"Though the rulers of this world know it not, yet often in their councils angels have been spokesmen. Human eyes have looked upon them. Human ears have listened to their appeals. In the council hall the court of justice, heavenly messengers have pleaded the cause of the persecuted and oppressed. They have defeated purposes and arrested evils that would have brought wrong and suffering to God's children. To the students in the heavenly school, all this will be unfolded. Ed 305.1"
"But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince."
Both passages deal with angels intervening in human affairs, although Daniel 10:21 focuses on Michael's role. EGW expands on the idea of angelic involvement in councils and courts, which aligns with the general theme of angelic influence presented in Daniel.
"But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,"
Both passages describe angels actively intervening to help God's people. Acts 5:19 provides a specific example of an angel freeing prisoners, while EGW speaks more generally about angels pleading the cause of the persecuted. The core idea of angelic intervention connects them.
"Every redeemed one will understand the ministry of angels in his own life. The angel who was his guardian from his earliest moment; the angel who watched his steps, and covered his head in the day of peril; the angel who was with him in the valley of the shadow of death, who marked his resting place, who was the first to greet him in the resurrection morning—what will it be to hold converse with him, and to learn the history of divine interposition in the individual life, of heavenly co-operation in every work for humanity! Ed 305.2"
"Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?"
The EGW passage elaborates on the concept of ministering angels, directly referencing their role as described in Hebrews 1:14. It provides a vivid and personal interpretation of the verse.
"All the perplexities of life's experience will then be made plain. Where to us have appeared only confusion and disappointment, broken purposes and thwarted plans, will be seen a grand, overruling, victorious purpose, a divine harmony. Ed 305.3"
"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."
The EGW passage directly reflects the principle of Romans 8:28, that God works all things together for good. It explains how seemingly negative experiences will ultimately reveal a divine purpose.
There all who have wrought with unselfish spirit will behold the fruit of their labors. The outworking of every right principle and noble deed will be seen. Something of this we see here. But how little of the result of the world's noblest work is in this life manifest to the doer! How many toil unselfishly and unweariedly for those who pass beyond their reach and knowledge! Parents and teachers lie down in their last sleep, their lifework seeming to have been wrought in vain; they know not that their faithfulness has unsealed springs of blessing that can never cease to flow; only by faith they see the children they have trained become a benediction and an inspiration to their fellow men, and the influence repeat itself a thousandfold. Many a worker sends out into the world messages of strength and hope and courage, words that carry blessing to hearts in every land; but of the results he, toiling in loneliness and obscurity, knows little. So gifts are bestowed, burdens are borne, labor…
"But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:"
The EGW passage speaks of the unseen rewards of selfless labor, which aligns with the concept of laying up treasures in heaven as described in Matthew 6:20. The focus on delayed gratification and eternal reward makes the connection strong.