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Page 68 of 316Genesis 77:1
@@@^“And Pharaoh said unto his brethren [Joseph’s], What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are @9shepherds, both we@7, and also our @9fathers@7. Gen. 47:3. Israel were shepherds which is a symbol of missionaries such as feed the lambs of God. In the early part of the church, the by-word was, “Every Seventh-day Adventist a missionary, and every missionary a preacher.” It ought to be so now. “The great struggle has not been between religion and no religion; it is between @9God’s@7 religion and @9man’s@7 religion.”—Review and Heralds, Jan. 23, 1930.
Genesis 86:2
@@@^“But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.” Ex. 1:17. Here we have one good symbol, and let us say, Amen for the teachers “They feared God.” We urge you to send your children to the school of the denomination, for it is the best place for them. “The name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah.” Ex. 1:15. The meaning of these names are: “Beauty” and “splendor.” Indeed it is. It would have been impossible for two midwives to wait on the great multitude of women, but the fact is, that there were only two. The reason for this is to make the symbol perfect, meaning both classes of teachers, male and female, “beauty” and “splendor.”
Genesis 91:3
@@@^We, like Moses, have thought that we are to deliver Israel by force of arms (the aid of men). Like Moses, we are too cowardly to accomplish anything. It has been said by a good minister of God, “This is wrong in the church, and that is not right, and should be corrected, but we can not do it.” Why? Because he is afraid he will lose his job. But what shall we do? Work for God and trust in Him, or work for Pharaoh and trust in the job?
Genesis 96:3
@@@^“In the case of Achan’s sin, God said to Joshua, ‘Neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.’ How does this instance compare with the course pursued by those @9who will not @7raise their voice @9against sin and wrong@7, but whose sympathies are ever found with those who @9trouble@7 the camp of Israel with their sins? Said God to Joshua, ‘Thou @9canst not @7stand before thine enemies, @9until@7 ye take away the @9accursed@7 thing from among you.’ He pronounced the punishment which would follow the transgression of this covenant.… And Joshua, and all Israel with him took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold and @9his sons@7, and his @9daughters@7, and his @9oxen@7, and his @9asses@7, and his @9sheep@7, and his @9tent@7 and @9all@7 that he had; and they brought them unto the valley of Achor. And Joshua said Why hast thou troubled us? The Lord shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire after they had stoned them with stones.” Volume 3, pages 267-8.
Genesis 101:2
@@@^“The remnant of Israel will not do iniquity.” This prophecy has never yet met its fulfillment in the history of the church, for there have always been the unclean in the midst of her; but let us thank God for this generous promise. The scroll is making a turn. Shall we pray to God that we fall not out by the way in making the bend? “Clad in the armor of Christ’s righteousness, the church is to enter upon her final conflict. ‘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.” Prophets and Kings, page 725.
Genesis 105:1
@@@^This is the experience of Israel after the flesh, which we call a photograph of Israel by promise. If this is true, then the 144,000 must experience the same in departing out from worldlings (Egypt). Volume 5, page 80: “God has promised that where the shepherds are not true He will take @9charge of the flock Himself@7.” Patriarchs and Prophets, page 283: “In one of the most beautiful and comforting passages of Isaiah’s prophecy reference is made to the pillar of cloud and of fire to represent God’s care for His people in the great final struggle with the powers of evil: ‘The Lord will create upon every dwelling place of Mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for above all the glory shall be a covering. And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain’.” Thus, the idea of Israel being a photograph is supported by both the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy.
Genesis 105:2
@@@^Joseph stands as a perfect type of Christ. First of all, the name “Joseph” means “he shall add”. So Christ added the human family to the heavenly. Had any sin been recorded against Joseph, it would have spoiled the type, for Christ is not a sinner. Joseph was loved by his father @9above all his brethren@7. Of Christ we read in Heb. 1:9, “Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness @9above@7 thy @9fellows@7.”
Genesis 109:1
@@@^Abraham was called of God by the @9spoken@7 word, Luther by the @9written@7. Abraham is the father of @9faith@7; so is Luther. The doctrine taught by Luther was “the just shall live by @9faith@7.” If this is true, then the 430 years in our time began with Luther. About 1500 A.D. Luther discovered in the library of the University of Urfurt, a @9Latin Bible@7, and found to his no small delight that it contained more than the excerpts in common use. Thus God by His word, called Luther out of Papal Rome.
