19:10Revelation 19:10

When John fell down to worship the angel who showed him the final triumph of the church, the angel refused it, declaring himself only a fellow servant of John and of all who hold the testimony of Jesus, and commanding that worship be given to God alone.CET 242.3–243.6+2 The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy, whose soul and substance is the witness borne to the plan and work of human redemption through Christ, who undertook that redemption and inspires the message concerning it.LS 335.1–3+2 Those who have this testimony are prophets, since the angel's fellowship with those who have it is the same as his fellowship with the prophets in Revelation 22:9.CET 242.3–243.6+2 God's last church before Christ comes again keeps all ten of His commandments and has the spirit of prophecy living among them as a promised gift of the Holy Spirit for the perils and needs of the closing time.CET 242.3–243.6+3 That gift comes in visions and dreams from the Lord with warnings, reproofs, guidance and instruction that lead to the Bible and are to be tested by Scripture and by their fruits, heeded as protection against deception, and held continually in mind with God's law in preparation for Christ's coming.1T 569.2–570.1+4

When John fell at his feet to worship him, the angel who was showing the church's final triumph refused the worship, declared himself a fellow servant of John and of those holding the testimony of Jesus, and commanded that worship be given to God alone.CET 242.3–243.6+4 The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy, and those who have this testimony are prophets, since the same brethren are called the prophets in Revelation 22:9, confirming that the testimony refers to the prophetic gift.CET 242.3–243.6+2 John's true testimony about Jesus identifies him with those brethren who bear that testimony, connecting his prophetic witness with the prophetic gift among God's servants and with prophecy as a gift given to the remnant church.CET 242.3–243.6+3 In connection with Revelation 12:17, this points to God's last church before Christ's second coming as keeping His commandments and having the spirit of prophecy.CET 242.3–243.6 This prophetic guidance applies to the warnings and counsel given to the church, which believers are to heed and follow as protection against deception.DTCP 2.5–3.1

The surrounding chapter pictures the beast and the false prophet cast into the lake of fire.Ms 75, 1906, par. 16 This is followed by the thousand-year binding of the dragon, the resurrection of the wicked, the final destruction of Satan and the wicked, and Christ's final triumph and reign on earth.Ms 75, 1906, par. 16

The chapter holds testing truths for this time that belong to the last merciful warning and call of mercy to the world.Ms 57, 1903, par. 6 Its truths are a message of warning to be sounded to all, to be read and understood by all, and to be given more fully.Ms 57, 1903, par. 6 The mercy of God and His long forbearance are shown in holding back His judgments while waiting for this warning to go to those who have not yet heard it.Ms 57, 1903, par. 6

The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.LS 335.1–3+4 The spirit and soul and substance of prophecy is the prophets' witness to the plan and work of human redemption, and it is the voice of Jesus because he undertook the work of redemption and inspires the prophetic message about it.LS 335.1–3 Christ speaks through the prophets, and the Spirit of Christ in them testified beforehand of his sufferings and the glory to follow.PP 365.4–366.3

Those who have this testimony are prophets, for the angel's claim to be fellow servant of John and of those holding the testimony matches his claim in Revelation 22:9 to be fellow servant of the prophets.CET 242.3–243.6+3 John's true testimony about Jesus identifies him with those brethren who bear that testimony.EW 193.2–194.1+1 The angel's refusal of worship and direction to worship God alone belongs with this identification of the testimony-bearers as prophets.CET 242.3–243.6+2

The testimony includes all the gifts of the one Spirit, so a church fully confirmed in that testimony will lack no gift while waiting for Christ's return.EW 114.2–3+1 The gift need not be exercised by every believer, for God distributes gifts among the members and a gift given to even one member can be said to belong to the church.PP xxi.2–3 The confirmed testimony of Christ connected in 1 Corinthians 1:6 with enrichment in knowledge and utterance shows prophetic testimony as a means by which the church receives those gifts.SG3 15.3–16.2 The verse does not mean that every Christian receives the testimony as a personal experience of sanctification, and that overdrawn and overstrained idea acts as leaven, starts deception, and must be feared, shunned, warned against, and counteracted.10MR 87.1–2

The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy, and those who have it are prophets, for the angel refused John's worship, called himself a fellow servant and bade him worship God alone, while the same brethren are called the prophets in Revelation 22:9.CET 242.3–243.6+4 In connection with Revelation 12:17, God's last church before Christ's second coming keeps all ten of His commandments and has this spirit of prophecy in existence among them, placed alongside the commandments of God.CET 242.3–243.6+4 The church will have this testimony during its closing experience before Christ appears as part of the promised last-days work of the Holy Spirit, with extraordinary gifts that teach and guide and meet its needs amid the perils of that time.PP xiii.2–xiv.2+1

These marks provoke the dragon's hostility and war against the remnant, for keeping the commandments and having the gift of prophecy among them are reasons the dragon makes war on them.1SP 10.2–11.1+2 The conflict stands over God's truth and law, where Satan deceives and accuses while Christ gives Himself to defeat Satan's work and uphold the honor of God's law.Ms 22, 1885, par. 17–18 This hostility is also directed against God's servants when they reprove sin.Ms 40, 1887, par. 14

