The Spirit of Prophecy

“I was shown…..” 1SM 35 – 36: “I have written many books…of myself I could not have…the Lord has given me the help of His Holy Spirit…my work includes much more than this name (i.e. prophet) signifies. I regard myself as a messenger…when the Lord sees fit to give a vision, I am taken into the presence of Jesus and angels.”

THE INTRODUCTION

Isaiah 8:20 “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them.” Revelation 12:17 “And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.” Revelation 19:10 “…for the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy.” Rev. 10:10 – 11 “And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.”

NOTE: The Church which came out of the Disappointment of 1844 had the gift of prophecy, as manifested in the writings of Sister Ellen G. White. Here is The Bible and Spirit of Prophecy illustrated in Prophetic Symbols: Isa. 7:21-22 – “And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep; And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk [that] they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.” Hebrews 5:12-14 “For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which [be] the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. For every one that useth milk [is] unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, [even] those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.” Zech. 4:1-6, 11-14 “And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep, And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all [of] gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which [are] upon the top thereof: And two olive trees by it, one upon the right [side] of the bowl, and the other upon the left [side] thereof. So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What [are] these, my lord? Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This [is] the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts…Then answered I, and said unto him, What [are] these two olive trees upon the right [side] of the candlestick and upon the left [side] thereof? And I answered again, and said unto him, What [be these] two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden [oil] out of themselves? And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these [be]? And I said, No, my lord. Then said he, These [are] the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.” 7BC 1179 “This chapter is full of encouragements for those who do the work of the Lord in the last day.” Rev. 1:20 “The seven candle sticks which thou sawest are the seven churches…” TM 337 “…into the lamps, the churches.” The two olive trees: Zech. 4:14 – “…the two anointed ones…” Rev. 11:3-4 – “…the two witnesses and they shall prophecy a 1260 days clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees and the two candle sticks” G.C. 267 – “The two witnesses represent the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments…” TM 509 “ The continued communication of the Holy Spirit to the Church is represented by the prophet Zechariah under another figure, which contain a wonderful lesson for us…This is the work that the Lord would have every soul prepared to do at this time… Every witness for God is now to work intelligently in the lines which God has appointed …Thus it is that the holy lamps are fed, and the Church becomes a light bearer in the world”

WHAT IS THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY? 3SM 30-31 “Little heed is given to the Bible, and the Lord has given a lesser light to lead men and women to the greater light.” (The Review and Herald, Jan. 20, 1903). Besides the instruction in His Word, the Lord has given special testimonies to His people, not as a new revelation, but that He may set before us the plain lessons of His Word, that errors may be corrected, that the right way may be pointed out, that every soul may be without excuse.– Letter 63, 1893.” 3SM 30 “The Holy Spirit is the author of the Scriptures and of the Spirit of Prophecy…” 5T. 680 “It is not alone those who openly reject the Testimonies, or who cherish doubt concerning them, that are on dangerous ground. To disregard light is to reject it.”

Zech.4:1-14: The 2 Olive trees (GC 267) = 2 Testaments Bible. Candlestick = Church. Golden Bowl = Spirit of Prophecy, which is the interpreted Bible prophecy, by the inspired interpreters (2 Golden pipes)

Isa. 7:21-22: The 2 Sheep = the 2 Testament Bible. Young Cow = the writings of the Spirit of Prophecy. From the much milk produced by these 3 animals, the “man” who nourish them makes “Butter” (prophetic message) for the mature SDAs.

2T. 605 “The Lord designs to warn you, to reprove, to counsel, through the testimonies given, and to impress your minds with the importance of the truth of His word. The written testimonies are not to give new light, but to impress vividly upon the heart the truths of inspiration already revealed. Man’s duty to God and to his fellow man has been distinctly specified in God’s word; yet but few of you are obedient to the light given. Additional truth is not brought out; but God has through the Testimonies simplified the great truths already given and in His own chosen way brought them before the people to awaken and impress the mind with them, that all may be left without excuse.”

2. WHEN WAS IT INSTITUTED? Spirit of Prophecy, Vol. 1, p.7-16 “Once, man walked with God in Eden. With open face he beheld the glory of the Lord, and talked with God, and Christ, and angels, in Paradise, without a dimming vail between. Man fell from his moral rectitude and innocence, and was driven from the Garden, from the tree of life, and from the visible presence of the Lord and his holy angels…When all was lost in Adam, and the shades of night darkened the moral heavens, there soon appeared the star of hope in Christ, and with it there was established a means of communication between God and man. In his fallen state, man could not converse face to face with God, and with Christ, and with angels, as when in his Eden purity…. The manifestation of the Spirit of Prophecy was designed for all dispensations…” 3. WHEN WILL IT EXPIRE? Spirit of Prophecy Volume 1, pages 7-16 “…when Christ shall come again with all the holy angels, and receive His people unto Himself, that where He shall be, there they may be also, John 14:3; and when man redeemed shall walk and talk with God, and Christ, and Angels, in Eden restored; then there will be no further need of the Spirit of Prophecy…. When the redeemer shall come, the controversy be ended, the saints’ rest given, and they, all immortal, meet around the Throne with angels, and face to face behold the glory of God and the Lamb, the Spirit of Prophecy will be numbered among heaven’s choicest blessings of the past …”

4. THE LATTER RAIN Joel 2:23, 28 – “Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God; for He has given you the former rain moderately, and He will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month…And it shall come to pass afterwards, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions” Zechariah 10:1, 2 – “Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field….For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain; therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.” Deut. 32:2 –“My doctrine shall drop like rain … as the small rain upon the tender herb, as the showers upon the grass.” Isa. 40:6-7 – “… surely the people is grass.” Matt. 13:38 – “… the field is the world.” COL 70 – “‘The field’ Christ said ‘is the world.’ But we must understand this as signifying the church of Christ in the world”

