1) 곤고(perplexity: 괴로움, 킹제임스역), 당황(bewilderment), 해결의 수단이 없음(no way out,
Weymouth, 쉬운 성경), 놀람(dismay,
Moffatt,
현대인).
2) In fact, the proclamation of the Sabbath of the Lord as an integral part of this Judgment message was a prewarning against the then rising teaching of evolution by Charles Darwin, whose book
“The Origin of Species” was published in 1859.
3) Webster defines it as divine honor paid to God; an act of homage as a religious service.
4) God has made the Sabbath His
“seal”: the beast has given a spurious sabbath as
his “mark” or seal, ∙∙∙∙ by worshiping him on his spurious sabbath instead of worshiping God on
His Sabbath—
“the Sabbath of the Lord thy God,” 5) 특별 부활(特別 復活∙special resurrection)은 셋째 천사의 기별을 믿고 죽은 자들, 그리스도의 죽음의 고통을 조소하고 조롱한 자들, 그리스도의 진리와 그분의 백성을 몹시 핍박한 자들이 재림 전에 살아나는 것이다.(각 시대의 대쟁투, 637).
6) "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from
henceforth."(자금 이후로, 개역판)
7) ∙∙∙ but no more precious gift has ever been bestowed on it during the entire period of its probation than the gift of the Spirit of prophecy.
8)
“the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy” (예수의 증거가 예언의 영이다. KJV)
9) ∙∙∙ the church of the Firstborn——the church of the temple eternal, has the deepest.
10)
the former rain was given to the Christian church on the day of Pentecost following Christ's ascension(승천);
the latter rain is an experience for the Remnant church.
11)
“주께서 땅 위에서 그 말씀을 이루사 필하시고 끝내시리라” (개역판).
12)
“대 지진” (great earthquake, 개역판, 신킹제임스 역),
“큰 흔들림” (mighty shaking, 초기문집, 50; 교회증언 6, 352).
13)
“Get ready” —준비하라,
“Be ready” —준비하고 있으라.
“너희도 예비하고 있으라. 생각지 않은 때에 인자가 오리라” (개역판).