A published statement which appeared in the Review and Herald Supplement of June 21, 1898, to the effect that a literal
darkness will cover the earth as a sign to God's people that probation has closed,
has been attributed wrongly to Ellen G. White. It was actually written by a
Seventh-day Adventist minister. Such teaching is contrary to her statement in
The Great Controversy, page 615, which reads: "When the irrevocable
decision of the sanctuary has been pronounced and the destiny of the world has
been forever fixed, the inhabitants of the earth will know it not."
Thought for the Day
Christ became one flesh with us, in order that we might become one spirit with Him. It is by virtue of this union that we are to come forth from the grave,--not merely as a manifestation of the power of Christ, but because, through faith, His life has become ours. Those who see Christ in His true character, and receive Him into the heart, have everlasting life. It is through the Spirit that Christ dwells in us; and the Spirit of God, received into the heart by faith, is the beginning of the life eternal. Desire of Ages, p. 388