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Page 85 of 316Ezekiel 12:1
@@@^“Some have been dissatisfied, and have said, ‘I will not longer pay my tithe; for I have no confidence in the way things are managed at the heart of the work.’ But will you rob God because you think the management of the work is not right? Make your complaint, plainly and openly, in the right spirit, to the proper ones. Send in your petitions for things to be adjusted and set in order; but do not withdraw from the work of God, and prove unfaithful, because others are not doing right.”—Vol. 9, p. 249.
Daniel 6:15
@@@^Most of those who think it permissible to write missionary letters on the Sabbath, show by their actions that they are doing very little, if anything, for God during the six working days, and that they are not willing to give Him out of that time even so much as it takes to write a letter. Hence, the letters which they write are not, in reality, missionary letters from a heart that cries out from love, but rather, from a desire for selfish, common correspondence, coated with religion in order to pacify conscience, and to afford excuse with which to shield the sin of using the Sabbath hours, and which is nothing less than an attempt to deceive God! Satan inspires such acts, to make the sin the more exceedingly sinful, and to assure the offender’s eternal ruin.
Daniel 8:5
@@@^The treading of the sanctuary under foot is the same as the casting “down the truth to the ground” (Dan. 8:12). Thus, both “the host” and “the truth” were cast down during the period of the ruling power of the little horn of Daniel 7:25; that is, during the 1260 years the little horn wore out the saints of the Most High, cast down the truth of the sanctuary, substituted the heathen priesthood for the priesthood of Christ, and introduced a pagan festal day in place of God’s Sabbath, and thought to change the “times and laws”; and by bringing into the church of God, a flood of unconverted heathen and their customs, he polluted the sanctuary of earth as well as the one in heaven.
Daniel 9:2
@@@^“The living righteous are changed ‘in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye.’ At the voice of God they were glorified; now they are made immortal, and with the risen saints are caught up to meet their Lord in the air. Angels ‘gather together the elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.’ @9Little children@7 are borne by holy angels to their mothers’ arms. Friends long separated by death are united, nevermore to part, and with songs of gladness ascend together to the city of God.”—“The Great Controversy,” p. 645.
Hosea 2:2
@@@^Mt. Carmel Center’s being established for the express purpose of setting the lead and directing in a reformation among God’s people, and moreover not desiring to “come behind in any good gift,” we who man her batteries are also covenanting with God that we will, by His help, reach a higher standard during the coming year than we have in the past.
Hosea 2:4
@@@^In like manner the three companions of Daniel, when brought to a test of their faith; expressed to the king their determined purpose to live a victorious life, declaring emphatically, “be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.” As a result of their resolution, the “Son of God”, Himself, came down to the furnace, which was heated “seven times more than it was wont to be heated,” and delivered these young men who, in the very face of death as it were, had made such a resolution.
Hosea 3:6
@@@^Those of us here in the east who are standing in the advancing light of Present Truth are of good courage, and our confidence in God and in the sure triumph of the Third Angel’s Message was never stronger than today. We are heart and soul with our brethren at Mt. Carmel—“in the midst of the land”—and our one desire is to witness for the Master on all occasions, the which we believe can best be done by learning more perfectly the meaning of that wonderful statement found on page 189 of “Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. 9, p. 189 which reads as follows: “If we would humble ourselves before God, and be kind and courteous and tender-hearted and pitiful, there would be one hundred conversions to the truth where now there is only one.”
Hosea 3:10
@@@^Our correspondence reveals that the “Great Reformatory Movement Among God’s People” has found its way into many lands outside the United States, and an earnestness is taking hold of our people as they investigate the truths contained in the series of books and tracts of “The Shepherd’s Rod.” We are thus encouraged to believe that we shall soon see the fulfillment of that statement which says, “In the last solemn work, few great men will be engaged.” I am. so happy that it does not say, “no great men will be engaged.” Therefore, let us “thank God and take courage,” for the “final movements will be rapid ones.’
Hosea 5:1
@@@^This has been, and is, a very difficult field in which to labor. At every turn there is doubting, complaining, and criticism. We witness terrible things here. People, calling themselves Christians, stand up and call us names, and then have the audacity to turn right around and get up on the rostrum and pray for God’s blessings upon themselves. Oh, what answer will our people give God!
Hosea 8:1
@@@^Perhaps the minds of those who are so slow to believe all that the prophets have written would be exercised by our asking them to explain where Inspiration teaches of a spiritual slaughter, and what reason would there be for it? Then let them explain, if it is spiritual, why “the ancient men” are accused and condemned for doubting the marked “manifestation of God’s power as in former days?”—“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. 5, p. 211. When did God manifest His power in former days in a spiritual slaughter? Please write your answers to The Symbolic Code department,Mt. Carmel Center, Waco, Texas.
Hosea 9:7
@@@^Still further, we may find an unmistakable answer, and perhaps all the light we need on this question, by looking back to the Jewish economy, when the Promised Land was divided among the twelve tribes of Israel. Under God’s direction, the tribe of Levi was not given an inheritance in the land as were the eleven tribes; that is, that which should have been the priests’ was given to the common people, and in turn, the people were to pay one-tenth of their increase to the tribe of Levi. Therefore, that which the Levites received from their brethren was actually their own, because God had given it to them for an inheritance. Hence, as the tribe of Levi had no right to dictate to the eleven tribes what they were to do with their increase after it had been tithed, save to instruct them in all righteousness, so the eleven tribes had no right to dictate to the Levites what was to be done with the tithe, nor do we find in sacred history an account of their quarreling about the tithe or the increase, or of the Lord’s laying a burden upon one to watch the other, but each were to please the Lord, and were themselves accountable to the Lord and responsible for that which He had intrusted to them. Thus it must be today.
