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Page 152 of 316Genesis 192:3
@@@^Volume 2, page 69: “A wrong course of eating or drinking destroys health, and with it the sweetness of life… Thousands have indulged their perverted appetites, have eaten a good meal, as they called it, and as the @9result@7, have brought on a fever, or some other acute disease, and certain death. That was enjoyment purchased at immense cost. Yet many have done this, and these @9self-murderers @7have been eulogized by their friends and the minister, and carried directly to Heaven at their death. What a thought! @9Gluttons in Heaven! No, no; such will never enter the pearly gates of the golden city of God@7.”
Genesis 194:3
@@@^Numerous questions have been asked, but let us answer them by the following: When your God appears with vengeance upon the wicked, and if he should question you with all the foregoing questions, what would you answer Him? Matt. 22:12-14 will here be quoted: “And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was @9speechless@7. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen.”
Genesis 195:1
@@@^Still another wishes to find the truth and earnestly presents his question this time from Testimonies to Ministers, page 475: “Prophecy must be fulfilled. The Lord says: ‘Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet @9before@7 the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.’ @9Somebody is to come @7in the spirit and power of Elijah, and when he appears, men may say: ‘You are too earnest, you do not interpret the Scriptures in the proper way. Let me tell you how to each your message’.” “This prophet whom you say is a prophet of God claims that another prophet, or a message, is to come to the church, but you say that you have all the truth and that you need no more truth or prophets. Why have you not educated your people to expect a message before the end? Do you not fear that the result now may be the same as in the time of Christ with the Jews?” This question will be answered by the following scripture. We quote Christ, speaking to the Jews, “Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.” Matt. 23:31, 32.
Genesis 197:2
@@@^God will yet have a clean people and a pure church, and the gates of hell cannot prevail against it. “Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: For henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.” Isa. 52:1. “The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: For they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.” Zeph. 3:13.
Genesis 200:3
@@@^“Woe to her that is @9filthy@7 and polluted, to the oppressing city! She obeyed @9not@7 the voice, she received @9not@7 correction; she trusted @9not@7 in the Lord; she drew @9not@7 near to her God. @9Her@7 princes within her are roaring lions; @9her@7 judges are evening wolves; they gnaw @9not@7 the bones till the morrow. @9Her@7 prophets are light and treacherous persons: Her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have @9done@7 @9violence@7 to the @9law@7. The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth @9no@7 shame.” Zeph. 3:1-5.
Genesis 203:2
@@@^Where we have gained 48,567 new members, the children born to this denomination should have exceeded far above 97,000, and that above this figure would have taken care of the ones claimed by death, and some to spare. (It has been estimated those claimed by death in the same four years to be only about 3500.) Thus we have the proof that the “Lambs” which God has given to this people to raise for Him are lost in the world (devoured by the enemy), and no one cares. There is neither sorrow nor sadness in the camp of Israel, but instead, there is feasting and gladness and boasting with blindness.
Genesis 204:1
@@@^“Where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: Shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?” Jer. 13:20, 21. “The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children @9shall@7 make known thy truth.” Isa. 38:19. “That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children.” Ps. 78:6. “They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: So that the barren hath born seven; and @9she@7 that hath @9many children is waxed feeble@7.” 1 Sam. 2:5. May God help His people in this great day of deception where the shrewd enemy is trying to deceive even the very elect.
Genesis 206:1
@@@^We mortals can not give a direct answer to this great question only to say the distance from earth to the center of the universe (God’s throne) is so vast that we finite beings only stand awestruck. We are amazed with the difficulty to compute mileage, or even light years. But if the distance is so vastly beyond human comprehension, then we, like the previously-stated Indian, ask the question, How would Christians ever get to heaven? Suppose that great wonder (train) which takes the redeemed would move at the tremendous speed of light, traveling 186,000 miles a second, it would take a good part of eternity to reach the city of the Great King (heaven).
Genesis 207:1
@@@^Suppose this Indian wished to go to heaven, and chose to ride on the wings of light. Starting the same day Christ arose from the tomb, sweeping through space at the rate of 186,000 miles a second, he would still be on the way. More than that, the nebula,—which we are a part of is 300,000 light years in diameter. Therefore, he would still be inside the city limits of our own nebula. A certain writer, speaking of the center of the universe (God’s throne), has described the distance in the following words: “But the solution of the mystery of the distance to the center of centers—to that remote point in space which is the center of gravity for all the tens of thousands of galaxies—will have to await the completion of our nebular survey which will take from ten to fifteen years or more; and it may never be solved.”
Genesis 209:4
@@@^“And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.” Rev. 13:1. Note this beast has seven heads and @9ten horns@7. In order to get a full understanding of the prophecy we must begin from the root up. (For the first time these ten kings (horns) are brought to our attention by the Scriptures, found in Dan. 2:41, 42, represented by the ten toes on the great image in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream.) After revealing to the king the end of his golden empire, represented by the head of gold, and down through the stream of time to the second coming of Christ, Daniel says, “And @9in the days@7 of @9these@7 kings shall the God of heaven @9set up a@7 kingdom which shall @9never@7 be destroyed.” Dan. 2:44.
Genesis 211:1
@@@^In Daniel 7, this same prophecy of the world’s history is repeated in symbols of beasts. The kings represented by the toes of the great image are this time represented by ten horns of the “fourth” and “non-descript” beast in verse 7. The reason for the duplicate is to bring the truth of the little horn (papal power, verse 8). The ten horns (kings) are repeated again in Rev. 13:1, to point out the @9time@7 of the prophecy as explained by Daniel,—“@9in@7 the @9days@7 of @9these@7 kings @9shall@7 the @9God@7 of heaven @9set up@7 a kingdom.”
