As one Seventh-day Adventist pioneer{††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††} put it, “we have nothing to fear for the future, except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us, and His teaching in our past history.”{‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡} From Genesis and The Mark of Cain, to Revelation and The Mark of the Beast, we may read of God’s faithful, and His faithfulness to them. From A to Z—“from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias”{§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§}— we behold the testimony of undaunted martyrs. It is hoped that this book, Patience of the Saints, has also contributed to the courage of the reader.
As Sabbath-keepers, we place special emphasis{*****************************************************} on the supernatural ability of God, every seven days commemorating the miracle of His six-day Creation. Herein is a key to our staying power in the face of mortal threat. We believe the same God who formed man from dust one day{†††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††} in the beginning, can just as easily regenerate our dead bodies in the last day.{‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡} Ironically, it is the Catholic religion which denies that man was created in a single day,{§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§} whilst claiming to have instituted Sunday as a memorial of Christ’s resurrection. Truly, Rome was not built in a day, but according to Scripture, man was. Since the Roman Church teaches that God’s Word cannot be taken literally regarding the Creation, then the resurrection is equally suspect, as they both require the same miracle of spontaneous life. The great argument for the first day will soon defeat itself, when masses huddle beneath its passing protection for fear of their mortal lives, while those who keep the seventh day put their money where their mouth is—truly willing to bank on the promise of the resurrection. Indeed, followers of the Beast shall prove to be a day late, and a dollar short.