Joel 2:2
@@@^Moreover, as the “grand object of all study” is to “learn the will of God and the duties of His people,” Mt. Carmel Academy’s system of education differs vitally from that which is in vogue among other institutions of learning, in that it consists not, as does theirs, in “treating the individual branches of study, apart from that deeper investigation which involves the searching of the Scriptures, and a knowledge of God and the future life,”—that is, teaching all subjects entirely apart from the Bible, and wholly divorced one from another, with no central motif running through and correlating them—but rather in making the Bible the basic source of subject matter for all studies.
Joel 2:7
@@@^Hence, this institution is open to those youth who are “eager to obtain a better knowledge of the Scriptures, to search deeper into the mysteries of the kingdom of God, and to seek wisdom from above,” in order especially to qualify themselves to have a part “in the closing work for the church,” that they may prove “a great blessing to Israel, promoting that righteousness which exalteth a nation, and furnishing it with men [and women] qualified to act, in the fear of God, as leaders and counselors.”—“Fundamentals of Christian Education,” p. 96. @3M. J. B.
Joel 5:10
@@@^“Since heeding the eleventh hour call over a year ago, I have been receiving a thorough Christian education in the schools of the prophets which are now being restored, and I cannot express my praise and thanks to God for the privilege which I have in attending Mt. Carmel’s Academy, and for the blessed promises which the young have in the finishing of the gospel. O, would that every young person who reads herein from God His monthly message to His people, join the now mobilizing army of youth which is so soon to go forth in all the world winning precious souls, is my prayer.” @3Eugenia Pinon, age 17
Joel 6:13
@@@^Those who are leading out in the “Great Reformatory Work Among God’s People” are indeed a spectacle to the whole Universe. The servant of God says of the S. D. A. Church, as a whole, that they “have been set in the world as watchmen and lightbearers,” and that “The world is watching Seventh-day Adventists, because it knows something of their profession of faith, and of their high standard, and when it sees those who do not live up to their profession, it points at them with scorn.”—“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. 9, pp. 19, 23.
Joel 8:8
@@@^The query reveals that the questioner has not thoroughly studied or understood what “The Shepherd’s Rod” teaches, for “The Great Controversy” does not refute “The Shepherd’s Rod,” but rather strengthens it. It has been proved that before the close of probation there are two “fruits,” the 144,000 and the great multitude (Revelation 7:9), to be separated at two different times—the former’s taking place before the close of probation while “the @9door@7 is @9closed@7 to those who would not enter,” and while “His hand is still stretched out to save.” (“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. 9, p. 97), thus showing, as does “Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. 3, p. 266, that the sealing of the hundred and forty-four thousand is the closing work for the church, whereas the sealing work for the great multitude is the closing work for the world. Thus, while, in the time of God’s @9destructive judgments@7 before the close of probation, the door is closed to one class, it is open to another class for whom “His hand is still stretched out to save,” clearly showing that probation closes first for the tares in the church. Moreover, as the time is that of God’s destructive judgments—the separation of the tares from the wheat—the slaughter of Ezekiel Nine is that which severs the wicked from among the just. (Matt. 13:49.)
Joel 9:9
@@@^“In Brother Houteff’s answer to Brother Brown’s ‘Observations on the Firstfruits,’ he makes the statement that the ‘great multitude’ of Revelation 7:9 appears before the throne of God in the time of the sixth seal. But ‘The Shepherd’s Rod’ teaches that the great multitude is made up after the purification of the church—in the time of the seventh seal. Therefore, how could the great multitude stand before the throne of God, during the period of the sixth seal, before it is gathered out from the nations?”
Amos 2:1
@@@^Though the church is God’s dearest object on this earth, and that upon which He bestows His supreme regard, He often has to admonish, and even rebuke and chasten, this divinely ordained institution, in order that she maintain the high standard which He has set for her; and though the history of God’s chosen people is one long, sad record of sinning and repenting, sinning and repenting, the Father’s unbounded love, so beautifully illustrated by the parable of the prodigal son, is a forcible object lesson of how Christ manifests His undying love for the church.
Amos 2:8
@@@^Three things stand out in bold relief in the above quotations. First, that God sends this clarion call to the ministers, and then to the laity. Second, that it is a positive declaration on God’s part that if His people fail to heed the call for a “spiritual revival and a spiritual reformation,” He will spue them out of His mouth. And, third, that the One in authority makes it clear that at this time He is calling for a “reorganization, a change in ideas and theories, habits and practices”. In other words, the church must experience a three-fold change before she can ever go forth, into all the world, “conquering and to conquer,” “fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners”.
Amos 4:8
@@@^“After the creation of Adam, every living creature was brought before him to receive its name; he saw that to each had been given a companion, but among them ‘there was not found an help meet for him.’ Among all the creatures that God had made on the earth, there was not one equal to man. And ‘God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.’ Man was not made to dwell in solitude; he was to be a social being. Without companionship, the beautiful scenes and delightful employments of Eden would have failed to yield perfect happiness. Even communion with angels could not have satisfied his desire for sympathy and companionship. There was none of the same nature to love, and to be loved.