And as God spoke the day and the hour of Jesus’ coming, and delivered the everlasting covenant to His people, He spoke one sentence, and then paused, while the words were rolling through the earth. The Israel of God stood with their eyes fixed upward, listening to the words as they came from the mouth of Jehovah, and rolled through the earth like peals of loudest thunder. It was awfully solemn. And at the end of every sentence the saints shouted, “Glory! Alleluia!” Their countenances were lighted up with the glory of God; and they shone with the glory, as did the face of Moses when he came down from Sinai. The wicked could not look on them for the glory. And when the never ending blessing was pronounced on those who had honored God in keeping His Sabbath holy, there was a mighty shout of victory over the beast and over his image. {LS 102.3}

Og da Gud talte om dagen og timen for Jesu komme, og forløste den evige pagt med Sit folk, udtalte Han en dom, og gjorde en pause, medens ordene rullede udover jorden. Israels Gud stod med deres øjne fæstnet opad, lyttede til ordene, idet de kom ud af Jehovas mund, og rullede gennem jorden som perler af højeste torden. Det var meget højtideligt. Ved slutningen af hver sætning råbte de hellige: "Ære! Halleluja!" Deres ansigter blev oplyst med Guds herlighed; og de skinnede med herligheden, ligesom Moses ansigt gjorde, da han kom ned fra Sinaj. (103) De onde kunne se på dem på grund af herligheden. Og da der aldrig var ende på velsignelserne over dem, som havde æret Gud og holdt Hans sabbat hellig, lød der et mægtigt sejrsråb over dyret og dets billede.