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Page 182 of 316Lamentations 2:8
@@@^Therefore, in this promised restitution of “all things” under the economy of the Elijah message, it is the privilege of each to help restore, in all the beauty and perfection of primitive simplicity, the pre-eminently important institute of the schools of the prophets which, since before the days of Christ, has been a stranger to the church, as is evidenced by the fact that the denominational schools, through the accrediting boards of the state universities, are joined hand in hand with the schools of the world, despite the following solemn instruction to contrary: “Let us determine that we will not be tied by @9so much as a thread@7 to the educational policies of those who do not discern the voice of God, and who will not hearken to His commandments.”—“Counsels to Teachers, “ p. 255.
Lamentations 3:4
@@@^“Appointed” to cry unto and “feed” (educate) the “flock” of God, “which dwell. . . in the midst of Carmel,” the voice of the Rod is to effect full restitution of the schools of the prophets, and “The Symbolic Code” is happy to announce that already a beginning has been made to establish in the midst of Mt. Carmel Center such an institution as Elijah of old resurrected from the educational scrap heap of Israel’s apostasy (“Prophets and Kings,” pp. 224, 225)—such an institution as the Spirit of Prophecy calls for in the following statement:
Lamentations 4:3
@@@^During the reformation, we find Huss, Jerome, Luther, Zwingle, and Melanchthon facing gigantic opposition and cruel, malicious treatment by the very church they loved and belonged to. But in spite of all of this, the reformation came forth victorious, for God was the invisible Leader who, through these humble instruments, shaped the course of events. So we have the comforting assurance that we, too, will come out victorious, if we do not run ahead of the Lord, and plunge into error, as have many in the past.
Lamentations 5:7
@@@^@@Dear Brethren:@^I thank God for the precious light shining from the pages of “The Shepherd’s Rod” . . . , and especially do I enjoy “The Symbolic Code”. In it we have found the food for which we have been starving in our churches. @3(Signed) Mrs. A. R. R.@4Washington.
Lamentations 5:14
@@@^@@Dear Brother:@^About two or three years ago, some one gave you my name, and you sent me several tracts, but I was prejudiced, and to my mind they seemed to contain strange doctrine. But as I read further, my prejudice began to leave me, and the more I studied, the more light I saw, and joy sprang up in my heart to know that God was going to lead the flock away from the world.
Lamentations 6:4
@@@^If the time of trouble or the anger of the nations, which is caused by the union of church and state (the image of the beast), takes place in the time of the judgment of the living, as explained in former publications, the enforcement of the “Blue Sunday law” must take place after the purification of the church. The Bible says, “The dragon. . . went to make war with the remnant of her seed, @9which@7 keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus.” (Rev. 12:17.)
Lamentations 7:3
@@@^As was the case with the Jews of old, the same departure from Christ exists now with the church (5 T 217), and as, at Christ’s time, increasing the church membership could not multiply the members in His kingdom, neither can it now, for after they are brought into the church, they again have to be converted to be saved. Besides this, it will take much greater effort to rescue them from their Laodicean “sad deception” (“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. 3, p. 253) than from their heathenism. There is greater risk of their losing their souls for eternity if they are brought into the church at this time than if they remain in their present darkness, for by their becoming members of the church, without first undergoing a real conversion, they are made to believe that it has secured their salvation, while it has not, and thus they remain as satisfied as though they had “need of nothing,” becoming prejudiced against even a suggestion of more light. In other words, if the church herself is not saved (“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. 3, p. 253)—not following Christ her Leader (“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. 5, p. 217)—and “has become an harlot” (“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. 8, p. 250), how can she save others? Therefore, the greatest need in the church, and in the lives of those outside the church, also in the advancement of Christ’s kingdom, is this “special work of purification, of putting away of sin, among God’s people” (“Great Controversy,” p. 425), which is the closing work for the church, in the sealing time of the 144,000.” (“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. 3, p. 266.)
Lamentations 7:6
@@@^Moreover, after the message is carried to the church and the 144,000, who are to be the servants of God in the time of the Loud Cry, and who shall be endowed with the Holy Spirit, as were the Apostles on the day of Pentecost (“Early Writings,” pp. 277, 278), are sealed, at which time our righteousness shall start forth as brightness, and our salvation as a lamp that burneth, and the Gentiles shall see our righteousness and all kings our glory (Isa. 62:1,2), then will begin the real mission work which was shown to Isaiah the prophet, and described in the following words: “Thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.” (Isa. 60:11,12.) Let us, therefore, happily respond to the following urgent exhortation:
Lamentations 8:1
@@@^Still further, as it is not we, but Christ Who “is taking the reins in His own hands” (“Testimonies to Ministers,” p. 300), that directs the work of God, it is not our duty to figure out which work should be done, and which should be left undone, for “in this last work,” “the Lord will work,” “in a manner very much out of the common order of things, and in a way that will be contrary to @9any@7 human planning.”—“Testimonies to Ministers,” p. 300.
