The ShakingDozen+ Bible References

1,595 Spirit of Prophecy QuotesCondensed

➢ Haggai 2:6-7➢ For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it [is] a

little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry [land]; And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.

➢ Hebrews 12:26-27➢ Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath

promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. And this [word], Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

➢ Job 15:31-35

➢ Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence. It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive. For the congregation of hypocrites [shall be] desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery. They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

➢ Isaiah 2:12-22

➢ For the day of the LORD of hosts [shall be] upon every [one that is] proud and lofty, and upon every [one that is] lifted up; and he shall be brought low: And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, [that are] high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills [that are] lifted up, And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. And the idols he shall utterly abolish. …

➢ … And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made [each one] for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. Cease ye from man, whose breath [is] in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

➢ Ezekiel 38:19-20

➢ For in my jealousy [and] in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that [are] upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother. -

➢ 2 Thessalonians 2:1-2

➢ Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and [by] our gathering together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. -

➢ Isaiah 30:27-30➢ Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far,

burning [with] his anger, and the burden [thereof is] heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire: And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and [there shall be] a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing [them] to err. Ye shall have a song, as in the night [when] a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel. And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of [his] anger, and [with] the flame of a devouring fire, [with] scattering, and tempest, and hailstones. -

➢ Amos 9:8-10

➢ Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD [are] upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD. For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as [corn] is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us. -

➢ Matthew 7:24-27➢ Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and

doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

➢ Rain – False Holy Spirit➢ Floods – False believers➢ Winds – Every wind of doctrine -

➢ Selected Messages Book 2, page 380.2

➢ Satan will work his miracles to deceive; he will set up his power as supreme. The church may appear as about to fall, but it does not fall. It remains, while the sinners in Zion will be sifted out--the chaff separated from the precious wheat. This is a terrible ordeal, but nevertheless it must take place. None but those who have been overcoming by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony will be found with the loyal and true, without spot or stain of sin, without guile in their mouths. We must be divested of our self-righteousness and arrayed in the righteousness of Christ. -

➢ Selected Messages Volume 1, page 180 (1890)

➢ There is a time of trouble coming to the people of God, but WE ARE NOT TO KEEP THAT CONSTANTLY BEFORE THE PEOPLE and rein them up to have a time of trouble beforehand. There is to be a shaking among God's people, but THIS IS NOT THE PRESENT TRUTH to carry to the churches. -

➢ Christian Experience and Teachings of Ellen G. White, page 107.3

➢ The mighty shaking has commenced and will go on, and all will be shaken out who are not willing to take a bold and unyielding stand for the truth, and to sacrifice for God and His cause.

➢ There are 2 shakings

➢ 1) Is Sunday law time, yet future

➢ 2) Going on now and is over other matters -

➢ Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists, page 215.3

➢ The world is the instrument that sifts the church, and tests the genuineness of its members. The world holds out inducements, that, when accepted, place the believer where his life is not in harmony with his profession. -

➢ Last Day Events, page 177

➢ When the shaking comes, by THE INTRODUCTION OF FALSE THEORIES, THESE SURFACE READERS, anchored nowhere, are like shifting sand. They slide into any position to suit the tenor of their feelings of bitterness.--TM 112 (1897) -

➢ Counsels to Writers and Editors, 40.1

➢ God will arouse His people; if other means fail, heresies will come in among them, which will sift them, separating the chaff from the wheat. The Lord calls upon all who believe His word to awake out of sleep. Precious light has come, appropriate for this time. It is Bible truth, showing the perils that are right upon us. This light should lead us to a diligent study of the Scriptures, and a most critical examination of the positions which we hold. -

➢ Christian Experience and Teachings of Ellen G. White, page 176

➢ I asked the meaning of the shaking I had seen, and was shown that IT WOULD BE CAUSED BY THE STRAIGHT TESTIMONY called forth by the counsel of the True Witness to the Laodiceans. This will have its effect upon the heart of the receiver, and will lead him to exalt the standard and pour forth the straight truth. Some will not bear this straight testimony. They will rise up against it, and this is what will cause a shaking among God's people.