Genesis 110:2
@@@^Moses at the age of 40 years attempted to deliver Israel, and @9failed@7. Adding 40 years to 1850, we have 1890 A.D. What happened at this time? The following statement was made by Sister White in 1892: “@9If@7 the people of God had gone to work as they should have gone to work right after the Minneapolis meeting in 1888, the world could have been warned @9in two years@7 and the @9Lord would have come@7.” General Conference Bulletin, 1892. (This reference was given us by a Seventh-day Adventist minister of Los Angeles, Calif.) About the same time (1890) National @9Religious Liberty@7 was organized by the denomination. Thus the attempt and failure of Moses’ experience to set freedom to Israel from Egyptian bondage coincides with organizing religious liberty, and God’s people failed to do their duty. “National Religious Liberty Association organized July 21, 1889.” Origin and Progress of S.D.A., page 752.
Genesis 123:1
@@@^Ezek. 4:10, 11—”And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight.…Thou shalt drink also water by measure.” The “measure” and “weight” are symbols signifying that God would only give truth by measure, a little at a time. As the prophecy reads, “from time to time shalt thou eat and drink”, and so has God given light a little at a time as we could grasp it. It has come in its exact Biblical order: Faith, Spirit, grace, baptism, time of the end, and the Sabbath (Rest).
Genesis 123:2
@@@^Abraham, the father of the faithful, is the symbol of faith; Isaac, the symbol of Spirit of truth (as the Bible says he was born after the Spirit); Jacob the symbol of grace, (for as he was a sinful man, had it not been for the grace of God, he could not have prevailed.) The Exodus movement is the symbol for baptism, for we read in 1 Cor. 10:2, “And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea.” The wilderness life is the symbol of the sanctuary question at the end of the 2300 days; it was in the wilderness that the heavenly sanctuary was described by the earthly. “The promised land” is a symbol of the Sabbath rest. In the promised land they were to rest had they driven out the heathen but because of national pride and disbelief, they failed to obtain the promised rest. The disobedience of Israel in the promised land is a symbol of our failing to obey God at the present time.
Genesis 123:3
@@@^Wonderful prophecy as it is, the saddest part now is to be told. The scripture about to be quoted has perhaps never been read publicly or reproduced in an literature, but if it was never to be studied out, read in public, or published, God would never have placed it in the Bible. However, it is there, no doubt for a purpose, and must be considered. The quotation as found in Ezek. 4:12, 14, 15, reads as follows:— “And thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. Then said I, Oh Lord God! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: For from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth. Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.”
Genesis 124:2
@@@^The question may be asked, How have we polluted God’s truth? Only one of the many references will be quoted here. Volume 1, pages 471, 472: “A great mistake has been made by some who profess present truth, by introducing merchandise in the course of a series of meetings,… Ministers have stood in the desk and preached a most solemn discourse, and then by introducing merchandise, and acting the part of a salesman, @9even@7 in the house of God.… The burden of selling our publications should not rest upon ministers who labor in word and doctrine.” Volume 8, page 250: “I saw our Instructor [Christ] pointing to the garments of so-called righteousness. Stripping them off, He laid bare the defilement beneath. Then He said to me: ‘Can you not see how they have pretentiously covered up their defilement and rottenness of character? “How is the faithful city become an harlot?” @9My Father’s House@7 is made a house of @9merchandise@7, a place whence the divine presence and glory have departed! For this cause there is weakness, and strength is lacking’.” Thus we have the proof that every truth thus far has been polluted, including the Sabbath.
Genesis 126:2
@@@^In this prophecy we find there are only six portions, and only six steps have been made. Luther, Knox, Wesley, Campbell, Miller and White. The number “six” is not a perfect number. It is evident then, that there is still another portion to follow, and a step to climb. “Seven” is the perfect, Biblical number. The question is, Why was not the seventh portion included in this prophecy? Because the @9six@7 were @9polluted@7; defiled with man’s preparation, man’s thoughts, and plans @9have been@7 injected and followed, which, in God’s sight are as “dung.” It is not to be so with the seventh, for it is the last; it must be pure. This last portion, pure and undefiled, is represented by the angel of Rev. 18:1, “And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.” It is at this time that Isaiah’s prophecy will be fulfilled. Isa. 52:1, 2: “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. Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: Loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion [God’s pure church].”
