Isaiah 58:13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable; and shalt honor him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: 14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
[The Great Controversy pp 605] 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 the line of distinction will be drawn between those who serve God and those who serve Him not.
While the observance of the false sabbath in compliance with the law of the state, contrary to the fourth commandment, will be an avowal of allegiance to a power that is in opposition to God, the keeping of the true Sabbath, in obedience to God's law is evidence of loyalty to the Creator. While one class, by accepting the sign of submission to earthly powers, receive the mark of the beast, the other, choosing the token of allegiance to divine authority, receive the seal of God.
As it stands currently, the hearts and minds of men are consumed with business and pleasure or they’re distracted by wars and rumors of war, by upheavals in high and low places, or with pestilences in divers places with devastating natural disasters also on the uptick. These things portend the coming of Christ, and are to arouse every person living on planet earth to the urgency of the moment. In other words, it is not business as usual, but the first tremors of the final conflict that will shape each and everyone’s eternal destiny, all who will be alive at the time of the latter rain.
Joel 2:Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand.
May the Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!