Friends, the message God gave in Noah’s day was simple: Get into the ark.
Judgment is coming.
“As the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be” (Matthew 24:37).
Today, God is again giving a final warning message — through three angels flying in the midst of heaven. The three angels collectively present one message. It is the three angel’s message. (Rev 14:6-12) And that message is for us to get into the “ark” where all of God’s people from all of the churches will find their refuge, and their wisdom for these last days.
“But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark,and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. (Mat 24:36-39)
The First Angel: Stay in the Ark of Worship and Obedience
“And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters” (Revelation 14:6–7).
Notice the order: “the everlasting gospel” first. Before God calls the world to fear Him, give Him glory, and worship the Creator in the hour of judgment, He announces the foundation of it all—“the everlasting gospel.” One Bible version, the Murdock version, actually spells it out very well:
And I saw another angel flying in heaven: and with blood, he had the everlasting gospel, to proclaim to dwellers on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people; (Rev 14:6, Murdock)
The Three Angel’s Message begins with the shed blood of “Jesus Christ the righteous.” (1 John 2:1)
The first angel’s message means that our end-time waiting is not just about us enduring; it’s about God’s people proclaiming Jesus—His saving grace, His righteousness, His power to keep,(John 1:12) His power to transform, (Rom 12:1-2), His power to save to the uttermost, (Heb 7:25) and His soon return. (John 14:3) Like Noah, we are to live as a people who believe God’s Word, obey God’s voice, and invite others into safety before the door closes.
“…the Spirit and the bride [Church] say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. (Rev 22:17)
This is the ark message of our time. (Rev 14:6-12)
Just as Noah called people to trust God’s word over appearances, the first angel calls us to worship the Creator—not according to convenience, or compromise—but according to God’s express command.
Waiting for Jesus means staying faithful in worship when the world has forgotten the Creator. It means honoring Him even when obedience feels costly.It means trusting God’s Word when the evidence around us is confusing. Like Noah, we may see signs—but we wait for and act upon God’s voice.
The Second Angel: Don’t Step Out into Babylon
The second angel follows, saying: “Babylon is fallen, is fallen” (Revelation 14:8).
“I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.” (Rev 18:4)
Babylon represents confusion—religion mixed with error, truth blended with compromise, safety that looks solid but cannot hold. The earth after the flood looked ready—but it wasn’t. And Babylon today looks acceptable to untold millions,but we know it isn’t.
Waiting for Jesus means refusing to step out of the ark into systems God has declared unsafe. It means not rushing ahead because the world says, “all is well now” God is now through this most precious message calling His people out of Babylon: “Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues; (Rev 18:4)
Jeremiah foresaw what the fourth angel of Rev 18:4 is telling us today
Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. (Jer 51:8-9)
The prophecies in the eighteenth of Revelation will soon be fulfilled. During the proclamation of the third angel’s message, “another angel” is to “come down from heaven, having great power,” and the earth is to be “lightened with his glory.” The Spirit of the Lord will so graciously bless consecrated human instrumentalities that men, women, and children will open their lips in praise and thanksgiving, filling the earth with the knowledge of God, and with His unsurpassed glory, as the waters cover the sea. {7BC 983.9}
Those who have held the beginning of their confidence firm unto the end will be wide awake during the time that the third angel’s message is proclaimed with great power {7BC 984.1}
God’s people wait—even when the pressure to conform is strong. Because they all choose to “follow The Lamb wherever he goes!” (Rev 14:4)
The Third Angel: Patience The Door Is Still Open
“If any [person] worship the beast and his image…the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God” (Revelation 14:9–10).
And immediately after that warning, Scripture describes God’s waiting people:
“Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus” (Revelation 14:12).
This is Noah’s faith in end-time language.
The patience of the saints is not passive.It is commandment-keeping patience.It is faith-filled endurance.
It is staying in the ark while the world mocks, pressures, and rushes.
The fourteenth chapter of Revelation is a chapter of the deepest interest. This scripture will soon be understood in all its bearings, and the messages given to John the revelator will be repeated with distinct utterance {7BC 978.10}
Identifying the Three Angels
Christ is coming the second time, with power unto salvation. To prepare human beings for this event, He has sent the first, second, and third angels’ messages. These angels represent those who receive the truth, and with power open the gospel to the world. {7BC 978.11}
Friends, the door is still open—but it will soon close, Bible prophecy knows neither haste nor delay. And when it closes, no one will step into the ark again.
