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Page 30 of 316Genesis 149:3
@@@^The balance of chapter 58, teaches that we must take care of our poor and sick, instead of sending them to the county farm, or hospital, if we are to delight in the Lord. There are many lessons that we can draw from the services of ancient Israel. God gave them the seventh-day Sabbath as a day of rest for praise and thanksgiving. Though the sacrificial was a sacred, religious service, requiring much labor, they were not permitted to do it on the seventh-day Sabbath. For this reason God gave them the monthly Sabbaths in which they were to do that sacred work. If God did not allow every kind of religious service to be performed on the seventh-day Sabbath @9then@7, will He now? “I the Lord change not.” Read Lev. 23.
Genesis 150:2
@@@^Verse 16, first part “And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor.” God “was astonished”. Moses and Aaron “stood between the dead and the living.” Num. 16:48. God used Elijah on Mount Carmel. 1 Kings 18. In the crisis here brought to view, God finds no man (Eze. 22:30), so He Himself interposes.
Genesis 151:1
@@@^Verse 19: “So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun.” God will make this coming as an example to the nations, just as He did with Sodom and Gomorrah. Isa. 59:19, last part: “When the enemy shall come in like a @9flood@7, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.” John in Rev. 12:15, refers to this incident. “And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.” The woman here mentioned is God’s church (Seventh-day Adventist) “which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.” The “flood” is not the blue Sunday law, or any persecution in the past. The blue law has a different setting, and is described in Revelation 13, as a persecuting power to enforce the mark of the beast.
Genesis 154:1
@@@^The @9day@7 of vengeance in Isa. 61:2, follows the year. The day may be prophetic, which in that case, would mean a literal year. Thus, it would mean a year in each case. This year of vengeance is not the seven last plagues, nor is it the destruction of the wicked at the second coming of Christ. It takes place before the close of probation, for in Isa. 61:4 we read: “And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.” The meaning of this verse is to restore the truth of God which has been trodden down under foot for many generations. The 144,000—the true Israel of God—are the builders. Thus, we see that after the day of vengeance, God’s truth is to be restored and revealed to the people. Therefore, it must be before the close of probation. The balance of the chapter confirms the same thought.
Genesis 155:2
@@@^“I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall @9never hold their peace day nor night@7: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence.” Isa. 62:6. (These are the watchmen under the new name.) Isa. 62:8 and 9, reveal God’s care and protection over His church. In the 10th verse is God’s command to His people: “Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.” In the 11th verse God says He has proclaimed to the people who shall live at the end of the world: “Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the @9end@7 of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, His reward is @9with@7 Him, and His work @9before@7 Him.”
Genesis 160:1
@@@^Verse 18: “The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: Our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.” Their “adversaries”: Isa. 59:18 tells that @9their@7 adversaries are the @9Lord’s@7 adversaries. They have trodden down the sanctuary with the multitude of merchandise, laughter, whispering, common talking, manicuring, and other forms of idolatry to dishonor God to His face (in His church). Isa. 63:19: “We are thine: Thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.” They have not followed God’s instructions. Though they identify themselves among the people of God in His house of prayer, they are not in reality called by His name.
Genesis 160:2
@@@^“Isaiah the Gospel Prophet”, page 73 (Lessons for Today) commenting on “Verses 1-6,” says, “These verses should bring serious thoughts to every soul. There is no more dreadful picture in all the Bible than this section presents. The figure of God’s striding forth to tread the wine press of His wrath is an awful one. Yet it is true. Esau had all the opportunity that any one could have to know right from wrong. He willfully chose wrong, and became a persecutor of the true people of God. We conceive that there are none upon whom God’s wrath will be visited more completely than upon those who have @9known@7 the truth, are closely related to it, as it were, and yet turn from it to become persecutors of those who do @9right@7. Even as it is a blessed thing to accept the truth, so it is a fearful thing to reject it. And rejection need not include all truth. To reject a part may be just as fatal as to reject the whole. So all should beware.” Read Volume 5, page 492; volume 8, pages 248-250; Volume 1, page 190; Volume 1, pages 471-472; Volume 5, pages 207-216; Testimonies to Ministers, page 380; Volume 2, page 708; Testimonies to Ministers, pages 206, 407, 408.
