“It is in a crisis that character is revealed. When the earnest voice proclaimed at midnight, ‘Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him,’ and the sleeping virgins were roused from their slumbers, it was seen who had made preparation for the event. Both parties were taken unawares; but one was prepared for the emergency, and the other was found without preparation. So now, a sudden and unlooked-for calamity, something that brings the soul face to face with death, will show whether there is any real faith in the promises of God. It will show whether the soul is sustained by grace. The great final test comes at the close of human probation, when it will be too late for the soul’s need to be supplied.” Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 412, EGW

12. TheThree Angels' messages
of Revelation 14 are highly significant
to the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
In the SDA Church's official mission
statement, theThree Angels'
Messages are prominent:The mission
of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
is to proclaim to all peoples the
everlasting gospel in the context of
theThree Angels' messages of
Revelation 14:6–12

19. Millerite Camp Meeting
The early Adventist Church
emerged from a climate of
religious revival in the
Northeastern United States.
Camp meetings, such as this
Millerite gathering, were a
hallmark of the Second Great
Awakening. [photos courtesy
Office of Archives, Statistics and
Research]

24. Adventism and the
Second Great Awakening

32. The Great FinalTest

33. What is the Great FinalTest that comes at
the close of human probation when the
Midnight Cry is heard?
This test is described as a crisis, where
many will be taken unaware; it is described
as an emergency, a sudden and unlooked-
for calamity for some souls bringing them
face to face with death.

34. Consider these
statements:

35. “The Sabbath will be the great test of
loyalty, for it is the point of truth especially
controverted.When the final test shall be
brought to bear upon men, then the line of
distinction will be drawn between those
who serve God and those who serve Him
not.”
The Great Controversy, 605, Ellen G.White

36. “The Sabbath is the great test question. It is
the line of demarkation between the loyal
and true and the disloyal and transgressor.”
Selected Messages book 3, 423, Ellen G.White

37. AreYou Ready for the Great FinalTest?

38. The Great FinalTest to which the Midnight Cry
alerts us to will be the National Sunday Law
which precedes the Loud Cry of Revelation 18.

39. The Loud Cry is the last warning that takes place right
before the close of probation and the falling of the
seven last plagues. Revelation 18:1-4 pictures the
final announcement of the fall of Babylon and the
divine call, “Come out of her, My people.”Verse 5
says, “For her sins have reached to heaven, and God
has remembered her iniquities.”When does
Babylon’s sins reach heaven resulting in the Loud
Cry? In Last Day Events we are told: “When do her
sins reach unto heaven [Revelation 18:2-5]? When the
law of God is finally made void by legislation."

40. In other words, Babylon’s sins reach heaven when
there is a National Sunday Law.When the Sunday law
has shown that the sins of Babylon has reached
heaven, God’s people will be giving a Loud Cry
message that it’s time to come out of Babylon.

41. In Matthew 25, the entire church wakes up when the
Midnight Cry is heard.There will be no sleeping
through the final test.When the National Sunday
Law is passed, God’s faithful “wise virgins” will give
the Loud Cry.The “foolish virgins” will not be ready
and they will fail the final test (Matthew 25:12

42. Take note the following:
* The entire church wakes up when the Midnight Cry is
heard.
* God’s faithful “wise virgins” will give the Loud Cry.
* The “foolish virgins” will not be ready and they will fail
the final test.
Matthew 25:12

43. So if the ten virgins are sleeping, they will sleep right through
until it's too late.
Because once the midnight cry comes, ’the bridegroom is coming
let us go forth to meet Him’, that'll be the Sunday law.The Sunday law is
going to wake up every single Adventist and they go to say:
“We didn't realize it was going to happen so soon so so what do we do
to prepare”?
“Sorry, go buy your own oil”
When Seventh day woke up to the reality that the Sunday law has just
been passed, they're going to scramble to get ready. But it will be too
late. Preparation time comes before the Sunday law.