NOTE: The Church (Daughter of Zion), is first to receive the “latter rain” Truth – which comes with the Former Rain (early message), in the first month. Afterwards, i.e. after they have received the Latter Rain Truth – Joel 2:23, then they are to receive the Latter Rain Pentecostal Power – Joel 2:28 to preach the Loud Cry of the 3rd Angel’s message in the world. The Latter Rain in Zechariah finds the Church getting all sorts of false comforting teachings, predictions, habits and practices. Therefore, the Lord sends the Latter Rain to revive the Church, restore the Testimonies, correct errors, and prepare it for the final work and conflict. Is there any message to come again to the SDA Church? CWE 34-35 – “let no one come to the conclusion that there is no more truth to be revealed…many gems are yet scattered that are to be gathered to become the property of the remnant people of God… There is no excuse for anyone in taking the position that there is no more truth to be revealed, and that all our expositions of Scripture are without an error. The fact that certain doctrines have been held as truth for many years by our people, is not a proof that our ideas are infallible. Age will not make error into truth…” Rev. 18:1 – “And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power, and the earth was lightened with his glory.” 6T. 60 – “In the Revelation John says of the heavenly messenger who unites with the Third Angel (Rev. 18:1 quoted).” GC 611-212 – “The angel who unites in the proclamation of the third angel’s message is to lighten the whole earth with his glory. A work of world-wide extent and unwonted power is here foretold. The advent movement of 1840-44 was a glorious manifestation of the power of God; the first angel’s message was carried to every missionary station in the world, and in some countries there was the greatest religious interest which has been witnessed in any land since the Reformation of the sixteenth century; but these are to be exceeded by the mighty movement under the last warning of the third angel…..The work will be similar to that of the Day of Pentecost. As the “former rain” was given, in the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at the opening of the gospel, to cause the up-springing of the precious seed, so the “latter rain” will be given at its close for the ripening of the harvest …..The great work of the gospel is not to close with less manifestation of the power of God than marked its opening. The prophecies which were fulfilled in the outpouring of the former rain at the opening of the gospel are again to be fulfilled in the latter rain at its close … Servants of God, with their faces lighted up and shining with holy consecration, will hasten from place to place to proclaim the message from heaven. By thousands of voices, all over the earth, the warning will be given. Miracles will be wrought, the sick will be healed, and signs and wonders will follow the believers. Satan also works, with lying wonders, even bringing down fire from heaven in the sight of men. Revelation 13:13. Thus the inhabitants of the earth will be brought to take their stand” EW 277 – “I saw another mighty angel commissioned to descend to the earth, to unite his voice with the third angel, and give power and force to his message. Great power and glory were imparted to the angel, and as he descended, the earth was lightened with his glory….The work of this angel, comes in at the right time to join in the last great work of the third angel’s message as it swells to a loud cry….This message seems to be an addition to the third message, joining it as the midnight cry joined the second angel’s message in 1844.”

1888 Material 239 – “What did that resolution comprehend? It virtually said that nothing should be taught in the college but that which had been taught during the past year…. I stated that I was a stock holder and I could not let the resolution pass, that there was to be special light for God’s people as they neared the closing scenes of this earth’s history. Another angel was to come from heaven with a message and the whole earth was to be lightened with his glory. It would be impossible for us to state just how this additional light would come. It might come in a very unexpected manner, in a way that would not agree with the ideas that many have conceived. It is not at all unlikely, or contrary to the ways and works of God to send light to His people in unexpected ways. Would it be right that every avenue should be closed in our school so that the students could not have the benefit of this light? the resolution was not called for.” Shall this latter rain message be accepted by all in the SDA Church? 2SM 114 – “A new life is coming from heaven and taking possession of all God’s people, but divisions will come in the Church. Two parties will be developed. The wheat and the tares grow up together for the harvest.” EW 270 – “I asked the meaning of the shaking… and was shown that it would be caused by the straight testimony called forth by the counsel of the True Witness to the Laodiceans. This will have its effect upon the heart of the receiver, and will lead him to exalt the standard and pour forth the straight truth. Some will not bear this straight testimony. They will rise up against it, and this is what will cause a shaking among God’s people…” RH May 27, 1890/ June 25, 1901: “The light which will lighten the earth with its glory will be called a false light by those who refuse to walk in its advancing glory….The message God sends through His servants will be scorned and derided by unfaithful shepherds.” TM 233 – “Many who hear the message by far the greatest number will not credit the solemn warning…The Lord’s servants will be called enthusiasts. Ministers will warn the people not to listen to them.” Bible Training School, 1907. (Reprinted in The Review and Herald, Nov. 7 1918). – “In the manifestation of the power that lightens the earth with its glory, they will see only something which in their blindness they think dangerous, something which will arouse their fears and they will brace themselves to resist it. Because the Lord does not work according to their expectations and ideal, they will oppose the work. Why, they say, should we not know the Spirit of God, when we have been in the work so many years?” If the Message will be rejected by the majority, what are we advised to do? Isa 2:22 “Cease ye from man….” Micah 7:5, 6 “Trust ye not in a friend….a guide…her that lieth in thy bosom. For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.”

