Elevate the Standard

His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. Matthew 25:21

"Elevate the standard, and then the heavenly benediction will be pronounced upon you in that day when every man will receive according to the deeds done in the body." Testimonies for the Church vol.5, p.602

Meditate on Him day & night

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein:Joshua 1:8

"If we are indeed journeying thither, the spirit of heaven will dwell in our hearts here. But if we find no pleasure now in the contemplation of heavenly things; ... no delight in beholding the character of Christ; if holiness has no attraction for us- then we may be sure that our hope of heaven is vain." Testimonies for the Church vol.5, p.745

Job---Symbolic of Joy of the Redeemed at the End

Job is rewarded with even more than before after he passes through his test of tribulation. A fitting example for the remnant in the end.

.........also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before......So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: Job 42:10,12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: Matthew 5:12

Just a Question about DNA

Which came first Darwinists? DNA or the proteins needed by DNA-which can only be produced by DNA? Just asking.....

All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. John 1:3

Acts 3:19,20 Study

1) (Repent/Justification) -Repent ye therefore,

2) (Sanctification/a changed heart) -and be converted,

3) (The Judgement) -that your sins may be blotted out,

4) (The Latter Rain) -when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

5) (2nd Advent) - And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Acts 3:19,20

Judgement Summarized

1) I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him,

2) until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me:

3)he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. Micah 7:9

Can't take it with you

Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. Psalms 49:16,17

The Beauty of Holiness

Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: ...worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. 1 Chronicles 16:29

Those Of A Broken Heart

The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Psalms 34:18

Written for Us

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. Romans 15:4

Into the depths of the Sea

He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. Micah 7:19

A Conversation with the Son of God

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Isaiah 1:18

I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. Isaiah 43:25

Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. Luke 13:24

About the Angels.........

And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? Hebrews 1:7,14

A Gem from John

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. 1 John 3:18

Beauty?

If we evolved from a single cell and primordial slime, then through all this chaos and random mutations over time, ...

1) Why and how do we have beauty in nature

2) Why do we have senses to observe this beauty?

For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Zechariah 9:17

Islam and Revelation 9

And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. Revelation 9:1-4
From 630 AD to 1299 AD the Moslems/Saracens warred against the Holy Roman Empire and the Catholic Church. See Decline and Fall of teh Roman Empire by Edward Gibbons vol.5,p190
And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. Revelation 9:5-11
In 1299 AD the disorganized Muslim tribes were organized under the Ottoman Empire. 5 Months (150 years) takes you to 1449 AD.
One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter. And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt. And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts. Revelation 9:12-21
An hour, day, month and year = 391 years and 15 days. The 150 years ended on 7/27/1449 (Constatine XIII asks the Turks to ascend his throne in Constantinople) and 391 years and 15 days takes you to 8/11/1840. (The day the Ottoman Empire gave up power to Christain powers of Europe). Notice also, that these "locusts" were used to scourge the apostste church yet they failed to repent of their ways (Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts).

The Anchor of the Soul

Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast,... Hebrews 6:19

Who is this Lucifer-the King of Babylon/Tyrus?

For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver. Ezekiel 21:21
It was PRIDE-I-I-I-me-me-me
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; Isaiah 14:12-16
He was once Wise & Beautiful
Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God;.....the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more. Ezekiel 28:12-15,17-19
There was War in Heaven
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Revelation 12:7-9
He fell like Lightning
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Luke 10:18
A liar and murder
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. John 8:44
Can tranform himself into an angel of light
And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 2 Corinthians 11:14
Walks to & fro through the earth-seeking whom he may devour
And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. Job 1:7 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:1 Peter 5:8 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6:12
His Kingdom will fall
And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. Revelation 14:8 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Revelation 18:2,4,5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: Revelation 17:5,6
Will be bound during the Millenium
And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. Revealtion 20:2,3
Loosed to make one final assault on God
And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. Revealtion 20:7-9 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD;And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army: And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes. Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them? And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face. For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. Ezekiel 38:14-20,22
His End-the Lake of Fire
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, Revelaltion 20:10
What will Spiritual Israel (God's People) learn that day?
So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward. Ezekiel 39:22
What what will God do for His people?
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; Isaiah 25:8 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. Revealtion 21:4
Paul says-
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38,39

The Great Controversy-War in Heaven-& MOTHER MARY

And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,...And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Revelation 12:7,9

The Great Controversy between God and Lucifer began in Heaven. You can see Lucifer taunting God from here on earth by mocking His system of Redemption.

