"are centered on the second coming of his Lord. And as the sword of the executioner descends and the shadows of death gather about the martyr, his latest thought springs forward, as will his earliest in the great awakening, to meet the Life-giver, who shall welcome him to the joy of the blest. AA 512.2"
"For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:"
The EGW passage speaks of the believer's anticipation of meeting the Life-giver at the resurrection, which is directly related to the description of the Lord's descent and the resurrection of the dead in Christ in 1 Thessalonians 4:16. The connection is more than just thematic, but not a direct quote.