"assumed the ornaments of the sanctuary, but are not clothed with Christ's righteousness, will then appear in the shame of their own nakedness. PK 188.1"
"I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see."
The EGW passage echoes the imagery of Revelation 3:18 regarding spiritual nakedness and the need for Christ's righteousness.
Among earth's inhabitants, scattered in every land, there are those who have not bowed the knee to Baal. Like the stars of heaven, which appear only at night, these faithful ones will shine forth when darkness covers the earth and gross darkness the people. In heathen Africa, in the Catholic lands of Europe and of South America, in China, in India, in the islands of the sea, and in all the dark corners of the earth, God has in reserve a firmament of chosen ones that will yet shine forth amidst the darkness, revealing clearly to an apostate world the transforming power of obedience to His law. Even now they are appearing in every nation, among every tongue and people; and in the hour of deepest apostasy, when Satan's supreme effort is made to cause “all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond,” to receive, under penalty of death, the sign of allegiance to a false rest day, these faithful ones, “blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke,” will “shine as lights i…
"And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:"
Ellen White directly references Revelation 13:16 in this passage.
"That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;"
Ellen White directly references Philippians 2:15 in this passage.
"But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal."
Both passages refer to a remnant of faithful people who have not succumbed to idolatry or apostasy. EGW's passage expands on the idea of a hidden faithful remnant, drawing a parallel to the stars shining in darkness. While Romans 11:4 references the specific number of 7000, the underlying theme of a reserved faithful group connects the two.
"Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid."
The EGW passage uses the metaphor of light shining in darkness, similar to Matthew 5:14, to describe the role of faithful believers in a world of apostasy.