Never did this message apply with greater force than it applies today. More and more the world is setting at nought the claims of God. Men have become bold in transgression. The wickedness of the inhabitants of the world has almost filled up the measure of their iniquity. This earth has almost reached the place where God will permit the destroyer to work his will upon it. The substitution of the laws of men for the law of God, the exaltation, by merely human authority, of Sunday in place of the Bible Sabbath, is the last act in the drama. When this substitution becomes universal, God will reveal Himself. He will arise in His majesty to shake terribly the earth. He will come out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the world for their iniquity, and the earth shall disclose her blood and shall no more cover her slain. {7T 141.1}

(141) Vi har aldrig kunnet bruge dette skriftsted med større styrke end i dag. Verden ringeagter Guds krav mere og mere. Menneskene er blevet dristige til at overtræde. Ondskaben blandt verdens beboere har næsten fyldt deres ugudeligheds bæger. Vor Jord er næsten kommet til det punkt, hvor Gud vil tillade ødelæggeren at gøre med den efter sin vilje. Det sidste akt i dramaet består i, at der indføres menneskelove i stedet for Guds lov, at søndagen bliver ophøjet i stedet for den bibelske sabbat udelukkende i kraft af menneskelig myndighed. Når denne forandring bliver verdensomfattende, vil Gud åbenbare sig. Han vil rejse sig i sin majestæt og ryste Jorden frygteligt. Han vil gå ud fra sin bolig for at straffe jordboernes brøde; sit blod bringer jorden for lyset og dølger ej mer sine dræbte.