"Through the two great errors, the immortality of the soul and Sunday sacredness, Satan will bring the people under his deceptions. While the former lays the foundation of spiritualism, the latter creates a bond of sympathy with Rome. The Protestants of the United States will be foremost in stretching their hands across the gulf to grasp the hand of spiritualism; they will reach over the abyss to clasp hands with the Roman power; and under the influence of this threefold union, this country will follow in the steps of Rome in trampling on the rights of conscience. GC 588.1"
"And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed."
Both passages describe a power that compels worship and exerts influence over the earth's inhabitants. EGW's passage interprets this as a union of spiritualism and Rome, mirroring the beast's power in Revelation.
"Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,"
Both passages discuss the deceptive power of Satan and his ability to perform signs and wonders to mislead people. EGW applies this to the specific context of spiritualism and its influence.
"As spiritualism more closely imitates the nominal Christianity of the day, it has greater power to deceive and ensnare. Satan himself is converted, after the modern order of things. He will appear in the character of an angel of light. Through the agency of spiritualism, miracles will be wrought, the sick will be healed, and many undeniable wonders will be performed. And as the spirits will profess faith in the Bible, and manifest respect for the institutions of the church, their work will be accepted as a manifestation of divine power. GC 588.2"
"And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light."
EGW directly references the concept of Satan transforming into an angel of light, which is explicitly stated in 2 Corinthians 11:14. This is a clear and direct allusion.
"For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect."
Both passages warn about false prophets and the performance of signs and wonders designed to deceive people. EGW connects this to spiritualism, while Matthew focuses on false Christs and prophets.
"The line of distinction between professed Christians and the ungodly is now hardly distinguishable. Church members love what the world loves and are ready to join with them, and Satan determines to unite them in one body and thus strengthen his cause by sweeping all into the ranks of spiritualism. Papists, who boast of miracles as a certain sign of the true church, will be readily deceived by this wonder-working power; and Protestants, having cast away the shield of truth, will also be deluded. Papists, Protestants, and worldlings will alike accept the form of godliness without the power, and they will see in this union a grand movement for the conversion of the world and the ushering in of the long-expected millennium. GC 588.3"
"Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away."
EGW directly alludes to the concept of 'having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof' from 2 Timothy 3:5. She applies this to the union of Papists, Protestants, and worldlings who accept a superficial form of religion without genuine spiritual power.