The Lord declared the people shall dwell alone and shall not be reckoned among the nations numbers 23 9 To us as well as to ancient Israel these words apply God's people are to stand alone The observance of the seventh-day Sabbath is to be assigned between them and God showing that they are to be a peculiar people Separate from the world and habit and practice through them. God will work together from all nationalities a people for himself So over and over again when you study God's denominated people you see that the illustration the Bible illustration that sister uses to describe Seventh-day Adventists as denominated people is ancient Israel but perhaps The most important truth about this is that that last sentence that we read Through this denominated people at the end of the world God will work to gather all nationalities Unto himself and this is an agreement with Isaiah when he says the Lord God which gathereth the outcast of Israel Saith yet will I gather others to him? God purpose that there would be a group of people his denominated people seventh-day Advent at the end of the world that would uphold the law that would uphold the complete truth of the Bible amidst the the controversy that was denying the Bible and That controversy would provide a place of reference for those in Babylon that would Make their choice during this great crisis Now in early writings page 48 and 49. We're told this dear brethren. The Lord gave me of you January 26 1850 which I will relate I saw that some of the people of God are stupid and dormant and but half awake They do not realize the time we are now living in and that the man with the dirt brush has entered and that some are in danger of being swept away I begged of Jesus to save them to spare them a little longer and let them see their awful danger that they might get ready Before it should be forever too late. The angel said destruction is coming like a mighty whirlwind I begged of the angel to pity and to save those who love this world who were attached to their possessions and were not willing To cut loose from them and sacrifice to speed the messengers on their way to feed the hungry sheep who were perishing for want of Spiritual food as I viewed poor souls dying for one of present truth and some who professed to believe the truth We're letting them die without with by withholding the necessary means to carry forward the work of God The sight was too painful and I begged of the angel to remove it from me I saw that when the cause of God called for some of their property like the young man who came to Jesus Matthew 1916 through 22 they went away sorrowful and that soon the Overflowing scourge would pass over and sweep all their possessions away and then it would be too late to sacrifice earthly goods and Lay up treasures in heaven now. There's two things to consider here