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Page 82 of 316Ecclesiastes 4:7
@@@^The Armageddon cannot be the anger of the nations above mentioned, for it is fought in the time of the sixth plague (Rev. 16:12-16); that is, in the period of the wrath of God, during which, according to the vision above mentioned, “the anger of the nations” could not occur, for their “anger” and the “wrath of God” “are two separate and distinct events, one following the other.” Consequently, the Armageddon is one thing and the anger of the nations another.
Ecclesiastes 4:8
@@@^As the 144,000 are to go through the time of the anger of the nations–the time of trouble such as never was–as well as through the time of the wrath of God and yet be preserved for translation, and as the anger of the nations must take place in the time of the judgment of the living as shown in the preceding paragraphs, it follows that Michael is to stand up in the time of the judgment of the living and deliver His people from the anger of the nations–the time of trouble–or else it would be impossible to preserve the lives of all the 144,000; proving the fact that a change is to take place at the commencement of the judgment of the living–Michael is to stand up for His people, take the “reins in His own hands” (“T.M.” p.300) and deliver “every one that shall be found written in the book.” May God’s people be aroused by the Good Shepherd’s voice now and place their names in the “book” by sighing and crying “for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof,” so that when the trouble bursts out–“when the overflowing scourge shall pass through” they may find shelter.
Ecclesiastes 6:5
@@@^Thus the actions of the faculty prove to us that the S.D.A.’s are very much terrified because of “The Shepherd’s Rod” message, and our hearts are moved by love to help them, for we feel we could not be able to bear the weight of sorrow to see them lost after being so many years in the work. I shall study “The Shepherd’s Rod” message very carefully and may God open up the way that I may be able to do something for them. I will not allow any one to take away my God-given liberty. I will study for myself, come what may! Pray for us.
Ecclesiastes 6:9
@@@^“Precious light is to shine forth from the Word of God, and let no one presume to dictate what shall or what shall not be brought before the people in the messages of enlightenment that He shall send, and so quench the Spirit of God, Whatever may be his position of authority, no one has a right to shut away the light from the people. When a message comes in the name of the Lord to His people, no one may excuse himself from an investigation of its claims. No one can afford to stand back in an attitude of indifference and self-confidence, and say: ‘I know what is truth. I am satisfied with my position. I have set my stakes, and I will not be moved away from my position, whatever may come. I will not listen to the message of this messenger; for I know that it can not be truth.’ It was from pursuing this very course that the popular churches were left in partial darkness, and that is why the messages of heaven have not reached them....If a message comes that you do not understand, take pains that you may hear the reasons the @9messenger@7 may give.” Testimonies on S.S.W. 65.
Ecclesiastes 9:5
@@@^“Health reform” means to be right with God and man, with yourself and with all your habits. Most people are more careful of overworking than they are of killing themselves with overeating, and though they pretend to do this for the sake of their health, under observation this class of folk will be found to be reckless with their bodies in sinful pleasures and sacrificing their health by perverted appetite. Yes, they risk their health for a little sinful pleasure almost of any kind, and when reproved they are greatly disturbed and would rather, at any cost, continue with an unhealthful habit, prompted by indulging in some sinful pleasure, than to deny themselves of it by correcting their evil course. Consequently, their fear of overworking is a fear of the work cutting across their perverted desire, “turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness.” (Jude 4.) They are afraid of overworking but are not afraid of overdoing nothing, which ultimately results in losing their physical abilities–becoming almost as weak as a straw, as stiff as a cucumber, and as infirm as a pancake.
Ecclesiastes 10:1
@@@^There is nothing in God’s creation that stands still–everything is doing something all the time–and whatever stops moving He takes it away. If the heart stops beating He takes away the life, and the substance of the body goes back to clay. If a tree quits growing, it dies. Water that stands still gets stagnant. God’s “handiwork” is not only ceaselessly moving on its own course, but it neither falls behind nor goes ahead–it forever keeps perfect time. If an airplane stops flying it falls to the ground. When an automobile quits running it becomes worthless to its owner. Anything that falls short of its set standard by its maker does not only become worthless but also a nuisance.
