IT was in the vision on Patmos that the prophet John saw the coming of the judgment hour and the rise of a people keeping “the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” Revelation 14:6-12. HEVI 113.5
In 1844 the judgment hour opened in heaven above, as the prophecy of Daniel 8:14 had foretold. HEVI 113.6
In 1844 the people of the prophecy appeared, keeping the commandments of God. HEVI 113.7
This advent movement rose at the time scheduled by the sure word of the prophecy, in the year 1844. And according to the prophecy in Revelation 12:17, this people keeping the commandments of God were to have the “testimony of Jesus,” which, as the angel later explained to the prophet, “is the Spirit of prophecy.” Revelation 19:10. HEVI 113.8
That gift was in preparation, in God’s providence, in the days of 1844. HEVI 113.9