Lamentations 8:5
@@@^@9Question:@7@^“‘The Shepherd’s Rod’ proves that a great slaughter is to take place among God’s people because of their backslidings. But is it not possible for the leaders of today to pray His people out of their Laodicean condition, as when Moses prayed for Ancient Israel, and ‘the Lord repented of the evil which He thought to do unto His people’? (Ex. 32:14.)”
Lamentations 8:7
@@@^Divine love still longs, as in Moses’ time,to repent of executing the fearful evil which hangs ominously over the heads of “His people,” but the prayers of the leaders of the Laodicean church, who have “betrayed their trust” (5T 211), and who are “lukewarm,” blind, etc. (Rev. 3:15-17; “Acts of the Apostles,” p. 586), could avail nothing and, except they repent, says the True Witness, He “will spue” them out of His mouth. Also, through the Spirit of Prophecy He declares that He “cannot offer up [their] prayers or [their] expressions of love to God. He cannot endorse [their] teachings of His word or [their] spiritual work in any wise. He cannot present [their] religious exercises with the request that grace be given [them].” (“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. 6, p. 408.)
Lamentations 9:8
@@@^Still further, as the 144,000 are “the servants of God” (Rev. 7:3), it proves that the call of Isaiah 52:1 developed this pure ministry of 144,000; furthermore, as they are seen standing on mount Zion, “before the throne,” it figuratively denotes that these first fruits (Rev. 14:5)—first-born priesthood—are to compose the future priesthood (Mal. 3:3), and that besides them, there is to be another company of living saints, those outside of Zion and Jerusalem, who are to make up “Israel and Judah”.
Lamentations 9:9
@@@^“Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: and I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all: and David My servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in My judgments, and observe My statutes, and do them.” (Ezek. 37:21, 22, 24.)
Lamentations 10:12
@@@^To the parents he writes: “So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better. The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.” (Verses 38-40.)
Ezekiel 2:11
@@@^“Shall we, then, in the enjoyment of His gifts, forget the Giver? Let them rather lead us to contemplate His goodness and His love. Let all that is beautiful in our earthly home remind us of the crystal river and green fields, the waving trees and living fountains, the shining city and the white-robed singers, of our heavenly home,—that world of beauty which no artist can picture, no mortal tongue describe. ‘Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.’ 1 Cor. 2:9.”—“Counsels to Teachers,” pp. 54, 55.
Ezekiel 3:2
@@@^As ministers of the gospel of Jesus Christ, “in the closing work for the church, in the sealing time of the 144,000,” our work, especially at this most critical time, is not to collect money for God, but to lead the blind to Him through presenting the message of Present Truth, thus preparing a people to meet their Lord, Who shall soon appear with power and great glory,” “shake the heavens and the earth,” “overthrow the throne of kingdoms,” and “destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen.” (Luke 21:27; Haggai 2:21-22.)
Ezekiel 4:2
@@@^“The Shepherd’s Rod” calls for a reformation, and the major need with which it deals is the “purification of the church,” based purely upon the Word of God as set forth in the Bible in the ninth chapter of Ezekiel and in the seventh chapter of Revelation, and in the “Testimonies for the Church” (Vol. 5, pp. 80, 81, 210-212), which work Sister White calls, “The closing work for the church,” (Vol. 3, p. 266) and which she says, “hastens on apace.”
Ezekiel 4:5
@@@^Like the early pioneers of the Adventist church, these reformers of the “old paths,” believe it to be positively dangerous to go contrary to any light that the Lord chooses to send to His people. And since “The Shepherd’s Rod” has called our attention to the need of “reformation among God’s people,” we would not only, in a general way, be recreant to our trust, but would be sitting idly by, allowing our beloved church to drag in the dust, our brethren to be lost, and the world around us to perish for “lack of knowledge.”
Ezekiel 4:6
@@@^There exists among us no enmity, animosity, or ill feelings toward any of our Modernist S. D. A. brethren, and there is no such thing among us Fundamentalists as race, language, caste, or color prejudice for we believe with the apostle Paul that we are all the children of Adam, the “seed of Abraham,” adopted into the family of God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Ezekiel 4:13
@@@^“In the manifestation of the power that @9lightens the earth with its glory,@7 they will see only something which in 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?”—“Bible Training School,” 1907. (Reprinted in “Review & Herald,” Nov. 7, 1918.) This paragraph puts the Loud Cry in the future of 1918.