1) Before Christianity

a) He looked up and mocked at God by decieving people through pagan religions and rituals to build temples and sanctuaries to false gods-himself.

b) Had them distort the idea of the animal sacrifice.

c) Had them sacrifice humans.

d) In some cases, such as to molech, had them sacrifice their children.

2) Within Chrisitianity

Lucifer infiltrated the Church and made a mockery of it

a) Entered the Church with pagan rituals once again mocking God.

b) Mocked the Sanctuary layout with false forms of Salvation. (The Justification layout by the blood of the altar and the brazen laver for washing in the outer court-This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. 1 John 5:6). One assault was universalism (Everyone will be saved). Another was predestination, that only those who join the church would be saved since they were predestined before birth. Also, once saved always saved, which totally mocks the outer court. And finally, with sacramentalism (saved by the sacraments of the church, such as last rites, etc....).

c) Mocked Christ in Heaven as intercessor by inventing the Mass and intercessory prayers of (dead) saints to take the place of Christ as our High Priest and intercessor in Heaven.

d) Looks up to Heaven, laughing at God, over having the Churches preach from the pulpits the very first lie ever told on earth which started this whole mess..(And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: Genesis 3:4). The lie of the immortality of the soul. The lie that so-and-so is in either in heaven of burning right now.

e) He mocks God by having the church institute Sunday in place of the Holy Sabbath Day.

f) MOTHER MARY- But the ultimate insult is the constant reminder of His (dead) mother Mary. Every time certain churches make shrines to her, statues or say prayers, ---it is Lucifers way of saying to Him-"Your Mother"!.

Remember- And there was war in heaven: Revelation 12:7

Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. Revelation 3:11

"Through the plan of salvation a larger purpose is to be wrought out even than the salvation of man....Through the revelation of the character of God in Christ, the beneficence of the divine government would be manifested before the universe, the charge of satan refuted, the nature and results of sin made plain, and the perpetuity of the law fully demonstrated." Signs of the Times 8/27/1893

Search on your knees

Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word. Psalms 119:148

"If you will search the scriptures on your knees, then you will know them..." 1888 Sermons p.75

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16

"You may meditate upon it every day of your life; you may search the scriptures diligently in order to understand it; you may summon every power and capability that God has given you,...and yet there is an infinity beyond. You may study that love for ages; yet you can never fully comprehend the length and the breadth, the depth and the height, of the love of God in giving His Son to die for the world." Signs of the Times 5/14/1902

Imagine the look on Daniel's face when he was told he was greatly beloved

....for thou art greatly beloved: Daniel 9:23

First Christian convert in Europe

And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. Acts 16:14

After conversion, she had another color purple-symbolically speaking-to advertise. That of the royalty of Heaven.

LYDIA

Dispensationalism?

It is a myth that when it comes to any kind of dispensationalism, that Pre-Cross was saved by the Law and Post-Cross is saved by Grace. Why? Because from Genesis to Revelation we have always been under Grace. Yet Grace has never negated the Law of God and His requirements. We are not saved by the Law-we keep the Law because He told us too. If there is to be any kind of dispensational categorization the view would be that Pre-Cross was the SYMBOLISM of the earthly sanctuary. Post-Cross would be the REALITY of the Heavenly Sanctuary where He works as our HighPriest. (See the book of Hebrews).

Sabbath isn't just for the Jews-the "gentile" converts kept it too...

And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath. Acts 13:42

And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. Acts 13:44

And why? Because the Law applies to all of us-all 10 of those Commandments. If you reject the 4th Commandment, will you reject the one about adultery too? How about the one for stealing? Murder? Get the point?

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. James 2:10,11 Wasn't James written after the cross?

My Redeemer

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. Psalms 19:14

NO WAY!!! Catholic conefessions by iPod or iPhone

NO WAY!!! The Roman Catholic Church is now doing confessions by an app on your iPhone or iPod. The Vatican issued a statement that said "Confessing your sins to modern technology is not a substitute for speaking to a priest in person." Really? How about just confessing to GOD who doesn't need any silly technology or a priest either?

