In his teachings, Christ sought to impress men with the certainty of the coming judgment, and with its publicity. This is not the judgment of a few individuals, or even of a nation, but of a whole world of human intelligences, of accountable beings. It is to be held in the presence of other worlds, that the love, the integrity, the service, of man for God, may be honored to the highest degree. There will be no lack of glory and honor. The Son of man will come in the clouds of heaven with his own glory, with the glory of his Father, and the glory of the holy angels. The law of God will be revealed in its majesty; and those who have stood in defiant rebellion against its holy precepts will understand that the law that they have discarded, and despised, and trampled underfoot is God's standard of character. Vividly before the mind of every commandment-keeper, and before every transgressor, will be brought the scene when the Sabbath was first given to man in Eden. Those who have ministered in word and doctrine; who by smooth words and fair speeches have taught that the law of God is no longer binding, that the Sabbath of the fourth commandment was given for the Jews only; who have educated their hearers to show contempt for the warnings sent by the Lord's prophets and apostles and delegated servants, will have brought to their minds the scenes of Sinai in all their grandeur,--God the Father, and the holy angels, the blackness and darkness, the lightning's blazing flash, the thunder, the tempest, the earthquake, the sound of the trumpet waxing louder and louder, and the voice of God proclaiming his holy law.

I sin undervisning søgte Kristus at give menneskene en forståelse af at der med sikkerhed ville komme en dom og at den ville gælde alle mennesker. Her er ikke tale om en dom over enkelte individer eller endog et helt folk, men over en hel verden af menneskelige intelligensvæsener, ansvarlige personer. Den skal finde sted i overværelse af andre verdener, så menneskets kærlighed, ærlighed og tjeneste for Gud kan blive tilkendt den højeste hæder. Det vil ikke komme til at skorte på æresbevisninger og forherligelse. Menneskesønnen vil komme i himlens skyer med sin egen herlighed, med sin Faders herlighed, og hellige engles herlighed. Guds lov vil blive håndhævet i al sin vælde og de, som i trods har gjort oprør mod dens hellige forskrifter, vil komme til erkendelse af at den lov, som de har tilsidesat, ringeagtet og trådt under fod, er Guds målestok for karakteren. For enhver lovlydigs sind, og for enhver overtræder, vil sceneriet bringes livligt, da sabbatten blev givet menneskene første gang i eden. Dem som har tjent i ord og lære; som i jævne ord og pæn tale har lært at Guds lov ikke længere er bindende, at det fjerde buds sabbat kun blev givet for jøder; som har uddannet deres til at vise foragt for de advarsler som Herrens profeter og apostle og udvalgte tjenere har sendt, vil få bragt Sinajs scenerier i al sin glas op i deres sind, - Gud Faderen, og hellige engle, mørke og lynglimt og torden, uvejret, jordskælvet, lyden af basuner vokser sig højere og højere, og Guds røst proklamerer sin hellige liv.