I saw that the testimony of the True Witness has not been half heeded. The solemn testimony upon which the destiny of the church hangs has been lightly esteemed, if not entirely disregarded. This testimony must work deep repentance; all who truly receive it will obey it, and be purified. …

➢ 10MR 5.2

➢ Everything is to be shaken that can be shaken. God is going to shake the heavens and the earth. He declares, "Therefore will I shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of His fierce anger" (Isaiah 13:13). Deep and solemn truth must now be proclaimed, to prepare the way of the Lord. We are not to pay court to wealthy men in order to receive their help. WE ARE NOT TO YIELD TO THE TEMPTATION TO OBLITERATE THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THE MESSAGE THAT IS TO BE PROCLAIMED TO AROUSE THE WORLD FROM ITS DEATHLIKE SLUMBER. -

➢ Christian Experience and Teachings of Ellen G. White, page 174.2

➢ God requires a constant doing on the part of His people; and when they become weary of well-doing, He becomes weary of them. I SAW THAT HE IS GREATLY DISPLEASED WITH THE LEAST MANIFESTATION OF SELFISHNESS ON THE PART OF HIS PROFESSED PEOPLE, for whom Jesus spared not His own precious life. Every selfish, covetous person will fall out by the way. Like Judas, who sold his Lord, they will sell good principles and a noble, generous disposition for a little of earth's gain. All such will be sifted out from God's people. Those who want heaven must, with all the energy which they possess, be encouraging the principles of heaven. Instead of withering up with selfishness, their souls should be expanding with benevolence. Every opportunity should be improved in doing good to one another, and thus cherishing the principles of heaven. Jesus was presented to me as the perfect pattern. His life was without selfish interest, but ever marked with disinterested benevolence. -

➢ Pamphlet 019, page 2.1

➢ If ever there was a time when we needed to understand our spiritual condition and our present duty it is now. As we look about us we see that truth is fallen in the streets, and equity can not enter. SATAN HAS COME DOWN IN GREAT POWER, TO WORK WITH ALL DECEIVABLENESS OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IN THEM THAT PERISH. Everything that can be shaken will be shaken; that those things which can not be shaken may remain. -

➢ That I May Know Him, page 286.3

➢ Satan is preparing many and strong temptations with which to assail the people of God. He is represented as walking to and fro like a roaring lion, seeking for some unguarded soul whom he may be successful in deceiving through his subtlety, and may finally destroy. We are not safe without Christ for a single step. But what comfort is treasured for us in the words, "I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not"! SATAN DOES NOT SIFT CHAFF; IT IS THE WHEAT THAT HE DESIRES TO HAVE IN HIS HANDS. Then let us take courage and pray at all times. -

➢ That I May Know Him, page 286.4➢ Christ offers our prayers to the Father, mingled with the

merit of His sacrifice, and they come up before God as sweet incense. . . . Whenever you are tempted to sin remember that Christ's eye is upon you, and that SATAN DESIRES TO HAVE YOU THAT HE MAY SIFT YOU AS WHEAT. Remember to send your petitions heavenward, and see Jesus making intercession for you. Send up an earnest cry to God, "Lord, save me; I perish," and you will not be overcome; you will not enter into sin. Take your stand firmly on the words of Paul, and in the strength of Jesus say, "In all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:37-39). -

➢ The Kress Collection 124.1

➢ "And now saith the Lord that formed thee from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, though Israel be not gathered, (who is Israel? the church members of today.) yet will I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength." The message must go from east to west, and from west to east again. A great shaking up must come. THE PROFESSED BELIEVERS IN THE TRUTH FOR THIS TIME ARE ASLEEP. They need to awake, and shine anew because the light of truth has not only flashed upon them, but rightly done its work. GOD WILL HAVE REPRESENTATIVES IN EVERY PLACE IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. -

➢ Ms1-1874

➢ But SATAN IS PLANNING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUR CULTIVATED AND HEREDITARY TRAITS OF CHARACTER, AND BLIND YOUR EYES TO YOUR OWN NECESSITIES AND DEFECTS, that he may sift you as wheat. Only through HUMBLE FAITH, THROUGH CHERISHING A CONSTANT SENSE OF YOUR OWN WEAKNESS, MAKING EARNEST PRAYER TO GOD, AND WATCHING UNTO PRAYER, CAN YOU WALK SECURELY. -