Take words with you, And return to the LORD. Say to Him, "Take away all iniquity; Receive us graciously, For we will offer the sacrifices of our lips. Hosea 14:2 NKJV

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/confession-a-roman-catholic/id416019676?mt=8

http://www.herald-mail.com/news/kdvr-confessionapp-txt,0,6935564.story?track=rss

http://tech2.in.com/india/news/mobiletablet-apps/catholic-church-releases-confession-app-for-ios/192252/0

Have these people no shame?

Another view of the Sanctuary

Another view of the Sanctuary from another angle reveals another layout. This one being the steps of Redemption. In the outer court was the work of Justification (Blood of the lamb and washing in water-FORGIVENESS/Justification). In the inner court/Holy Place was found the furniture of Sanctification. (The "furniture" of a changed and sanctified life. Prayers, eating of the bread-the Bread of Life, and the shining of His light from the candlestick-His light we are to shine to the world). In the Most Holy Place/Holy of Holies was the mercy seat of God sitting over the law. The act of Judgement. (His Mercy Seat was over the Law because sin is transgression of His law).

So we see---

1) Justification

2) Sanctification

3) Judgement

Become forgiven, changed and prepared for your Judgement day.

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. Revelation 20:12

Be ashamed of your own wicked ways

Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations. Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways,... Ezekiel 36:31,32

Desiring to impart

"...We cannot receive the riches of the grace of Christ without desiring to impart them to others." Review & Herald 8/26/1890

Come and see the works of God: Psalms 66:5

Think on these things

"It would be well for us to spend a thoughtful hour each day in contemplation of the life of Christ. We should take it point by point, and let the imagination grasp each scene, especially the closing ones. As we thus dwell upon His great sacrifice for us, our confidence in Him will be more constant, our love will be quickened, and we shall be more deeply imbued with His spirit." Desire of Ages p.83

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Philippians 4:8

By Beholding We Become Changed

"It is a law both of the intellectual and the spiritual nature that by beholding we become changed. The mind gradually adapts itself to the subjects upon which it is allowed to dwell. It becomes assimilated to that which it is accustomed to love and reverence." The Great Controversy p.555

But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 Corinthians 3:18

The Sanctuary and Sabbath

Of the days of the week-His 7th day Sabbath is His sanctuary of time. It is a Holy day, sanctified and blessed since the Creation. In the Holy place of His sanctuary we find the table of bread (He is the Bread of Life). The 7 branch candlestick shining out and the altar of incense representing the prayers of His people. All Sabbath type of activities. Reading of His word, prayer and witnessing or ministering. There are many lessons to learn from His sanctuary which was modeled after the one in Heaven.

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. Genesis 2:3

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. Exodus 20:8-11

For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. Hebrews 4:4,8,9

The Everlasting Gospel-The Seventh Day Adventist Church & the 3 Angels Message

The 7th Day Adventist Church is the church that holds up the Everlasting Gospel to the world. What is the "Everlasting Gospel"? Couldn't John just use the word "Gospel"? He used "Everlasting Gospel" because there are many false "gospels" out there today. The "Everlasting Gospel" is the truth of His word.

1st Angel- And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven,

1) having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

2) Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: (Sanctuary Doctrine-the Judgement has begun)

3) and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. (Worship the Creator of which His Sabbath identifies and acknowledges Him as such) Revelation 14:6,7

2nd Angel- And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. (The fall of apostate churches is coming and we are to call people out of them). And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. God has what He calls "My People" in Babylon. There are good and bad people in all churches. In the end time events, His true believers in "Babylon" will hear His voice and come out. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. Revelation 14:8 & 18:2,4

3rd Angel- And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; Revelation 14:9,10 (To sound the alarm of the mark of the beast when it happens).

What else of this remnant? 1) Here is the patience of the saints: (waiting patiently for His 2nd Advent-His return) 2) here are they that keep the commandments of God, (All 10 of His Commandments-which includes the Sabbath of the 7th day. Not just keep 9 of His Commandments) 3)and the faith of Jesus. Revelation 14:12

And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. Revelation 14:13 (Here is the doctrine of the state-of-the-dead, resting in the grave until resurrection day. And the judgement of their works in the Heavenly Sanctuary).