Jeremiah 17:5 –“Thus saith the LORD; cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. Why are Messages from Heaven mostly rejected by the majority in all ages? 5T. 254-255 – “Messages from heaven are of a character to arouse opposition. Satan has ability to suggest doubts and to devise objections to the pointed testimony that God sends….Those who desire to doubt will have plenty of room…God does not propose to remove all occasion for unbelief. He gives evidence, which must be carefully investigated with a humble mind and a teachable spirit, and all should decide from the weight of evidence.” TM 103-104 – “Beware of rejecting that which is truth. The great danger with our people has been that of depending on men… those who have not been in the habit of searching the Bible for themselves, or weighing evidence, have confidence in the leading men, and accept the decisions they make; and thus, many will the very messages God sends to His people if these if these leading brethren do not accept ….Even if all our leading men should refuse light and truth, that door will still remain open. The Lord will raise up men who will give the people the message for this time.” THE 1888 MATERIAL – “I have been shown that Jesus will reveal to us precious truth in a new light, if we are ready to receive them; but they must be received in the very way in which the Lord shall choose to send them…with humble, softened hearts, with respect and love for one another, search your Bibles. The light may not come in accordance with plans that men may devise.” 3T 253.1-2 – “It is difficult for those who feel secure in their attainments, and who believe themselves to be rich in spiritual knowledge, to receive the message which declares that they are deceived and in need of every spiritual grace. The unsanctified heart is “deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.” RH, October 21, 1890 par. 3 – “It is not God that puts the blinder before the eyes of men or makes their hearts hard; it is the light which God sends to his people, to correct their errors, to lead them in safe paths, but which they refuse to accept,–it is this that blinds their minds and hardens their hearts. They choose to turn from the light, to stubbornly walk in sparks of their own kindling, and the Lord positively declares that they shall lie down in sorrow. When one ray of light which the Lord sends is not acknowledged, there is a partial benumbing of the spiritual perceptions, and the second revealing of light is less clearly discerned, and so the darkness will constantly increase until it is night to the soul. Christ said, ‘How great is that darkness!” Review & Herald Dec. 18, 1888 – “If you wait for light to come in a way that will please everyone, you will wait in vain. If you wait for louder calls or better opportunities, the light will be withdrawn, and you will be left in darkness. Grasp every ray of light that God sends. Men who neglect to heed the calls of the Spirit and the Word of God, because obedience involves a cross, will lose their souls.” 1SM 121 – 122 – “Are we hoping to see the whole Church revived? That time will never come. There are persons in the Church who are not converted, and who will not unite in earnest, prevailing prayer. We must enter upon the work individually…”

5T. 729 – “To souls that are earnestly seeking for light and that accept with gladness every ray of divine illumination from His holy word, to such alone light will be given. It is through these souls that God will reveal that light and power which will lighten the whole earth with His glory.” Has that Message arrived? 1SM 192 (1890) – “I have no specific time of which to speak….when the might angel will come down from heaven and unite with the third angel…”

E.G. WHITE, LETTER 106 – Elder A. T. Jones “The whole of Revelation 18 will be fulfilled in the glorious closing of this work. It hasn’t yet been fulfilled; and yet the light of the fourth angel’s message began to shine in that strange and impressive way at Minneapolis. The only reasonable conclusion is that the light was put out by human instrumentalities…”

TM 91-92 (1896) – Elder E. J. Waggoner “The Lord in His great mercy sent a most precious message to His people through Elders Waggoner and Jones….it presented justification through faith in the surety, it invited the people to receive the righteousness of Christ…”

1SM 234 – “Unwillingness to yield up pre-conceived opinions and to accept this truth, lay at the foundation of a large share….by exciting that opposition Satan succeeded in shutting away from the people, in a greater measure, the special power of the Holy Spirit that God longed to impart to them….” GCB p.185, 1893 (Jones) – “That however, is but a sample. There will be things more surprising….and brethren, we will be required to receive and preach that truth. But unless you and I have every fiber of that spirit rooted out of our heart, we will treat that message and the messenger by whom it is send, as God has declared we have treated this other message…” Elder T. G. Bunch (former conf. president of Idaho, Michigan, Oregon) – Exodus in type and Antitype p. 947 – “The opposition of some became very bitter and they not only ridiculed and criticized those who led out in preaching the message of righteousness by faith, but even accused Sister White for standing with them. Scenes were enacted at the Conference and afterwards that were very similar to those enacted by the Israelites at Kadesh – Barnea…” The Results of the Rejection of Truth G.C.B. MAY 9, 1892 (E G W – Melbourne, Australia) – “I saw that Jones and Waggoner had their counterpart in Joshua and Caleb. As the Children of Israel stoned the spies with literal stones, you have stoned these brethren with stones of sarcasm and ridicule. I saw that you willfully rejected what you knew to be truth, just because it was too humiliating to your dignity….I saw that if you had accepted their message, we would have been in the Kingdom two years from that date, but now we have to go back into the wilderness and there stay 40 years.” E.G. WHITE, GCB 1901, P.23 – “The brethren assented to the light God had given, but there were those who were connected….with the Review and Herald office( Uriah Smith was the Editor, and used it to fight the message) and Conference (Uriah Smith was the out-going Conf. Secretary) who brought in elements of unbelief, so that the light that was given (i e in 1888) was not acted upon…. God gave them clear light as to what they should do, and what they should not do, but they departed from that light….That these men should stand in a sacred place to be as the voice of God to the people, as we once believed the General Conference to be….that is past. What we want now is re-organization. We want to begin at the foundation (i.e. with the GC)…..The men that have long stood in position of trust while disregarding the light that God has given, are not to be depended upon. God wants them to be removed….” MANUCRIPT 29, 1890 (E.G. WHITE) – “The religion of Jesus is endangered. It is being mingled with worldliness. Worldly policy is taking the place of true piety and wisdom that comes from above and the God will remove His prospering Hand from the Conference. Shall the Ark of the Covenant be removed from this people? Shall idols be smuggled in? Shall antichrist be respected? Shall the true doctrines and principles given to us by God, which have made us what we are (i.e. 3 Angel’s Messages), be ignored? … This is directly where the enemy, through blinded, unconsecrated men, is leading us.”

7BC 978 – “…give glory to God is to reveal His character in our own, then make Him known.” “The hour of His judgment” points to the Judgment of the Dead which started in 1844.

