Monday, 14 July 2014
When you consider the message addressed to the church of Laodicea, there is a tendency to dismiss the warnings, counsels and rebukes as applicable to ourselves and believe this message to pertain to others-- those in open apostasy or those in the nominal churches. Hence, one will never examine himself/herself or truly see his/her wretchedness and deplorable condition if he/she does not fall upon the Rock in self-abnegation and be broken. So long as we feel whole and continue to compare ourselves with others and are satisfied with our present experience, we shall never heed the counsel of the True Witness and thus be spewed out of Jesus' mouth, all the while denouncing others as being lukewarm. However, "the Laodicean message applies to the people of God who profess to believe present truth. The greater part are lukewarm professors, having a name but no zeal..." (4T 87). It is astonishing that of the relatively small number of those professing present-truth, the majority are lukewarm. Where do you stand? Are you content with your standing before God? If so, you are in a self-righteous, self-deceived condition and are prepared to not only reject the straight testimony but to rise up against it, be shaken out of truth, and ultimately persecute the Author and the messengers of the straight testimony. Christ's spewing individuals out of His mouth signifies that He will not, in this time of investigative judgment, confess their names before the Father; their names as well as themselves will be rejected. However, there is hope for the Laodiceans, which "is a clear view of their standing before God, acknowledge of the nature of their disease" (4T 87). It is time for lukewarm Laodiceans to acknowledge their utter wretchedness, make confession, be justified, live by faith, receive the straight truth, and give the straight testimony!
Monday, 07 July 2014
As we become increasingly aware of the agitation regarding religious liberty in the public arena, students of prophecy realize that one by one every principle of our constitution is being repudiated, which will inevitably result in the prohibition of freedom of worship if it differs with the government-enforced way and day of worship. This is yet another evidence that Jesus' Second Coming is even at the doors. This is the message to the church of Laodicea, that, if heeded will prepare a people for Jesus' Second Coming. We are living in the Laodicean era, the final phase of God's church, as indicated in the the meaning of the word "Laodicea," which is people living in the judgment. This is the time-period in which the case of every living soul is scrutinized and an irrevocable verdict is pronounced (Revelation 22:11 and 12). After the sentences are rendered, the final events will unravel, be completed, and Christ will come with His rewards. It is therefore incumbent upon each of us to study and look intricately into the message addressed to the church of Laodicea, heed the counsels of the True Witness, endure the shaking (which is caused by the opposition to the straight testimony called forth by the counsel of the True Witness to the Laodiceans), be sealed, and at last, be saved. It is not insignificant that Jesus reveals Himself to Laodicea as the "Amen," the "Faithful and True Witness," and the "Beginning of the Creation of God." Each of these titles unveil important principles of present-truth that must be inculcated in one's daily experience so that we can be "hot" or fervent for Christ. Upon viewing this message, one will be able to determine presently whether he/she is heeding the straight testimony as given in the counsel to Laodicea and are "hot," or whether he/she is rising up against this message and in a lukewarm condition.
Saturday, 05 July 2014
Hold! Hold! Hold! Hold! is the emphatic cry of the sealing angel. The four winds are mercifully being restrained until God's servants are sealed. However, it is evident that these winds are gradually being released even now and are soon to be unleashed in relentless totality when the wrath of God is finally poured out without mixture upon unrepentant sinners. The enactment of the Mark of the Beast is the event that precipitates God's wrath, and all the world events currently taking place indicate that the long-awaited and foretold of crisis is imminent. Even among those in the world, as they observe the restless relations existing between the nations, see that the world is indeed on the verge of a stupendous crisis. While the four winds, which represent not only devastating calamities/disasters but also the various nations striving for world supremacy, are being held in check, those individuals who will be sealed by God must be in such a condition that they can be trusted with God's seal and anointed to the special work of heralding the final messages of mercy to the world.