Genesis 161:2
@@@^The wisdom used in this scripture is amazing, and it should cause us to give glory to our God. Paul, under the Spirit of Inspiration made the application, so as to clear the scripture from the apparent complication. The chapter was not written for Israel, nor for the Gentiles in Paul’s day, but directly for the church at the present time. If this can be proven, we must accept it as present truth direct from God. The scripture being grammatically incorrect of the application proves that the @9time@7 for this chapter was not yet ripe, the same as other scriptures and prophecies. It could not be understood, nor correctly applied until the time appointed. Then God reveals His Word to His people in the manner He will choose, but it may come in an unexpected way.
Genesis 162:3
@@@^The difference between brick and stone will now be considered. Brick is the product of man, but stone is the workmanship of God. Let us now consider the lesson intended here. “Gardens,” display; “Sacrifice,” gifts; “Incense,” prayers; “Bricks,” man-made proposition. The charge is, we sacrifice for display we offer our prayers to God (upon altars of @9brick@7); we follow after man instead of God’s pure word, as given to the church.
Genesis 163:4
@@@^Verse 13 and 14, show God’s care over His people and the suffering of the other class. Verse 15: “And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto My chosen: For the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name.” This verse has been previously explained in connection with the 62nd chapter, page 155. The class mentioned here is the same as in Volume 5, page 82: “The call to this great and solemn work was presented to men of learning and position; had these been little in their own eyes, 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 @9rejected@7 them.”
Genesis 166:1
@@@^That beautiful temple reveals God’s desire for His church. For this reason, God lavished so much wealth upon this palatial structure upon Mt. Moriah. According to estimates given in the monthly bulletin of the Illinois Society of Architects, it reached the tremendous total of more than eighty-seven billion dollars. The several estimates show the total cost to have been $87,212,210,840. This sum represents a nation’s wealth. The question is, How did Israel ever raise such an enormous sum of money to lavish on one single structure? God never asks us to do anything unless He Himself makes it possible.
Genesis 170:1
@@@^The ninth verse shows that God is the one who does the work. The tenth verse says those who love her (the church) and mourn for her now, will rejoice and be glad. The eleventh verse shows why they will rejoice and be delighted: Because of truth and light in God’s Word which will come to the church represented by the milk. “That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.” Isa. 66:11. Isa. 66:12-14, tell of God’s care over His people, and the church’s love for her members, the Lord’s favor toward His servants, and indignation toward His enemies.
Genesis 178:3
@@@^This purifying process will not be an easy matter on the part of sinners, for “refiner’s fire and fullers’ sope” is being used, and when God gets through with this washing process, He will have a people pure and clean. Then there will be a glorious time with joy and gladness in the Lord, as it is with a woman in travail, but when a son is born there is great joy. But the question is asked, “Now why dost thou cry out loud? is there no king in thee? is thy counselor perished?” Though it may seem painful yet none need fear, for God’s church has a King and a counselor who neither slumbers nor sleeps”. The furnace is watched closely. The sinner shall perish, but the godly @9shall@7 be preserved.
Genesis 180:2
@@@^Verse 11, “Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.” As soon as God’s church as a body (not as individuals) escapes the clutches of the devil (for the unclean shall not enter in), and becomes earnest, filled with the Spirit of God, the wrath of the old enemy will be aroused, and will bring about the fulfillment of Rev. 12:17. “And the dragon was wroth with the woman and went to make war with the @9remnant@7 of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus.”
Genesis 184:3
@@@^Quoting Isa. 14:13, “For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north.” Lucifer wanted to ascend to the sides of the north because that is where God’s throne is, and where the throne of God is, there heaven is also. Had this Christian pointed toward the north at midday the same as the compass, and in the same direction at midnight, or at any time, the extreme ends of all lines would meet at the same point. This answer would have been proper and instructive as well. The whip against heaven as well as the confusion would have been avoided, and the amount of good derived from a wise answer could not be estimated. An answer to this Indian, and the directions to heaven are given at the close of this chapter.
