The Shepherd's Rod Speaks

Prophetic Timelines: A Guidepost To End Time Events

August 16, 2014

As a prophetic movement, Seventh-day Adventists tend to have a particular interest in last day events and a timeline of events that will take place such as the longest time prophecy of the 2,300 years found in Daniel 8:14 as shown in the illustration above. This is known as the study of eschatology in theological [...]

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Ebola: Should We be Concerned?

August 9, 2014

“And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I [...]

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Is The Modern Nation of Israel Found in Latter Day Prophecies?

August 2, 2014

As headlines clamor about the latest war in the Gaza strip with Israel attempting to pound the nearly hapless Palestinians into oblivion one wonders if any of this is foretold in Bible prophecy. The answer is most assuredly yes but it comes from a most unlikely source, a sermon address that was first delivered in [...]

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A Flood of Religious Literature: What to Read?

July 26, 2014

A FLOOD OF RELIGIOUS LITERATURE Question: A flood of religious literature varied and contradictory is coming to me, and I do not know what to make of it all, as one piece is endeavoring to indoctrinate me in one way, and another piece in the opposite way, and still other pieces in still other ways, [...]

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Is Vegetarianism a Salvation Issue for Seventh-day Adventists?

July 19, 2014

Recently the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist church held a week long conference on Health in Geneva, Switzerland attended by 1,150 health leaders from around the world. In the keynote address delivered on Sabbath July 12, 2014, Church President Elder Ted Wilson made a strong appeal for the importance of vegetarianism as part of [...]

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What is the Elijah Message for the S. D. A. Church Today?

July 5, 2014

This subject is particularly controversial and confused amongst Seventh-day Adventists. On one hand the church leadership desperately struggles to keep the laity from investigating the claims of the Shepherd’s Rod by falsely asserting that the Elijah message does not have a messenger (another prophet after Ellen White according to a reference found in Testimonies to [...]

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Will a Return to the 1888 Message Close the Gospel?

June 21, 2014

In a simplistic way, the answer to the question posed in the title of this post is both yes and no. Let us explain why. In one sense the great message brought to the 1888 General Conference Session held at Minneapolis by Elders Jones and Waggoner is essential to our salvation as it proclaims the [...]

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The Way the Kingdom is to Come

June 7, 2014

THE WAY THE KINGDOM IS TO COME Text of Address by V. T. Houteff, Minister of D. Seventh-day Adventists Sabbath, October 11, 1947 Mt. Carmel Chapel Waco, Texas The Jews had built up an erroneous conception of what the Kingdom was to be, and how and when it was to come and so when the [...]

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The Grains of Ezekiel 4: What is the 430 Year Time Prophecy?

May 31, 2014

Seventh-day Adventist theology has long used the day for a year principle found in Ezekiel 4:6 to explain a number of time prophecies in the Bible such as the 2,300 days of Daniel 8:14 and the 1260 days/years of Revelation 13:5. In a strange paradox the church is incapable of explaining the 430 day/year prophecy [...]

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What is the Correct Interpretation of Isaiah 4:1?

May 24, 2014

Whom are We to Believe in Regard to Isaiah 4:1? An explanation of Isaiah 4:1, the denominational publication (not only published and owned by the denomination, but also indorsed and used by the Sabbath School Department throughout the world in 1928, Isaiah, the Gospel Prophet, Vol. 1, p. 28, says: “Seven women, one man. Seven [...]

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