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@@@^I shall read two paragraphs from page 188 of “The Mount of Blessing.” The first paragraph elucidates on the statement, “Seek, and ye shall find,” the second on the words, “Knock, and it shall be opened unto thee.”
Amos 8:1
@@@^“Like every other one of God’s good gifts intrusted to the keeping of humanity, marriage has been perverted by sin, but it is @9the purpose of the gospel to restore its purity and beauty@7.—“Mount of Blessings,” p. 100.
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@@@^I shall read from “The Mount of Blessing,” page 187, the second paragraph. This paragraph is based on the scripture which says: “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.”
Galatians 79:2
@@@^This compact which is about to take place, is the second covenant, and His law, being written on the heart, will be perfectly kept. Then, and not before, will the blessings, which His ancient people failed to receive, be fully realized.
1 John 91:2
@@@^Hence, if violated, the law brings curses; if kept inviolate, it brings blessings. (See Exodus 20:5, 6; Revelation 22: 14.) No one, however without a thorough conversion can possibly have either the burden or the power to keep it inviolate.
Genesis 14:1
@@@^Sister White had received inspiration on this subject, but, like Daniel, was not permitted to know who, how, and when made, until Gods appointed time. The following is a quotation made by her to Elder E. E. Andross: “I feel confident, Elder Andross, that the brethren in @9Southern California@7 will find blessing in reviewing the teachings of Scripture concerning the 144,000 and bringing to bear upon these teachings whatever of light there may be in the published writings of the Spirit of Prophecy, and as prayerful consideration is given the matter in all its bearings, I believe that God will make the truth sufficiently clear to make possible the avoidance of needless and unprofitable questions not vital to the salvation of precious souls.”
Genesis 55:3
@@@^As he was born hairy, his body must have been covered with a heavy coat of hair, for when Jacob wished to deceive his father in order to obtain the blessing, Rebekah his mother, covered his neck and hands with the skins of the kids. Isaac’s suspicion of whether it was Esau or Jacob speaking, compelled him to examine the body of his son. Gen. 27:22, 23, “And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he left him, and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: So he blessed him.” The heavy coat of hair over Esau’s body was unnatural, and the only reason why God should have made him thus was to symbolize the character of the class he represents.
Genesis 58:1
@@@^Because of his indifference to the divine blessings and requirements, Esau is called in Scripture, “a profane person”. He represents those who lightly value the redemption purchased for them by Christ, and are ready to sacrifice their heirship to heaven for the perishable things of earth. Multitudes live for the present with no thought or care for the future. Like Esau, they cry, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.’’—Patriarchs and Prophets, page 181.
Genesis 58:4
@@@^Esau came from the field that day without any game. As he entered the house, he saw Jacob garnishing the fancy article of food. Immediately Esau exclaimed: “Feed me I pray thee with that same red pottage; for I am faint.” Esau was not faint because of great hunger, but, seeing the new article of food, could not control his appetite. Jacob’s answer was, “Sell me this day thy birthright,” if you must have any of this pottage. And Esau said, “Behold, I am on the point to die: And what profit shall this birthright do to me?” Esau was not on the point to die because of hunger or physical ailment, for a sick man cannot eat as he did. Neither was it because of lack of food, for he was in his father’s house, and Isaac was a rich man. It was because of his lust for the pottage, for “He did eat and drink and @9rose up@7 and @9went his way.@7” The symbol of the pottage is health reform. “Because of his indifference to the divine blessings and requirements, Esau is called in Scripture, ‘a profane person.’ @9He represents those who lightly value the redemption purchased for them by Christ@7, and are ready to @9sacrifice@7 their heirship to heaven @9for the perishable things of earth@7. Multitudes live for the present, with no thought or care for the future. Like Esau, they cry, ‘Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.’“ — Patriarchs and Prophets, page 181.
Genesis 61:1
@@@^Esau had a great deal to lose, but his loss was Jacob’s gain. That which Jacob offered as payment for Esau’s valuable possession was of little worth, therefore, what Esau gained was little more than nothing. It was not long after Jacob secured the blessing from his father, Isaac, that Esau, filled with remorse, threatened Jacob’s life. Both classes represented by Esau and Jacob may be in trouble: One, because of realization of their loss; the other, because of hatred manifested toward them.