At this time, while Satan is inciting the nations to war for the purpose of diverting the minds of God's people from the work of preparation, many of the preachers, teachers, and leaders among God's denominated people are negligent in preparing the flock for the close of probation and the events surrounding it; rather they are preaching/promoting messages of peace and safety. Which of the calls will you heed- the three angels' messages or the popular, smooth messages? Which message will you give both by precept and example? Let us learn from the fate of Jehu the sad lesson of allowing pride to cause our downfall and eternal demise. Once anointed, appointed, and mightily used by God to carry forward a work of reform, Jehu allowed pride and self-love to eventually entice him to commit the very sins that he so vehemently warred against. Let us allow God to anoint us with His seal so that we can be steadfast, unmovable, and fully settled into Christ and His truth, both spiritually and intellectually.
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Saturday, 05 July 2014
"Are we to wait for the fulfillment of prophecy before we say anything concerning them? Of what value will our words be then?" God's people who are reading and studying Bible prophecy and are being sanctified by the truth should now be warning the masses before the night comes when no man can work. Night represents the general close of probation when Christ's mediatorial work ceases, which means there will no longer be opportunity for man to receive the gospel if he had not done so before. Night also signifies death, which can come at any moment. However, one's personal night (individual close of probation) can come while he/she is yet alive, by the persistent and willful rejection of the pleading voice of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, not only by voice and pen is the world to receive warning that night is almost here, but through the example of a sanctified life and the practical work of medical missionary evangelism. While at the same time we must make sure that we are daily working out our own salvation with fear and trembling, lest while warning others, we become castaways.
It is not at all difficult to discern that midnight is only figurative moments away. Before midnight comes there will be a universal call for "peace and safety" (1 Thessalonians 5:1-7). Many are looking to the Papacy as the voice of peace to solve social ills, moral issues, economic matters, religious divergences, as well as world conflicts between nations. However, while posing as a "man of peace," the Pope, styled as "the King of Fierce Countenance" has another objective in view-- "by peace" he conspires to destroy many—Daniel 8:23-25. This "many" that the Papacy endeavors to destroy is the group that the Papacy views as a viable threat to her supremacy/reemergence; those who will not adhere to her dictates. This group represents the small company of faithful Protestants, God's ten-Commandment-keeping People; true Seventh-day Adventists.
While midnight is hastening greatly, and the Papacy is correspondingly enjoying her resurgence and popularity (noon), God's people must be found working the works of Christ, before midnight comes and no man can work—John 9:4. The specific work that God calls upon His people to be doing is the medical missionary work in conjunction with the heralding of the gospel, in order to open the eyes (literally and spiritually) of the blind Laodiceans, thus leading them to a thorough washing of water and the word to rid themselves of their wretchedness and misery. Let us now heed the admonition given us in Isaiah 60:1 and 2: "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee."
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Sunday, 22 June 2014
"We are living in the midst of an 'epidemic of crime.'" The deplorable state of society is evidenced by the daily reports of wars, murders, strikes, bold robberies, assaults, and the prevalence of vice of every kind and degree. It is apparent that the prevailing degradation existing presently mirrors the condition of the world prior to and during Jesus' first advent, the very condition that demanded Christ to send forth his disciples, first the twelve then the seventy, with the gospel commission of healing, teaching, and preaching. Men were possessed and controlled by demons and were merely carrying out the impulses of satanic influences. The sad reality is that while the world is steeped in crime and vice and is rushing madly on to eternal ruin, many of God's people are sitting idly, indifferent of the needs of those who have not the light of truth. Christ is asking of you, "what doest thou here." How is it that you, who have had so many privileges and opportunities, have no concern for the salvation of perishing souls? It is at this time that God is calling upon His people to arouse from their spiritual lethargy and study, live, and present the "tidings from the east and the north," which constitute the sealing message. This is the message that directly precedes the close of human probation and that, if heeded, will prepare a people to stand faithfully during the Great Time of Trouble. We must therefore understand, as did the disciples, that there is an inextricable relationship between the sealing message and medical missionary evangelism; furthermore, we must begin to go forth in the power of God, being faithful in all that we do, in the minor as well as the great tasks. Just as Christ anointed His disciple, the twelve and the seventy, to do His work, and as Elijah anointed Elisha to the gospel ministry, so Christ desires to anoint us to His work. The question is, how will you respond. Will you say as said Isaiah, "Here am I Lord, send me?"
