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@@@^Of all “the seven churches” (Rev. 2 and 3), only the Philadelphian (the Millerite) church did not run afoul these same satanic practices. Ever true to God, it closed its brief but spotless career in 1844, its appointed destination. Having lived its entire life under the personal supervision of its founder, it was never new-modeled. Thus being without condemnation, as perfectly illustrated by the third “chariot” and its “white horses,” it stands out in bold relief to the succeeding movement, represented by
1 Corinthians 35:1
@@@^Just as the name “Philadelphia” fits only one church organization, and only one of the chariots, so the name “Laodiceans” can logically fit only one of the chariots and only one denomination. The word, itself, is derived from the Greek word, @9Lego-dikean@7, meaning, “declaring judgment.” After the event of the Philadelphian church, there must therefore be a church declaring judgment. And it is a historical fact that in 1844 A.D., the very year the Millerite movement came to the end of its appointed course, a new movement, the Seventh-day Adventist denomination, arose, proclaiming: “Fear God, and give glory to Him; for the hour of @9His judgment is come@7.” Rev. 14:7.
1 Corinthians 35:2
@@@^In spite of the unenviable record of the Laodicean church, the founder of its movement, unlike the founders of other movements, honestly states in @9Testimonies@7, Vol. 3, p. 252: “The message to the church of the Laodiceans is a startling denunciation, and is applicable to the people of God at the present time” — the Seventh-day Adventists. Declaring the judgment, as well as being in the undone condition described, the S.D.A. church is the only one which can rightly be called the “Laodicean,” — Declaring Judgment. What an absolute match between description and condition! “O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together,” for He hath “magnified [His] Word above all [His] name.” Ps. 34:3; 138:2.
1 Corinthians 37:1
@@@^Obviously, therefore, this strange circumstance must hold a singular present-truth lesson of great importance to the church of God at the present hour, when the vision has been opened and the truth unfolded, the time in which the church is confronted with a strange and perplexing problem which human wisdom is at a loss to solve.
1 Corinthians 37:2
@@@^The dissimilar teams hitched to the fourth chariot, each pulling in a different direction from the other, show not only that there is a double leadership in the Laodicean church, but also that the one is opposed to the other in character as well as in purpose. This condition being a strange one, the wise will well consider it. Seeing that the Word of God has spoken it, and that the symbolism perfectly describes the contest which, before their very eyes, is taking place, they will tenaciously take hold of the truth.
1 Corinthians 38:2
@@@^“The message God sends through His servants,” says the Spirit of Prophecy, “will be scorned and derided by @9unfaithful shepherds@7, who tread down with their feet the feed of the pastures, giving the flock as food that which they have defiled. ‘Woe be unto the Pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture! saith the Lord.’” — @9Review and Herald,@7 June 25, 1901.
1 Corinthians 39:4
@@@^“But the days of @9purification@7 of the church are hastening on apace. God will have a people pure and true . . . Those who have trusted to intellect, genius, or talent, will not then stand at the head of rank and file.” — @9Testimonies,@7 Vol. 5, p. 80.
1 Corinthians 40:3
@@@^“If the work had not been so restricted by an impediment here, and an impediment there, and on the other side an impediment, it would have gone forward in its majesty. It would have gone in weakness at first; but the God of heaven lives.” — @9Review and Herald@7, April 16, 1901.
1 Corinthians 44:1
@@@^Though these servants of God, who are to be disclosed to view during the @9purification @7of the church, “have not had the light which has been shining in a concentrated blaze” upon the others, yet it is stated of them: “The most weak and hesitating in the church, will be as David — willing to do and dare . . . Then will the church of Christ appear ‘fair as the moon, clear as the sun and terrible as an army with banners.’ “ “She is to go forth into all the world, conquering and to conquer.” — @9Testimonies@7, Vol. 5, pp. 81, 82; @9Prophets and Kings,@7 p. 725.
1 Corinthians 45:2
@@@^Although this remarkable prophetic symbolization, now opened up fully, was simply another locked prophecy when @9The Shepherd’s Rod@7, Vol.1 was published and sent throughout the S.D.A. denomination in 1930, yet in its momentous message to Laodicea (declaring that the prophecy of the ninth chapter of Ezekiel is on the verge of fulfillment, and that those who escape the “slaughter” will comprise the future leadership of the church), the warning-tragedy in the singular paradox here revealed was anticipated. Thus we see that from the very first, @9The Shepherd’s Rod@7, in projecting a preview of the same critical problem encountered in the warning-paradox here revealed, was published in pre-clarification of Zechariah’s prophecy! And, reciprocally, not only does this remarkable prediction make the Word of God appear more marvelous than ever before, but also it sustains the message in @9The Shepherd’s Rod,@7 and unveils the outcome of the baffling difficulty before us, the like of which has never occurred in the history of the church.