Genesis 81:4
@@@^“When I saw those who managed and directed, running into the dangers shown me, of which I had warned them in public, and also in private conversation and letters, a terrible burden came upon me. That which had been shown me as a place where the suffering sick @9among us@7 could be helped, was one where sacrifice, hospitality, faith, and piety should be the ruling principles. But when unqualified calls were made for large sums of money, with the statement that stock taken would pay large percent; when the brethren who occupied positions in the institution seemed more than willing to take large wages than those were satisfied with who filled other and equally important stations in the great cause of truth and reform; when I learned, with pain, that, in order to make the institution popular with those @9not of our faith@7, and to secure their patronage, a spirit of compromise was rapidly gaining ground at the Institute, manifested in the use of @9Mr@7.; @9Miss@7, and @9Mrs@7., instead of Bro. and Sister, and in popular amusements, in which all could engage in a sort of comparatively innocent frolic;—when I saw these things, I said, This is not that which was shown me as a institution for the sick, which would share the signal blessing of God. This is another thing. And yet calculations for more extensive buildings were made, and calls for large sums of money were urged. As it was then managed, I could but regard the Institute, on the whole, as a @9curse@7.…
Genesis 94:2
@@@^Testimonies to Ministers, page 300: “@9Unless@7 those who can help in—are aroused to a sense of their duty, they @9will not@7 recognize the work of God when the loud cry of the third angel shall be heard. When light goes forth to lighten the earth, instead of coming up to the help of the Lord, they will want to bind about His work to meet their narrow ideas. Let me tell you that the Lord @9will@7 work in this last work in a manner very much out of the common order of things, and in a way that will be @9contrary@7 to @9any@7 human planning. @9There will be@7 those among us who will always @9want@7 to control the work of God, to @9dictate@7 even what movements shall be made when the work goes forward under the direction of the angel who joins the third angel in the message to be given to the world. God will use ways and means by which it @9will@7 be seen that @9He is taking@7 the reins in His @9own@7 hands. The workers will be @9surprised@7 by the @9simple@7 means that @9He will@7 use to bring about and @9perfect@7 His work of righteousness. Those who are accounted good workers @9will need@7 to draw nigh to God, they will need the divine touch.” Also read Isaiah 3. “It is @9not@7 men of great @9talents@7 and @9titles@7 that are needed so much as it is men who are @9great@7 in @9faith, holiness, consecration@7, and @9love@7. Men who are great for God and great in simplicity, fidelity, and self-denial,—@9upon such transmitting@7 God’s message, life, and blessings to humanity, and for advancing His kingdom in @9all@7 the earth.” Review and Herald, Feb. 20, 1930.
Genesis 163:3
@@@^Verse 8: “Thus saith the Lord, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all.” “Cluster” is composed of many grapes and is a symbol of the church as a body The Lord says He will not destroy them all. The “wine” in the cluster represents the blood of Christ, and for this reason, all are not destroyed. The tenth verse speaks of the promise to those who shall escape. The 11th and 12th verses speak of the class that shall perish. The slaughter here is the same as that of Ezekiel 9. Quoting Isa. 65:12,— “Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: Because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before Mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.”
Genesis 164:1
@@@^Verse 16: “That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from Mine eyes.” “Bless himself in the God of truth”: Many people will bless themselves, but not in the God of truth. That is, they obtain riches, or some other blessing but not by honesty. Some “sweareth,” but not by the God of truth. That is, they will tell a falsehood, but after God purifies His church all these things shall pass away, and be forgotten.
Genesis 183:1
@@@^What this Indian has said is true, as far as his objection is concerned, and of the impossibility for one to get to heaven, that is, humanly speaking. It would take a fairly good Bible student to give a satisfactory answer to this kind of infidel but the thought intended here, is that the Christian’s contact with the Indian made him (the Indian) an infidel instead of a Christian. The evil did not stop there, for in turn, this Indian is now making infidels of hundreds and thousands of people by the use of the so-called light he has received of a so-called Christian. The experience of this Indian teaches that anyone professing the name of Christ, his course of action and conversation when in contact with the world, has a decided influence for the better or worse, and in turn, as the waves of the sea, one wave carries another, and another still another. “Throw a pebble into the lake, and a wave is formed, and another, and another, and as they are increased the circle widens until it reaches the shore. So with our influence; beyond our knowledge or control it tells upon others in blessing or in cursing.” C.O.L., pages, 343, 344.
