What does Ellen White write about...
Adventistische Schriften über: "What will the end of the world be like? What happens before Jesus returns? The USA and Catholicism go hand in hand."
Answer
According to the Adventist quotations provided, Protestant churches in the United States would seek state power to enforce religious commandments and would join forces with papal power; a Sunday law is cited as the decisive sign. Before the end, a final warning will expose religious deception and the growing influence of papal power. For many, the Second Coming will come unexpectedly; the quotations also describe the end as a time of worldwide upheaval and the fall of human kingdoms.
The union of Protestantism and papal power
»When our nation shall so abjure the principles of its government as to enact a Sunday law, Protestantism will in this act join hands with popery; it will be nothing else than giving life to the tyranny which has long been eagerly watching its opportunity to spring again into active despotism. […] When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, and when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near.«
The “image of the beast” in the United States
»In order for the United States to form an image of the beast, the religious power must so control the civil government that the authority of the state will also be employed by the church to accomplish her own ends. […] The “image of the beast” represents that form of apostate Protestantism which will be developed when the Protestant churches shall seek the aid of the civil power for the enforcement of their dogmas.«
The final warning before the end
»These announcements, uniting with the message of the third angel, constitute the final warning to be given to the inhabitants of the earth. […] The sins of Babylon will be laid open: the fearful results of enforcing church ordinances by civil authority, the inroads of spiritualism, the stealthy but rapid progress of the papal power—all will be exposed.«
The sudden coming and the upheaval of the world
»When worldly pleasure becomes the pleasure of the church, and all are looking forward to many years of worldly prosperity, then suddenly, as the lightning flashes from the heavens, will come the end of their bright visions and delusive hopes. […] Christ declares that a similar unbelief will prevail in regard to His second coming.«
The fall of kingdoms and the shaking of the earth
»The kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ at the second coming of Christ. […] This is the end of the world. The seventh trumpet announces the overthrow of all kingdoms and nations; for when the God of heaven sets up his kingdom, it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms. […] The events of the seventh trumpet include that earthquake by which every mountain and island is moved out of its place, and the great hail; both take place under the seventh plague, when God arises to shake terribly the earth.«
Original Sources (English)
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