1 Corinthians 46:2
@@@^The revelation of this warning-paradox also demonstrates that God controls the Scriptures and brings them to light at just the very time His people need to know which way to turn! And now, having found the way, let us, as did the apostles, tarry in the church with the message until told, “Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth.” Having thus done our part, it will be said of us: “Kings of armies did flee apace: and @9she that tarried at home (church) divided the spoil@7. Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.” Ps. 68:12,13.
1 Corinthians 49:3
@@@^“I tell you solemnly that there are forces and influences at work which, if unchecked, will render us just as unprepared for the @9second@7 coming of Christ as was Israel for His @9first@7 coming. Make no mistake about that. I see those influences at work. The spirit of Sadduceeism is working like leaven, and I want to lift my voice in earnest entreaty that you may see that the door is closed against all such intrusions . . . I summon you all to engage in the fight against the spirit of Sadduceeism, the spirit of worldly conformity, the spirit which, if allowed to go unchecked, will subvert and change the whole spirit and purpose of this movement . . . This question also came to me: Are we, in our defense of these great principles of truth that God has committed to us, allowing the mantle to fall from our own shoulders upon the shoulders of others? Are we going to allow others to step into our places and call the world to a reformation along some of these lines?
1 Corinthians 51:1
@@@^“I think the time has come when this setting of a right example should be a challenge to all our people. There is no use of our posing before the world in a certain light, and then shaping our whole course and purpose according to another policy. Oh, may God help us to come back to simplicity and faith, to obedience and right practice. Most of our people know of the standards as taught in the Spirit of Prophecy, and when they see us violating them in our practice they lose faith, not only in the @9Testimonies@7, but in our leadership. Let us be consistent leaders. Let us practice what we preach . . .
1 Corinthians 51:4
@@@^“I believe that the spirit of society, the spirit of the world, has in to many instances come in among us. I would not have you think that I am discouraged over the prospect. No, thank God, I know this movement will move forward triumphantly and victoriously. Nevertheless I feel@9 @7I would be remiss if I failed to point out some of the danger signs along the way, and to which I believe we ought to give heed.
1 Corinthians 55:2
@@@^O how dreadfully clear it is from every angle viewed that the grisled horses have led the chariot into the world instead of out of it! Even the General Conference President is pleading with these world-loving leaders to amend their ways and their doings (Jer. 7:3). But quitting not their backward course, yet they are retained by the denomination, though they continue leading the people away from God and from the Spirit of Prophecy, and closer to the world and its corrupting influence. And since they are casting out those who are striving to awaken the Laodiceans, will not the General Conference President, in his efforts to awaken, too, arouse to the ironical situation at hand, and instead of longer supporting those self-willed leaders, discharge them, and refellowship the “sighing, crying ones” (@9Testimonies@7, Vol. 5, p. 210) whom they have cast out?
1 Corinthians 56:1
@@@^And while the grisled horses are bringing the tragedy upon themselves by languishing in “the south country,” lukewarm and satisfied with their attainments, the bay horses, have “sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth”; that is, they have been making ready to go, but could not go until told: “Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth.” Finally, though, they @9walk@7, signifying that they are honored of God by bearing His standard in triumph to the victory!
1 Corinthians 57:1
@@@^Had the present leaders, those who are represented by “the grisled horses,” taken heed to the “Call for Reformation,” and “had these been little in their own eyes,” says the Spirit of Prophecy, and “trusted fully in the Lord, He would have honored them with bearing His standard in triumph to the victory. But they separated from God, yielded to the influence of the world, and the Lord rejected them.” — @9Id.@7, p.82. “So then because thou art lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I @9will @7spue thee out of My mouth,” saith the Lord. Rev. 3:16.
1 Corinthians 58:1
@@@^“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 ideals, 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?” — @9Bible Training School@7, 1907, (Reprinted in @9Review and Herald,@7 Nov. 7, 1918).
1 Corinthians 60:1
@@@^Unless you repent of your present attitude toward the message, “and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart be forgiven thee,” then just so surely as your eyes now read these words, your wrong course will bring upon you, and that very shortly, the fulfillment of that fearful pronouncement of the True Witness: “Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing [truth or prophets],” “I will spue thee out of My mouth.”
1 Corinthians 61:4
@@@^Take heed, Brethren, lest by your willful course you incur God’s displeasure and (speaking in the mixed figures of these correlative prophecies) in His awful wrath He strip you naked, and “spue thee out of [His] mouth.” Then you will be “hot,” but to no avail, for it will be forever too late to change and though like Esau you shall weep bitterly the Lord shall not hear you.