“Only those who have been diligent students of the Scriptures and who have received the love of the truth will be shielded from the powerful delusion that takes the world captive… Are the people of God now so firmly established upon His word that they would not yield to the evidence of their senses?… Satan WILL, if possible, prevent them from obtaining a preparation to stand in that day. He will so arrange affairs as to hedge up their way, entangle them with earthly treasures, cause them to carry a heavy, wearisome burden, that their hearts may be overcharged with the cares of this life… Will the Lord forget His people in this trying hour? Did He forget faithful Noah when judgments were visited…? Did He forget Lot when the fire came down from heaven…? Did He forget Joseph surrounded by idolaters in Egypt? Did He forget Elijah when the oath of Jezebel threatened him…? Did He forget Jeremiah in the dark and dismal pit…? Did He forget the three worthies in the fiery furnace? or Daniel in the den of lions?”

Great Controversy p.625-626
by Ellen G. White