(b) The 2nd Angel’s Message (CW 26-27 – 1844) “And there followed another angel, saying, ‘Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.’” When did this angel begin to preach? GC 390 “…in the summer of 1844, the change is a progressive one, and the direct fulfillment of Rev. 14:8 is yet future.”

(c) The 3rd Angel’s Message (CW 26-27 – 1844 after the Disappointment) Rev. 14:9-11 – “And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, ‘If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive [his] mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God…” 7BC 977 – “The Question Before Us Now.–The Sabbath question is to be the issue in the great final conflict, in which all the world will act a part. Men have honored Satan’s principles above the principles that rule in the heavens. They have accepted the spurious sabbath, which Satan has exalted as the sign of his authority. But God has set His seal upon His royal requirement. Each Sabbath institution, both true and false, bears the name of its author, an ineffaceable mark that shows the authority of each….The great decision now to be made by everyone is, whether he will receive the mark of the beast and his image, or the seal of the living and true God.” 7BC 980.10 – “The Last Act in the Drama.–The substitution of the false for the true is the last act in the drama. When this substitution becomes universal, God will reveal Himself. When the laws of men are exalted above the laws of God, when the powers of this earth try to force men to keep the first day of the week, know that the time has come for God to work. He will arise in His majesty, and will shake terribly the earth. He will come out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the world for their iniquity” (RH April 23, 1901).

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7BC 980-981 – “The first day of the week has not one particle of sanctity. It is the production of the man of sin, who strives in this way to counterwork God’s purposes….God has designated the seventh day as His Sabbath. [Exodus 31:13, 17, 16 quoted.]” 7BC 977.9 – “Mark of Beast Not Yet Applied.—Sunday-keeping is not yet the mark of the beast, and will not be until the decree goes forth causing men to worship this idol sabbath. The time will come when this day will be the test, but that time has not come yet” (MS 118, 1899). 6T. 17 – “The light we have received upon the third angel’s message is the true light. The mark of the beast is exactly what it has been proclaimed to be. Not all in regard to this matter is yet understood, nor will it be understood until the unrolling of the scroll; but a most solemn work is to be accomplished in our world….No line of truth that has made the Seventh-day Adventist people what they are is to be weakened. We have the old landmarks of truth, experience, and duty, and we are to stand firmly in defense of our principles, in full view of the world.”

GC 443, 445 – “It was apostasy that led the early church to seek the aid of the civil government, and this prepared the way for the development of the papacy–the beast….So apostasy in the church will prepare the way for the image to the beast…When the leading churches of the United States, uniting upon such points of doctrine as are held by them in common, shall influence the state to enforce their decrees and to sustain their institutions, then Protestant America will have formed an image of the Roman hierarchy, and the infliction of civil penalties upon dissenters will inevitably result…. The “image to the beast” represents that form of apostate Protestantism which will be developed when the Protestant churches shall seek the aid of the civil power for the enforcement of their dogmas.” Rev. 14:12 – “Here is the patience of the saints: here [are] they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” V.12 shows us the people or church which has been put together by the 3 Angel’s Messages – the SDA Church.

7BC 979 – “Apparently the whole world is guilty of receiving the mark of the beast. But the prophet sees a company who are not worshiping the beast, and who have not received his mark in their foreheads or in their hands. “Here is the patience of the saints,” he declares; “here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus” (MS 92, 1904).”

(d) Angel 4 speaks, Rev. 14:14-15 14:14 “And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud [one] sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. 14:15 “And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, ‘Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.’ 14:16 “And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.” NOTE: The one on the cloud is Jesus, but is this at His 2nd Coming? Note that here, He has on His head a crown – that is, one crown. But at His 2nd Coming, He will not have one crown.

Let’s read: Rev. 19:11 – 12 – “And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him [was] called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war…His eyes [were] as a flame of fire, and on his head [were] many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.”

EW 281 – “Then I saw Jesus lay off His priestly attire and clothe Himself with His most kingly robes. Upon His head were many crowns, a crown within a crown. Surrounded by the angelic host, He left heaven. The plagues were falling upon the inhabitants of the earth.”

In the coming of Rev. 14:14, Jesus does a harvest, and the role of the other Angel’s message (4th Angel’s) is to prepare the people and the way for Jesus to harvest – which is the Judgment of the Living that is “to begin in the House of God” (1Pet. 4:17) – the SDA Church. This is the first harvest which gives Jesus the 1st fruits – the 144 000. Let’s read it again: Rev. 14:15 “And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap…”

This is a speaking angel, and he speaks even louder than the first 3, because he is “crying with a lound voice.” He comes from the Temple, i.e. the SDA Church. These are the SDAs who are to accept the 4 th Angel’s Message and are sounding the warning in the Church, then the world in the Loud Cry period.

The 4th Angel’s Message Rev. 18:1 – “And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.”

6T 60 – “The third angel’s message is to be given with power. The power of the proclamation of the first and second messages is to be intensified in the third. In the Revelation John says of the heavenly messenger who unites with the third angel (Rev 18:1 quoted).”

EW 277 – “Then I saw another mighty angel commissioned to descend to the earth, to unite his voice with the third angel, and give power and force to his message. Great power and glory were imparted to the angel, and as he descended, the earth was lightened with his glory…The work of this angel comes in at the right time to join in the last great work of the third angel’s message as it swells to a loud cry…This message seemed to be an addition to the third message, joining it as the midnight cry joined the second angel’s message in 1844.”

The 5th” Angel Speaks: Rev. 14:17 – 18 – “And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, ‘Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.’ ”

NOTE: Since another angel comes to harvest after Jesus has harvested, is a further proof that the coming in Rev. 14:14 is not the 2nd coming. The Angel cries with a loud cry, represents the message of the Loud Cry, and the Angel who harvests the CLUSTERS or GRAPES represents the work of the 144000 in the world

Isa. 66:19-20 – “And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, [to] Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, [to] Tubal, and Javan, [to] the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. And they shall bring all your brethren [for] an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.”

