Questions answered from the Spirit of Prophecy quotations inside:

Question: When will come the time for the close of probation for mankind?
Answer: When the work of the investigative judgement closes.

Question: How soon will this be before the second coming of Christ?
Answer: Just a short time before the Second Coming of the Lord in the
clouds of heaven.

Question: What will be the condition of the Earth at this time?

Answer: The righteous and wicked will still be living, and men will be
planting and building, eating and drinking, unconscious that the
final irrevocable decision has been made. It will happen silently.

Question: Does the Sunday Law signify the close of probation?

Answer: No, the Sunday law is passed before the close of probation.

Question: When then are God’s people sealed?

Answer: After the Sunday Law.

Question: How does God determine who is to be sealed?

Answer: By the decision people make after the Sunday law is passed. Only
those who are loyal to the true Sabbath, and reject the false Sunday
sabbath, will receive the seal of God.

Question: How are we to prepare for the close of probation?

Answer: By purifying our souls by obeying the truth (sanctification), and
keeping our eyes heavenward, encouraging each other with the
words of truth. We are also to prepare by not adding to our
possessions, and instead sell off all the things that we do not need,
and use the money thereby gained to further the gospel.
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“The Lord has shown me clearly that the image of the beast will be formed
before probation closes; for it is to be the great test for the people of
God, by which their eternal destiny will be decided . . . (Revelation 13:11-
17 quoted).
This is the test that the people of God must have before they are
sealed. All who proved their loyalty to God by observing His law, and
refusing to accept a spurious sabbath, will rank under the banner of the
Lord God Jehovah, and will receive the seal of the living God. Those
who yield the truth of heavenly origin and accept the Sunday sabbath,
will receive the mark of the beast.”
Letter 11, 1890.
“When the work of the investigative judgment closes, the destiny of all
will have been decided for life or death. Probation is ended a short time
before the appearing of the Lord in the clouds of heaven . . . (Revelation
22:11, 12 quoted).
The righteous and the wicked will still be living upon the earth in their
mortal state-men will be planting and building, eating and drinking, all
unconscious that the final, irrevocable decision has been pronounced in
the sanctuary above. Before the Flood, after Noah entered the ark, God
shut him in and shut the ungodly out; but for seven days the people,
knowing not that their doom was fixed, continued their careless,
pleasure-loving life and mocked the warnings of impending judgment.
“So,” says the Saviour, “shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”
Matthew 24:39. Silently, unnoticed as the midnight thief, will come the
decisive hour which marks the fixing of every man’s destiny, the final
withdrawal of mercy’s offer to guilty men.”
The Great Controversy, p. 490-1.
“Many entertain the view that probation is granted after Jesus leaves His
work as mediator in the most holy apartment. This is the sophistry of
Satan. God tests and proves the world by the light which He is pleased
to give them previous to the coming of Christ. Characters are then formed
for life or death. But the probation of those who choose to live a life of
sin, and neglect the great salvation offered, closes when Christ’s
ministration ceases just previous to His appearing in the clouds of
heaven”.
Testimonies For The Church, Volume 2, p. 691.
“Those who have neglected the preparation of purity and holiness, fitting
them to be waiting ones to welcome their Lord, their sun sets in gloom
and darkness, and rises not again. Probation closes. Christ’s intercessions
cease in Heaven, and it is finally sudden upon all, and those who have
neglected the purifying of their souls by obeying the truth, are found
sleeping.”
“A company was presented before me in contrast to the one described.
They were waiting and watching. Their eyes were directed heavenward,
and the words of their Master were upon their lips. “What I say unto
you. I say unto all, Watch.” “Watch ye therefore, for ye know not when
the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the
cockcrowing, or in the morning; lest coming suddenly he find you
sleeping.” . . . The waiting ones were represented to me as looking upward.
They were encouraging one another repeating these words . . .”
“I have been shown that God’s people who profess to believe present
truth, are not in a waiting, watching position. They are increasing in riches,
and laying up their treasures upon the earth. They are becoming rich in
worldly things, but not rich toward God. They do not believe in the
shortness of time. They do not believe that the end of all things is at hand.
They do not believe that Christ is at the door. They will act out all the
faith that they really possess. They may profess much faith but deceive
their own souls. Their works show the character of their faith . . .”
“If they possessed genuine faith, instead of increasing their treasures
upon the earth they would be selling off, freeing themselves from the
cumbersome things of earth, and transferring their treasure before them
to Heaven. Then their interest and hearts will be where their treasure is.
The heart of man is where is his greatest treasure.”
Testimony For The Church At Olcott, N. Y., 1868, pp. 13, 15, 20.
THUS THE ISSUE OF WHEN PROBATION WILL CLOSE IS
CLEARLY SET FORTH IN THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY. THE
MESSAGE IS CLEAR. WE MUST LIVE RIGHTEOUSLY, NOW, AND
PUT AWAY A LIFE OF SIN, BEFORE TIME IS NO MORE FOR GOD’S
MERCY TO GUILTY SINNERS. THOUGH THEY ARE IMPORTANT,
IT IS NOT SO MUCH THE EXTERNAL EVENTS THAT WE MUST
LOOK TO, BUT OUR INDIVIDUAL HEART PREPARATION. THIS
WILL DETERMINE WHO SERVES WHO AT THE END OF TIME.