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The Harvest in Light of Number

December 8, 2013

“Having thus far studied the harvest in the light of the testimonies of the prophets, the parables, and the ceremonies, we are now led to view it In the Light of Number. Though the wicked are swept along by a current from which they can no more escape than they can stem or resist, yet [...]

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The Harvest In Light of the Ceremonial Service

November 30, 2013

The role of the feast days to our present day is poorly understood by the host of Christianity. However, there remains a very important antitypical application of these ceremonial services to the final harvest of souls at the end of this earth’s history. Thus let us come here what inspiration has revealed for our admonition [...]

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The Separation of the Wheat and the Tares: When and How?

November 23, 2013

The following reading comes from Tract No. 3, The Judgment and the Harvest, pp. 54-73. “The seed-sower, the seed, the field, the season of cultivation and growing, and the season of harvest must together be perfectly calculated to illustrate the spiritual kingdom; otherwise the representation can only lead into error instead of into truth. The [...]

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State of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

November 16, 2013

Recently, Elder Ted Wilson, President of the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist church, gave a first ever video address to the church body addressing the state of the church with its successes and some its shortcomings. Adventist News Network reported on the presentation and highlighted its contents. Two of the major concerns of the president was the [...]

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Zion and Her Daughters in the Last Days, Part 2

November 9, 2013

THE CHURCH WALKING WITH THE WORLD The Church and the World walked far apart On the changing shores of time, The World was singing a giddy song, And the Church a hymn sublime. “Come, give me your hand,” said the merry World, “And walk with me this way!” But the good Church hid her snowy [...]

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Zion and Her Daughters In the Last Days, Part 1

November 2, 2013

Recently a local conference of the Seventh-day Adventist church has elected a woman to serve as their Conference President. This action was done in direct opposition of the established policy of the worldwide church governing body which only recognizes the election of fully ordained ministers to this position of authority. As a result, the stage [...]

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What are Some Reasons That Necessitates A Purification in the Church?

October 26, 2013

(Part 4 of a 4 part series on the sealing of the 144,000. Here are links to Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3) Partial List Of Abominations In The Church Lack of reverence in the house of God: Isa. 56:7; Volume 5, pages 492-500. Following the fashions of the world: Isa. 3:16; Volume 1, [...]

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Ezekiel 9 Is Not a Sabbath Seal: Cause of the Sighing and Crying

October 19, 2013

Ezekiel 9 Is Not A Sabbath Seal (Part 3 of a 4 part series on the sealing of the 144,000. Here are links to Part 1 and Part 2) “This sealing of the 144,000 is not a Sabbath seal. However, those who are sealed must be Sabbath keepers. It is a seal, or mark, [...]

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The Seal of the 144,000: Who Lives and Who Dies?

October 13, 2013

Do The 144,000 Ever Die? “The living saints, 144,000 in number;” we must not conclude that only a part of the whole can constitute the number and yet be true, for the statement made by Inspiration cannot be contradicted for it reads “144,000 in number.” When mention is made of this company, it is at [...]

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Who are the 144,000?

October 5, 2013

The One Hundred and Forty Four Thousand: (Part One of Four)* “This subject of Revelation 7 is doubtless the most frequently discussed Bible subject by Seventh-day Adventists and other Bible students, than any other Biblical truth. Many theories have been advanced by the denomination, but not one has stood the test without contradiction. Great [...]

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