Isa. 41:14-15 – “Fear not, thou worm Jacob, [and] ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat [them] small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.”

Jer 51:20 – “Thou [art] my battle ax [and] weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms.”

3SM 385 – “The great issue so near at hand will weed out those whom God has not appointed and He will have a pure, true, sanctified ministry prepared for the latter rain.”

NOTES The angel is to come from the ALTAR – domain of the Ministry, i.e. the 144000 will be the future leaders of the SDA Church in the time of the Loud Cry. They shall have power over fire – i.e. they shall be given the Power of the Holy Spirit – the 2nd Pentecost, during the Loud Cry in the world.

This Angel is the last speaking Angel and the loudest of all the angels, for, he “cried with a loud cry” – The Loud Cry of the 144000 in the world.

Now we can understand why the 144 000 are first recorded in Rev. 14:1, before the 3 Angels; it is because they are the ones to preach all the angels’ messages to the World, when they shall be repeated and concluded in the Loud Cry period

Rev. 14:19 “And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast [it] into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

14:20 “And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand [and] six hundred furlongs.” What is now harvested by this angel is the fruitless VINE of the earth (those who remain with the Mark of the Beast), after the clusters or grapes (the Great Multitude) had been gathered.

Rev. 15:1 – “And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.” The Angel who harvested the clusters of the grapes, is now told to throw the remaining empty vines or creepers, into the wine-press of God’s wrath – the 7 plagues. That is, those who do not accept the message of the Loud cry of the 144000 in the world, but choose to remain with the Mark of the Beast, will receive the wrath of God – the 7 Plagues, which are to fall out-side the City (the purified SDA Church). This will happen after the Loud Cry, and after the final Close of world probation.

5T. 729 – “It is to the thirsting soul that the fountain of living waters is open. God declares: “I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground.” To souls that are earnestly seeking for light and that accept with gladness every ray of divine illumination from His holy word, to such alone light will be given. It is through these souls that God will reveal that light and power which will lighten the whole earth with His glory.”

6. THE JUDGMENT OF THE DEAD AND OF THE LIVING G.C. 490, 436 – “The judgment (i.e. of the dead) is now passing in the sanctuary above, for many years this work has been in progress. Soon – none know how soon – it will pass to the cases of the living….The work of Judgment which began in 1844 must continue until the cases of all the cases of all are decided, both the living and the dead; hence it will extend to the close of human probation”

NOTE – The Judgment is in two parts – Of the Dead, since 1844, it will soon end at a point. Then will the J. Of the Living begin, which ends at the close of world probation.

TM 46 – “The bottles of God’s wrath (i.e. 7 plagues) cannot be poured out… until the people of God have been judged, and the cases of the living as well as the dead are decided”

G. C. 422 – “The cleansing of the sanctuary, therefore involves a work of investigation – a work of judgment. This work must be performed prior to the coming of Christ to redeem His people, for when He comes, His reward is with Him to give to every man according to his work.”

1PET. 4:17 “For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God…”

EZEK. 9:6 — “…begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.”

5 T. 211 “Here we see that the Church – the Lord’s sanctuary was the first to feel the stroke of the wrath of God”

7BC 979 “The time of God’s destructive judgment is the time of mercy for those who have no opportunity to learn what it is truth… while the door is closed to those who would not enter, large numbers ( i. e. the Great multitude – Rev. 7: 9) will be admitted who in the last days hear the Truth for the first time.”

LETTER 55, 1886 – (3SM 385) – “The great issue so near at hand will weed out those whom God has not appointed and He will have a pure, true sanctified ministry prepared for the Latter rain”

TM 100, 234 – “The purging and cleansing will surely pass through every church in our land …The Church must be purged and it will be…The time of judgment is a most solemn period… Those who had been members of the same family are separated, the seal is placed upon the righteous”

3T 266-267 – “Mark this point with care. Those who receive the pure mark of truth, wrought in them by the power of the Holy Spirit …. Are those who sigh and cry for the abomination that be done in the Church… Read the ninth chapter of Ezekiel” IT. 190 – “I saw the Lord whetting His sword in Heaven to cut them down. Oh, that every lukewarm professor could realize the clean work that God is about to make among His professed people”

G.C. 656 – “ The angel of death goes forth, represented in Ezekiel’s vision by men with the slaughter weapons…The false watchmen are the first to fall…”

RH March 28, 1893 – “…the destroying angel is soon to go forth again, not to destroy the first born alone, but to slay utterly old and young, both men and women, and little children, who have not the mark” Letter 31a, 1894 – “The time will soon come when the prophecy of Ezek. 9 will be fulfilled, that prophecy should be carefully studied, for it will be fulfilled to the very letter…”

Letter 31A. Letter 106, 1909 – “Study the ninth chapter of Ezekiel. These words will be literally fulfilled, and yet the time is passing and the people are asleep…” Letter 106.

THE FRUITS OF THE JUDGMENT

REV. 7:1-4, 9 – “And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads….. “…And I heard the number of them which were sealed: [and there were] sealed an hundred [and] forty [and] four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel…. After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands…” SYMBOLS USED

1. THE 4 WINDS:

TM 444 – “Elements of Nature … Political strive”

5T. 152 – “The Mark of the Beast… time of trouble…”

2. THE LAND: G.C. 440 – 442 – “…It points unmistakably to the United States of America”

3. THE SEA: Rev. 17:15/ G.C. 440 – “…the Old World…” (I.e. Asia, Europe, Africa).

4. TREES: Dan 4:20-22/ Isa 5:7/Isa 66:17 Leadership, the SDA Church leadership, at that time of Mark of the Beast, will be the 144000. MARK OF THE BEAST: Will start in USA (land), then other countries made to copy and adopt the law (G.C.579/ EW 282). REV. 14:1-5 “And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty [and] four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads…..These are they which were not defiled

with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, [being] the first fruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.”

