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Ellen Gould White über: "When did Ellen White first write about Sunday laws?"
Answer
Ellen White received a vision already in April 1847 in which she saw that the Sabbath would be the decisive test question at the end of time. She later confirmed in her writings that many decades earlier – around 1848/1849 – she had been shown that the observance of Sunday would be enforced by a Sunday law. In the 1880s her warnings intensified as a concrete threat of national Sunday laws emerged in the United States.
Early Visions and the Sabbath Test
Then, on the first Sabbath in April 1847... the Lord gave Mrs. White a vision in Topsham, Maine, emphasizing the significance of the Sabbath. ... In this revelation Mrs. White was led to the end of time and saw the Sabbath as the great test truth on which people decide whether they serve God or a rebellious power.
Looking Back at Early Revelations Concerning the Sunday Law
The test will certainly come. Thirty‑six years ago I was shown that what is happening now would occur, that the observance of a papal institution would be imposed on people by a Sunday law, while the sacred Sabbath of Jehovah would be trampled.
Warning of the Impending Crisis in the 1880s
When the writing of this volume was being completed, a crisis threatened in the United States in the form of a proposed national Sunday law. In this context Mrs. White was shown the views concerning the impending conflict...
Legislators and the Demand for a Sunday Law
In "Testimonies", Volume 5, page 451, printed in 1885, there is a statement about how Sunday laws would be enacted in the United States. It says: "To secure popularity and favor, legislators will yield to the demand for a Sunday law.
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Original Sources (English)
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