➢ The Colporteur Evangelist, page 101➢ THERE IS DANGER OF ENTERING INTO

COMMERCIALISM AND BECOMING SO ENGROSSED IN WORLDLY BUSINESS THAT THE TRUTHS OF THE WORD OF GOD IN THEIR PURITY AND POWER WILL NOT BE BROUGHT INTO THE LIFE. The love of trade and gain is becoming more and more prevalent. My brethren, let your souls be truly converted. If ever there was a time when we needed to understand our responsibilities, it is now, when truth is fallen in the streets and equity cannot enter. Satan has come down with great power to work with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; and everything that can be shaken will be shaken, and those things that cannot be shaken will remain. The Lord is coming very soon, and we are entering into scenes of calamity. Satanic agencies, though unseen, are working to destroy human life. But IF OUR LIFE IS HID WITH CHRIST IN GOD, WE SHALL SEE OF HIS GRACE AND SALVATION. -

➢ Ms6-1892➢ Are they true to principle or will they prove themselves

traitors? When difficulties arise in any branch of the cause—as they surely will, for the church militant is not the church triumphant—all heaven is watching to see what will be the course of those who are entrusted with sacred responsibilities. SOME WILL STUMBLE; SOME WILL GIVE HEED TO SEDUCING SPIRITS; SOME WILL CHOOSE DARKNESSrather than light because they are not true to God. LIKE THEIR MASTER, THOSE WHO ARE ABIDING IN CHRIST WILL NOT FALL NOR BE DISCOURAGED. See Isaiah 42:4-6. God knows all who are true and faithful. Everything that can be shaken will be shaken, and those things that cannot be shaken will remain. -

➢ Testimonies for the Church Volume Four, page 51.1

➢ God is now sifting His people, TESTING THEIR PURPOSES AND THEIR MOTIVES. Many will be but as chaff--no wheat, no value in them. -

➢ Testimonies on Sexual Behavior, Adultery, and Divorce, page 82.2

➢ What a man is has greater influence than what he says. The quiet, consistent, godly life is a living epistle, known and read of all men. A man may speak and write like an angel, but his practices may resemble a fallen fiend. God will have the believers of the truth zealous to maintain good works. As they occupy high positions, they will be tested by a higher standard. They will be sifted; DEFECTS AND VICES WILL BE SEARCHED OUT; for if such exist, they will be developed in words and deportment. True character is not something shaped from without, or put on, but it is something radiating from within. If true goodness, purity, meekness, lowliness, and equity are dwelling in the heart, that fact will be reflected in the character; and such a character is full of power. -

➢ RH, January 19, 1864 par. 9➢ "I saw that we are now in the shaking time. Satan is

working with all his power to wrest souls from the hand of Christ, and cause them to trample under foot the Son of God. 'An angel repeated slowly and emphatically these words: 'Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant wherewith he was sanctified an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the spirit of grace?' CHARACTER IS BEING DEVELOPED. Angels of God are weighing moral worth. God is testing and proving his people. These words were presented to me by the angel: 'Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; but exhort one another daily while it is called today, lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. -

➢ Lt92-1887➢ We have said to you, again and again, that God would

sift His people; the chaff will be separated from the wheat. The tares are already binding in bundles to burn. There is to be, as we near the end, a revealing of true character. Those who have not the truth in the heart will reveal this, because they will not be sanctified through the truth. They have tacked the truth onto their carnal, unsanctified, unholy characters, and have not brought it into their lives and woven it into their characters. CIRCUMSTANCES WILL OCCUR THAT WILL REVEAL IN UNHOLY WORKS THE THOUGHTS AND THE ACTIONS OF THIS UNHOLY CLASS.Would that we could see all who claim to be keeping God’s commandments living by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. -

➢ RH, November 26, 1861 par. 13➢ God's people will be tested and proved. The plain and pointed

testimony must act a prominent part in this work. In these days of darkness and peril who is able to stand and speak the whole truth? Multitudes of teachers prophesy smooth things. They see no special cause of alarm in the present condition of the professed people of God. The people are asleep, and the teachers are asleep. They cry, Peace, peace, and the multitude that hear believe their report and are at ease. This makes the necessity greater for faithful teachers to bear the pointed, faithful testimony. The present is a time of scouring and purifying, a time of warfare and trial. The house of Israel is being sifted, even as corn is sifted in a sieve. THE CHAFF MUST BE REMOVED, AND IT WILL REQUIRE CLOSE WORK TO SEPARATE THE CHAFF FROM THE KERNELS OF GRAIN. God's discerning eye will detect the smallest particle of chaff, and yet he will not cause to fall upon the ground the least kernel of grain. -