The history of the early church testified to the fulfillment of the Savior’s words. The powers of earth and hell arrayed themselves against Christ in the person of His followers. Paganism foresaw that should the gospel triumph, her temples and altars would be swept away; therefore she summoned her forces to destroy Christianity. The fires of persecution were kindled. Christians were stripped of their possessions and driven from their homes. They “endured a great fight of afflictions.” Heb 10:32. They “had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment.” Heb 11:36. Great numbers sealed their testimony with their blood. Noble and slave, rich and poor, learned and ignorant, were alike slain without mercy. {GC 39.2}
Like Noah, you may see signs.
Like Noah, you may feel confined.
Like Noah, you may wonder why deliverance hasn’t come yet.
The same God who shut Noah in the ark (of truth) is now calling His people out of the sins of Babylon and into the “ark” of truth in the three angel’s message. (Rev 18:4, Rev 14:6-12)
“For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry” (Hebrews 10:37).
Paul urges us not to cast away our confidence, our confidence in Christ, our confident hope of everlasting salvation in him. He is telling us not to take our eyes off Christ, to let nothing and no one come between us and him. Trials will come upon us. Temptations will assail us. Satan will roar against us. The world will allure us. Those things are certain; but so is this:
“The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us” (Rom 8:18).
God permits the wicked to prosper and to reveal their enmity against Him, that when they shall have filled up the measure of their iniquity all may see His justice and mercy in their utter destruction. The day of His vengeance hastens, when all who have transgressed His law and oppressed His people will meet the just recompense of their deeds; when every act of cruelty or injustice toward God’s faithful ones will be punished as though done to Christ Himself. {GC 48.2}
There is another and more important question that should engage the attention of the churches of today. The apostle Paul declares that “all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.” 2 Tim 3:12. Why is it, then, that persecution seems in a great degree to slumber? The only reason is that the church has conformed to the world’s standard and therefore awakens no opposition. The religion which is current in our day is not of the pure and holy character that marked the Christian faith in the days of Christ and His apostles. It is only because of the spirit of compromise with sin, because the great truths of the word of God are so indifferently regarded, because there is so little vital godliness in the church, that Christianity is apparently so popular with the world. Let there be a revival of the faith and power of the early church, and the spirit of persecution will be revived, and the fires of persecution will be rekindled. {GC 48.3}
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: (Mat 24:34)
The time of God’s destructive judgments is the time of mercy for those who have no opportunity to learn what is truth. Tenderly will the Lord look upon them. His heart of mercy is touched; His hand is still stretched out to save, while the door is closed to those who would not enter. Large numbers will be admitted who in these last days hear the truth for the first time. {7BC 979.3}
The first angel’s message of Revelation 14, announcing the hour of God’s judgment and calling upon men to fear and worship Him, was designed to separate the professed people of God from the corrupting influences of the world and to arouse them to see their true condition of worldliness and backsliding. In this message, God has sent to the church a warning, which, had it been accepted, would have corrected the evils that were shutting them away from Him. Had they received the message from heaven, humbling their hearts before the Lord and seeking in sincerity a preparation to stand in His presence, the Spirit and power of God would have been manifested among them. The church would again have reached that blessed state of unity, faith, and love which existed in apostolic days, when the believers “were of one heart and of one soul,” and “spake the word of God with boldness,” when “the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.” Acts 4:32; Acts 4:31; Acts 2:47. {GC 379.1}
If God’s professed people would receive the light as it shines upon them from His word, they would reach that unity for which Christ prayed, that which the apostle describes, “the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” “There is,” he says, “one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism.” Eph 4:3-5. {GC 379.2}
Such were the blessed results experienced by those who accepted the advent message. They came from different denominations, and their denominational barriers were hurled to the ground; conflicting creeds were shivered to atoms; the unscriptural hope of a temporal millennium was abandoned, false views of the second advent were corrected, pride and conformity to the world were swept away; wrongs were made right; hearts were united in the sweetest fellowship, and love and joy reigned supreme. If this doctrine did this for the few who did receive it, it would have done the same for all if all had received it. {GC 379.3}
Revelation 18 points to the time when, as the result of rejecting the threefold warning of Rev 14:6-12, the church will have fully reached the condition foretold by the second angel, and the people of God still in Babylon will be called upon to separate from her communion. This message is the last that will ever be given to the world; and it will accomplish its work. When those that “believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness” (2 Thes 2:12), shall be left to receive strong delusion and to believe a lie, then the light of truth will shine upon all whose hearts are open to receive it, and all the children of the Lord that remain in Babylon will heed the call: “Come out of her, My people” (Rev 18:4). {GC 390.2}
Today, God is again giving a final warning message — through three angels flying in the midst of heaven. The three angels collectively present one message. It is the three angel’s message. (Rev 14:6-12) And that message is for us to get into the “ark” where all of God’s people from all of the churches will find their refuge, and their wisdom and God’s truth for these last days.