Christians were preaching the gospel in general terms, while Adventists were concentrating only on their special message. When people asked Ellen White whether the “eternal” gospel message of justification by faith could be linked to the message of the third angel, she replied, “It is the third angel’s message in verity.”23 The messages of the three angels are, in the Adventist interpretation, not just related to the issue of Sabbath versus Sunday and the expected end-time consequences thereof, but
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