Monthly Archives: February 2018

The Time of the End

It is true that in the time of the end, when God’s work in the earth is closing, the earnest efforts put forth by consecrated believers under the guidance of the Holy Spirit are to be accompanied by special tokens of divine favor. Under the figure of the early and the latter rain, that falls in Eastern lands at seedtime and harvest, the Hebrew prophets foretold the bestowal of spiritual grace in extraordinary measure upon God’s church. The outpouring of the Spirit in the days of the apostles was the beginning of the early, or former, rain, and glorious was the result. To the end of time the presence of the Spirit is to abide with the true church. {AA 54.2} Some pastors say that we have to wait for the time when the Holy Spirit will be poured out to do the work that the Lord has called us to. That is a false doctrine. Sister White tells us in the quote above that the Holy Spirit is to abide with the church to the end of time. 2nd Thessalonians 2:3 talks about the falling away, but that is speaking of the false Church. God’s true church was to remain true and pure and the Holy Spirit was to abide in it unto the end of time. In the … Continued

The Seven Thunders

The seven thunders were a delineation of events which would transpire under the first and second angels’ messages. Revelation 10:3-7 3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. 4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. 5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, 6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: 7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. In the quote below Sister White tells us that the message given to the Adventist Church was a test. Those who are not led to repent and obey will be destroyed with the disobedient. Not only was it a test … Continued