The third angel's message, embracing the
messages of the first and second angels, is the message for this
time. We are to raise aloft the banner on which is inscribed:
"The commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus."
The world is soon to meet the great Lawgiver over His broken
law. This is not the time to put out of sight the great issues
before us. God calls upon His people to magnify the law and make
it honorable.
When the morning stars sang together, and
all the sons of God shouted for joy, the Sabbath was given to
the world, that man might ever remember that in six days God
created the world. He rested upon the seventh day, blessing it
as the day of His rest, and gave it to the beings He had created,
that they might remember Him as the true and living God. By His
mighty power, notwithstanding the opposition of Pharaoh, God
delivered His people from Egypt, that they might keep the law which had been given in Eden. He
brought them to Sinai to hear the proclamation of this law.
By proclaiming the Ten Commandments to the children of Israel with His own voice, God demonstrated their importance. In awful grandeur He made known His majesty and authority as Ruler of the world. This He did to impress the people with the sacredness of His law and the importance of obeying it. The power and glory with which the law was given reveal its importance. It is the faith once delivered to the saints by Christ our Redeemer speaking from Sinai.