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"I asked my accompanying angel the meaning of what I heard, and what the four angels were about to do. He said to me that it was God that restrained the powers, and that He gave His angels charge over things on the earth; that the four angels had power from God to hold the four winds, and that they were about to let them go; but while their hands were loosening, and the four winds were about to blow, the merciful eye of Jesus gazed on the remnant that were not sealed, and He raised His hands to the Father, and pleaded with Him that He had spilled His blood for them. Then another angel was commissioned to fly swiftly to the four angels, and bid them hold, until the servants of God were sealed with the seal of the living God in their foreheads. LS 119.1"
Direct citation 95% Revelation 7:2-3
"And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads."
The EGW passage is a clear expansion and interpretation of Revelation 7:2-3, describing the same scene of angels holding back the winds and the sealing of God's servants. The details about Jesus' intercession and another angel being sent are elaborations on the biblical text.
Related principle 75% Daniel 10:13
"But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia."
Both passages describe angelic intervention and restraint of powers. While Daniel 10:13 focuses on Michael's assistance against the prince of Persia, the EGW passage describes angels holding back the four winds. Both illustrate the concept of divine intervention in earthly affairs through angelic beings.

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