➢ RH, January 19, 1864 par. 14

➢ God's people will be sifted even as corn is sifted in a sieve, until ALL THE CHAFF IS SEPARATED FROM THE PURE KERNELS OF GRAIN. We are to look to Christ for an example, and imitate the humble pattern. You do not feel reconciled to the discipline you need, and do not exercise and practice that self-denial which Christ requires of those who are truly heirs of salvation. -

➢ Counsels for the Church, page 338.4

➢ But the days of PURIFICATION OF THE CHURCH are hastening on apace. GOD WILL HAVE A PEOPLE PURE AND TRUE. In the mighty sifting soon to take place we shall be better able to measure the strength of Israel.-

➢ Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White, 316.1

➢ “‘God is sifting his people. HE WILL HAVE A CLEAN AND HOLY CHURCH. We cannot read the heart of man. But the Lord has provided means to keep the church pure. A corrupt people has arisen who could not live with the people of God. They despised reproof, and would not be corrected. They had an opportunity to know that their warfare was an unrighteous one. They had time to repent of their wrongs; but self was too dear to die. They nourished it, and it grew strong, and they separated from the trusting people of God, that he was purifying unto himself. We all have reason to thank God that a way has been opened to save the church; for the wrath of God must have come upon us, if these corrupt individuals had remained with us. -

➢ 1888 511.3

➢ There will be an army of steadfast believers who will stand as firm as a rock through the last test. BUT WHERE IN THAT ARMY ARE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN STANDARD-BEARERS? WHERE ARE THOSE WHOSE VOICES HAVE SOUNDED IN PROCLAIMING THE TRUTH TO THE SINNING? Some of them are not there. We look for them; but in the time of shaking they have been unable to stand, and have passed over to the enemy's ranks. Christ says to him who feels his weakness, "Let him take hold of My strength, that he may make peace with Me, and he shall make peace with Me." -

➢ The Acts of the Apostles, page 473.3➢ Again and again Paul warned the believers against these false

teachers. This peril, above all others, they must guard against; for by receiving false teachers, they would open the door to errors by which the enemy would dim the spiritual perceptions and shake the confidence of those newly come to the faith of the gospel. Christ was the standard by which THEY WERE TO TEST THE DOCTRINES presented. All that was not in harmony with His teachings they were to reject. Christ crucified for sin, Christ risen from the dead, Christ ascended on high--this was the science of salvation that they were to learn and teach.

The warnings of the word of God regarding the perils surrounding the Christian church belong to us today. As in the days of the apostles men tried by tradition and philosophy to destroy faith in the Scriptures, so today, by the pleasing sentiments of higher criticism, evolution, spiritualism, theosophy, and pantheism, the enemy of righteousness is seeking to lead souls into forbidden paths. -

➢ Christian Experience and Teachings of Ellen G. White, page 81.1

➢ In later years I have been shown that the false theories advanced in the past have by no means been given up. As favorable opportunities come, they will have a resurrection. Let us not forget that everything is to be shaken that can be shaken. The enemy will be successful in overthrowing the faith of some, but THOSE WHO ARE TRUE TO PRINCIPLE WILL NOT BE SHAKEN. They will stand firm amid trial and temptation. The Lord has pointed out these errors; and those who do not discern where Satan has come in, will continue to be led in false paths. Jesus bids us be watchful, and strengthen the things that remain, which are ready to die. -

➢ RH, April 9, 1889 par. 11

➢ We are coming to a crisis, and I am in terror for our souls. Why is it that we find men leaving the faith? Are we in a position where we shall know what we believe, and shall not be shaken out? THAT SOULS LEAVE THE TRUTH SHOULD NOT DISCOURAGE US IN THE LEAST, but only make us seek more earnestly for the blessing of God.

➢ Emotions -

➢ Testimonies for the Church Volume Eight, page 36

➢ The Lord lives and reigns. Soon He will arise in majesty to shake terribly the earth. A SPECIAL MESSAGE IS NOW TO BE BORNE, A MESSAGE THAT WILL PIERCE THE SPIRITUAL DARKNESS AND CONVICT AND CONVERT SOULS. "Haste thee, flee for thy life," is the call to be given to those dwelling in sin. We must now be terribly in earnest. We have not a moment to spend in criticism and accusation. Let those who have done this in the past fall on their knees in prayer, and let them beware how they put their words and their plans in the place of God's words and God's plans. -

