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Posted by: edwin02usa | Sat, Dec 29, 2007 9:33 pm | Tag(s): English | Write Comment | Permalink |
Not one of us will ever receive the seal of God while our characters have one spot or stain upon them. It is left with us to remedy the defects in our characters, to cleanse the soul-temple of every defilement. Then the latter rain will fall upon us as the early rain fell upon the disciples on the day of Pentecost. {CET 189.2}
We are too easily satisfied with our attainments. We feel rich and increased with goods, and know not that we are “wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.” Revelation 3:17. Now is the time to heed the admonition of the True Witness: “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.” Verse 18. {CET 189.3}
The great outpouring of the Spirit of God, which lightens the whole earth with His glory, will not come until we have an enlightened people, that know by experience what it means to be laborers together with God. When we have entire, wholehearted consecration to the service of Christ, God will recognize the fact by an outpouring of His Spirit without measure; but this will not be while the largest portion of the church are not laborers together with God. God cannot pour out His Spirit when selfishness and self-indulgence are so manifest; when a spirit prevails that, if put into words, would express that answer of Cain,– “Am I my brother’s keeper?”–R. & H., July 21, 1896. {CS 52.1}
Jesus is coming soon and very soon
Posted by: cindi | Fri, Dec 28, 2007 12:30 am | Tag(s): Testimonies | Write Comment | Permalink |
I would not say I know when, but I heard something in the back of my head say rejoice rejoice for the kingdom is at hand. Then I heard look up, look up, your redemption draweth nigh. I did not study God’s word as much as I should have, but I know my mother who has passed away prayed for me when I went astray. Praise God for prayer. I also just studied and found that Saturday is the Lord’s day. I love 3ABN and The Billy Graham’s Training Center Bible. I do believe we are in the last days of this earth’s history. Just look around. The signs are here already. The only way we can make it is realizing the Blood of Jesus is the only thing that covers us. I used to think it was in the Cross, which we cherish…but the Power is in the Blood Of JESUS CHRIST. I keep looking up, as lighting flashes from the east to the west, so shall the coming of the Son of Man be. I do know that one. Through Jesus all things were made. All things are possible with God. Just believe. I love Jesus Christ so much. I used to want to see my family who have passed away at the resurection, now I want to see Jesus first, then my family. JESUS IS COMING SOON-I’M STANDING ON THE PROMISES OF GOD!
The Seal of God…
Posted by: PowerOfChoice | Sun, Dec 23, 2007 7:41 am | Tag(s): Testimonies | Write Comment | Permalink |
Quote from The Sealing Message by Joseph Bates; from the Preface, entitled To the Little Flock:
“They are now being sealed in their foreheads with “A SEAL OF THE LIVING GOD.” Even “a hundred and forty-four thousand, of all the tribes of the children of Israel.”
As I read this last night at the eve of Sabbath the following thought came to my mind that I do not recall from before:
144.000
1.4.40
Do you see what I see in those numbers? No doubt you do associate the “144.000″ with Revelation 14:1, or don’t you? Perhaps the second is slightly less familiar to those of you unfamiliar with the digit meaning of the Hebrew letters of the name Adam:
“aleph” = 1
“daleth” = 4
“mem” = 40
Thus Adam = 1.4.40. You see the name Adam, if you study and think about it somewhat more in depth than perhaps you’ve found occasion for doing before, really seem to pertain more than anything to a true Son or Daughter of God.
In contradistinction, I believe, to Adam there is the word pertaining to an entity characterized as a “hue man” or “human.” The latter two terms fall under the legal term item sonans, meaning two words or terms with similar sounds though spelled differently but which may be taken to mean the exact same thing… Thus, to me “hue” has to do with “color” as in the legal term “color of law” meaning apparently legal though in fact illegal. Accordingly, a “hue man” is a man or woman apparently acting in accord with the law while in fact breaking the law. No doubt this latter meaning will become more clear to you if you study the associations coupled with the term “humanism.”
Perhaps that will help make a little more sense to the term “the second Adam?”
Posted by: ehuffman | Tue, Dec 18, 2007 4:23 pm | Tag(s): Testimonies | Write Comment | Permalink |
Hello!
I was reading a book about the 1840s Advent movement, called “The Midnight Cry”. I was particularly impressed with the way the movement progressed, even in the face of oposition. It seemed to thrive on bad press! The established churches were increasingly cold to the message of the Millerites, yet their numbers continued to grow, and invitations for speakers came in from new areas. People were willing to risk their reputations in order to hear Millers ideas about the coming of Christ.
