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- God’s Purposes Revealed by Inspiration: GOD’S PURPOSE FOR NOT QUICKLY ABORTING EVIL AND ITS ORIGINATOR LUCIFER
MID-WEEK MANNA FROM PASTOR NAT’S DESK:
April 22, 2026
God’s Purposes Revealed by Inspiration
GOD’S PURPOSE FOR NOT QUICKLY ABORTING EVIL AND ITS ORIGINATOR LUCIFER
TEXT: “The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but the things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.” Deut. 29:29, KJV.
Having first laid down “the greater light” foundations from the Bible of this profound subject, we now quote excerpts of its magnification from “the lesser light” (all emphasis and bracketed words/numbers provided):
“To many minds, the ORIGIN of sin and the REASON for its existence are a source of great perplexity. They see the work of evil, with its terrible results of woe and desolation, and they question HOW ALL THESE CAN EXIST under the sovereignty of One who is INFINITE in wisdom, in power, and in love. Here is a MYSTERY, of which they find no explanation.
“And in their uncertainty and doubt, they are BLINDED to the truths plainly revealed in God’s word, and ESSENTIAL TO SALVATION.
“There are those who, in their inquiries concerning the existence of sin, endeavor to search into that which GOD HAS NEVER REVEALED; hence they find no solution of their difficulties; and such as are actuated by a disposition to doubt and cavil, seize upon this as an EXCUSE for rejecting the words of the Holy Writ.
“Others, however, FAIL OF A SATISFACTORY UNDERSTANDING of the great problem of evil [due] from the fact that TRADITION AND MISINTERPRETATION have obscured the teaching of the Bible concerning [1] the character of God, [2] the nature of His government, and [3] the principles of His dealing with sin.
“It is IMPOSSIBLE to explain the origin of sin so as to give a REASON for its existence. Yet ENOUGH may be understood concerning BOTH THE ORIGIN AND FINAL DISPOSITION OF SIN, to make fully manifest the JUSTICE AND BENEVOLENCE of God in all His dealings with evil.
“Nothing is more plainly taught in Scripture than that God was IN NO WISE RESPONSIBLE for the entrance of sin [either in heaven or earth]; that there was no arbitrary withdrawal of divine grace, NO DEFICIENCY in the divine government, that gave occasion to the uprising of rebellion.
“SIN IS AN INTRUDER FOR WHOSE PRESENCE NO REASON CAN BE GIVEN. IT IS MYSTERIOUS, UNACCOUNTABLE; TO EXCUSE IT IS TO DEFEND IT. Could excuse for it be found, of CAUSE be shown for its existence, it would CEASE to be sin. Our ONLY DEFINITION OF SIN is that given in the word of God; it is ‘the transgression of the law’ [1 John 3: 4]; it is the outworking of A PRINCIPLE AT WAR with the great law of love which is the foundation of the divine government [of God’s everlasting kingdom].”- Ellen G. White, ‘The Origin of Evil,’ ch. 29, Great Controversy, 1911, Pacific Press Publishing, pp. 492-3.
To be continued next MWM, God willing. Bless all, NMF.
- God’s Purposes Revealed by Inspiration : EVIL AND SIN ORIGINATED IN HEAVEN: WHY GOD DID NOT ABORT IT IMMEDIATELY
MID-WEEK MANNA FROM PASTOR NAT’S DESK:
April 15, 2026
God’s Purposes Revealed by Inspiration
EVIL AND SIN ORIGINATED IN HEAVEN: WHY GOD DID NOT ABORT IT IMMEDIATELY
It is almost-to-midnight hour of our “late, great planet Earth” of mankind’s second and last probation.
Regardless of one’s religious persuasion, faith, belief system, or none at all, and whether you choose to “hear or forbear; to “come now and let us reason together” or postpone “for a more convenient time;” brush off or outright reject, none can ever diminish one iota of this factual truth as fundamental as God and the everlasting gospel. What is it? That “the central power of the earth” since the fall in Eden six thousand years ago, is not a kingdom, nation, empire, “universal secret cabal,” or anything human. It is a demon. Yes, the demon himself.
Let’s begin from the last of the 66 books of God’s Word, Revelation, that simply traces us back to who, what, where, when, why, and how these all started. Thereafter we will summon the testimonies of the other prophets of the Old Testament, and on to Christ Himself, and the writings of His apostles and messengers in the New Testament.
Now this (all emphasis and bracketed words provided):
“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 ANYMORE in heaven. And the GREAT DRAGON was cast out, that OLD SERPENT [cf. Gen. 2: 15-17; 3: 1-24] 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 [to the earth].” Rev. 12: 7-9, KJV.
“MICHAEL.” Christ has many “names” and “titles,” all indicative and descriptive of His various offices, authority, powers, roles, and relations heaven, the whole universe, and to the earth He created, particularly towards man whom He alone He “made in His image and after His likeness,” and in particular, in the great controversy and the Plan of Redemption of the Gospel.
Most Christian scholars and commentators and their Bible dictionaries (including the SDA Bible Dictionary, Commentary Reference Series, Vol. 8) say that “Michael the archangel” is “the highest of the angels”, drawing primarily from the Jewish religious literature such as the Targum of Jonathan as well as the Talmud.
However, the simple truth is that “Michael the Prince” and “Archangel are Christ’s
names and titles of authority as the Commander-in-Chief of the angelic host in their capacity as heaven’s army. See references provided here from the inspired pen of Ellen G. White:
– Christ is Michael: Desire of Ages, pp. 99, 421; Prophets & Kings, p. 572; Story of Redemption, p. 173.
– Heaven’s Prince, Archangel, Sanctified Life, p. 51
– Moses was raised from the dead by, Desire of Ages, p. 421; Early Writings, p. 164.
– When Christ shall stand up as heaven’s Prince and Archangel, Early Writings, p. 36; Great Controversy, p. 613; Life Sketches, p. 117.
Indeed the great controversy between Christ and Satan started in heaven and with the defeat of Satan and his angels, the cosmic conflict transferred here on earth, beginning with the downfall of man in Eden, merely six thousand years ago. It is soon to end in its prophesied stupendous climax before Jesus finally returns in all His glory in the true second advent!
Are you preparing and staying prepared and awake?
To be continued next MWM, God willing. Bless all, NMF.
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