➢ The Colporteur Evangelist, page 25

➢ We are in the shaking time, the time when everything that can be shaken will be shaken. The Lord will not excuse those who know the truth if they do not in word and deed obey His commands. If we make no effort to win souls to Christ we shall be held responsible for the work we might have done, but did not do because of our spiritual indolence. Those who belong to the Lord's kingdom must work earnestly for the saving of souls. THEY MUST DO THEIR PART TO BIND UP THE LAW AND SEAL IT AMONG THE DISCIPLES. -

➢ Counsels for the Church, page 39.4

➢ Not all in this world have taken sides with the enemy against God. NOT ALL HAVE BECOME DISLOYAL. There are a faithful few who are true to God; for John writes: "Here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." Revelation 14:12. Soon the battle will be waged fiercely between those who serve God and those who serve Him not. Soon everything that can be shaken will be shaken, that those things that cannot be shaken may remain. -

➢ The Southern Watchman, March 1, 1904 par. 29

➢ Christ has warned us against the danger of departing from the faith. THERE IS NEED OF CONSTANT, INTIMATE COMMUNION WITH GOD. Only as we hold this communion with him shall we be kept from making shipwreck of faith. I am instructed to warn our people that everything that can be shaken will be shaken, that those things that can not be shaken may remain. Temptations will come to every soul. Every one will be tried and tested. Those who strive to hold fast to the faith will find that they must indeed pray and watch unto prayer. -

➢ Christian Experience and Teachings of Ellen G. White, p. 176➢ Said the angel, "List ye!" Soon I heard a voice like many musical

instruments all sounding in perfect strains, sweet and harmonious. It surpassed any music I had ever heard, seeming to be full of mercy, compassion, and elevating, holy joy. It thrilled through my whole being. Said the angel, "Look ye!" My attention was then turned to the company I had seen, who were mightily shaken. I was shown those whom I had before seen weeping and praying in agony of spirit. The company of guardian angels around them had been doubled, and they were clothed with an armor from their head to their feet. They moved in exact order, like a company of soldiers. Their countenances expressed the severe conflict which they had endured, the agonizing struggle they had passed through. Yet THEIR FEATURES, MARKED WITH SEVERE INTERNAL ANGUISH, NOW SHONE WITH THE LIGHT AND GLORY OF HEAVEN. THEY HAD OBTAINED THE VICTORY, AND IT CALLED FORTH FROM THEM THE DEEPEST GRATITUDE, AND HOLY, SACRED JOY. -

➢ RH, November 19, 1901 par. 4

➢ The believers would search the Scriptures daily, as did the noble Bereans. Their faith would rest upon a sure foundation, even the tried stone, which sustains the whole structure of Christianity. Founded upon truth, THEIR CONVICTIONS WOULD NOT BE SHAKEN BY STORM OR TEMPEST. They would not depend on feeling, knowing that feelings are changeable. Their faith would lay hold of unchangeable, eternal truth. -

➢ RH, September 17, 1908 par. 15

➢ There are troublous times before us, when everything that can be shaken will be shaken. For this conflict with the powers of evil we are bidden to ARM OURSELVES WITH ALL THE ARMOR OF GOD, "above all," the apostle exhorts, "taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God." -

➢ YI, August 3, 1893 par. 4

➢ God must be our refuge; we cannot trust in form, profession, ceremony, or position, or think that because we have a name to live, we shall be able to stand in the day of trial. Everything that can be shaken will be shaken, and those things that cannot be shaken by the deceptions and delusions of these last days, will remain. RIVET THE SOUL TO THE ETERNAL ROCK; FOR IN CHRIST ALONE THERE WILL BE SAFETY.-

➢ Lt11-1862

➢ There is to be a close and testing work among God’s people. The shaking time is upon us and those who are VALIANT AND WHOLE-HEARTED WILL ENDURE THE TRYING PROCESS. Those who endure unto the end shall receive the crown of life. -

➢ Ms91-1891

➢ For a few years the matter has been forced upon me by the Spirit of the Lord, that we are not in that position to meet the time when everything that can be shaken will be shaken, etc. There are tests coming on every side. The enemy will come to us from every side. The standard by which we can resist him is the Word of God. The enemy will come in strange ways and [there are] many who will be infatuated by his devices. OUR ONLY REFUGE IS TO ABIDE IN CHRIST, AND THE ONLY WAY WE CAN ABIDE IN HIM IS TO KNOW HIS WORD AND DO IT. -