44. It's the final test and that's the closing process for the judgment of
the living for Seventh dayAdventist and it will rapidly progress to
conclude the whole world but it starts in the house of God. Seventh-
dayAdventist will be judged before non Seventh-dayAdventist.
Those who know the truth, He'll judge first and we are told that the
door is closed to those who would not enter but it is yet open to those
who have not yet heard.
How important it is for those of us that know the truth?Very
important and that we have to prepare because we will be judged
before others.

45. Only those who are living up to the
light they have will receive greater
light. Unless we are daily
advancing in the exemplification of
the active Christian virtues, we
shall not recognize the
manifestations of the Holy Spirit in
the latter rain. It may be falling on
hearts all around us, but we shall
not discern or receive it.
Testimonies to Ministers and GospelWorkers,
507, Ellen. G.White

46. The reality of the matter is that those who failed in
character development during the time of probation
will not realize that they weren't sealed until the
plagues began falling on them.

47. We now know that the midnight cry spoken about here
typifies the soon coming Sunday Law.
But most of us,
Seventh-DayAdventist,
fail to realize that there was a condition
separating the wise and the foolish virgins,
though both groups had fallen asleep.

48. Likewise any seventh-dayAdventists who has not already
gained the victory over sin prior to the Sunday law will never
receive the Spirit of God, the latter rain.
Victory over sin must take place before the Sunday law test.

49. When the call went forth that the
bridegroom was coming there was no time
left for the oil to be obtained.
We know that the oil here represents a
Christ-like character which is a sinless
condition.

50. So what the passage is saying
is that at the passing of the Sunday law
all Seventh-dayAdventists whether they
believe a present truth or not, we'll all going
to wake up to the realization that Christ's
return is imminent.

51. 95 plus percent of Seventh-day Adventists are waiting
for the Sunday law to get ready.
But it is the Sunday law that wakes up the whole
church.
You see the Sunday law, the voice at
midnight that says “Behold the bridegroom cometh”
is a prophetic event.
And at this time, the whole church woke up, both the
wise and the foolish.

52. Now the second part is where Satan brings in a deception and a
distractions.This is what he does not want us to focus on or
realize and what has escaped our notice

53. At the passing of the Sunday law, Seventh-day
Adventists will need to have reached a sinless
condition to receive the latter rain and be
empowered to stand during the crisis.We all
believed and knew this at one point but the vast
majority of us have gotten so distracted that we
have become totally oblivious to this
required condition.

54. * Satan is distracting the people of God
from preparing their hearts and getting
the victory over sin.
* Satan has no other reason than
to distract the people of God from the
necessary work of preparation.
* And we have failed to notice the signs
going on in nature and around the world
as to the crisis brewing.

55. The US economy can collapse literally on any day
which will rocket us into a national Sunday law.

57. Follow the logic:
* Satan has to prevent Seventh-day Adventists
from reaching a state of sinlessness prior to
the Sunday law.
* We have to pray to God right now to remove
any distractions that prevents that reality from
really sinking into our minds.
* We have to be no longer actively sinning by the
time of the Sunday law.

58. God knew that we would be in this distracted condition
so in His loving mercy he sent us messengers to put
our focus back on victory over sin.

59. SisterWhite says,
Not one of us will ever
receive the Seal of God while our
characters have one spot or stain
upon them, it is left with us to
remedy the defects in our characters,
to cleanse the soul-temple of every
defilement.Then the latter rain will
fall upon us as the early rain fell upon
the disciples on the day of Pentecost.
Christian Experience andTeachings p. 189. 2

60. That means all hereditary and cultivated character
defects must be removed before we could ever receive
the seal of God.
If it takes several weeks to stop a bad habit how long
do you think it takes to cleanse the soul-temple?
This work is an impossible feat if the early rain hasn't
already been falling on us and Christ hasn’t been
allowed to take control of the soul-temple.

