“The whole world is to be stirred with enmity against Seventh-day Adventists, because they will not yield homage to the papacy, by honoring Sunday, the institution of this antichristian power. It is the purpose of Satan to cause them to be blotted from the earth, in order that his supremacy of the world may not be disputed” (Testimonies to Ministers, p. 36).
Ellen White warned that hostility would arise against God’s people specifically because of their refusal to yield on the Sabbath question and their teaching that enforced Sunday observance would represent allegiance to a system opposed to God’s law. While her statement ultimately points to a future crisis, a partial fulfillment can be seen whenever Adventist eschatology is publicly portrayed as dangerous, divisive, or outside the bounds of Christianity.
On January 31, 2026, MSN News published an article giving twelve reasons why it believes Seventh-day Adventists are not Christians. The article describes our prophetic beliefs as based on fear, harmful to society, and incompatible with other people of faith. In the piece titled “Why Seventh-day Adventists Are Not Considered Christians,” Adventists are shifted from being seen as fellow Christians with a different understanding of prophecy to being portrayed as strange, suspicious, and outside the Christian community. When people are described that way, it creates the very enmity that the Bible warns about in Revelation 12:17 against those who keep the commandments of God.
MSN News’ reason #10 for claiming Adventists are not Christian states the following:
• “Perhaps the most controversial teaching is the claim that the Mark of the Beast involves Sunday worship laws. Adventists have historically taught that in the end times, the US government will force people to worship on Sunday. This narrative paints other Christians and the government as eventual enemies of God. This specific eschatology breeds a lot of suspicion and fear toward other religious groups. A study by the Barna Group shows that Gen Z is increasingly skeptical of such fear-based religious narratives. It is hard to view a group as a partner in faith when their prophecy says you will persecute them.” [1]
For Seventh-day Adventists, the question of Sunday sacredness is not about fear or suspicion—it is about biblical authority. When one examines the entirety of Scripture, there is no explicit command that declares Sunday to be holy, nor any passage that transfers the sanctity of the seventh-day Sabbath to the first day of the week. The fourth commandment is clear and specific: “The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God” (Exodus 20:10). The commandment does not speak vaguely of one day in seven; it identifies a particular day. Throughout both the Old and New Testaments, the seventh day continues to be recognized as the Sabbath. Nowhere does Scripture record God altering, amending, or replacing that command.
Yet the majority of Christianity observes Sunday as the day of rest and worship. On what authority? It’s not on the basis of a clear biblical command. Nor on the basis of a direct statement from Christ. Not on the basis of an apostolic decree recorded in Scripture. The New Testament mentions the first day of the week, but it never commands its observance as holy time. There is no verse that says, “The first day is now the Sabbath.” There is no inspired declaration that the resurrection changed the fourth commandment. The silence of Scripture on such a monumental change is deafening.
Instead, the foundation for Sunday observance rests historically on church tradition and authority. Jesus spoke with unmistakable force about this very issue. In the Gospel of Mark 7:7–9, He rebuked religious leaders for elevating tradition above God’s commandments: “In vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men… Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.” To substitute human tradition for divine command is not a harmless adjustment—it is a rejection of God’s authority.
Many Sunday-keeping Christians love Christ deeply. But sincerity does not determine truth; Scripture does. The issue is one of loyalty and authority. Who has the right to define worship? Who has the authority to alter what God has written? If God sanctified the seventh day at Creation and commanded its observance in His moral law, then no human institution has the authority to change it.
Seventh-day Adventists love Jesus Christ and seek to align belief with Scripture. That commitment includes honoring the seventh-day Sabbath, which Scripture identifies as the day blessed and sanctified at Creation (Genesis 2:1–3; Exodus 20:8–11). They believe that following the Bible—not human tradition—is what defines true, authentic Christianity.
Throughout history, however, many professed Christians have elevated tradition, culture, or ecclesiastical authority above the plain teaching of Scripture. Ironically, Sunday-keeping Christians who insist on following Scripture alone criticize seventh-day Sabbath keepers for doing exactly that—following the Bible with regard to Sabbath observance. The call is simple: love Jesus (John 21:15–17), obey His commandments (John 14:15), and stand upon the Word of God as the ultimate authority for both doctrine and daily living (2 Timothy 4:2-4).
From a prophetic standpoint, the Sabbath question exposes a deeper conflict during the last days: obedience to the Word of God versus adherence to man-made tradition. This issue will force every believer to make a choice. Will we stand on what is written, or will we accept what has been handed down? In the end, the mark of the beast controversy is not just about a day, Saturday versus Sunday—it is about the authority of God’s Word over the traditions of men.
“When the religion of Christ is most held in contempt, when His law is most despised, then should our zeal be the warmest and our courage and firmness the most unflinching. To stand in defense of truth and righteousness when the majority forsake us, to fight the battles of the Lord when champions are few—this will be our test. At this time we must gather warmth from the coldness of others, courage from their cowardice, and loyalty from their treason” (Testimonies, Vol. 5, p. 136).