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Sunday, 15 June 2014
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Sunday, 15 June 2014
"It will be declared that men are offending God by the violation of the Sunday-sabbath, that this sin has brought calamities which will not cease until Sunday observance shall be strictly enforced" (The Great Controversy, page 590). The multitudinous calamities in our world coupled with the rapidly declining morality are urged as reasons why our nation, and world should become more godly. As laws have been enacted to sanction immoral and ungodly practices (i.e. gay marriage) it will take the legalization of moral issues to reverse such practices, which are only steps to the repudiation of "every principle of our constitution," culminating in the enactment of a National Sunday Law. Already, such claims are being urged. In such perilous times, God's people should be about their Father's business in seeking for and placing themselves in the position (through God's help) to receive a double-portion of the Holy Spirit in Early and Latter Rain power, the righteousness of Christ. It is not merely to fit one for heaven that this double portion of the Holy Spirit is needed and required, it is also to empower us to go forth with mighty power in proclaiming the last message of mercy to the world: by pen, by voice, through medical missionary evangelism, through literature evangelism, and through the operation of the Schools of the Prophets. Let us daily allow the Lord to sanctify us through His Word so that we can be candidates for the early and latter rain and so that we can do the work that God is calling upon all His people to do.
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Sunday, 15 June 2014
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Sunday, 15 June 2014
Hold! Hold! Hold! Hold! is the emphatic cry of the sealing angel. The four winds are mercifully being restrained until God's servants are sealed. However, it is evident that these winds are gradually being released even now and are soon to be unleashed in relentless totality when the wrath of God is finally poured out without mixture upon unrepentant sinners. The enactment of the Mark of the Beast is the event that precipitates God's wrath, and all the world events currently taking place indicate that the long-awaited and foretold of crisis is imminent. Even among those in the world, as they observe the restless relations existing between the nations, see that the world is indeed on the verge of a stupendous crisis. While the four winds, which represent not only devastating calamities/disasters but also the various nations striving for world supremacy, are being held in check, those individuals who will be sealed by God must be in such a condition that they can be trusted with God's seal and anointed to the special work of heralding the final messages of mercy to the world.
At this time, while Satan is inciting the nations to war for the purpose of diverting the minds of God's people from the work of preparation, many of the preachers, teachers, and leaders among God's denominated people are negligent in preparing the flock for the close of probation and the events surrounding it; rather they are preaching/promoting messages of peace and safety. Which of the calls will you heed- the three angels' messages or the popular, smooth messages? Which message will you give both by precept and example? Let us learn from the fate of Jehu the sad lesson of allowing pride to cause our downfall and eternal demise. Once anointed, appointed, and mightily used by God to carry forward a work of reform, Jehu allowed pride and self-love to eventually entice him to commit the very sins that he so vehemently warred against. Let us allow God to anoint us with His seal so that we can be steadfast, unmovable, and fully settled into Christ and His truth, both spiritually and intellectually.
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Tuesday, 13 May 2014
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Daniel 11:40 foretells the return of the King of the North, the Papacy, as a whirlwind, denoting rapidity, and intensity, to overthrow the ruling principles of the King of the South--atheism, and immorality. It is quite evident that both Satanic powers (kings) are now striving for the mastery, and America is polarized as a result. As the prevalence and legalization of secularism and licentiousness become even more apparent, we also see and hear an outcry from Americans calling for this nation to return to God in the form of prayer, worship, and moral/religious legislation. Students of Bible Prophecy understand that the end result of the legalization of morality is the establishment of the National Sunday Law to be initiated first in America and then to spread to the various other countries, with persecution for dissenters. Both the world and the church are being systematically conditioned to receive the Mark of the Beast. The question that each one of us must ponder is, "will I be overthrown with the MANY that will bow at this crisis?" Let us watch and pray!