WHO ARE THE 144 000?

Rev 7:4 “… an hundred [and] forty [and] four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.”

9T. 164 – “In order to be purified and to remain pure, Seventh-day Adventists must have the Holy Spirit in their hearts and in their homes. The Lord has given me light that when the Israel of today humble themselves before Him, and cleanse the soul-temple from all defilement, He will hear their prayers in behalf of the sick and will bless in the use of His remedies for disease.”

COL 406 – “They are called virgins because they profess a pure faith.” (The Sabbath and Sanctuary TruthNot defiled with women –the false doctrines of the world’s churches).

7BC 978 – “The Lord has a people on earth, who follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth. He has His thousands who have not bowed the knee to Baal. Such will stand with Him on Mt. Zion. But they must stand on this earth, girded with the whole armor, ready to engage in the work of saving those who are ready to perish. We need not wait till we are translated to follow the Christ. God’s people may do this here below…”

144 000- DEAD OR LIVING SAINTS?

EW 15 – “Soon we heard the voice of God like many waters, which gave us the day and hour of Jesus’ coming. The living saints, 144000 in number, knew and understood the voice…”

G.C. 648-649 – “These, having been translated from the earth, from among the living, are counted as ‘the first fruits unto the God and to the Lamb”.

NOTE: The 144000 are that part of the SDA Church that will never taste death, to be translated at 2nd Coming.

TM 445 – “This sealing of the servants of God is the same that was shown to Ezekiel in vision…”

Ezek. 9:1-7 – “He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man [with] his destroying weapon in his hand. And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them [was] clothed with linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brazen altar. And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which [had] the writer’s inkhorn by his side; And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. “And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: Slay utterly old [and] young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom [is] the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which [were] before the house. And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.” 3T 266-267 “The true people of God, who have the spirit of the work of the Lord and the salvation of souls at heart, will ever view sin in its real, sinful character…Especially in the closing work for the Church, in the sealing

time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand…Mark this point with care: those who receive the pure mark of truth, wrought in them by the power of the Holy Ghost, represented by the man in linen, are those ‘that sigh and cry for all the abominations that be done’ in the church….Read the ninth chapter of Ezekiel.” 5T 211 “The class who do not feel grieved over their own spiritual declension, nor mourn over the sins of others, will be left without the seal of God (Ezek. 9:5-6 quoted). Here we see that the church – the Lord’s sanctuary – was the first to feel the stroke of the wrath of God. The ancient men…who had stood as guardians of the spiritual interests of the people, had betrayed their trust…and they say: The Lord will not do good, neither will He do evil. He is too merciful to visit His people in judgment. Thus ‘Peace and safety’ is the cry from men who will never again lift up their voices like a trumpet to show God’s people…their sins. These dump dogs that would not bark are the one

who feel the just vengeance of an offended God. Men, maidens, and little children all perish together.” WHAT IS THE SEAL ON THE 144 000? Manuscript 173, 1902 – “It is not any seal or mark that can be seen, but a settling in the Truth, both intellectually and spiritually, so they cannot be moved.”

4BC 1155. – “It is a mark which angels, but no human eyes can read; for the destroying angels must see this mark…”

NOTE – It is not the Sabbath seal –for those who are sealed are already Sabbath keepers. This is The seal of the 4th Angel’s Message which is given to the SDAs who accept the sealing message, and sigh and cry in the Church.

The no. 144 000, symbolic or literal? REV. 7:4 John first heard the no. then later saw the no. (Rev14:1).

EW 15 – 17 “…144000 in number… on the sea of glass the 144000 stood in a perfect square.” EW 19 – 20: “As we were about to enter the holy Temple, Jesus …said; ‘only the 144000 enter this place…I saw there tables of stone on which the names of the 144000 were engraved in letters of gold.”

A SMALL NO. SEALED and SAVED from Living SDA!!

IT. 608-609 “In the last vision given me I was shown the startling fact that but a small portion of those who profess the Truth will be sanctified by it and be saved…” 5T.213-214 – “Not all who profess to keep the Sabbath will be sealed. There are many even among those who teach the truth to others who will not receive the seal of God in their foreheads…..” This “small portion” is the literal, living 144 000. REV. 7: 1-4, 11- 14.- “…that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree…. Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads…. After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands …And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? And whence came they… These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”

