EXPOSING THE MAN OF SIN

EXPOSING THE MAN OF SIN “In the prophecy which foretold the attempt of “the man of sin” to change the Sabbath, the restday, the word is not that he should change the law, but that he should “think to change times and laws” of the Most High. This might be expected of the power that would oppose and exalt himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped (2 Thessalonians 2:3, 4); and it is perfectly in keeping with his character that in his thought to change the Sabbath of the Lord, he should select the very day—the first day—to which, above all others, it would be impossible for even the Lord himself to change the Sabbath.” The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, May 16, 1899, p. 313.19 “And the Sabbath—the rest—of the Lord, having been, with creation, established by the Lord; and having been commanded by the Lord in a law of which one tittle can not fail as easily as heaven and earth can pass away; then, so long as Christians propose to respect the institutions of the Lord, and profess to conform to his will, ought NOT Christians to keep the Sabbath?” IBID, May 16, 1899, p. 313.20 “Again: in Daniel we are brought, in the seventh chapter, to a power—the little horn that rises up—that will “think to change the times and the law.” Revised Version. By the way, it just now occurs to me that in Daniel’s prayer toGod, it is said of God that “he changeth thetimes and the seasons.” Daniel 2:21. Now when here comes up a power blaspheming against God, and thinking to change thetimes as well as the law of the Most High, where does he put himself?—In the place of God. The Lord may change times and season, but he never changes his law. There is thoughtto make a change of the law of God by this wicked power in the world, and he wars against the saints, and wears them out. Then, as he has gone against the law of God, and thought todo away with the law of God by changing it,and as he wars against the saints, where do the saints stand on the subject?—“It is time for thee, Lord, to work: for they have made void thy law.”Psalm 119:126. That same thing was said two years ago about us,—that the Spirit of the Lord trembled to write such a thing as that, but it must be written: “It is time for thee, Lord, to work: for they have made void thy law.” Isn’t it time for Satan to be rooted out, and for loyalty to God,to be the only thing by which we shall be known? IBID, June 20, 1899, p. 392.3 “The eighth chapter of Daniel brings up the wicked policy, all the way through, of the two republics. Then turn to Revelation. The first half of the book is to bring us to the second half. Just as certain parts of the book of Daniel are to bring us up to the place where the vision is established, so the first part of Revelation is to bring us face to face with the work of the beast and his image, enforcing their worship upon all the people; and there the Lord says, “If any man worship the beast and his image,” he shall “drink of the wine of the wrath of God.” And “Here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” IBID, June 20, 1899, p. 392.4 “OF the papacy, the Beast, as one of the three items which mark his exaltation against God, it is written that he should “think to change the times and the law” of the Most High.” IBID, June 26, 1900, p. 408.1 “This the papacy did, as far as it lies in any power to do it, when it set aside the Sabbath of the Lord, and, under a papal curse, condemned its observance, and exalted Sunday in its stead.” IBID, June 26, 1900, p. 408.2 “In these articles we have given quite fully the evidence that demonstrates the fulfillment of that prophecy which said that he would “think to change the times and the law” of the Most High.” IBID, June 26, 1900, p. 408.3 “It is this attempted change of the Sabbath which, more than anything else, reveals that feature of the papacy by which the word of God distinguishes the papacy as “the man of sin”—“transgression of the law”—and “the mystery of lawlessness.” Greek and R.V. “ IBID, June 26, 1900, p. 408.4