Bible Handbook

Close of Probation

• Ezekiel 9:3, 4. The work of placing the mark, or seal, upon God’s children entrusted to one angel. BHB 24.11

• Revelation 7:1-3. The sealing message is the most important work on earth, and nothing is to retard it. BHB 24.12

• Ezekiel 9:11, margin. When the work is completed, the angel returns to God with the words, “I have done as thou hast commanded me.” The Great Controversy, 613. BHB 24.13

• Revelation 22:11. Christ then makes the following solemn announcement: “He that is unjust; let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still; and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still.” BHB 25.1

• The Great Controversy, 622. BHB 25.2

• Isaiah 4:3, margin. The saved are “written to life.” The Great Controversy, 480, 481. BHB 25.3

• Daniel 12:1; Revelation 3:5. Their names are in the book of life. BHB 25.4

• Daniel 12:1; 11:20, 21. The term “stand up,” indicates that Michael (Christ) at this time ceases to be high priest, and takes His kingdom and is called “King of kings” from that time forward. BHB 25.5

• 1 Timothy 2:5. Christ is the only mediator between God and man; and when he ceases to be priest there is no one to plead for guilty man. Early Writings, 280. BHB 25.6

• Revelation 14:8-10. When there is no mediator in the heavens, there is nothing to prevent the wrath of God from being poured out upon the wicked. BHB 25.7

• Isaiah 59:16-18; Leviticus 16:23. Christ puts on the garments of vengeance. BHB 25.8

• Revelation 15:1. The work of pouring out the unmixed wrath of God upon the earth is assigned to seven angels, and is called the seven last plagues. BHB 25.9

• Revelation 15:8; 1 Timothy 2:5. “The man Christ Jesus” can not enter the temple while the seven last plagues are being poured out upon the earth. BHB 25.10

• Exodus 8:20-23, margin. The Lord sent ten plagues upon Egypt; the first three plagues fell upon the Israelites as well as upon the Egyptians, but none of the seven last plagues of Egypt fell upon the children of Israel. Exodus 8:22; 4-7, 26; 10:23; The Great Controversy, 627, 628. BHB 25.11

• Psalm 91:1-10. Likewise, when the psalmist foretold the effect of the seven last plagues, he said no plague would come nigh the dwelling of the righteous. The Great Controversy, 630. BHB 26.1