Genesis 211:2
@@@^Note that this (leopard) beast of Rev. 13:1-3, arise out of the sea, in like manner as the four beasts of Daniel 7, therefore, the process that brings about this beast on the stage of action is the same as those representing Babylon, Medo-Persia, Grecia, and Rome. If the ten horns of this beast represent the kings now in existence at which time “shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom” (quoting the words of Daniel), then the beast himself represents the period following Rome, as the breaking down of the Roman empire brought about the existence of these kings. It is also being termed “Rome in her broken state” symbolized by the great image of Dan. 2:42, the feet and toes of which are composed of iron and clay. Iron is the metal which represents Rome; the clay, the broken part.
Genesis 212:4
@@@^These @9seven heads@7 cannot represent anything at any time before the fall of the Roman monarchy for that which represents what took place before the fall of Rome is symbolized in the composition of the beast, excluding the seven heads and ten horns (as set forth in the second verse). The leopard part represents Grecia (Dan. 7:6); the feet of a bear, Medo-Persia (Dan. 7:5); and the mouth of a lion represents Babylon (Dan. 7:4). The combination of the beast in Rev. 13:1, 2, in his makeup, is the evidence that he comes on the stage of action after the four great universal empires; namely, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Grecia, and Rome. Thus, he becomes the fifth beast, representing the period which followed the fall of Rome. The ten horns of both beasts, Dan. 7:7, and Rev. 13:1, as well as the ten toes of Dan. 2:42, represent the same ten kingdoms into which Rome was divided. These ten kings personate the civilization in the fifth period, or the one which followed Rome to our own time, and on to the second coming of Christ, according to Dan. 2:44. “And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed.”
Genesis 216:1
@@@^The head that was wounded was not much troubled because a pope had fallen under the sod, nor will it ever be as long as another can fill his place. The only thing that has worried the head and annoyed the beast is true Protestantism. The devil knows it and the head knows it, but God’s people have allowed the old dragon to pull the wool over their eyes. Arise, brother! Arise, sister! Let not the shrewd enemy deceive you from a crown of life at the eleventh hour!
Genesis 216:2
@@@^Is the death of the pope far more important than the birth of Protestantism? Is the exile of the pope of greater honor than the seclusion in Wartburg Castle? Is Berthier a greater hero for pulling the bars against the prison gates than the humble monk who swung them open to throw in the once-exalted pontiff? Has not the solidity of character, and stability of purpose, with faith in God, in the heavenly messenger made all these possible? If Luther is the greatest, and his act far more glorious, why should Inspiration inscribe a prophecy for the exile and death of the pope, rather than the act of Luther?
Genesis 216:3
@@@^Why should Inspiration notice the taking away or restoring the temporal power of the pope, rather than the reclaim of the Bible, and the casting away of darkness? Has not God, by the hand of Luther, thrown asunder the doors of darkness, and caused light to shine on His written Word? Has not the faith and effort of this heavenly messenger ended the terrible persecution and bloodshed of the saints of the Most High? The only rightful answer to all these numerous questions is: Luther’s blow delivered the infliction on the head, and @9only true Protestantism@7 can keep that sore open.
Genesis 217:2
@@@^As we have departed from the fundamentals,—strict obedience to God’s Word, by which only can we keep His commandments as true Adventists,—then we have left the divine foundation, and wondered after the beast. If the wound is healed, then we, as a people, have partaken of the spirit of the beast (world). As the exile of the pope was a signal of the infliction accomplished, just so the granting of civil power to the pope in 1929, is a signal that true Protestantism has lost its power, thus the world wondered after the beast.
Genesis 218:1
@@@^The prophet Isaiah, referring to this time of spiritual darkness, says: “And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saving, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: Only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.” It is an admitted fact that the women spoken of here represent churches. The Biblical number “seven” is used as a symbol, meaning “all,” therefore the symbol does not exclude any, but means “all.” The Spirit of Prophecy bears witness to this by saying the number “seven” indicates completeness. Acts of the Apostles, page 585. Naturally it would include Seventh-day Adventists as well, otherwise it would not be “all.” While these women are refusing the instructions of Christ through His Word and His righteousness, symbolized by the bread and apparel, they wished to be called by His name (Christians), but while the world is on the brink of perdition God immediately gets to work, and sets things in order, as foretold in the second verse.
Genesis 218:2
@@@^“In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are @9escaped@7 of @9Israel@7.” Isa. 4:2. Note that this glorious promise is for those that shall escape (Israel—the 144,000). This has no reference to the people in the world, but to those in God’s church, for the third verse says, “he that is left in @9Zion@7, and he that remaineth in @9Jerusalem@7, shall be called holy.” The fourth verse gives us the time very definitely that it is the time of the purification of His church, for it says: “When the Lord shall have @9washed away@7 the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem @9from the midst@7 thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.”
Genesis 220:1
@@@^There has never been given so much light on any @9one@7 prophetic @9event@7 since the world began, as the Lord has given on this particular subject that is set forth in this publication (the sealing of the 144,000, and the slaughter in the church in connection with the harvest, though it has not all been published). Therefore, it will leave the people without excuse. He who would neglect to make the needful preparation for this most solemn event would be committing the unpardonable sin. To such a one, that day is a fearful day. “Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: And because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.” Amos 4:12.