The gift of prophecy is one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit promised to the remnant church and mercifully placed among the remnant people.LSEGW 468.1–469.2+3 Revelations received through it are heaven-sent messages from God speaking to His remnant church, appointing the recipient to serve as God's messenger.LSEGW 468.1–469.2+2 Its instruction is to be prayerfully carried out.HSFM 117.7 The gift will be manifested in the church in the last days bringing light and timely instruction.PP xxii.2 God gives prophetic messages to His people through visions and written revelations that help establish scriptural truth, strengthen faith, and give confidence in the Spirit of prophecy and in the last-days message.PP xxii.2+2

The testimony of Jesus is a great and important truth to be understood which, along with the Sabbath and the truth that humans are not immortal, serves as an anchor for God's people in perilous times.SG4 246.1 It is a central part of the gospel message to be proclaimed alongside the soon coming of Christ and obedience to God's commandments.CH 559.1–560.1 Work that meets people's temporal needs must not eclipse it.CH 559.1–560.1

Dreams given by the Lord, like visions, are fruits of the prophetic spirit identified as the testimony of Jesus, while ordinary dreams and false dreams or visions are not from God.1T 569.2–570.1+1 The genuineness of such dreams is shown by the people who receive them and the circumstances in which they are given.5T 658.5

The Lord manifests this gift through warning and reproof, disclosing past, present, and future events, addressing wrongs, and impelling messages that prompt correction and avert harm.TBC1882 45.1+3 Such testimony is not merely human opinion when it comes through the Spirit of God.TBC1882 45.1 It can prompt written counsel that reaches people at a crisis and averts disaster, and this work comes from above.5T 671.3

The gift clarifies present duty and the position believers should take, and its directions, testimonies, and warnings are to be heeded to guard against strong delusions.GW 308.1 It reveals God's guidance and instructions for His work, including its future growth and results.LSEGW 373.1–2 It can reveal people's hidden conditions and names, bringing them to confession, bringing believers into unity of the faith, and giving evidence of God's power through words that those present recognize as from God.Ms 131a, 1906, par. 16–18

Its ministry appeals to the church on behalf of the Bible, God's commandments, and faith in Jesus, and presents practical godliness as the test of Christian character.LS 329.1–3 God speaks through it to lead His people to the Bible's teaching rather than to take the Bible's place, though these testimonies may be neglected and left unread and unheeded.Lt 23, 1879, par. 12

Such prophetic work, which instructs the church, reproves wrongs, and strengthens faith, is to be tested by Scripture and by its fruits.CET 245.1–2 The Word of God is to be searched carefully to understand the truths about the closing scenes of earth's history, in connection with this testimony and the commandments of God.Lt 16, 1900, par. 8

The Holy Spirit continually gives such warning and instruction to confirm believers' faith.RH Jul 18, 1907 That prophetic instruction, preserved in writing, remains trustworthy through time and trial and is safe to follow in the closing days, while rejecting this light leaves people vulnerable to the snares they have been warned about.RH Jul 18, 1907

The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy, and together with the commandments of God it is to be kept continually in the mind to guide thought and action and to displace worldly thoughts and cares.SLGB 1.11+1 This keeping of the commandments and the testimony belongs to preparation for Christ's coming and for the brief sealing time while the four angels hold back the four winds.SLGB 1.11+1 Searching the Bible prepares people for its judgment in the last day and for that sealing time, which is nearly over.SLGB 1.11+1

The reproofs coming through this prophetic gift are a blessing to receive and uphold.Lt 53, 1884, par. 13+1 They mark God's people as His chosen people and help prepare them to stand in the day of the Lord.Lt 53, 1884, par. 13 This prophetic testimony is to be publicly upheld in the churches in order to strengthen wavering faith.Lt 53, 1884, par. 13+1

Believers are to heed its warnings, counsel, directions, and testimonies and to follow them as protection against deception, strong delusion, and the snares about which they have been warned.RH Jul 18, 1907+2 The Holy Spirit continually gives such warning and instruction to confirm faith, and that instruction preserved in writing remains trustworthy through time and trial and safe to follow in the closing days.RH Jul 18, 1907+1 Rejecting this light leaves people vulnerable to those warned-about snares.RH Jul 18, 1907+1 Its directions, testimonies, and warnings clarify present duty and the position to take.DTCP 2.5–3.1+1

Together with God's commandments, the testimony of Jesus tests people according to the light they have received.2T 693.4+1 Faithful obedience and love enable Christ's followers to reflect that light and help others learn the truth.2T 693.4 Since the testimony is the Spirit-given prophetic message, rejecting that message insults the Spirit of God.2T 693.4+1 God speaks to His people through the spirit of prophecy to lead them to the Bible's teaching.Lt 23, 1879, par. 12+1

Even so, these testimonies may be neglected and left unread and unheeded.Lt 23, 1879, par. 12+1 A person can receive this light from the Lord and yet still continue in a wrong course.Lt 23, 1879, par. 12+1 These testimonies are light God has sent to His people and to the world, and they have had a place and influence in the work for forty years.LS 408.3–409.2+1 Through the spirit of prophecy God has given comforting messages that strengthened faith and sustained His servants through hardship and reproach.LS 408.3–409.2+1