What does Lucifer think of this remnant? And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. Revelation 12:17 But What does God say to ALL peoples of the earth- Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. Revelation 22:14 And what is the "Testimony of Jesus"? ....for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Revelation 19:10 (Ellen G. White - the lesser light to point toward the greater light of God's word. "It is because you have neglected to aquaint yourselves with God's inspired Book that He has sought to teach you by simple testimonies, calling your atteention to the words of inspiration....The written testimonies are not to give new light, but to impress vividly upon the heart the truths of inspiration already revealed.....The testimonies are not to belittle the word of God, but to exalt it and attract minds to it, that the beautiful simplicity of truth may impress all." Testimonies for the Church vol. 5 p.665

What else of this remnant/Spiritual Israel? The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth:Zephaniah 3:13 (In other words they have and speak the truth-the "Everlasting Gospel").

What characteristics of "Babylon" (apostate churches of spiritual Israel) are we told?

1) And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here. So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about. Ezekiel 8:9,10 ...her priests have polluted the sanctuary,... Zephaniah 3:4 (They pollute His sanctuary/church with false doctrines).

2) He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do. ...and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. Ezekiel 8:13,14 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: Zephaniah 3:4 (Are worldly).

3) ...turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these. And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east. Ezekiel 8:15,16 ...they have done violence to the law. Zephaniah 3:4 (Trample on His law-for example the institution of the first day/Sunday in place of His 7th day/Sabbath of the 4th Commandment....doing violence to His law. Have they not instituted the day of the sun-Sunday-in place of the Sabbath? With their backs toward the Temple "worshipping the Sun"?).

God has true belivers in all churches. We are judged by the light we know and our hearts. But if you know the truth-why wait to come out of Babylon? As for the end time remnant-they will of course be more than SDA's for many will "come out of Babylon" and many SDA's will be shaken out. The point of the remnant today is to hold up the truth and sound the cry of the 3 Angels to prepare the world for the end-by preaching the Everlasting Gospel.

Modern Gnosticism-the Emergent Church Movement

The Emergent Church movement is nothing more than modern Gnosticism-a kind of new age free for all so called religion. It embraces all types of religion although claims to be Christian oriented. Rejects most of the Bible and focuses pretty much on the gospels minus any doctinal points or the miracles. It engages in walking the labrynth for some, prayer beads, contemplative prayer/meditation techniques, speaking in tongues if one chooses (the gibberish type-not the Biblical type which were foriegn languages for preaching the Gospel), rock music and any other feel-goodism you can toss in. It is about finding common ground between the churched, non-churched and other religions.

But what did Christ say? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6

Paul warned us - As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. Galatians 1:9

Gnostics were a type of early heresy in the Christian church that was a mix of what we would call today Christianity and new age/eastern mysticism.

Brian McLaren is the guru of this movement.

Free from the yoke of bondage

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Galatians 5:1

The Law summed up

And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. Luke 10:27

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Galatans 5:14

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. Mark 12:30,31

Thy Law do I Love

I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. Psalms 119:113

Wake up Laodicea!!!

Woe to them that are at ease in Zion,.. Amos 6:1

And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: Revelation 3:14-17

BEWARE 2012 mania

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. Matthew 25:13

First Lie Repeated by many Churches today

@ The dead are reserved in the grave (soul sleep) until the resurrection. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. 1 Corinthians 15:23
@ Mankind is NOT granted automatic immortality. And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: Genesis 3:22
@ Result of sin is death. (Not immortality in heaven, hell or purgatory) ..the soul that sinneth, it shall die. Ezekiel 18:4
@ Some will be granted immortality one day in the future-and some won't. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:23
@ The first lie ever told is still repeated from pulpits acround the world today by many. The lie of immortality. And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. Genesis 3:2-5

First and Second Adam and the grave

The first Adam opened up a way down into the grave for us and the second Adam opened a way up out of the grave for us. But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 1 Corinthians 15:20

