"“Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you.”— Matthew 5:11 . Ever since his fall, Satan has worked by means of deception. As he has misrepresented God, so, through his agents, he misrepresents the children of God. The Saviour says, “The reproaches of them that reproached Thee are fallen upon Me.” Psalm 69:9 . In like manner they fall upon His disciples. MB 31"
"Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake."
Ellen White directly references Matthew 5:11 in this passage.
"For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me."
Ellen White directly references Psalms 69:9 in this passage.
God, hated and persecuted by the world, are educated and disciplined in the school of Christ. They walk in narrow paths on earth; they are purified in the furnace of affliction. They follow Christ through sore conflicts; they endure self-denial and experience bitter disappointments; but their painful experience teaches them the guilt and woe of sin, and they look upon it with abhorrence. Being partakers of Christ's sufferings, they are destined to be partakers of His glory. In holy vision the prophet saw the triumph of the people of God. He says, “I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory, ... stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are Thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of saints.” “These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the bl…
"Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution."
The EGW passage discusses the suffering and eventual triumph of God's people, which aligns with the general theme of persecution faced by those who live godly lives as described in 2 Timothy 3:12. The EGW passage expands on the idea of suffering and links it to ultimate glory, making it a meaningful parallel.