NOTE: The 144 000 are the first Fruits of the Harvest, from the House of God – the SDA Church. And the Great Multitude are the 2nd Fruits from the world, during the Loud Cry. 8. REVIVAL AND REFORMATION IN THE SDA CHURCH Definition of Revival and Reformation: Dictionary: Revival = “to restore, renew, re awaken, re-establish.” Reform = “to make better morally, change for the better.” The Spirit of Prophecy definition: 1SM 128 “A revival and a reformation must take place, under the ministration of the Holy Spirit …Revival signifies a renewal of spiritual life, a quickening of the powers of mind and heart, a resurrection from spiritual death. Reformation signifies reorganization, a change in ideas and theories, habits, and practices.” Revival = “renewal of spiritual life… resurrection from spiritual death” – “to restore, renew, re awaken, reestablish” the abandoned messages and standards given to the early SDA Church. The 3 Angel’s Messages, the additional 4th Angel’s Message, all the Reforms revealed to the Church. Reformation = “reorganization,” “change in ideas and theories, habits, and practices.” This is the most painful part: God’s messages are sent to correct theoretical and lifestyle errors, lift the fallen Christian standards, and foremost effect a “reorganization” which means = change of order and leadership ! Such a message is always tough especially to the Leaders of the Church. No wonder they cannot accept such a strong message. It is always opposed and rejected. DO WE NEED REVIVAL AND REFORMATION NOW? GC 78 – “The Reformation that began in the time of Wycliffe, grew broad and deep in the days of Luther, and is to be carried forward to the close of time by those who also are willing to suffer all things for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.” 1SM 121, 128 – “A revival of true godliness among us is the greatest and most urgent of all our needs. To seek this should be our first work … God calls for a spiritual revival and a spiritual reformation. Unless this takes place, those who are Lukewarm will continue to grow more abhorrent to the Lord until He will refuse to acknowledge them as His children.” WHY DO WE NEED REVIVAL AND REFORMATION? TM 451-452 “The standards must be elevated. The work must have a higher mold. There must be a coming out from the customs and practices of the world and being separated. There must be a coming up upon a higher platform by both Ministers and people.” 5T. 217 “I am filled with sadness when I think of our condition as a people…The church has turned back from following Christ as her Leader – and is steady retreating toward Egypt.…Doubt and even disbelief of the testimonies of the Spirit of God, is leavening our churches everywhere. Satan would have it thus. Ministers who preach self-instead of Christ would have it thus.” COL 315-316 -“The professed followers of Christ are no longer a separate and peculiar people. The line of demarcation is indistinct. The people are subordinating themselves to the world, to its practices, its customs, Page 19 its selfishness. The church has gone over to the world in transgression of the law, when the world should have come over to the church in obedience to the law. Daily the church is being converted to the world.” 1T608-609 “In the last vision given me, I was shown the startling fact that but a small portion of those who now profess the truth will be sanctified by it and be saved. Many will get above the simplicity of the work. They will conform to the world, cherish idols, and become spiritually dead. The humble self- sacrificing followers of Jesus will pass on to perfection, leaving behind the indifferent and lovers of the world. I was pointed back to ancient Israel. But two of the adults of the vast army that left Egypt entered the land of Canaan…..Modern Israel are in greater danger…many idols are worshipped, even by professed Sabbath keepers.” 2T. 337 – “Men and women are in the last hours of probation, and yet are careless and stupid, and Ministers have no power to arouse them, they are asleep themselves. Sleeping preachers preaching to a sleeping people!…Reproof is more to be prized than flattery” WHAT ARE THE MAIN AREAS OF REFORM? In a typical Revival and Reformation which took place during ancient Judah in her Babylonian captivity (See Ezra 6:16-21 / Haggai 1:1 / Nehemiah 13:10 – 19), the major areas of Reform were on: Marriage, Sabbath and Tithe. These are the big Institutions God had blessed and sanctified. So it should be with modern Judah now in her Egyptian captivity. IN THE ANTITYPE 6T. 356 – 360 = strict Sabbath observance. Mal 4:5-6 / Adventist Home, whole Book = Marriage reforms. Mal 3:1 – 10 = observing and supporting Elijah’s message of reform with tithes and offerings (Mal 3:1) – the 4th Angel’s message announcing the purification in verses 2-3, and the finishing of the work by the purified church verses 3 – 4, is the message of the hour which the Bible is now calling our attention to. All those who refuse to do so, will not survive the Judgment (verse 5), and are called robbers (verses 8- 10) – even the whole nation i.e. the whole SDA denomination robs God by rejecting His message of purification of the church (verses 1-4), while collecting His tithes and use it to fight His message; but leave the church ignorant about the fast approaching Judgment of the Living! This is a big abomination! “Those who have the light and do not follow it, but disregard the requirements of God, will find that their blessings will be changed to curses, and their mercies into judgments” – CD 379. “I am the Lord that healeth thee” Exodus 15:26 “He (God) is the owner of the whole man” –Youth Instr.Sept 7, 1893 Psalms “Obedience to them must be made a matter of personal duty. Ignorance in these things is sin” –CD 18. Therefore True Health “is the result of obedience to law”- MH128. Said God: “I kill and make alive. I wound and I heal” – Deut 32:39. “Paul was a health reformer. Said he, ‘I keep under my body and bring it into subjection; lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a cast away…if Paul was in danger from intemperance, we are in greater danger, because we do not feel and realize as he did…” CD 133. CD 25 – 26 – “I saw that the reason why God did not hear the prayers of His servants for the sick among us more fully was that He could not be glorified in so doing while they were violating the laws of health.” Sons & Daughters of God 297 – “Sick persons cannot be healed while knowingly committing sin.”

