Ellen White saw Revelation 14:6-12, with its description of the messages of
the three angels, as standing at the very heart of Seventh-day Adventist
identity. The third angel's message (along with the first two) was not only to
be global but to draw out and test human beings--creating "a people
distinct and separate from the world, who refuse to worship the beast or his
image, who bear God's sign, keeping holy His Sabbath--the seventh day" (Evangelism,
p. 233). For Ellen White, the third angel's message combines law and gospel--the
commandments of God and the faith of Jesus (Rev. 14:12). Not only were Ellen
White's extensive writings on the law, Sabbath, righteousness by faith, the
great controversy, and other topics directly related to the third angel's
message, but so were her voluminous counsels on education, health, publishing,
and the gospel ministry.
Thought for the Day
Caste is hateful to God. He ignores everything of this character. In His sight the souls of all men are of equal value. He "hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after Him, and find Him, though He be not far from every one of us." Without distinction of age, or rank, or nationality, or religious privilege, all are invited to come unto Him and live. Desire of Ages, p. 403