Genesis 127:1
@@@^It could be explained that this brings us to the opening of the seventh seal of Rev. 8:1. The church on the seventh step, under the seventh seal, and in the seventh trumpet. By this we know we are on the borders of Eternity. Would the lips of any of us utter the words, “The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved?” But how shall we attain this perfection? It will not be easy. Unless we make an effort we shall never reach the mark, for the enemy is not leaving one string loose. He has interfered all the way, in every step, and every part of the truth, and his plans are stronger now than ever before. Nevertheless, prophecy has declared that the 144,000 have not bowed a knee to Baal, “and in their mouth was found no guile: For they are without fault before the throne of God.” At the present time the denomination employs about 10,000 evangelical workers, but what will it be when 144,000 without guile, spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, filled with the Spirit of God, compass the globe? Such is the beginning of the seventh step. No wonder the prophet declared, “the uncircumcised and the unclean shall no more come into thee”. “And I shall make her a strong nation.” Micah 4:7.
Genesis 131:2
@@@^“The Lord @9often@7 works where @9we least@7 expect Him; He surprises us by revealing His power through instruments of @9His own@7 choice, while He passes by the men to whom @9we@7 have looked as those through whom light should come. God desires us to @9receive@7 the truth upon @9its own @7merits,—because it is @9truth@7.… But @9beware@7 of rejecting that which is @9truth@7. The great danger with our people has been that of @9depending upon men@7, and making flesh their arm. Those who @9have not @7been in the habit of searching the Bible @9for themselves@7, or weighing evidence, have confidence @9in the leading men@7, and @9accept@7 the decision @9they@7 make; and thus @9many will reject the very messages God sends@7 to His people, if these leading brethren do not accept them.
Genesis 132:1
@@@^“@9No one@7 should claim that he has @9all the light@7 there is for God’s people. The Lord @9will not@7 tolerate this. He has said, ‘I have set before thee an open door, and @9no man@7 can shut it.’ Even if all our leading men should @9refuse@7 light and truth, that door @9will still@7 remain open. @9The Lord will raise up men who will give the people the message for this time@7.… Suppose a brother held a view that @9differed@7 from yours, and he should come to you, proposing that you sit down with him and make an @9investigation@7 of that point in the Scriptures; should you rise up, filled with @9prejudice@7, and @9condemn@7 his ideas, while @9refusing@7 to give him a candid hearing? The only right way would be to sit down as Christians, and @9investigate@7 the position presented, @9in the light of God’s word@7, which will reveal truth and unmask error. To ridicule his ideas @9would not @7weaken his position in the least if it were false, or strengthen @9your@7 position if it were true. If the pillars of our faith will not stand the @9test@7 of investigation, @9it is time that we knew it@7. There must be no spirit of Pharisaism cherished among us.” Though one may stubbornly dispute the direct application of the scriptures quoted here, certainly none would question the lesson taught in this publication and yet claim to be in harmony with the movement.
Genesis 135:2
@@@^In Volume 3, page 492, we read: “General Conference, which is the highest authority that God has upon earth.” (“General Conference” spoken of here is not one man’s opinion, but a General Conference of brethren assembled from all parts of the field, as described in Gospel Workers, page 489: “But when, in a General Conference, the judgment of brethren assembled from all parts of the field is exercised. Private independence and private judgment must not be stubbornly maintained but surrendered”). For this reason, God honored the General Conference, and sent the lessons through that channel, with the intention to bring forth a reformation in the entire denomination in one single quarter of Sabbath School studies.
Genesis 139:1
@@@^Verse 11 and 12, contain another wonderful promise, and show the purity and holiness of God’s people. “O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.” This scripture could hardly refer to the New Jerusalem,—the Holy City, for there is no reference made of the walls of the city having windows, nor could there be any necessity for them, for twelve gates only are mentioned. Furthermore, the gates are made of one great pearl, and not of carbuncles. (“And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: Every several gate was of one Pearl.” Rev. 21:21.) The verses being considered at this time refer to a spiritual house of which Solomon’s temple was a symbol. This spiritual house is referred to by Paul in Eph. 2:20-22 “and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.”
Genesis 139:2
@@@^Note that this spiritual house has foundations, windows, gates, and borders (enclosures). The foundations refer to the apostles, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief corner stone. See Eph. 2:20. The windows of a house are used to give light. This has reference to the prophets who foresee things in advance and give the light upon the subject as in 1 Sam. 9:9, (“Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: For he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a @9seer@7.”) The “gates” of a house serve the purpose to let in those who have the right, and to keep out all others. This could have no other meaning than the watchmen on the walls of Zion (the ministry). The “borders” (or enclosures) mean the church members the “lively stones.” 1 Pet. 2:5, “Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.”