a false day of rest through Sunday laws, the biblical Sabbath remains untouchable and binding for Christians. In situations where human laws contradict God's command, believers are called to obey God more than man, while also acting wisely and peacefully.
The Sabbath as the Seal of Faithfulness
»By keeping the true Sabbath, Christians should always bear a faithful testimony to the world of their knowledge of the true and living God, in contrast to all false gods; for the Lord of the Sabbath is the Creator of heaven and earth. ... The Sabbath is a pledge given by God to humanity—a sign of the relationship that exists between the Creator and His creations.«
Freedom of Conscience and Obedience to Laws
»Adventists refuse to obey Sunday laws not out of reckless disregard for civil authority, but from the conscientious conviction of a holy duty. ... If it did not touch the realm of conscience, if obedience to a law did not result in disobedience to God's law, no Adventist would be disobedient. But they feel, like Peter and the other apostles, that they must obey God more than man.«
The Change of the Sabbath by the “Power of Sin”
»But the man of sin, who exalts himself above God ... thought about changing times and laws. This power, which wanted to prove that it was not only equal to God but superior, changed the day of rest and placed the first day of the week in the place where the seventh should stand. And the Protestant world has accepted this child of papacy as holy.«
Wisdom in Dealing with Sunday Laws
»If the practices of the people do not conflict with God's law, one may adapt to them. ... On Sunday there is the best opportunity for missionaries to hold Sunday schools and tell people in the simplest way about the love of Jesus. ... Keeping the Sabbath does not make it mandatory to work on Sunday; for if one does so, one would arouse all the forces of the white population against oneself.«
The Sabbath Question as an End-Time Test
»In this age the test will take place at the point of Sabbath sanctification. ... While a rival Sabbath is being elevated, like the great golden image once in the plain of Dura. All who refuse will be placed under oppressive laws. This is the secret of lawlessness ... The people of God will not engage in any dispute with the world over it. They will simply take God's word as their guide.«
The Unchangeability of God's Law
»I saw that God has not changed the Sabbath, for He never changes. But the Pope changed it from the seventh to the first day of the week. ... I saw that the holy Sabbath is the dividing wall between God's true Israel and the unbelievers and will be; and that the Sabbath is the great question that will unite the hearts of the dear, waiting saints of God.«
Original Sources (English)
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