I draw the conclusion from this, that the work of the third angel’s message does not depend so much on favorable conditions, as it does on the working of the Spirit of God. Maybe God has given us an object lesson about our impending experience in the movement of the 1840s. It seems that the sense - rather the firm conviction - that Jesus was coming in the next few years was vital to the Millerites progress. Until we are convinced that Jesus will come in the next few years, I don’t believe we will have the experience that we call the latter rain. I believe that a powerfull sense that the end of all things is at hand will provide the urgency that will characterize the final work.
I am on my way to such a conviction right now. I have heard many people, from evangalists to common laymen, say that they believe that we are the people who will live to see the lord come. I want to study the connections between the Advent movement and the Loud cry to see what I can learn.
God bless!
Eric Huffman
Is the Book of Ester a Special Message to the Formal Seventh-day Adventist Church Today?
Posted by: PowerOfChoice | Sat, Dec 8, 2007 6:13 am | Tag(s): Prayer Requests | Write Comment | Permalink |
Esther means star. We often think of the star of Bethlehem this time of the year. How often do we think about Esther, the Queen of Persia?
Esther served a most important mission for the saving of her people. Not only was she instrumental in saving the faithful few, the remnant, those truly being God’s own people. She also helped saving those who were merely professing being a child of God.
Today we see a star or stars as the preferred symbol on many a flag and upon many a military mission. May the two stars be compared?:
1) Esther, the Star of the bible, and
2) a man or a woman identifying with the star(s) of the State(s)?
Does God have a message for the formal Seventh-day Adventist Church similar to the message brought to Esther the Queen via her first cousin Mordecai? Is there in existence today any power, any group or anyone having similar aspirations as did Haman? Is there anyone wishing to destroy God’s very own people, God’s very own church? Is there anyone today wishing to destroy the Seventh-day Adventist people?
Are there any plans being laid today for the destruction of God’s very own people? Are any such plans being brought before the most powerful and influential political leaders of today? Are there any plans today for enforcing the Sunday laws that’s been on the books for so long? Has Pope Benedict made any statements to that effect recently? He has, has he not?!
Recently someone sent me a link to some not so subtle plans that remind me of Haman’s suggestions to King Ahasuerus:
Est 3:8 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.
Est 3:9 If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.
I believe that in a very real sense the formal Seventh-day Adventist Church is legally married to the State we know of as District of Columbia and Washington DC. The marriage license is perhaps not known as such, but is known instead as the General Conference Corporation of Seventh-day Adventists and is registered as such under the State of Maryland and also under the District of Columbia. Accordingly, just as in a marriage contract between husband and wife, all property of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, not necessarily excluding its membership (as quite clearly delineated in the SDA Year Book (cf. the first few sections of the Year Book as revised at the GC in Toronto!)) is now under the trusteeship of Washington DC. Who is the stronger party in this marriage? Which one of them is to be considered the husband? Which one is the wife? Or are they both women? What is the nature of this relationship? In biblical terms: How is this relationship best described?
What seems to me even more worrisome, however, is that a similar relationship is being entertained between a great many, even most, of the individual members of the church and the State. Indeed, from my point of view, in a very real sense, our formal church, individually as well as congregationally, is as truly wedded in matrimony to the State as was Esther to King Ahasuerus of Persia.
Interestingly too, I find that in not a few instances, it appears as though just as Esther enjoyed a very favored relationship to King Ahasuerus so also at present our beloved SDA church is enjoying a very favored relationship to various State governments throughout this world. Perhaps, as with Esther, this situation has come to pass for a very particular purpose?
Est 4:14… Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
Indeed, isn’t there also a cousin like relationship between various factions within our church body which is reminiscent of the following words?:
Est 4:3 And in every province, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
Est 4:4 So Esther’s maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
Accordingly, would it be out of place for me at this time to reiterate the very words of Mordecai who was being seen as an eye sore sitting at the gate of the king?:
Est 4:13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.
Est 4:14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
Is there anyone within the formal Seventh-day Adventist church membership that is willing to do as Esther did? Anyone willing to risk something, even his or her life, for the sake of all of our people?:
Est 4:15 Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
Est 4:16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
Now, what was the very beginning of Esther’s rise to becoming the King’s bride and the Queen of the nation? Was it not the failure of certain parties in power, the King and the Queen, to recognize and respect each their responsibilities for guarding the the sanctity of their own as well as each and every family regardless of all appearances? (Cf. Esther 1:7, 9, 12, 15-18.)
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