Chapter 14—The Health Reform - December 10, 1871, I was again shown that the health reform is one branch of the great work which is to fit a people for the coming of the Lord. It is as closely connected with the third angel’s message as the hand is with the body. The law of Ten Commandments has been lightly regarded by man, but the Lord would not come to punish the transgressors of that law without first sending them a message of warning. The third angel proclaims that message. Had men ever been obedient to the law of Ten Commandments, carrying out in their lives the principles of those precepts, the curse of disease now flooding the world would not be. {3T 161.1}

(161) [Den 10. december 1871 blev det igen vist mig, at helsereformen er en gren af det store værk, der skal berede et folk til Herrens komme. Den er lige så nøje forbundet med den tredje engels budskab, som hånden er forbundet med legemet. Tibudsloven er blevet ringeagtet af mennesker; men Herren vil ikke komme for at straffe overtræderne af denne lov uden først at sende dem et advarselsbudskab. Den tredje engel forkynder dette budskab. Havde menneskene altid været lydige mod tibudsloven og i deres liv gennemført principperne i disse forskrifter, ville sygdommens forbandelse, som nu fylder verden, ikke have været.