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In the book of 1 Timothy 3:12 says; all those who desire to live Godly shall suffer persecution. In the book of Matthew 24:8;9 says all these are beggining of sorrows and they shall deliver you to be be afflicted and you shall be hated by all nations for my name’s sake. In every crisis planned the Jesuits have been keen to plan the future persecution. So , they have what we call photo programming. They prepare the video concerning the future crisis, and now they prepare for real implementation. So, this photo despite being an artificial intelligence this is what is being planned for in the near future. It’s noteworthy point to note that the homeland security department has been bestowed this role for the inquisition role. So, the Seventh Day Adventists around the world and especially the United States we must get better prepared for the earth’s final crisis.
The sabbath of the fourth commandment will be major focal point and the world will be trully understand the nature of the true bible sabbath and the whole world will get to know the Seventh Day Adventist message. The world will know that Sabbath of the fourth commandment will be about loyalty to God and not Man’s traditions. The message of the loud cry message will be proclaimed by the faithful few within the Seventh Day Adventists who will reject the sunday laws and call out God’s people to come out of Babylon. The General Conference leaders will cross the other side of the opposition and join ranks with the rebellious side to persecute the faithful few God’s people.
The sealing of the sabbath keepers starts with U.S Adventists, and the marking sequence for U.S Adventists. This is after the enactment of Federal National Sunday Law in the United States. Every nation in the world will follow the example of the United States, and persecution will follow against the Adventists throught the world. But this time God will not tolerate the whole sale slaughter for his people like the dark ages . This period of persecution will be shortened because of his people. God will intervene during the earth’s seven last plagues, and those who have continued to despise God and his followers including his sacred law will come to learn whatever God says; he means exactly that? Many people will come out from Babylon and join God’s people in the last day movement and Sunday laws will be put to end forever and second coming of Christ will end this senseless persecution.
Prophecy is givien to the human race by God. The Final Warning Mesaage to save as many as possible:
“1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. ”
Revelation 1:1-3 KJV
Noah did the same; he gave a Final Warning Message for 120 years Genesis 6:3:
“And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. ” Genesis 6:13 KJV
“By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. ”
Hebrews 11:7 KJV
“4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: ”
2 Peter 2:4-7 KJV
Just as in the days of Noah the world is becoming violent and corrupt:
“37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. ”
Matthew 24:37-39 KJV
Christ has revealed to us, events that will take place in the future and progressing quickly now, that is seeking to separate the whole world from God, by causing/enforcing Idolatry or false worship, in trampling upon God’s Holy and Moral Law:
“15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. ”
Revelation 13:15-17 KJV
“9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: ”
Revelation 14:9-10 KJV
“15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. ”
John 14:15, 21 KJV
“He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. ” Matthew 12:30 KJV
This is THE PRESENT TRUTH!
Thank you, Bro Roman, for sharing!
Sadly, many among us still don’t know what the Mark of the Beast is.
May God continue to bless you for your dedication to bringing us the News!
You’re welcome!
The problem with the Sabbath does arise. But it is not the main one. I will give an example. When a person wants to start work, he inquires who the president of the enterprise, organization, company or society is. Is he good or not. Is he a dictator or does he treat his employees normally. Is he honest or does he deceive his subordinates? Is he just or does he stick to his own way, regardless of whether he does the right thing. That is, it starts with who is in charge. Because that is the primary thing. And not what the rules are. It is the same in faith. The believer first begins to seek God, not His ordinances. If he has found Him, he will also observe what is commanded.
The situation is not like that with the Adventist Church. It was created as a non-trinitarian church. And this continued even after the death of the pioneers. The change occurred in 1980. Since then, it has “changed” God. Today, Adventists worship the Catholic God. Whether they keep the rules or not, their worship is not to the Creator, but to a false “head.” It is like starting work in a gangster enterprise whose boss has established rules similar to the rules of a real job. Will following the rules in this gangster enterprise be respected by the authorities? No, not really.
So Adventists may keep the Ten Commandments, but in their worship of the Catholic God, they are not really doing anything different. They worship Satan on Saturday instead of Sunday. Until they return to the Creator, they may be perfect in every way and in keeping all the commandments, but they are serving the fallen cherub.
So, a great deception is going on right now. Until the Second Coming, Adventists will believe they were on the right side, and then they will hear, “I never knew you.”
Count me in as a “fear based non-Christian”
Psa 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
BTW, I’ve noticed that the majority of people who use the term “Christian” really misuse the term, according to scripture. From Strong’s Concordance:
Christianos
khris-tee-an-os’
From G5547; a Christian, that is, follower of Christ: – Christian.
In other words, a follower teaches what his master has taught, lives as he lived, etc. Here is one area where Sunday law advocates miss the point.
As a young person in primary school, I did not like history. I did all I could do to avoid it. Now, years later, I find myself going back to study as much as I can about church history. Today the masses of people in America need to be reminded of the CHURCH + STATE UNION’s history in the Dark Ages when 30 Million Christians were put to death for their freedom of religion and because their beliefs differed from that of the Church. Shall we disregard history? If so, it is certainly bound to be repeated!