61. Many of us feel confident that the years we spent within the
church and our accumulated knowledge and Bible prophecy and
the writings of sisterWhite will enable us to make an intelligent
decision at the Sunday law and will not for one moment give up
our position on the Sabbath.
But let's consider this,
The disciples walked and talked with Jesus Himself for three years
and yet they all fled when the crisis came.
Peter never thought that after walking on water, seeing all the
miracle of Christ, and performing miracles himself that he could
ever betray his Lord and Savior but when the pressure of the crisis
came, he quickly denied his Savior three times.

62. The disciples had an advantage over us because they
were actually able to walk and talk with Christ yet their
faith still failed them.
1 Corinthians 10:12 says,
“Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take
heed lest he fall”.
We have to take a more serious look into the condition
of our hearts, and the sin in our lives.

63. Again as sisterWhite says,
Not one of us will ever
receive the Seal of God while our
characters have one spot or stain
upon them, it is left with us to
remedy the defects in our characters,
to cleanse the soul-temple of every
defilement.Then the latter rain will
fall upon us as the early rain fell upon
the disciples on the day of Pentecost.
Christian Experience andTeachings p. 189. 2

64. Mark this point with care:
Those who receive the pure
mark of truth, wrought in
them by the power of the
Holy Ghost, represented by a
mark by the man in linen, are
those “that sigh and that cry
for all the abominations that
be done” in the church.
Testimonies for the Church 3:267

65. The class who do not feel grieved over
their own spiritual declension, nor mourn
over the sins of others, will be left without
the seal of God....
Not all who profess to keep the Sabbath
will be sealed.There are many even among
those who teach the truth to others who
will not receive the seal of God in their
foreheads.They had the light of truth, they
knew their Master's will, they understood
every point of our faith, but they had not
corresponding works....
Maranatha, 240

66. Call to Action
Do you hear loud and clear that God is telling us, IT’S
TIMETO GET READY?

67. We are living in unprecedented times. COVID-
19 has created economic uncertainty, fear,
and confusion.There’s civil unrest happening
around the world and mass invasions of
locusts threatening food security in numerous
countries. I hear loud and clear that God is
telling us, it’s time to get ready!What do you
hear?We are told:
“God has a purpose in permitting these
calamities to occur.They are one of His means
of calling men and women to their senses.”
Last Day Events, 28

68. What are you doing, brethren, in the great
work of preparation?Those who are
uniting with the world are receiving the
worldly mold and preparing for the mark of
the beast.Those who are distrustful of self,
who are humbling themselves before God
and purifying their souls by obeying the
truth—these are receiving the heavenly
mold and preparing for the seal of God in
their foreheads.When the decree goes
forth and the stamp is impressed, their
character will remain pure and spotless for
eternity.
Maranatha, 240

69. Now is the time to prepare.The seal of
God will never be placed upon the
forehead of an impure man or woman. It
will never be placed upon the forehead
of the ambitious, world-loving man or
woman. It will never be placed upon the
forehead of men or women of false
tongues or deceitful hearts. All who
receive the seal must be without spot
before God—candidates for heaven.
Testimonies for the Church 5:211, 213-216

70. Now is the time to pray and seek God with all our hearts. God says,
“And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all
your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13). We need to spend time in prayer alone
with God, and also unite in prayer with God’s people.The early rain fell
when God’s people were “with one accord in one place” (Acts 2:1-2).
We need both the personal and the corporate experience in prayer!

71. It’s time to go beyond knowing about Jesus to knowing Him personally
and loving Him with all our hearts — so we can be among God’s faithful
people who will one day soon give the Loud Cry!

72. It’s time to ask daily for the Holy
Spirit (Luke 11:9-13) so we are
among the “wise virgins” of
Matthew 25 instead of among the
“foolish virgins” where Jesus says, “I
do not know you” (Matthew 25:12).

73. It’s time to prepare for the Great FinalTest and claim
this Bible promise:
“Ask the Lord for rain in the time of the latter rain.The Lord will make
flashing clouds; He will give them showers of rain, grass in the field for
everyone.”
Zechariah 10:1