➢ The Faith I Live By, page 287.7

➢ Just as soon as the people of God are sealed in their foreheads--it is not any seal or mark that can be seen, but A SETTLING INTO THE TRUTH, BOTH INTELLECTUALLY AND SPIRITUALLY, SO THEY CANNOT BE MOVED--just as soon as God's people are sealed and prepared for the shaking, it will come. Indeed, it has begun already; the judgments of God are now upon the land, . . . that we may know what is coming. -

➢ The Youth Instructor, February 2, 1893 par. 5

➢ As soldiers of Christ we must deliberately and intelligently accept his terms of salvation under every circumstance, cherish right principles, and act upon them. Divine wisdom is to be a lamp to your feet. Be true to yourselves, be true to your God. Everything that can be shaken will be shaken; but rooted and grounded in the truth, you will abide with those things that cannot be shaken. The law of God is steadfast, unalterable; for it is the expression of the character of Jehovah. MAKE UP YOUR MIND THAT YOU WILL NOT BY WORD OR INFLUENCE CAST THE LEAST DISHONOR UPON ITS AUTHORITY. -

➢ ST, June 3, 1880 par. 9

➢ Were the churches of today sifted by fiery trials they could not bear the proving test of God. His holy law, of ten precepts, the mirror which discloses the defects in the characters of all who consult it, would reveal that a great proportion of that which is thought to be genuine religion is very defective, HAVING ONLY A FORM OF GODLINESS, AND NO DIVINE POWER TO SAVOR OF LIFE. -

➢ 8MR 279.4➢ WE DO NOT STUDY THE SCRIPTURES AS

MUCH AS WE SHOULD. Instead of spending our time in studying the various themes of the day, we need to devote that time to the study of the Scriptures. We want to come with our Bibles on our knees before God and ask for wisdom from God to comprehend the treasures of truth. We cannot have root in ourselves unless we do this, for everything is to be shaken that can be shaken. The devil is working in a special manner with the popular churches to pick flaws with the Bible and with those who are working in Christ's lines, and infidelity prevails everywhere. It is the mystery of iniquity, the superhuman working of Satan, bewitching human minds with his power. -

➢ Last Day Events, page 182

➢ Some had been shaken out and left by the way. THE CARELESS AND INDIFFERENT, WHO DID NOT JOIN WITH THOSE WHO PRIZED VICTORY AND SALVATION ENOUGH TO PERSEVERINGLY PLEAD AND AGONIZE FOR IT, did not obtain it, and they were left behind in darkness, and their places were immediately filled by others taking hold of the truth and coming into the ranks.--EW 271 (1858). -

➢ Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers, page 163.1➢ The apostle exhorts the brethren, saying, "Finally, my brethren, be

strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand . . . in the evil day, and having done all, to stand." Oh, what a day is before us! What sifting will there be among those who claim to be the children of God! THE UNJUST WILL BE FOUND AMONG THE JUST. THOSE WHO HAVE GREAT LIGHT AND WHO HAVE NOT WALKED IN IT WILL HAVE DARKNESS CORRESPONDING TO THE LIGHT THEY HAVE DESPISED. We have need to heed the lesson contained in the words of Paul, "But I keep under my body, and bring it in subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway." The enemy is diligently working to see whom he can add to the ranks of apostasy; but the Lord is soon coming, and erelong every case will be decided for eternity. Those whose works correspond with the light graciously given them will be numbered on the Lord's side. -

➢ The Upward Look, page 356.4

➢ All the policy in the world cannot save us from the terrible sifting, and all the efforts made with high authorities will not lift from us the scourging of God, just because sin is cherished. If as a people we do not keep ourselves in the faith and not only advocate with pen and voice the commandments of God but keep them every one, not VIOLATING A SINGLE PRECEPT KNOWINGLY, then weakness and ruin will come upon us. It is a work that we must attend to in every one of our churches. . . . -

➢ YI, May 18, 1893 par. 2

➢ I would warn the disciples of Christ of the impending days of peril, and beseech you to prepare for the time of test and trial; for everything that can be shaken, will be shaken. Do we now obey the word of God, and live by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God? Are we established and settled in the present truth? There is need of closely examining yourselves whether you are in the love of God; for except Christ be in you, you are reprobates. SELF-DECEPTION IS DANGEROUS, AND NO ONE OF US CAN AFFORD TO GO ON IN DELUSION. -