MH 227 – “It is labor lost to teach people to look to God as a healer of their infirmities, unless they are taught also to lay aside unhealthful practices. In order to receive His blessing in answer to prayer, they must cease to do evil and learn to do well.” CD 493 -“I have had great light from the Lord upon the subject of health reform. I did not seek this light; I did not study to obtain it; it was given to me by the Lord to give to others. CD 481 – “It was at the home of Brother A. Hilliard, at Otsego, Michigan, June 6, 1863, that the great subject of health reform was opened before me in vision” Nine years later the vision was repeated with an addition that: CD 33 “Health reform…..is part of the third angel’s message, and is just as closely connected with it as are the arm and hand with the human body” 8T.251 -“The time has come for a thorough reformation to take place….” CD 455-447 – “We have come to a time when every member of the church should take hold of medical missionary work…” MM 240. – “Medical Missionary work is to be bound up with Gospel Ministry …ministers, do not confine your work to giving Bible instruction. Do practical work, seek to restore the sick to health. This is true Ministry….read the scriptures carefully, and you will find that Christ spent the largest part of His Ministry in restoring the suffering and afflicted to health.” WHAT WILL HEALTH REFORM DO TO THE CHURCH? Health Reform is to prepare God’s people: “For the Loud Cry of the third angel” (CD 33), for “the refreshing or power of God” (CD 33), for the Latter Rain (CD33). “To discern sacred truth….and fitted for immortality “(3T161-162) (CD69). To purify the church (CD33), to prepare the church for 2nd Coming and translation (CD 380-382). CD 280 – 282 – “Again and again I have been shown that God is trying to lead us back, step by step, to His original design,– that man should subsist upon the natural products of the earth…..Vegetables, fruits, and grains should compose our diet. Not an ounce of flesh meat should enter our stomachs. The eating of flesh is unnatural. We are to return to God’s original purpose in the creation of man… Among those who are waiting for the coming of the Lord, meat eating will eventually be done away; flesh will cease to form a part of their diet. We should ever keep this end in view, and endeavor to work steadily toward it. It is for their own good that the Lord counsels the remnant church to discard the use of flesh meats, tea, and coffee, and other harmful foods…. Many who are now only half converted on the question of meat eating will go from God’s people to walk no more with them.” CHANGE FROM BAD FOOD AND HABITS Fried foods (CD 320 /323)-all becomes grease, has formed benzopropynes a cancer carcinogen. Do not fry of boil your vegetables – steam or eat them raw. Eating between meals (CD 179) – indigestion, fermentation, constipation etc. Let 5 to 6 hours pass before eating the next meal. Drinking Tea/Coffee CD 420 – All have nicotine, theobromine – a poisonous stimulants. Would cause habitual fatigue and mental problems.

Drinking water at meals (CD 420) – arrests digestion, causes constipation, fermentation, etc. Drink water only between meals – from 2hours after a meal to 1 hour before the next meal.

Late heavy suppers (CD 173) / Overeating (CD 131) – all cause fermentation, constipation, toxemia, etc.

Same food daily (CD 112, 113) – Malnutrition, allergies, etc.

Bad cooking a sin (CD 251-256).

God’s people will all be vegetarians by the 2nd coming –Isa 11:6-9 (CD 382-384).

WHAT ARE THE ABOMINATIONS TO SIGH & CRY FOR? There are so many, here are some of the them: Rejecting Elijah’s message (4th Angel’s message)

RH May 27 1890 /TM 475. 5T. 70 Rejecting the Spirit of Prophecy –

5T.217, 680. Rejecting – Health Reform, Dress reform, Sabbath reform – Counsels on Diet /Ministry of Healing / 5T. 356 -360, 378

Lukewarmness and refuse personal investigation of unfolding truth. Counsels to Writers and Editors (CWE) 33 – 36 /TM 70, 106 – 107, 300 / Rev. 3:14-17 2SM 66 8 – 709 /3T. 252 – 253.

Use of un-inspired Literature and traditions of men to refute the 4th Angel’s message – CWE 33-34, 5T. 681 /TM 70-71

Irreverence in the House of God Eva. 641-642, 147 / TM 142 – 143 / and improper attitude in prayer e.g. standing in prayer (IISM 312 – 314) and Merchandise in the House of God; i.e. building promotions, fund raising, sales promotions on the Sabbath day (Isa 56:71 /IT . 471 – 472 / 8T. 250 / Counsels on Sabbath School Work 129 – 130, 3T. 411 – 412.

There are other deeper abominations that provoke “the Lord Jesus shall rise up from His mediatorial work in the heavenly sanctuary and shall cloth Himself with the garment of vengeance and surprise them at their unholy feast…” 5T. 690. To come for the slaughter – Ezek. 9. The deeper abominations include: Rejection of the 3rd Angel’s message, Reforms, and 4th Angel’s Message due to ecumenical agreements – to suit other churches (See CWE 26-27/ IT. 578 / Mal 3:5 / Ezek. 8:3-16 / GC 234 – 235 / EW 123 / EW 258 – 259 / 2SM 384 –385).

1SM 121-122 “Are we hoping to see the whole church revived? That time will never come. There are persons in the church who are not converted, and who will not unite in earnest, prevailing prayer. We must enter upon the work individually. We must pray more, and talk less…..We have far more to fear from within than from without. The hindrances to strength and success are far greater from the church itself than from the world. …But how often have the professed advocates of the truth proved the greatest obstacle to its advancement!”

THE RESULTS OF REVIVAL AND REFORMATION: EW 270-271

“I asked the meaning of the shaking I had seen and was shown that it would be caused by the straight testimony called forth by the counsel of the True Witness to the Laodiceans….Some will not bear this straight testimony. They will rise up against it, and this is what will cause a shaking among God’s people….This testimony must work deep repentance; all who truly receive it will obey it and be purified…said the angel, ‘look ye!’ my attention was then turned to the company I had seen, who were mightily shaken….They had, obtained the victory…The numbers of this company had lessened…..

Some had been shaken out and left by the way. The careless and indifferent…were left behind in darkness, and their places were immediately filled by others taking hold of the truth and coming into the ranks. Evil angels still pressed around them, but could have no power over them…I heard those clothed with the armor speak forth the truth with great power. It had effect…I asked what had made this great change. An angel answered, ‘it is the latter rain, the refreshing from the presence of the Lord, the Loud Cry of the third angel.”

9T 126 “In the visions of the night, representations passed before me of a great reformatory movement among God’s people. Many were praising God. The sick were healed, and other miracles were wrought. A spirit of intercession was seen, even as was manifested before the great Day of Pentecost. Hundreds and thousands were seen visiting families and opening before them the word of God. Hearts were convicted by the power of the Holy Spirit, and a Spirit of genuine conversion was manifest….I heard voices of thanks giving and praise, and there seemed to be a reformation such as we witnessed in 1844. Yet some refused to be converted. They were not willing to walk in God’s way, and when, in order that the work of God might be advanced, calls were made for free will offerings, some clung selfishly to their earthly possessions. These covetous ones became separated from the company of believers.”

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