Genesis 189:3
@@@^The third person in line comes with the following passages: Volume 6, pages 215, 216, “Our conferences look to the schools for educated and well-trained laborers, and they should give the schools a most hearty and intelligent support. Light has been plainly given that those who minister in our schools, @9teaching@7 the word of God @9explaining@7 the Scriptures, @9educating@7 the students in the @9things@7 of God, should be supported by the tithe money… @9The same@7 principles which, if followed, will bring success and blessing to our training-schools and colleges, should govern our plans and work for the church schools.” This prophet whom you say is a prophet of God says thus and so. Why then do you not pay our school teachers by the tithe as God has commanded? Why do you desecrate the Sabbath by raising the teacher’s salary in the hour of worship? If this is a prophet of God, why have you lightly esteemed the instructions given? Do you not fear God? Now what can be said to this man? We may not say anything. But that will not hide the evil for our works have revealed the following secret, “Yes, that is what God has said by His prophet, but that is not what we do.”
Exodus 9:2
@@@^The book of “Revelation” is said to be a closed book full of symbolical mysteries, incomprehensive to human beings. This is true of all prophetic truths. The one who admits this fact of the book of “Revelation,” automatically confesses that he does not understand the Bible; for all the books of Holy Writ meet and end in the “Revelation.” Therefore, to understand @9that book@7 is to understand the Bible. “The One who reveals the mysteries to John will give to the diligent searcher for truth a @9foretaste of Heavenly things@7. Those@9 whose hearts are open@7 to the reception of truth will be @9enabled to understand its teachings@7, and will be @9granted@7 the blessing promised to those who ‘hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein’.”—“The Acts of the Apostles,” pp. 584, 585. Thus, when the Revelation is understood, it will unlock the great Store House and bring to light all the prophetic mysteries that are stored in it.
Exodus 27:2
@@@^“Let none think, because they cannot expound the meaning of every symbol in the Revelation, that it is useless for them to search this book in an effort to know the meaning of the truth it contains. The one who revealed these mysteries to John will give to the diligent searcher for truth a foretaste of heavenly things. Those whose hearts are open to the reception of truth will be enabled to understand its teachings, and will be granted the blessing promised to those who ‘hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein’. “—“The Acts of the Apostles,” p. 584.
Exodus 27:6
@@@^A large portion of Christendom agree that we are living in the last days of this world’s history. When Jesus was asked by his disciples for the signs of His return to earth again, and of the end of the world, one of the many signs He gave was; “When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:).” (Matthew 24:15.) It is evident from the words of the Master that the book of Daniel contains information regarding the signs of the times and of the end of the world. The prophecies of Daniel were of little worth to the disciples and the early Christian church, for Daniel says the book was sealed to the time of the end. (Dan. 12:4.) And since the book is now open it is evident that we are living in the time of the end. (Rev. 22:6-10.) But the book was to be open to one class of people and shut to another, for He added, “Many shall be purified and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.” (Dan. 12:10.) Therefore, it is important that we should be free from all wickedness and obedient to the divine requirements, if we would understand and receive the blessings contained in the book.
Exodus 136:4
@@@^Just a few more lines from the pen of Gibbons describing how idol and saint worship crept into the Christian church: “The bodies of St. Andrew, St. Luke, and St. Timothy, had reposed near three hundred years in the obscure graves, from whence they were transported, in solemn pomp to the church of the apostles, which the magnificence of Constantine had founded on the banks of the Thracian Bosphorus. About fifty years afterwards, the same banks were honored by the presence of Samuel, the judge and prophet of the people of Israel. His ashes, deposited in a golden vase, and covered with a silken veil, were delivered by the bishops into each other’s hands.… In the long period of twelve hundred years, which elapsed between the reign of Constantine and the reformation of Luther, the worship of saints and relics corrupted the pure and perfect simplicity of the Christian model: and some symptoms of degeneracy may be observed even in the first generations which adopted and cherished this pernicious innovation.… The Christians frequented the tombs of the martyrs, in the hope of obtaining, from their powerful intercession, every sort of spiritual, but more especially of temporal, blessings. They implored the preservation of their health, or the cure of their infirmities; the fruitfulness of their barren wives, or the safety and happiness of their children.”—Id; Vol. 3, pp. 156, 157, 162.