➢ Spiritual Gifts. Volume 2, page 284.1➢ Just as long as God has a church, he will have those who

will cry aloud and spare not, who will be his instruments to reprove selfishness and sins, and will not shun to declare the whole counsel of God, whether men will hear or forbear. I SAW THAT INDIVIDUALS WOULD RISE UP AGAINST THE PLAIN TESTIMONIES. IT DOES NOT SUIT THEIR NATURAL FEELINGS. THEY WOULD CHOOSE TO HAVE SMOOTH THINGS SPOKEN UNTO THEM, AND HAVE PEACE CRIED IN THEIR EARS. I view the church in a more dangerous condition than they ever have been. Experimental religion is known but by a few. The shaking must soon take place to purify the church. -

➢ Evangelism, page 361.1

➢ When the LAW OF GOD IS MADE VOID, the church will be sifted by fiery trials, and a larger proportion than we now anticipate will give heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils. Instead of being strengthened when brought into strait places, many prove that they are not living branches of the true Vine, they bear no fruit, and the husbandman taketh them away. -

➢ Lt46-1887

➢ There will be a shaking of the sieve, the chaff must in time be separated from the wheat. Because iniquity abounds, the love of many waxes cold. It is the very time when the genuine will be the strongest. THERE WILL BE [A] SEPARATING FROM US OF THOSE WHO HAVE NOT APPRECIATED THE LIGHT OR WALKED IN IT. -

➢ 9MR 205.2➢ We are living amid the perils of the last days. Soon

everything that can be shaken will be shaken. The world is rapidly taking sides in the great conflict between good and evil. The enemy with all his satanic craft is working diligently to secure souls. He has influenced the minds of many who know the truth, so that they have walked contrary to the light God has given them. AND EVEN WHEN GOD HAS SENT THEM WARNINGS, THEY HAVE CLOSED THEIR EARS AND WALKED ON IN WAYS OF THEIR OWN DEVISING. THOSE WHO ARE IN A STATE OF UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE MESSAGES OF WARNING THAT GOD IS SENDING WILL SOON TAKE THEIR STAND EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THE TRUTH. -

➢ Lt18-1876

➢ There will be many sifted out who will not bear the proving, but OTHERS WILL COME IN AND TAKE THEIR PLACES. There is work to be done here and someone must do it. -

➢ Last Day Events, page 180

➢ The shaking of God BLOWS AWAY MULTITUDESlike dry leaves.--4T 89 (1876).

➢ The Lord has faithful servants who in the shaking, testing time will be disclosed to view. There are precious ones now hidden who have not bowed the knee to Baal. They have not had the light which has been shining in a concentrated blaze upon you. But it may be under a rough and uninviting exterior the pure brightness of a genuine Christian character will be revealed. In the daytime we look toward heaven but do not see the stars. They are there, fixed in the firmament, but the eye cannot distinguish them. In the night we behold their genuine luster.--5T 80, 81 (1882).-

➢ Last Day Events, page 172-173➢ It is a solemn statement that I make to the church, that

not one in twenty whose names are registered upon the church books are prepared to close their earthly history, and would be as verily without God and without hope in the world as the common sinner.--ChS41 (1893).

➢ Those who have had opportunities to hear and receive of the truth and who have united with the Seventh-day Adventist church, calling themselves the commandment-keeping people of God, and yet possess no more vitality and consecration to God than do the nominal churches, will receive the plagues of God just as verily as the churches who oppose the law of God.--19MR 176 (1898). …

➢ Divisions will come in the church. Two parties will be developed. The wheat and tares grow up together for the harvest.--2SM 114 (1896)

➢ There will be a shaking of the sieve. The chaff must in time be separated from the wheat. Because iniquity abounds, the love of many waxes cold. It is the very time when the genuine will be the strongest.--Letter 46, 1887.

➢ The history of the rebellion of Dathan and Abiram is being repeated, and will be repeated till the close of time. Who will be on the Lord's side? Who will be deceived, and in their turn become deceivers?--Letter 15, 1892.

➢ The Lord is soon to come. There must be a refining, winnowing process in every church, for there are among us wicked men who do not love the truth or honor God.--RH March 19, 1895.

➢ We are in the shaking time, the time when everything that can be shaken will be shaken. The Lord will not excuse those who know the truth if they do not in word and deed obey His commands.--6T 332 (1900). -