The Latter Rain

#Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, Zechariah 10:1
#The Latter Rain is for the people of God near the end-of-time during the time of trouble. As the Church began with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost so shall it end with an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. (And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.---But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: --Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Acts 2:2,14,16-18,37-38)
#Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. James 5:7 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: Isaiah 44:3
#It takes place near the harvest as seen above in James 5:7 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. Revelation 14:15
#This Latter Rain will have to involve a lot of work by the Holy Spirit - Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Romans 8:26
#Believers are to be both Justified and Sanctified - And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. 1 Corinthians 6:11
#Those who won't recieve the Latter Rain at that time - Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation. Ezekiel 22:24
#And what have they done? 1) Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: 2) they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, 3) Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, 4) to get dishonest gain. Ezekiel 22:26-27
#Don't be one of those who say - The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. Jeremiah 8:20
#"They will plead with an earnestness that cannot be repulsed. Then the windows of heaven will be open for the showers of the latter rain." Review & Herald 2/25/1890

Anne Catherine Emmerich: Catholic Myststic

Anne Catherine Emmerich (1174-1824) was born in Coesfeld, Westphalia (Germany). She was an Augustine nun who suffered the stigmata (which was cinfirmed by several church leaders) and on Good Friday the wounds would reopen. She had many, many visions centered on both the crucifixion and the the virgin Mary. The sick were brought to her and she cured them. She also calims God showed her in vision that the Trinity stretches for infinity from a core, with the Father on the outside, the Son in the middle and the Holy Spirit in the center. She also claims to have been shown souls suffering in purgatory (even thought there is no purgatory) and she would often pray for them. Her vision were recorded by the poet Brentano and later released to the public. Many Catholics at the time viewed her as the "Chosen bride of Christ" (even though His bride is His "people" He returns for). Of interest she claimed that the house of the mother Mary was in Ephesus (rather than Jeruslaem as thought by early Church fathers). At this time Ephesus had not yet been excavated in modern day Turkey. When it was, a house was discovered (1881)and declared to be the house of Mary. Soon after (1891), locals told them there were Christians in the nearby mountains who claim the same.

For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. Mark 13:22

Assumption of Mary and Pagan Ritual

TheAssumption of Mary is celebrated in the west on August 15 by Catholics and the Anglican Communion (Church of England, Anglicans and Episcopalians). In the East on August 28 by the Eastern Orthodox churches. The Assumption of Mary is the doctrine that Mary, mother of Christ, was taken up to Heaven on that day. In the Catholic faith it did not become iffalliable doctrine until 1950. Part of it is based on as prophecy of Revelation - And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. Revealtion 12:12,13 This is clearly a misinterpretation of the prophecy. Since when is Heaven ever compared to a "wilderness"? And as for the dead - For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Ecclesiastes 9:5

The whole concept of the Assumption of Mary is based on the notion that her supposed tomb was found in Jerusalem and when opened was found to be empty...."St. Juvenal, Bishop of Jerusalem, at the Council of Chalcedon (451), made known to the Emperor Marcian and Pulcheria, who wished to possess the body of the Mother of God, that Mary died in the presence of all the Apostles, but that her tomb, when opened, upon the request of St. Thomas, was found empty; wherefrom the Apostles concluded that the body was taken up to heaven." New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia-Assumption of Mary

The Assumption of Mary is nothing more than paganism in the church. Idolatry of the dead....

Cadaver Synod-Papal Infighting

The Papcay (Little Horn of Daniel and Beast of Revelation) has done some pretty strange and blasphemous things over their long rule...but this is one of the strangest. In 892, about 9 months after Pope Formosus died, Pope Stephen VI ordered his body dug up and brought to the Papal court to stand trial. The body was seated on a chair and the corpse was given a lawyer to provide for his defense. The real reason behind this weird and disgusting affair was politics. Pope Formosus had been of the "German faction" politically in Rome and had orchestrated for the German king to intervene in Italy militarily. The new Pope was an ally of the "Spoleto faction" who hated Formosus with a passion. Formosus was convicted of violating canon law, perjury and serving as a lay person rather as a bishop as he said he had been before becoming Pope. The corpse was found guilty and had 3 fingers cut off and tied to wieghts then put in the Tiber River. Later pope John IX reversed the findings of the court and decreed that no more trials of dead corpses be allowed. ----where was God in any of their hearts during this spectacle?

Fools make a mock at sin: Proverbs 14:9