Genesis 185:1
@@@^Lucifer said he will ascend to the sides of the north. He could have ascended had he obeyed the commandment of the Lord. But no, Lucifer thought he knew better than his God, and wished to make an improvement in heaven. Honest in his deception, he attempted the impossible task. In Isa. 14:15, we read: “Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the side of the pit.” The result was instead of ascending to the sides of the north where he desired to go, he descended down in the sides of the pit (in the opposite direction). Just so, many Christians now, like Lucifer, think they are going to ascend up in the sides of the north (Heaven) but in their own way, wishing to improve on the wisdom of the Living God. They are more interested to go to heaven than they are to study and obey the explicit instruction given them in the Word of God. Though honest in their misconception of the heavenly direction, they will find themselves down in the sides of the pit (hell). The disappointment to such a one would be greater than we can realize. Experience only can tell the sorrow and grief at such a time. This class of Christians are not only a detriment to themselves, but are injurious to others, and are the ones of whom our Lord said, “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do.” John 8:44.
Genesis 187:1
@@@^Believing as they have been taught that this is the day of judgment, they expect to see God’s people rid themselves from all sin by obedience to His divine Word, and especially to the instructions given to the church by His messenger in this generation. As they search through the writings by the Spirit of Prophecy, they naturally come to the following passages: Counsels on Health, page 277: “Our ideas of building and furnishing our institutions are to be molded and fashioned by a true, practical knowledge of what it means to walk humbly with God. @9Never@7 should it be thought necessary to give an appearance of @9wealth@7. @9Never@7 should appearance be depended on as a means of @9success@7. This is a @9delusion@7. The desire to make an appearance that is not in every way appropriate to the work that God has given us to do, an appearance that could be kept up only by expending a large sum of money, is a merciless tyrant. It is like a canker that is ever eating into the vitals.
Genesis 191:3
@@@^“This book which is claimed to be the inspired word of God, and which is said to contain all the instructions for the church at this present time says the denominational institutions must not set their prices so high as to meet current (running) expenses. The latest report according to the General Conference Bulletin in 1930 is: The denomination has received a net income of some $116,000,000 in four years from these institutions. If this prophet of God has said, “You are not to set your prices so high as to meet your current expense,” how then did you make all these millions of dollars in just four short years? Why have you not followed the instructions? Does not your God mean what He says?” .
Genesis 191:4
@@@^What shall our answer be this time? Shall we say it is better to sacrifice than to obey? Is this what we teach? Or shall we say God has changed and cares but little whether His word is respected or not? Will we hear the “well done” for losing the sheep and bringing the dollars? Is He after the gold more than the sheep? What shall we say? Shall we say our institutions are facing sunshine and our judgment better than God’s? We may not say this by words, but our works have revealed that which is in our hearts. But what about this poor soul? Will he cast his lot with the people of God, or with the rank of infidelity? Oh! who shall pay the price of his blood?
Genesis 193:1
@@@^“If these things are written by the prophet of God, as claimed, why have you so lightly esteemed the counsel of the Lord? Why do most of your people eat flesh foods? The prophet writes that God’s people must leave flesh food alone. If these things are so, then how do you expect to gain entrance through the pearly gates? Does not your God mean what He says?” Have not our deeds already given the following answer to this earnest soul? “Yes, that is what the prophet says, but that is not what we do.” One may say, It is the duty of the ministry to instruct the people in the church, and what I do not know I can not be responsible for. For the benefit of such a one we quote the following scripture: “So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a @9watchman@7 unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at @9my mouth@7, and @9warn@7 them from @9me@7. When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, @9that wicked man shall die@7 in his iniquity; but @9his blood@7 will I require a@9t thine hand.@7” Ezekiel 33:7, 8.