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Daniel and revelationArchive for June, 2009
The Loud Cry
How does the fourth angel relate to the third angel?
The fourth angel comes down and joins the third angel’s cry, adding force and strength to the third message.
“Then I saw another mighty angel commissioned to descend to earth, and unite his voice with the third angel, and give power and force to his message… The work of this angel comes in at the right time, and joins in the last great work of the third angel’s message, as it swells into a loud cry.” {1SG 193.2} “This message seemed to be an addition to the third message, and joined it, as the midnight cry joined the second angel’s message in 1844.” {1SG 194.1} Read the rest of this entry »
The 3rd Angel’s Message
What is the core content of the third angel’s message?
The truths of Christ’s move into and subsequent mediation in the Most Holy Place and the eternal authority of His Law are the core concepts of the Third Angel’s Message.
“Those who had accepted the light concerning the mediation of Christ and the perpetuity of the law of God, found that these were the truths brought to view in the third message.” {4SP 275.2} “They had by faith followed their High Priest from the holy to the most holy, and they saw him pleading his blood before the ark of God. Within that sacred ark is the Father’s law, the same that was spoken by God himself amid the thunders of Sinai, and written with his own finger on the tables of stone. Not one command has been annulled; not a jot or tittle has been changed. While God gave to Moses a copy of his law, he preserved the great original in the sanctuary above.” {4SP 273.3} Read the rest of this entry »
Facing Evolution
Why is the SDA church having to deal with evolution being taught as fact at La Sierra University? I believe this predicament is a fulfillment of Rev. 3:14-17 which says: “And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked…” Over the years, our church has lost the fire of the early advent believers and become lukewarm. We have come to depend upon ourselves more than on God, telling ourselves that we are “rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing.” The small compromises and liberalization that have in increased over the years haved led to this ultimate compromise of believing and teaching evolution as fact at some of our schools. About the only apostasty left to be done would be to throw out the Sabbath and fundamental doctrines, which will probably happen in certain places at some point in the future.
So, how can we stop this downward plunge? I think the answer lies in the next few verses of Rev. 3, “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. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.” We must all do serious soul searching personally and adhere to the truth steadfastly. If every member would seek God with his whole heart personally, than the church as a whole would be reformed. Also, we must take much stronger action toward those who do apostasize, but at the same time remembering the God still loves them, and we should too. However, no matter how much one may love a diseased limb, if it endangers the rest of the body, it needs to be cut off. If I were GC president, I would probably fire the president of La Sierra and the teachers who are teaching evolution. Also, I would disfellowship those who claim to be SDAs but choose to believe the evolutionary theories–you can’t be a Seventh-day Adventist and believe evolution, I’m sorry. If these measures weren’t enough, I might even consider turning La Sierra over to “the world” and just let it be a “normal” university. This may sound drastic, but Christ did say, “And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.” Matt. 5:30 “If morality and religion are to live in a school, it must be through a knowledge of God’s word. Some may urge that if religious teaching is to be made prominent our school will become unpopular; that those who are not of our faith will not patronize the college. Very well, then, let them go to other colleges, where they will find a system of education that suits their taste. Our school was established, not merely to teach the sciences, but for the purpose of giving instruction in the great principles of God’s word and in the practical duties of everyday life. {5T 25.3} This is the education so much needed at the present time. If a worldly influence is to bear sway in our school, then sell it out to worldlings and let them take the entire control; and those who have invested their means in that institution will establish another school, to be conducted, not upon the plan of popular schools, nor according to the desires of principal and teachers, but upon the plan which God has specified. {5T 25.4}
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