Ecclesiastes 10:7
@@@^When God selected the army by which Gideon was to defeat the Midianites, He commanded Gideon to separate those who were “fearful and afraid” and those who had plenty of time before starting to do something from those who, for haste, would not even stop long enough to take a drink, but who, scooping the water in their palms, drank as they ran through it. Jud. 7:2-7. If God’s people do not awake now they never will, for the time is too short and the work is too great, and the best of us cannot be too skillful or too active to engage in the conflict which is confronting us.
Song of Solomon 4:11
@@@^We as S.D.A.’s by being “robbed and spoiled” placed an unauthoritative halo of sacredness around the tithe, making it appear that it must be spent for nothing else but to feed, house, and clothe the ministers who are not only taking the tithe but the offerings and the institutional incomes also, and we all with one consent and without a question, as blind as bats on a bright sunny day, got under the load and raised all the goals; but now in “the unrolling of the scroll,” while our eyes have been opened, some are going into another extreme; and as Satan by the leading men in the S.D.A. denomination pulled the wool over our eyes while he had the denomination in his grip by head and foot urged us then to give everything we have, now by his wicked suggestions is urging those who have embraced Present Truth to withhold their means! His urging them to be liberal in the former and his suggestions of stinginess in the latter all the more proves that the denomination has sold out to him, and that we have the truth of the hour. Then, too, by over urging us in the former place to produce the bricks, and causing the conferences to misuse the means, he has been robbing God’s people of their strength, whereas now in the latter place by suggesting to those who have embraced Present Truth to withhold their means is an attempt to blockade the proclamation of the sealing message and to rob God’s people of it, too. Thus in both instances he has attempted to weaken Christ’s line of defense and to strengthen his own.
Song of Solomon 6:8
@@@^Think of it, my brethren. These testimonies were written by the one who founded the denomination and though they were told, “The testimonies either bear the signet of God or that of Satan” (5 T 98), they did not believe them, and by so doing they were not only disobeying God but also calling the founder of their own denomination a liar and still they remained in it! Shall some of you now after having seen the results of unbelief repeat their mistakes.
Song of Solomon 7:8
@@@^“As I viewed poor souls dying for want of the present truth, and some who professed to believe the truth were letting them die by withholding the necessary means to carry forward the work of God, the sight was too painful, and I begged of the angel to remove it from me. I saw that when the cause of God called for some of their property, like the young man who came to Jesus (Matt. 19:16-22), they went away sorrowful; and that soon the overflowing scourge would pass over and sweep their possessions all away, and then it mould be too late to sacrifice earthly goods, and lay up a treasure in heaven.”—“Early Writings,” pp. 48, 49.
Song of Solomon 8:1
@@@^Ten tithe paying converts will yield as much tithe as the whole income of one of them and if they can live on that much you can, too, and if it should take twice as much for your living as it does for their’s, all you would need to do is to go and win ten more tithe paying souls. Then as long as you are in Christ’s service and in nothing else, and as long as your twenty converts remain faithful and true tithe payers you will have a steady income. I know not of an easier way for making a living than this. Do you? Neither is there any doubt at all for having this much success in winning souls to Christ if your hearts are right with God and if you are working for souls and for the advancement of His Kingdom instead of for “loaves and fishes” and for self-exaltation. Thus entering into Christ’s service will be your credentials—an evidence that God has approved of your conception of the truth, accepted your service, and that you have made “your calling and election sure.”
Song of Solomon 9:8
@@@^@@Dear Brother Houteff: @^I surely love your message and I know that God is with you and your work. Our dear Brother Vories brought the message to us here and there surely has been a stirring up; many are accepting it and I pray to God that no one shall reject it. However, I am sure there will be a division among us; but the sealing message will find out how many are on the Lord’s side.
