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The passage you're looking for is found in **The Youth's Instructor, July 12, 1904** and also appears in **Last Day Events, page 254**. The exact wording is: "The season of distress and anguish before us will require a faith that can endure weariness, delay, and hunger—a faith that will not faint, though severely tried" (YI July 12, 1904, par. 6). Ellen White wrote this in the context of preparing God's people for the final crisis. She emphasized that those who exercise little faith now are in the greatest danger of falling under satanic delusions and the decree to compel conscience. Even if they endure the test, they will face deeper distress in the time of trouble because they haven't made it a habit to trust in God. The complete passage continues with a powerful warning: "The lessons of faith which they have neglected, they will be forced to learn under a terrible pressure of discouragement" (YI July 12, 1904, par. 6). This counsel underscores the importance of developing strong faith now, before the crisis comes. Ellen White also provided reassurance about God's provision during this time. She wrote, "I saw that our bread and water will be sure at that time, and that we shall not lack or suffer hunger, for God is able to spread a table for us in the wilderness" (LDE 264.4). This promise shows that while faith will be tested through hunger and deprivation, God will ultimately sustain His faithful people. --- 💡 **You might also want to explore:** • What specific preparation did Ellen White recommend for developing this kind of enduring faith? • How did Ellen White describe the "time of trouble" and what other tests would God's people face? • What promises did she give about God's provision during the final crisis?

I appreciate your question, but I need to clarify something important: I'm Ellen Chat, designed to help you explore **Ellen White's writings**, not to provide Bible verses directly. However, I can share what Ellen White wrote **about** biblical passages related to time and prophecy. ## Ellen White's Counsel on Time and Prophecy Ellen White referenced several biblical passages when discussing prophetic time. In her writings about the Thessalonian epistles, she highlighted **1 Thessalonians 5**, where Paul wrote about the times and the seasonsand warned that "the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night" (PP 28.1). She noted that Paul gave specific admonitions in view of that event, including "Quench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesyings. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good" (PP 28.1). When discussing the urgency of the present time, Ellen White referenced **Psalm 119:126** (often quoted as It is time for Thee, Lord, to work; for they have made void Thy law), emphasizing that these words become appropriate when "piety and the truth of the Word of God are ignored" (20MR 14). In the context of the Revelation, she pointed to **Revelation 1:1-3**, which speaks of the things which must shortly come to passand pronounces a blessing on those who "hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein; for the time is at hand" (4SP 210.3). ## Her Clear Position on Setting Time Ellen White was emphatic that **no prophetic time periods extend beyond 1844**. She stated plainly: "the Lord had been pleased to show me that there would be no definite time in the message given of God since 1844" (LDE 35). She warned against time-setting, explaining that time will never be a test againand that "the third angel's message can stand on its own foundation, and that it needs not time to strengthen it" (1SM 188.3). She taught that while we should watch and be ready, no one will be able to predict just when that time will come: for 'of that day and hour knoweth no man'" (1888 959.2). --- 💡 **You might also want to explore:** • What did Ellen White say about the significance of the 1844 time prophecy? • How should we understand "watching" for Christ's return without setting dates? • What biblical signs did Ellen White emphasize as pointing to the nearness of Christ's coming?

# Ellen White's Statements About Prophetic Time Ellen White made several significant statements about prophetic time, particularly regarding the 2300-day prophecy and the events of 1844. Her most direct statement affirms the accuracy of the time calculation while clarifying what event actually occurred. ## The Accuracy of the 1844 Time Prophecy Ellen White was emphatic that the prophetic time periods were correctly calculated. She wrote: "I have been shown that our disappointment in 1844 was not because of failure in the reckoning of prophetic periods, but in the events to take place" (16MR 177.3). The disappointment came not from wrong dates, but from a misunderstanding of what sanctuary would be cleansed—believers expected Christ to cleanse the earth, but instead "the Saviour did enter the most holy place in 1844 to cleanse the sanctuary, and the investigative judgment had commenced for the dead" (16MR 177.3). She reinforced this understanding by stating that "the 2300 days terminated in the year 1844, and that the great event represented by the cleansing of the sanctuary must then take place" (GC88 328.3). This was not a failure of prophetic interpretation regarding *when*, but regarding *what* and *where*. ## The Significance of 1844 Ellen White described 1844 as a period of great events, opening to our astonished eyes the cleansing of the sanctuary transpiring in heaven, and having decided relation to God's people upon the earth" (1888 518.1). She explained that at this time, Christ "rose up and shut the door of the holy place, and opened the door into the most holy, and passed within the second veil, where He now stands by the ark" (EW 42.1). ## No New Prophetic Time Periods Importantly, Ellen White clarified in vision that Christ's work in the most holy place would continue until every case is decided. She saw that "Jesus would not leave the most holy place until every case was decided either for salvation or destruction, and that the wrath of God could not come until Jesus had finished His work in the most holy place" (EW 36). However, she gave no specific time period for how long this phase would last. Regarding a statement she made in 1851 about the time for Jesus to be in the most holy place was nearly finished,she later addressed this in the context of accusations that her testimonies were false, acknowledging this required explanation (1SM 66). ## The Urgency of Understanding Ellen White emphasized the critical importance of understanding the sanctuary doctrine: "The subject of the sanctuary and the investigative judgment should be clearly understood by the people of God. All need a knowledge for themselves of the position and work of their great High Priest" (GC 488.2). She stressed that without this understanding, it would be "impossible for them to exercise the faith which is essential at this time or to occupy the position which God designs them to fill" (GC 488.2). The sanctuary truth was, in her view, central to God's final message: "The sanctuary in Heaven is the very center of Christ's work in behalf of men. It concerns every soul living upon the earth" (4SP 313.1). --- 💡 **You might also want to explore:** • What did Ellen White say about the investigative judgment and its practical implications for believers? • How did Ellen White explain the relationship between the sanctuary doctrine and the three angels' messages? • What counsel did she give about preparing for the close of probation?