Song of Solomon 10:6
@@@^Objection No. 2, says, “Brother Houteff quotes the Testimonies with telling effect against the abuses of the leadership, and his writings form an invaluable compilation of quotations from the Spirit of Prophecy, but there is reason to fear that to him the rights of the individual mean as they mean to the General Conference Committee, one’s own rights, not those of others. Believing as he does that his views are inspired, and their rejection to be the sin against the Holy Spirit, it is hardly probable that, should he gain control of the organization, he would be any more ready to tolerate this unpardonable sin than the General Conference Committee is to countenance any doubt of the interpretation placed upon the message by its members as God’s highest authority on earth. I would, therefore, have nothing to gain, and perhaps much to lose, in aiding Brother Houteff supplant the present oligarchial bureaucracy with a dictatorship of his own; but I can and will, gladly co-operate with Brother Houteff in a sincere effort to regain for the individual the right to study and to know the Word of God, facts of history for himself, and be governed by the dictates of his own conscience. This could best be done, I think through throwing the light of publicity upon what the General Conference Committee has been doing in trying to keep light from reaching the people.”
Song of Solomon 10:9
@@@^Furthermore, as the definition of the word “inspiration” is to communicate divine instruction free from men’s adulteration, it follows that the ultimate aim behind anyone’s objection against “inspired truths” instead of against “uninspired” ones is to put God out of sight and bring men to the front cutting off the only channel by which God can communicate with His people and by which only He can interpret the Scriptures for His church and interpose the erroneous claims of men.
Song of Solomon 11:6
@@@^True that if “The Shepherd’s Rod” “should gain control of the organization” it would not “be any more ready to tolerate this unpardonable sin than the General Conference Committee countenances any doubt of interpretation placed upon the message by its members,” but Brother B is overlooking the fact that “The Shepherd’s Rod” claims “inspiration” and that by its divine revelations of truth is calling God’s people to a reformation by obedience to the truth, whereas the General Conference Committee themselves claim no “inspiration” neither do their works nor their interpretation of the Scriptures show it—they are not willing to denounce sin among themselves and thus lead the flock of God on to reformation.
Song of Solomon 12:1
@@@^The credit for the message in “The Shepherd’s Rod” Brother Houteff simply places it to Whom it belongs, and those who would like for Brother Houteff to place it on himself are not doing it because they love him or because they like to exalt him above themselves, but because they are sanctioning the claims of the voice from beneath which hates God and the revelation of the Word, tempting Brother Houteff to exalt himself instead of God, blindly deceiving themselves and leading others away from the truth, all because they hate to submit themselves under the rule of Christ now while He is “taking the reins in His own hands.”—“Testimonies to Ministers.” 300. This class of workers Christ prophetically heard saying, “We will not have this man to reign over us.” (Lu. 19:14.) For further explanation on this reference see the October, 1935, number of “The Symbolic Code,” p. 5.
Song of Solomon 12:2
@@@^Let those who hate to submit themselves to the rulership of God now ask themselves what would they have done in the days of Moses who, like the Rod, claimed to be the mouthpiece of God? Would they have not then arisen with Korah against Moses and Aaron as they do against “The Shepherd’s Rod” and say: “Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord?” (Num. 16:3.)
Song of Solomon 12:8
@@@^Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the Lord which He had hallowed in Jerusalem. And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by His messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because He had compassion on His people, and on His dwelling place: but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised His words and misused His prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against His people, till there was no remedy.” (2 Chron. 36:14 16.) “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.” (Rev. 3:22) For further comments on these scriptures read our tract No. 1, “The Dardanelles of the Bible,” pp. 25, 26.
Song of Solomon 12:10
@@@^As innumerable unauthoritative ideas of men have divided the Christian church into chips of all sizes, and have made her a “habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird” (Rev. 18:2) instead of a place of salvation and a habitation of saints, “God will manifest that He is not dependent on learned, self-important mortals.” (“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. 5, p. 82.) The following quotation plainly shows that only “Inspiration” (a man called of God) can declare the truth and nothing but the truth:
Song of Solomon 13:2
@@@^Had not “The Shepherd’s Rod” openly given God the credit for its truth, its enemies would have said, “It is not inspired and we need not heed its warnings.” This is exactly the way the great men in Christ’s day did—on one hand they found fault with John the Baptist because he ate nothing but wild honey and locusts, and on the other hand they accused Christ of eating and called Him “a man gluttonous, and a winebibber.” (Matt. 11:18, 19.) They claimed that He was not sent by God, uninspired, unlike Moses, and asked Him: “By what authority doest Thou these things? or who is He that gave Thee this authority?” (Lu. 20:2) and the Spirit of Prophecy declares: